The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-03
MOTHER REVEALS
HOW CHILD DIED
AFTER BEATING
Testifies Her Husband Attacked
Daughter With Leather Belt
and Buckle.

\ Nathaniel Ingrsham, confessed MUIR
derer OF his six-year-old daughter,
Beatrice, who is on trial for his life
in Supreme Court. showed no emotion
as the jurors were drawn and watch
ed each juror examined by the law
| yers.
The. courtroom all day long was
crowded with spectators. drawn by a
| morbid curiosity toward the proceed
iLgs, that they might see a man whose
crime created such a wave of horror
that at first no lawyer could be found
to defend him.
And just because OF the widespread
aversion to the man. II was found diff
| fcult to get jurors. Practically every
juror who was called was Excused
| for cause" the cause being they had
read of the case in the papers and
lad a settled opiniop regarding the
guilt or innocence OF the prisoner.
The twelve were finally obtained
end the actual trial began. Justice
j. Addison Young Is presiding. Dis
trict Attorney Raymon Il. Aldrich has
many convictions credited to him.
WILL ADMIT KILLING GIRL.
At the same time, John r. Ring
wood. who is attorney for the defense.
IS well-known criminal lawyer, and
will use as his defense the statement
| that Ingraham did kill the child. but
that IT was without generalization or
elaboration.
Keeping close watch on the trial
Is the prisoners aged mother, Mrs.
George Ingrshsm. who spent her
time watching her son and the
prosecuting attorney.
The star witness in the case is
the wife of the prisoner. who testi-
| fed against her husband. Here a
| Psychological fact enters the case
that of the removal Of fear from
the wife by the Incarceration OF her
husband. IL was she who. when he
| first was accused OF the crime, was
warmest In her defense. and said
that his story that the little girl
had fallen down stairs was true.
Later. however, she denied this and
said that her husband had beaten
the child because she did not get
up when called in the morning.
MRS. INGRAHAM TEsTIFIEs.
On the stand Mrs. Insraham re-
lated the story of how her husband
killed their child. The young mother
Is but, twenty-five years old. a
slender brunette, pale Of face and
dressed in black.
II saw him beating Beatrice with
his belt" said Mrs. 1ngraham. 1T
was a leather belt with a buckle.
He beat her on the body. legs and
face. and then he brought in n
stick fifteen inches long and struck
her several times. I saw black and
blue marks all over her body and
on her face.
! "A week before che died, he
rubbed horse liniment on the sores.
and II blistsred all he rlittIe body.
She cried so. but he did not stop.
And then her body got all raw"
Mrs. InGraham told the story OF
the child's death on February IS in
detail
ION that morning. heard him
say to Beatrice, Damn you, why don't
| you get upr Five minutes later !
heard her moaning and ] went UP and
| found her on the floor by the bed.
Her eyes were shut and she was
bleeding from the nose and mouth. l
| picked her up, but tho baby was
dead"
HAD CHILD AT FIFTEEN.
Mrs. Ingram admitted on the stand
| that the baby was born when she was
but fifteen years old, on September
IA, 1918, and her marriage TO Ingram
was not solemenied until September
| 7, 1916. year later. She said that
even before the last beatings that the
father had given the child, he had
marked her so with straps before that
they had TO put a veil on the baby's
face so that people would not see the
ma rks when she went out. She also
testified that she had said he'd kill
her yet"
Attorney Rinswood. attorney for
the defense, submitted the mother to
grilling contamination, Ques-
tioning her about their marriage after
the baby's birth, and questioned her
as to her friendship with other men.
Justice Young excused her from an
swering these questions, on the
ground that 1t might tend to degrade
her.