The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-30
Justice CrutchfieId Impose
Heavy Penalty For Cru
city to Son '
TOWEL OVER MOUTH;
BOY SEVERELY BEATEN
Stripes Still Plainly Visible uA|
His Back--Convicted Man
Appeals and Gives Bail M
for Court.

/ You arc the most ini,umau father
nave ever known. With M, cx~
Irriencc OF forty years on the bench I:
and i'm public life ] have never heard q
OF such cruelty. Without rhyme ckNs
reason you have most nnnaturaIiy ami N
very cruelty beaten your thirteets.
year-oid son. I sentence you 10 1Atk 4
Tor six months and also impose Il Mr.
of 500 upon YOU" Ia
Applause. the first that has bAanks
heard In the police court room for
number of years, greeted thts Staf2SsA
Inent from Justice CrutchfieId SafiYH~
day morning. j. NJ. Campbell. OF SIo#
East Leigh street q former mfniGt&&k
who was convicted Of cruelty beatinH
| his thirteen year-old boy was titS N
man to whom the court was taIktnes
Campbell was taken to the pen atz48
locked up for about an hour when NJ
through a friend. he noted an appeal
and was released or security Ia tta6 d
sum of $500, furnished by Mr.. III ~
Griggs gG%Sa AN
/ Tied hands and feet with tow1I
lover his mouth, the boy said that ~ 4
/ had been numerically whipped Nv lkn
father. Stripped by DIR. w. r.. Mat
thews, who found the wounds upon
him, the little fellow stood in the pri~
'ate office of Justice Criitchfield, tho
case being interrupted a short Tins
during its progress, and exhibited fnl
court officials and doctors and repoxr Il
tiers thirty-two scars upon hts back
/ They We're made with the end OK 8Q
rawhide whip that. according to ME.@s
/ Campbelfs own statement. was pltl
chased week or more before the N01R
ging for the purpose Of infiicting ptxf M
| ishment II dement's came home. IL " Sss
i Reports Not Satisfactory. MI M
Mr.. Campbell wanted daily n
port from the principal of C61itE
school where his son was In CIAee
the boy having shown nischievo&
tendency. Eight reports were s<nf IN q
the father by Principal Crenshaw. OAe
Of them read; Joe was marked fFfro
to-day fer playfainess ffis arifhr
metic is bad" Each Of the other F&~s
ports spoke of the boy being ieffcient
I in his arithmetic and receiving 0nA
or two dement's every day for plMYS
fulness. On the twenty-second Nx.x
Campbell received theTfoliowing rcp0Ft
\ from Mr. Crenshaw. the principal md
Immediately after it had been recetve0
! the boy was tied to a stool, beAt44
most unnaturally and had to be taken
/ 10 the Retreat for the Sick the foI@
| lowing day for treatment. Sa
you will have to do something with \
/ Joe. He has received three dens~sfn
I to-day. His lessons were only fafrs
/ Yours truly. s 81
4 w. A. CRENSHAyrss sya
| Up. S.--Demertts were given fQt
/ talking and idiins."1 q
! When the case was caIlai In ccu4& 4
Saturday morning the ronrn ws&
( crowded almost to suffoc,irton. H
hind the railing there We're many lAS
dies and these started the ipplA,MKK
when Justice Crutchheld rendered h1&
opinion. II
Tied Towel Over Mouth. ss&sS
The little boy was crying and afrS&M#
to talk when he frs: came 10 thM%
bench, and Justice Crutehdsli na4@&
him come behind the bar and talks;
to him in a soothing way The h
said:
Papa whipped me last ManNwa
night because ! got three deuevtesS
in school one day. And one dSy a SS
was raining and | didn't come hdNH@S
early, He tied my feet and my hAU4&#
and beat me with a rawhtda sWhip
He said the next time he vas G3iM0N
TO tie me to the bed witt: my face 4 81
the bed About two weeks ag0 pG&
beat me, but he didn't have wH.1
then. and he told me he was g0s4S
TO buy one. He made me take N II
my coat and shirt when he heske
me-" sS|
Mr.. Campbell who appeared Win
out counsel was allowed to ask t13&Ss
boy any questions. and from tl+eAs
questions resulted more flmaS9n IN
evidence against him. SsS#%s
Didn't l talk to you ana ask y0MS
to talk to me. son 2" asked the fsthex@8
IT couldn't talk back tn YOU 6x3
cause you tied a towel OYER NNa
mouth" replied the boy. 49, 4 NJ MI
II did that to make YOU stop It'll Az
lering. But you kicked me whil3
was chastising you. and had II
Ash you for It," put In Mr.. Campt
81 was WEIGHING" said the boz
Tells His Own Story.
The biting sarcasm " 1tizE
Crutcnffetd as he cross =uuesftU5
Campbell was feature ALSO. c.
bell was allowed to make
ment. after Dr. w. p. Mathcv-o
Policemen Andrews had told Nf&
wounds found on the boy's back
Mr.. Campbell said that the 1td9
tied the boy on was not ~ inches
but was only l27-s inches fro1
floor. and that IT had q hole
top of II and through this A@
strung cord and tied his SON
he was administering a "genfeAlx
tisement Without fully axp1
why he had beaten tho boy. k
OF having withdrawn from tho q
and begun the life OF a cnrpenfQ
II received some complaints "A
son here was not attending a. "a
sons and asked MIR. Cxenn
give me a daily report c0nfinG
defendant. "Onee he plucho6
roses from q lady's yard eud IN
p.asnt was. made. J. sbnngs4
week or 80 ago and foid hil
going 10, chastise him e ~ c911N
again with demertts. Z Il
FollowEg HIS ntatam4S1ts EGE
thews asked that the court N11
IT the marks upon -