Assertion: child abuse | /r/CapableOf | capture the nation's attention
Facets:
value: in the early 1870s
type: TEMPORAL
value: with news
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In the early 1870s, child abuse captured the nation's attention with news that an 8 year old orphan named Mary Ellen Wilson was suffering daily whippings and beatings at her foster home.