Show KILLED A LITTLE CHILD AN AWFUL occurrence IN AN IOWA physicians OFFICE hampton iowa jan 9 dr G W appleby for several years the leading physician at bristow butler county last evening in a fit of insanity killed a ten months old child of henry of this place while making an examination 0 it in dr hobsons office in this city the parents had brought the child to dr hobsons office to be treated for home trifling ailment and before he had time to attend to it he was called out dr appleby who was visiting dr II was lu the office and the latter suggested that dr appleby should make the necessary examination which as soon as dr hobson left the office he proceeded to do he took the child in his arms and handled it so cloughly that the parents protested but to no avail he suddenly put his thumbs under its chin and with his fingers on top of its head crushed its face in so that the blood gushed out of its nose and mouth then he seized the child by one foot and began swinging it around his head resisting all efforts of the terror stricken parents to stop him and it was not until help was golien that the child was taken aiom him it was quite dead the insane commission was convened and at midnight dr appleby was on his way to the hospital for the insane at independence three or four hours after the occurrence he seemed comparatively rational and said he know what he was doing when he killed the child but could not help it the cause of his insanity is supposed to be religious excitement |