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Show CALLED CRUELEST FATHER IN WORLD CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 12. Theodore Ent, branded by his neighbors as the 'cruclert father in the world," was- Indicted In-dicted by the grad Jury, and must stand trial for tying his twelve-year-old son Charles by the wrists and hanging him to a rafter In the garret for twelve houre with only his toes touching the floor. Neighbors cut the ropes. The boy, it is said, ran away, taking a dollar belonging be-longing to hit- father. "The ropea cut my wrists and the ropes around my chest hurt me," said the boy. "He left me hanging there and went away, but he came back every half hour or so and tantalized me. I was rick. I cried. I begged him for a drink because I was so thirsty. " 'Please, papa, give me a drink of water, I said, but he Was mad and hit me with a lath." |