The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-29
CRUEL TRAMPS
TORTURE BOY
Strip His Foot and Put Fire to His
Bare Sole.
LAD IS PAINFULLY BURNED
HoBOES ANGERED BECAUSE HIS
DINNER PAIL WAS EMPTY.
n AUGHT with an empty dinner pail

n AUGHT with an empty dinner pail
u by two hungry "hoboes' while
going through the Rio Granda
Western yards about O'Clock last
night, Albert Garbett, the 14-year-oJd
son Of Daniel w. Garbett. - Nelson
avenue, was subjected to torture bv
burning his foot with matches. Scream
ing with pain the lad ran to his home
after the "hObOes'' had burned IN All
their matches and told the story 10 his
mother His right foot was blistered
above his ankles and his clothes were
torn in his struggles to free himself
from the rufhans-
The men wanted something to eat
ana when they grabbed the bucket
rom him only 20 find it empty one of
them flew into rage. The lad was
dragged across the yards One of the
men removed his shoes and stockings
from one Of his feet. while the other
| aid the tOrLuTing. Match after match
was struck and the burning birthstone
JaDbed against his foot His screams
We're muffied by one of the men hold
InS his hand over his mouth The in
. human treatment lasted for several
/ minutes After the supply Of matches
mad been exhausted the boy was re-
leased and the men made for the
freight yards.
The boy had been to the Rio Grande
w estern shops TO take his fathers
lunch TO him. He stopped at the shops
for half an hour and then started home
with the empty dinner pail. He was
going through the sOuth yards when
. hailed by the two men.
W nat nave you got, kd2" one OF
the men yelled TO him
The lads first thought was TO run.
( but fearful that the men would take
after him, he waited until they ap-
preached
Any grub in that bucket. KIDD" one
{ Of them asked
No, sir, not bit" replied tI.e lad
One of the .'hObOes' era br.d the
/ bucket from the boy and lifted the lid
Z When he found nothing i'm the bucket
/ he threw it on the srOUnd and uttered
] several curses. The lad was asked
4 where he had been and what he was
/ doing there. Trembling with fear he
( told them that he had carried his
/ fathers lunch to him at the yards
/ can't you dig UP anything to eat
/ around here2' he was asked with a
/ curse
/ NO. sir, 7 can't the boy answered.
/ At this he was taken below the
/ tracks and stripped of his shoes and
1 stockings They commenced their bru-
J tai treatment by singing the skin Then
/ they jabbed the burning matches
! against his foot and Leg until II
/ scOrched his flesh The bov fiuched
I with pain and cried with anguish but
I the -hObOeSi' only Chuckled at his dis
/ tress- His cries for help were srnOth-
I cred by the men gTabbine his throat
/ or holding their hands over his mouth
/ He struggled with the men for his lib
erty. but was unable to free himself.
I Pinned TO the ground he withstOOd the
/ torture and agony until they had eX-
I hauSted their supply of matches Then
/ he was turned loose He Iimped all the
way home and the gravel road caused
/ him more pain When he reached his
/ home he was exhausted He told the
I story OF his treatment to his mother
Z His foot was dressed and applications
/ put on il TO relieve the pain
! a search of the yards uncovered no
! clue of the men who did the work tt
/ is believed that they caught the night
1 freight train which pulled out shortly
/ after the boy was released