El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-13

ei-sl o,erstion. and mistreated him /
IN Other ways, and that Mrs Good i
rich was not Of sound mind Iesti-
mony was introduced on the witness
stand intended to corroborate lns
tErandmother's statements
NeIchbors Tell Of Quarrels
Mrs. Stoner testified that the
mother beat the child and that the I
lstenfather would not allow nm j
enough food for proper nOurishment l
Nefrhb ors took the stand and tes- /
itffied that they had often given the !
lchud food and that Lieut. Goodrich /
and Mrs. Goodrich quarreled often
Until recently I lived with my
daughter and her husband on Monroe /
street" said Mrs. Stoner- Il moved ]
to their house at their request last
December
Last week my daughter beat me |
severely. knocked me down ana {
| bounded my head on the cement
\ door She beat the little boy un-
|; mercifuliy and I called for help
+ Later my daughter got pistol
3 Ny daughter is subject TO sucn
, spells and has often beaten ne II the J
/ stomach and thrown things at me- I
She often whips her husband Lieut. Z
i Goodrich. but takes anything mat
goes wrong out on me and her five
year old child
The grandmother testified that ]
Lieut. Goodrich was also cross and I
D irritable to the child, refused TO let I
him eat sufficient food 70 keep MS !
0 body uourished and that she had seen Z
him whip the boy with piece OF I
rubber and beat him with a stick OF I
Tells Of Threat to XIII
I NV daughter has often threatened 4
% xiii the child" she said Last /
week she said he was getting ike
his grandmother and she threatened
to cut his throat
Z dearly love him." was the reply.
7 have loved him since he was first
born I have tried TO train him IN
the right way. I sent him to sab
bath school regularly Then We lived
. in California. and have been GOOD
10 him ali the time"
How many times have you seen
Mrs Goodrich beat the baby and her
Ihusband2-
beats me and the baby most but I
whips her husband whenever she
takes the notion"
I How often does she take no
Pretty often and she pulls his hair
often, zoo. and throws things at us,
and shuts the baby in the closet IN
It'll he is very weak che rears back &
with her feet against the wall and .
when the little fellow is let out she
I laughs at him because he is faint"
says ChiId's Body Bruised
did you ever see any bruises On
the chud's body from cruel treat
mentg' the lawyer asked the grand
''Yes. she hits the child with the
| wire side OF a wire hairbrush until
the wires stick in his head. have
seen his head bleed I have seen
} bruises on his body from where he
was beaten, and I have had bruises
Z on my body for weeks from her
blows.
7 think my daughter IS not men
tally sound. Before she married
even the first time, I had suspected 8
that she wasn't sane"
Mrs Cora Gregory said Billy came
over to her house often and COM
7 planned that his father had whipped I
I him with razor strap Billy asked
I her for food twice. she said
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Mrs. Gregory also said Mrs. Good
rich had told her many wild tales"
One OF the tales" was that she was
VERY wealthy, another was that the
I boys father was a colonel in the
I United States army; that he had kid
inaped the boy and took him to Doug
las, but that the lieutenant hurried
TO Douglas in an airplane I'd res
cued his stepson- (The boys father
is a sergeant major, the testimony
aDo you think Mrs. Goodrich is IN
competent to rear the child2" judge
Coldweu asked her.
7 do" she said
why do you think sO2" asked the
-she has never taken care Of hi
as far as know" replied Mrs Greg
iory.
The grandmother. grayhaired and
s. years old, was crying. After the
n - -
wept bitterly. sobbed aloud and
iprayed for help.
Near. the close Of the trieI the bog
took the stand.
Boy says Mother Trents Him wen
Billy, how does your mother treat
your he was asked
] -Au right" was the reply.
How does your father treat yous"
HE treats me better than mama
does"
who treats you the best, your
mama or your papa or your grand
MAJ"
Grandma does" he said quickly.
The little fellow played about the
courtroom as the conditions in his
home were discussed, and paid no at
tention TO the accusations made By
the neighbors against his mother and
stepfather- He ran out in the cor
ridors and Railways. played in the
judges Office during the trial and
pl-leu down Lle pllnQs one at time
until the courtroom was iarl--
His mother would start after
him, but he rould take refuge in
his Ernndmother's lap, throw HIS
arms about her neck and hold
her tightly.
Says Grandmother III Treated.
Mrs. Edna Walker, another neigh
Z Dor, said Billy went 10 her house
twice and asked for food and that the
child said he did not ike his mother
| but liked his grandmother. u heard
Mrs Stoner calling for help one day
[ last week" she said I looked out
{ Of the door and saw Mrs. Stoner
was in trouble: her clothes were al
most torn from her. and he was
bruised on her neck and elbow. ]
took her in to protect her"