Show Charged Wllh Whipping a Child Charley B SLants a carpenter was S arrested by Officer Parry yesterday af tbrnoon on a warrant charging him with assault und battery Ho IH S charged With having severely thrashed tim son oC Attorney E D R Thomp non It Is paid that Stunts aelfd the Thorppwjn boy by the collar and vigorously vig-orously plM a rawhirio whip to bin bark for a number of minutes Tho lad exhibited a number or blue welts I on his arms and back where he had been beaten Staats when arrested did not deny that he had whipped the child However he insists that he utilized a smallsized switch rather than a rawhide whip He says that the Thompson boy baa been a source of annoyance to him and of terror to Ills own children for some time past The boy lib said was disturbing his children chil-dren who were engaged In cutting a lawn when lit switching took place Staats was released on his own recognizance recog-nizance S |