| Show PITILESS PARENTS CHILDREN maltreated MAL TREATED BY CRUEL MOTHERS AND FATHERS some instruments of torture casol cf f a startling nature brought to light by the pennsylvania society for the protection of children it hardly seems possible that a man with the figuro figure of an athlete and the tha strength of a samson would deliberately strike e a child of six years full in tho the face with all the force of his hia brawny fist and as if to make it further farther deplorable the poor poor defenseless litt frea creature ture his owin own offspring but such brutes exist and this case is considered a mild one in the tha annals of pitiless deeds that come under the notice of the pennsylvania society for the protection of children from cruelty at tho the socie tys new home mr crew cre V the enthusiastic secretary and prima mover in all the good work done in a conversation yesterday unfolded experiences such as would appear to belong to the times when torture was wasa a recognized mode of punishment ament for old and rid r young some of the cases would put to blush even tho most cruel practices of those olden days aud and yet they are occurring daily here in philadelphia and the victims rne me and all are children to the parents who regard the treasures treasur 03 in their homes as thomast the most priceless boon bogn that heaven ever bestowed and whose every thought is for the care and comfort of their little ones this society peculiarly appeals how a mothers heart will bleed if through accident or disease a little son sol or daughter must fiust endure the pangs 0 ol 01 suffering and if punishment must bo be inflicted it falls more heavily on the parents than on oil the little offenders yet there are mothers and fathers too who soni seem to have been given the children but the love that comes with tho the first weak cry has never found a place in their hearts to them they are a a constant source annoyance and only fit to slave and toil and as their reward receive cuffs and kicks hicls scars bears and bruises A CHAMBER OP OF HORRORS in their heir diew new building the society has secured a long ong felt want supplied with every convenience and many comforts it must appear a veritable haven of refuge to the little waifs waife that are rescued from the he streets or out of th the e clutches of the inhuman monsters they call father and mother in a room set apart for the purpose is a collection of straps whips bludgeons knives and chains an assortment worthy of a chimber chamber of horrors Lorr ors yet each one his has been taken from the hands of some fiend in in human form and bears a history that aliat seems almost improbable in in this city cit of homos homes A heavy chain thirty inches ion long and weighing from four to six pounds with links strong enough to secure some wild beast was taken fro from in around the neck of a frail little boy whose case had been reported to the society by y outsiders who heard the childs cries at the torture inflicted his little sister aster frightened at the terrible punishment attempted to escape by crawling under th the e table tho the in inhuman father ceased from beating the boy and turned his bis attention to i the he little girl ile he dragged her out by the arm then holding her by the aa ankles les he thumped her head up arid and down on the floor until the child became unconscious unconscious when tho the officers of the society arrived at the house it was discovered that tho the childs wrists wrista and ankles were broken ken and slie she had to be at once removed to the hospital AN AIN INHUMAN MOTHER another case in which a woman and a mother figures is one of the most heartless instances on record A long ions cruel knife elicited the history and for cool hard hearted indifference it has no equal A woman with her three children living in ons one of tho worst see sections eions down town reveled dinall in all sorts of vice arica and wickedness and regarded her little ones as obstacles standing in her way of a very excitable and ungovernable disposition at all times she was when under the influence of drink a veritable fur fury and had frequently beaten them with heavy clubs bludgeons of wood woo d 1 with protruding nails and in fact anything a she could lay her hands on until their bod bodies bodea ea and faces werd in the most fearful condition not content with this she ehe turned them out in the streets one bitter bit ter wini day insufficiently clad and too t oo 00 terror stricken to attempt to return neigh bars saw viem them and warned her that unless she speedily gave them shelter i complaint would be made against her qwin to threat beat she to took ok the them irLin in aut only to vent rc redoubled doubled fury on oh ill iho already half de dead a 1 I cl hildren children that night one little chap worn out with the trials of his lot and exhausted by lack of food and ill treatment fell into a sleep asleep only to he rudely awakened hy heavy blows because becaro he breathed too loud lond the final act which brought her before the ma magistrate gis was that of stabbing her little girl gill because she asked for a piece of sugar on being brought up for egami examination nation she expressed n regret egret for what she had done but said she hoped the child would lie die as it would atwould only ta take ke fifteen dollars to bury her and she would bo through with the brat philadelphia times |
