Show H 8 H nan 1 ff communications mi MM immiti 1 p 1 I 1 wish to make contradiction to statements which I 1 have just read as s to abe shields the child beater so called I 1 am the man that is accused of such a ridiculous crime anil and deny such charges altho I 1 have been convicted I 1 do not feel I 1 was as convicted fairly I 1 had no chance ch ance to defend ini self I 1 knew new not on what chare I 1 nas as arrested until one hour before I 1 was found guilty I 1 did not see ace any complaint until the beginning of tho the trial which charged me niall heating beating and abusing a two year old child on or oi about the day of may I 1 deny it its a lie he I 1 went to vork ork on may the at the new smelter in doer deer valley I 1 worked fourteen days on may the I 1 came home from work atia aim my wife told tile me Of officers fibers had been there and wanted to see roe me I 1 beut N eat to see them I 1 found that my wife bad told them thern I 1 had beat the child and tied it up to the wall which slie site did herself I 1 asked her what she had bad lied to the officers for slie site said aid she did not blame tile me for it she told me that mrs blackley had seen een her whip the child and had interfered and she believed had made complaint to the officers it if so alia at is blackley did right my wife did not tell them as she did me that she had whipped tile the child with a strap until tile the marks of ill the e strap was left on his body I 1 told my wife that it if she could not treat the child ron right she must take tier her child back h home ne I 1 told tier lier I 1 would borrow w th the money for tier her to go eo on on ithe he morning of 0 may I 1 asked the foreman of oc the smelter tor for a day oft off from work which he allowed tile me I 1 told my wife to go to her he mother and ask tier her to come along and I 1 would see tier her safe on oil the stage site she went with me to main street and then informed me she did not want to go away she promised me phi would do better anil and on these conditions we e returned home things henl enl for or a fv days I 1 did not work ork at the smelter after may I 1 did not beat that child not no teen een speak cross to him some time in june I 1 was at work when I 1 heard tile the child scream I 1 went to the house to seo aeo what was wrong and round found that my wife had taken tho the child in the colter coller and him I 1 told her I 1 want nant such things going on at my place and told tier her the money was in the house and she was vu to take the child to her mothers she begged to stay an and keep the child aud and try other way to teach him things went ent on quietly for or several days and on coming home one afternoon I 1 found the child with tits his node nose deiy badly hurt and his h is face bruised and scratched she told me the little fellow had fallen off a horse borse I 1 cautioned tier her to be more careful on july I 1 heard the child cry and learned that my wife had beat him because he tried to bite her tile next day when I 1 came home my cifes mother was there and the labys babas arm was broken but my wife lie 4 could not tell me how it happened and I 1 am sure I 1 was as not the cause of 0 the injury I 1 was arrest arrested edjon ion july the 22 1 as soon as I 1 got home fro from ol 01 borit or I 1 was taken to the city jail and ill locked up until monday when my mother balled baided me out I 1 went to work monday night and worked until my trial I 1 did not see any complaint or here any until at my trial my wire wife has told several hovedal storie sall being lies ites which the public will know in time my wife told tier her mother on july the before going to trial she was the one to blame not me that site she had whipped the child with her hand until tier her hand hurt may I 1 ask the public to inquire tor for themselves and I 1 ask the officers ot of tho law to trace this and rind find who Is to blame L A SHIELDS coalville Co alville utah AUK aug 9 1916 |