The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-07-26
ACCUSES HERM0THER| AUTOMOBILE LAW.
Five Year Old Tells of 1nhauman
Treatment.
MOTHER ENTERS DENIAL.
But Child Is Taken From Parents nv
Order Of Juvenile Court.

HoC W lell papa ana mama FreQa
the five year old daughter of Oskar
Knobloch living a few miles north
west of Denison, told tale of brutal
and inhuman treatment that would
make ones blood run cold. She told
officers that her step-mother abused
her cruelty, that she whipped her
numerically causing the scars that
criss-crossed her little body. A cash
on her head she said was caused by
a butcher knife in her mothers
hands, scratches under her ears she
claimed were made by her step
mothers long nails and her hair
was thinned where she said her STEP
mother had pulled out handful.
She told how she had been dragged
across the floor by the hair and
beaten until she was afraid to go
home and had run away to escape the
awful treatment. This story was
gotten from the child only after
much urging and after repeated
promises not TO tell her parents and
not to let them hurt her. At first
she accounted for the bruises as hav-
ing been received from brambles and
wire fences but finally between sobs
she told her pitiful story. Her moth
er died little over year ago and
in October her father married again.
The child did not claim that her faith
er abused her, but that he did not
prevent her step-mother from doing
so.
Three times during the past two
weeks has the little one run away.
the last time remaining in the corn
field all night and going to neigh
Dor when forced to do so by hunger
the next day.
Knobloch and his wife deny the
charges in toto. The step-mother
claiming she never even whipped
the child because it was not hers.
The officers of the juvenile court,
Mayor Carey and Mr.. Chas. Tabor,
were convinced however that the child
was mis- treated ard after hearing
on Wednesday forenoon. Knobloch
was obliged to grant adoption papers
and to put up fifty dollars to pay the
entrance fee into state home.
The sheriff took the little girl to the
county Jail where she stayed with
the Meehan family. She appeared
overjoyed when told that she could
go with the sheriff and need not 90
back to her step-mother any more.
She is a bright, attractive little
child and it is the hope of the officers
that she may be adopted into some
good Crawford county home instead
of being sent to an orphanage. The
story told by little Freda seems al
most Incredible but it is more incredi-
bic that so young a child told any
thing but the truth. Such treatment
accorded a little child is a disgrace to
the county and if clearly proven
should meet with severe punishment.
Mr.. London, one of the managers
of the Heinz Bros. Carnival Co..
was in Denison yesterday to look
over the city and prepare for the car
nival to be put on here next week
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday. Mr.. London
guarantees that his company will put
on nice, clean, attractive and enjoy
able carnival here, with half a doz-
en- fine free street features and only
the highest grade tent shows. No
gamblers or bad women are allowed
with the company at all, and the
company plays its towns so that it
can make return dates in the follow
ing years. This is what Denison
wants. We like the noise and excite
ment that carnival produces but we
want it decent and orderly.
Complimenting her guests, Misses
Anna and Grace Schlumberger, of
Denison. Iowa, Miss Mary Wrigley,
of North Wood street, was hostess
at a pleasing affair Thursday even
ing. A profusion of daises were
used in decorating the rooms and the
pretty blossoms with masses of foil
age made effective room trimmings.
A guessing contest was one of the
evenings features. Misses Leah
Lewis, Grace Schlumberger and Alma
Moore gave several piano numbers;
Misses Fay Christy and Mabel Cook
vocal selections, and Miss Cary Moore
a reading, all of which were enjoy
able. Fremont, Ohio Daily News.
Miss Matte Nesbit of Waterloo,
Neb., is visiting at the home of her
cousin Miss Gertrude McWilliams.