The Washington times., 1920-05-21
CHILD BEATER
R0USES TOWNSMEN
Alexandra People Hostile To-
ward McCabe As Trial
Hour Approaches.
Continued from First PageD

| NNonbhueu from flrst fageI
resents the 81. Vincent de Paurs So
ciety, TO investigate the case thor
oughly TO see what further action can
be taken.
II Anna and Lillian were sent TO st.
Joseph's Home at Richmond and Baby
Adelaide TO st. Anne's in Washington.
McCsbe will be taken before the
court tomorrow morning. At that
time a motion OF the St. Vincent de
| Paul society asking custody OF the
children involved will be argued.
A fourth child. a baby girl of three
months. died last Thursday at the
| salvation Army home on South Fair
! fax street
| Following the death OF the child.
a crowd OF shipysrd workers threat
ened violence. McCsbe was secretly
| sent to Jail at Rosslyn by Judge V.
II. Thompson. OF the police court, on
a charge OF neglecting his children.
| Ftned for Cruelty.
| McCsbe had previously paid fine
of $40 for cruelty TO his four little
girls, Anna aged nine, Lillian, eight,
| adelaide, seventeen months and
baby girl OF three months.
The older children all bore marks
OF severe bestings. which neighbors
dedare the father administered al
most nightly for trivial offenses.
| McCsbe will appear before NUM-
cipial Judge Barley tomorrow morn
| ing on a motion of st. Vincent de
Paul Society for custody OF the three
children, whom ii Is desired to send
to Catholic institution in Rich
| mond. Police precautions will be
taken to protect him from mob vio-
ience. which older citizens OF the
city have been working during the
last week to forestall.
| McCabe earned $40 a day as a rivet-
or in the shipyards, II is declared
He is small and wiry and has a
reputation among his fellows for a
violent temper when aroused
The three children now under the
charge of Captain Helwege and his
mothcrly wife at the Salvation Army
still show signs OF beating which the
| elder two say were administered for
/ the most trifiing offenses.
| Both the older children cringe and
| show fright when any suggestion is
| made that they so back to their
father.
They are phenomenally bright look
| ing children, sweet faced, and some
| what below the normal size OF chill
| dren of their ages, They were en-
| gagged this morning in helping the
motherly. captain and her daughter
=, dress and bathe a family of eleven
tiny children, some Of them the cap
| tain's own. and most OF them waits
| who were being cared for.
| Lillian. eight years old who is
rather taller than her sister Anna, a
year older, reluctantly exhibited
pair of eyes with greenish marks
| around them where Captain Helwege
| said she had black eyes when she was
| taken to the Salvation Army home.
| Across ono ear was welt which
| Lillian said was caused by being hit
by the buckle of a belt with which
her father was beating her. Her tiny
/, legs. thin because of lack OF nourish-
ment, bore ugly greenish welts, al
| though she had been in the home for
more than a week. Big blue veins
| pushing their way through the sur
face gave farther evidence OF evident
neglect.
Dread Being With Father.
j Anna also had stripes on her legs
which she said were caused by the
belt strap and buckle.
Baby Adelaide had marks on her
body.
Did you know your papa was
coming to get you tomorrow" the
| children were asked.
| DUN VI tHeHl expressed terror,
til a smile from Mrs. Helwege reas-
sured them.
Don't you want to so to your
father"
No" screamed both.
| "Why not?"
| 'He beats" said Anna.
| Beats US hard" said Lillian
He beats us just because we went
out on the street" Anna volunteered.
Four older boys, children of the
late Mrs. McCabe, are in New York
City, being cared for by an aunt.
MRS. Helwege, who until recently
| lived across the street from the Nc
Cabes, told The Times this morning
| that McCabe had been in the habit
OF whipping the children every even
| ing. so that the neighbors were COM
PEELED to protest.
II could not sleep nights because
Of the screaming Of the children" she
| said. 49,.
Mrs. Mccabe died three months ago
! at the birth Of the baby which died
last week. Mrs. Helwege stated to-
| day that McCahe was urged to get
| a woman to take care OF the children
| or to send them where they would
be cared for. He replied indignantly
that they were his children and he
| would take care Of them.
| a colored girl was hired to 60 to
the house afternoons. She got the
chiidrens dinners and suppers, they
said today. They got no care excent
from her. the children and Mrs. Hell.
wege declared.
| Early last week, after an investi-
cation by Mrs. Helwege, at the direc-
ton OF Judge Thompson, McCabe was
arrested for cruelty and the four chill
dren were taken to the Salvation
Army home, where the smallest bahy
died two days later.
The child simply died Of lack of
nourishment," said Mrs. HelweCe. her
eyes. filling with tears.
| Her little arms and legs were
scarcely larger than your finger. and
her race was SO thin that the skin
merely STUCK to the bones. We
couldn't do anything for her"
| McCabe, she said. refused to nav
| for the care OF the children or for Tho