| Show C pa t H WITH B EATING H I 1 S CHILDREN M FATHER COMPELLED THEM TO I 1 GO BATHING IN NOVEMBER whipped them when they rhey failed to commit to memory long pas sages of the bible I 1 I 1 new now york jan 26 A special des patch from capo may as X J says T wistar brown a at t city was found i berday of six indictments charging cruelty browns children it was declared were the victims of inhuman treatment at his hands the charges involved a multiplicity of offenses cs including browns beating the children making them eat unfit food various punishments for their failure to commit to memory long passages of the bible and compelling them to bathe in the bep ocean an as late as november 12 numerous witnesses testified that they had seen him beat the children and when two of the children went on the stand and told of their treatment little additional testimony was wary required brown is a giant in physique and by a system of training maintained since ho he was a boy has become so thoroughly accustomed to exposure and hardship liard hip that he apparently expected his children to be able to thrive under the same conditions he lie virtually admitted all the charges against him mill as io to his methods of hardening the children but denied dented that at it any time he had been cruel to them for the past five years he said 1 I have lived solely to promote the nipral mental and physical welfare of my children |
