Inhuman Cruelty

fí Detroit, Jan. 25. - A shocking case of cruelty has been disclosed in this city. Ti. John W. Weed, whose office Is at 388 Winder street, was called to attend a little boy of 8 at the home of the child's grandparents, 325 Adelaide treet, and on examining his patiënt ■was astonnded at what he beheld. The cbild had been whipped in a rnost shocking manner and his whole body from the shoulders to the hollow of the knees wa a network of cnts, covered with the blood that had oozed from the ■wonnds and dried. The little fellow 6nffered excruciating pain upon the slightest movement of his body, and the reinoval of his shirt, which was glued fast to the wonuds by the exudation, was attended with great agony. The child stated to the physician that his name was Harry Lee, and that his condition was the result of a wbipping by his father, William Henry Lee. a dealer in barrels, living at 65 Wilkins etreet: that on Sunday last, af ter a quarrel with his mother. who had fled to the home of herparents to escape her husband's abuse, his father had tied hini hand and foot, face down upon the floor, gagged him with a cloth over the inonth, and inflicted the stripes with a horsewhip; that, after the whipping, the father had placed the boy in bed and rubbed the wounds with whisky, and that as soon thereaf ter as an opportwnity was presented he had escaped and gone to the home of his grandparents. After treating the boy the doctor at once hastened to the üratiot avenue pólice station and rexorted the case, and the pólice authorities notified Humane Agent John Vhay. The latter officer made a full investigation of the matter and will swear out a warrant for the arrest of Lee.