Show SHOCKING A half witted child and tortured by his parents ky xyr copl opt 4 E dispatch san francisco chronicle series word comes from walkers a small hamlet situated between this place and of a case of barbarous cruelty which occurred there a day or t two we a ago go ellas elias glass lives there and works in the sewer newer pipe works at that place ufa wife works tn in tho the glass factory lo in this city both are absent from home through tho the day and tho the house Is letl left in the caro care of their heir young children the youngest child Is about ono one year old and tho the oldest Is it a half ball witted boy about 14 years year sold old while tho the parents ere cro anayas away as usual the baby became fearful and its cries io a enraged tile tho boy that he lifted its skirts and placed tho the little ono on oil a hot stevo and held it there until it was burned in ia a beer blo ble inan in annor nor when the mother returned homo home in tile tho evening and nd heard from tho the other children what III had happened silo she bared tho the boys back and with a stout strap on the end of m aleli was a buckle boat him hl his buk balk was covered with blood rod and bruises later when the father returned homo home mad and was informed of what had mccurr occurred ad bo be stripped thu the boys legs took a lid fro from tho the stove and applied it ul to tile tho baro limbs of tho the boy in several places searing him terribly ate at every 1 I ry touch tito tho township authorities hearing of at tho the affair bad tho the parents ai rested |