Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-09-08 | Page 3 | Child Tells How Father Whipped Infant to Death

OO CHILD TELLS ROW FATHER WHIPPED INFANT TO DEATH DEFIANCE, O.. Sept. 8. The pi i tacle of a foster father weeping weep-ing while a 7 year old boy Was describing how the parent Is alleged al-leged to have beaten the boy's ; . ar old brother to death with a heavy leather harness Iuk xrc ted the jurymen In the trial of JOshua Motkln?, farmer, here. Botkins Is on trial for first degree de-gree murder following tho death of Arthur Gerald Bullock, child of his housekeeper, on the night of July 8 The prosecution, which closed its case yesterday, sought to prove that Hot kins held tho (hibl by the ankles and beat him With the tug uhllo holding his head in a tub of water to stifle his screams. 1'iirins the testimony of Earl W by Mullock, the 7 year old boy, Botkins wept bitterly. When the boy approached thtt witness stand yesterday he showed fear and If was necos.-ary several times to assure him that he would not be harmed