Arizona republican., 1920-05-24
ARREST WOMAN FUR CRUELTY n
 HER DAUGHTER
Mexican Woman Punished Child by Burning Her Feet in Fire-Mother in Jail, Daughter in Hospital Here

Little Concha oIiva is seven wears old. She is a black-eyed, vivacious Mexican girl There are two other girls in the family One of them has Just passed her first birth anniversary ana the other is three gears old. Con enc has already learned to assume sOhe or the household duties She hhoWS how to tidy up the hol1se and loW 70 care for baby sister when she is cross. She can sweep and dust and IeheFe her mother of much of the ron Ine work and then. too, Concho knows now now to play. Among her playmates Sle ls recognized as a leader in plan ilhg new and original games or bring ing lfe to such childhood standbys as dlde-and- go seek or "Rine-arollnd- lne-fosy. Concho is a little Mexican sirI' put she has all the zest and spirit 0layfulness and intelligence of any normal girl her age
 Last night Concho was rushed to the Sl- Joseph hospital suffering from se- we're burns on her feet. In the same gar that brought Concha to the hos DAtal rode her mother silent and brooding. She paid little attention to me suffering. of her child. Mrs Oliva was being taken to the county jail be- cause she admitted holding her E- year-old daughter over bonfire and forcing the tiny feet into the hot em- bers.
 Punished Child by Burning
 ohe wouldn't get me a bucket of water, Mrs. Oliva explained through an interpreter at the county jail last night.
 Mamma didn't want me to play" Concha told a reporter through a nurse Who was kind enough to act as inter prefer at the St. Joseph hospital.
 mat was the only explanation of- Iered by either the mother o- child for nf -nT4 talk about the affair. Concha displayed timidity which may have been in duced through fear
 Mamma gets mad" she said. and influenced by the soothing voice of the nurse reused on her elbows and with eyes averted to the pillow as though still afraid to tell her story the little girl confided that thfs was the second time she had been burned in similar manner. Then suddenly feeling she had said too much Concha turned to the nurse and said:
 But l like mama-only when she gets mad She allowed her gaze to wander to her bandaged feet. The bandages extended far up the little legs.
 Put Burning Rags About ChiId's Feet
 Mama put burning rags around them" she explained when asked why the bandages extended so far. Con- cha talked with a slight lisp. She had lost two teeth. She said the teeth fell out when her mother hit her and knocked her down. The mother said the teeth were loose and ready to fall our.
 Tn her cell at the county jail the mother maintained a stoic indifference to the condition of her child and her own position. She said Concha de- served punishment because she failed to get a bucket of water for her. When asked if she was equally severe with the other children she said they were not old enough yet for such punish ment.
 Augustine Oliva is the head Of the family. He was not at home at the time punishment was mered out to C0ncha. The little girl said her faIh- CT did not mistreat her. The Olivas are cotton piekers and live near Scotts- dale. Their name is also sometimes &given as Olivios.
 R.. Rappe, a deputy sheriff. brought the mother to the county jail. after screams of the tortured child had brought neighbors to the rescue. They took Concha in charge. Although suf- fering from very badly burned feet. ConcEa's condition is not considered serious. Charges against the mother will probably be filed today