The Greeley tribune., 1909-05-26
juvenile COURT
HAS WORK AHEAD
ALLEGED BRUTALITY TO BOY
Another Runs Away the Second Tin0
to Escape Whipping


II you were a small boy of 10 Or
II. which would you rather do. take
a licking or run away?
There were two cases before the
officers Monday where one ran
away and the other took the licking,
and judging from evidence at hand
they should have been reversed for
proper distribution of equity.
A report came to the sheriff about
father out on Seventh who beat .
small child with his fists, knocking
1t down several times. This was
seen by one of Greeley's best citi-
zens as he passed the house and who
insists that warrant be issued.
Some of the neighbors were called
In and they claim the beatings are
a regular occurrence from both ia
ther and mother. One neighbor in
formed the officers that he saw the
mother beat the boy with large
board all the way to the coal shed
and back. The boy was driven out
with two scuttles in his hand, and
the woman plyed the board all the
way to the coal shed, kept the board
moving on the boys back until the
scuttles were filled and on the way
back, with the heavy scuttles. hit
him on the head and knocked him
down couple of times.
The boy who fails to run away
from so brutal parent must have
had the greater portion of his brains
beaten out and not enough sense left
to run away.
In the above case the neighbors
claim they have to keep their win
dows closed to shut out the cries Of
the children at all time of night.
: Another case in question is that
OF the Aldrich boy, who seems to
have got the habit" in the runaway
business. and ought to change places
with the boy on Seventh avenue for
just one good beating, provided a
strap was used instead of a board.
1t will be remembered that the Aid
rich boy, together with chap from
7 Denver, ran away from the Byers
school during one of the heavy
storms this spring, and were found
in shed almost frozen. They said
/, they ran away to escape a whip
ping. Aldrich has remained with his
+ mother since. who is employed on
a farm east of town, and last We'd
nesday he ran away again.
.- The young fellow was thinly clad
& and had on pair of shoes with no
d stockings. He came to town and hid
= around in the different localities
5 while the officers were looking for
"A him. He knew a good many of the
small boys ntown and he got many
Nv of these to sneak him out sandwiches
A. from their mothers kitchens. FO
three nights he slept in buggy II
.. the neighborhood of Fourteenth av
Il enue. The buggy was standing In q
IN yard and contained a blanket, In
"A which the lad rolled up and snOOzed
till morning. officer Ahrend caught
), him in that neighborhood last night
n while he was waiting Tor handout
While waiting for some one to
,f come after him the marshal took the
boy up to the council meeting and
the child was in the warm room only
, few minutes when he curled up In
a his chair and went to sleep. 1t took
about ten minutes to wake him up
t. when a neighbor arrived about 10
:; O'Clock and took him home.
He said his mother promised to
, whip him if he let the water out OF
the tank He forgot the stoppe.'.
, or for some other reason let the wat
g er escape, and then ran away to es-
"a cape the promised whipping.