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Show FAIR DEATS YOUilG I! ALr.1QST TO DEATH UITII CLUB j' ' . . 'J ....... 1 ' ' " ' ' ' ' ' Hugh Pierce Becomes Mad and B 'ats Twelve-Year-Old Son Into ' UnconseiouHness for Going Shimming WiUiout the Father's Consent. lie was Arrested and is Now Held in County Jail on $0000 Bail. Bingham People Make Bold Threats of Lynching ' and Tar and Feathers. Boy lept in Barn to Avoid Father. i . " . --JOne of the most dastardly beatings administered iy a father upon his son was that which took place here last Friday. The heating was administer-; administer-; ed by Hugh Pierce upon his 12-year-old son Junius fo? going in swimming : without his pi mission. The people of Bingham wtre no Incensed that lynching and t&r and feathers were suggested. In tvet the officers hurried hur-ried the father od to the county Jail in Salt Lake City for fear something might happen. , ; " " s Hugh Pirce is employed by the Royal Steam Laundiy in Bingham and Bishop J. A. Wright, manager of tha laundiy, states that -Mr. Pierce has j had a great deal of tr Mible with the unruly boy. The boy had been forbid-' forbid-' den to go to tho valley s dimming and on last Tuesday slipped away and went with a number of orher boys. When he returned late in tte evening he went to the barn back of -he laundry laun-dry and was about to climb nto the loft to sleep when BishopWrighr, came aijjnig and took him home. The Bish-djf Bish-djf thinks, however, that he did not sleep in .lis fathers house but ctme back later and slept In the barn, 'lie next day he went home and the father fath-er gave him a terrible beating according ac-cording to the story. Bishop Wright states that Mr. Pierce is not lirst counsellor in the CLatter 'Day Saints church but is a member of that or-vnntzation. S . The following story is taken from Th Tribune: . ' ' -, . ' That tiot less than.. $5000 bil4.wiB be required for the release from the county Jail of (Hugh Pierce of Bingham pending the outcome of the injuries he infixed upon his 12-year-old son, Julius, Friday afternoon, was the state ment made (Monday by Judge C. M. Nielson of the juvenile court, follow-, follow-, Ing a request to that effect from a i . committee of Bingham citizens who are taking an interest in the matter, f fierce is alleged to have brutally belten his son with an ax handle because be-cause the boy went swimming with a party of chums after his father had forbidden him to go. After knocking ' the boy senseless, it is alleged that he kicked him on the head and body. J The lad is under the care of Dr. F. E. Straup at his home. "Young Pierce received a most brutal brut-al heating from his father," said Dr. . " Straup, "and this camp is highly incensed in-censed about it." 'A report reached here that friends of Pierce In Salt Lake would attempt to secure bail fqr him. We hope he is kept in jail and properly punished. His wife fears . that If he is allowed bail he will return re-turn here and abuse her as he has often done in the past He may meet summary punishment If he returns. The lad Is a nervous wreck as result of the treatment he received." ' "A number of Bingham citizens called me up," said Judge Nielson, "stating that the Pierce boy was in a serious condition and requesting that his father be not released on less than $5000 bond, and it appears to me that ?;ihki Is not tco much under the circumstances." cir-cumstances." Pierce Arrested When Pierce was first arrested he . . --wvas taken before Judge J. C. Green who fixed his bond at $30Q. He was unable to furnish bail and was sent to Jail. It is stated that the father, after beating the bey, loi ked him in the house and he remained there alone for several hours. Finally one of the men In the neighborhood pried the door open and found the boy In nn unconscious un-conscious condition, and summoned the officers and medical aid. The boy Is now able to be about " , again and while he has a number of braises which are not yet healed, he ""-Tan be about his home and has left the hospital. |