Ogden Daily Standard | 1906-07-02 | Page 1 | Child is Beaten to Death in Ohio

C H I 1 L Is 9 ky 1111 ATEN T U I 1 11 ti t va TH IN I 1 0 H in I 1 U A I 1 BODY FOUND TO BE COVERED WITH NAIL HOLES stepmother step mother charged with the terrible crime admits beating the girl I 1 chicago july 2 A despatch to the i record herald from youngstown you town ohio says the discovery yesterday that six y year 0 ar 01 old d elsie anderson had died of wounds on her body apparently the result of a beating with a stick filled with nails was followed by the arrest of her stepmother step mother jennie anderson she was very nervous and beyond b ac ara that she had beaten the child frequently frequently in the last three weeks refused to talk physicians who examined the body of the child declared that slier I 1 1 id been beaten to td death the body presents b a sight from the top of the head to the soles of the feet there are are not four square inches not punctured with avith what hat are believed to be nail holes or covered with ugly wounds ono one of i the childs shoulders was broken neighbors say that for three weeks the woman has kept the child hidden from its father when the father returned to his homo home at night nigh t the little one was avas shut up in the attic marks on lier her arms indicate that she was tied with ropes