Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-13
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Stella Grady on Stand in Nc
Kinney Case at
Peoria
TELLS OF AWFUL CRUELTY
Story Conflicts on Cross Examination
With Some of That Given at
AIedo.

| Peoria, ILL.,, June 13.-(Special.)--
Following the recitation yesterday of
the horrible practices which Stella Ora
dy was subjected to by Mrs. Mary l..
| Mckinney, the girl was put to a Sc
we're crosS-eXamination by Attorney
Cooke this morning and gave evidence
contradictory to that in the trial at
Alcdo. Attorneys Cooke and Quinn
are endeavoring to show that Mrs.
Mckinney is at a period of life when
she is mentally deranged Further,
that in the moments of her rage an
! uncomfortable passion seized her.
Admit All Charges.
Apparently no effort is being made
o impeach the testimony of the girl as
as the defense has already admitted to
the jury that all of the charges of cru
city were true. On many points, how
ever, the witness has said differently at
his trial than at the one in Aledo.
Climax of states Evidence.
The atrocities suffered by Stella in
Ter daily life at the Mckinney home,
IS told by the girl herself, in a long
and terrible recitation yesterday after
loon, marked the climax of the states
evidence in the famous Aledo case.
In the midst of densely packed
crowd which taxed the efforts of the
)ailiffs TO keep order, amid a breath
less stiffness in which jurors leaned far
over the rail of the jury box to catch
he faint words of the young girl on
he witness stand. while Mrs. McKin-
ney sat a few feet away writhing in
mental suffering, Stella Grady related
the incidentalS of her brutal treatment
and the ferocity of the woman who
lad taken her to teach her gentle
manners and good housekeeping"
Pinched and Scratched.
"She began by pinching me-" the
;irl answered as States Attorney Ora
lam took her hand. she pinched my
ace and my arms and scratched me. -
Stella Grady continued
Before | had been there week
Mrs. Mckinney began stabbing me in
the back with a long pronged toasting
fork and with embroidery scissors.
With rubber heels she slipped up be-
hind me and before l knew what she
was doing she would call me an ugly
name, flee or a bitch and accuse me
Of being lazy, and then strike me in
the back with the fork the girl pro
ceeded.
We'll, was this all she did,"
NO. when had been there a week.
she suddenly threw me face down on
he floor one day. and began SCRATCHING
ny hips and thighs
Turn Faces Away.
AS the girl related the revolving de
tails of her suffering and of the cruelty
Of the woman who at such times had
lneeled down over her, the spectators.
disguised beyond description. turned
away their faces. and hardened express
siOns settled over the faces of the jur-
orS
The cross examination of the de
tense attempted to bring out proof that
Mrs. Mckinney never displayed any
niger during these attacks but strong
proof to the contrary developed as
Stella Grady told of the last beating
she received before she was rescued
md the beating which called the at
ention of the neighborhood to the out
RACES
Grabbed the Girl.
Il had been out in the yard and
lad been washing the girl began.
AS l stepped up to the door of the
screened porch she grabbed me and !
erked me inside.
What have you been doing since
) o'clock she asked me. | told her |
lad been washing and then she beat
ne for half an hour with a stick of
wood from the wood box
The development of the insane the
Dry began with the cross examination
Of Stella Grady. and the defense laid |
a foundation for proof of periodical in
anity, which the state expects to up |
set.