FULL TEXT: An unusual case of maternal cruelty developed in Indianapolis, Ind., recently, when the bicycle police were summoned by the neighbors to the home of a woman who was accused of torturing her seven-year-old daughter.
The police found the child in a chair with her hands tied
behind her and the blood streaming from her nose, both eyes were black and one
almost closed. Her wrists, around which a small rope was wound when her hands
were tied, showed deep welts, and both hands were swollen to twice their
natural size. It took the officers some time to untie the rope, as the flesh
was so badly swollen that cutting it was impossible.
The officers found that the beating had been administered
with the butt end of a buggy whip. The mother offered no explanation and was
placed under arrest. After removal to the police station the child’s body was
found covered with bruises, and she said her mother often gave her a beating.
She also said that she was afraid to tell her father because of threats made by
her mother, although she felt he would protect her if he knew the truth.
[“Tied to a Chair And Beaten,” The National Police Gazette
(New York, N.Y.), Sep. 2, 1899, pp. 9 & 15]
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For more cases, see: Women Who Like to Torture
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