FULL
TEXT: San Diego, Dec. 6. – Leonard Boelhauff, 6, died early today at the Mercy
Hospital from a fractured skull and severe bruises suffered from what
authorities said was a beating administered by the child's foster mother.
Police
held Mrs. Dorothy Boelhauff, 29, Chula Vista, in connection with the boy’s
death. Mrs. Boelhauff, who said she planned to adopt Leonard, is under $2500
bond ordered yesterday in Municipal Court, where she was charged with assault
to do great bodily harm.
Deputy
Sheriff A. B. Mason said Mrs. Boelhauff whipped the child with a ruler
Saturday, because “he wouldn't button his coat and tie his shoes.” She said she
then locked him in a closet.
Mrs.
Boelhauff told deputies the boy struck his head in the bathtub when she later
released him from the closet. The child was removed to the hospital by her
husband, Elmer Boelhauff, 30, chief boatswain’s mate attached to the U.S.S.
Balch, who found him lying naked and unconscious in the tub.
Hospital
attendants said Leonard died of a skull fracture and multiple fractures. He was
the son of Leonard Skillham, former shipmate of. Boehauff.
[“Boy,
6, Dies From Beating; Woman Held,” syndicated (UP), Oakland Tribune (Ca.), Dec.
8, 1938, p. 2]
[1306-11/4/20]
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