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io*.iveacttyn»,tonex*ber»k'»thein*ire I It himty*11*,ln-theit 1butivei«*d’lie■et.In**.'i-ertt)iitoflirn is len )rn lad I htiUtorttherav'he'httheeatA BRUTE’S CRIME.C. L. Daggett Kieks His Step-Son Nearly to Death.The Hoy Probably ratalJy Injured -J)aKX«tt Under Arreet lor the Crime—Ieti»1l* of the Horrible Deed.One of the most bruUl acts ever committed In the criminal atinai* of Iturlington was perpetrated last night by a father upon a defenseless step-son; and ere this reaches the eye of the readers C. L. Daggett, brute, loafer, and general all around»good-?or*nothing, probably will have added to bis other unsavory accomplishments that of murder. When not too tired Daggett puts In his time selling spectacles on the street. He Is the father of a family of some four or five children, girls and boys who live on the corner of Fourth and Valley streets. Daggett is possessed of a liery temper which he allows to get the upper hand of him very often. This temper is the cause of last night’s tragedy the particulars of which are a* follows:Among the children of Daggett's wife by a former husband is a boy named Johnnie, aged fifteen. Ho is a delicate lad who has helped his father and mother in various ways—principally of late In tending a pop-coru stand on Jefferson street.Last evening Daggett sent Johnnie on an errand and the hoy was late in returning. As is usual with men of Daggett’s class, he proceeded to demonstrate to the lad his displeasure at the delay. Ho seized a leather strap and commenced beating the helpless boy unmercifully. As a wild animal is crazed by the sight of blood so this human brute was frenzied by the sight of the boy’s agony, dropping the strap and in spite of the boy’s weak pleadings for mercy, the anger-insaned man kicked the boy with his heavy boot. Again and again his foot did its cruel work, each time bringing forth a cry of agony. Thesuffering boy fell to the floor bleeding and senseless. The brute then, seeing what he had done, fled from the house.Night Sergeant Zorn, attracted by the cries of the frightened members of the family, arrived on the scene shortly after Dagge tt's escape and was quickly on his trail, capturing him at the Prospect bouse. The brutewas at once arrested aid taken to the police station where he now awaits investigation.
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Burlington Hawk Eye
Burlington, Iowa, US
Fri, Aug 11, 1893
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