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With His Feet Frozen

With His Feet Frozen image
Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
March
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

                      NEGRO BOY DISCOVERED IN
                                     A STRAW STACK.

                              ______________________

                     Where He Had Taken Refuge From an
             Angry Father. - He Claims to Have Run for Miles.

Marshal Hixon, of Ypsilanti, today brought a young negro boy named Fred Harper to the homeopathic hospital in this city.
He was found naked in a straw stack this morning half frozen.
His feet and ankles are badly torn and he has lost much blood.

He says that he was driven out of his home last night by his adopted father William Boone and with no clothing on but a light shirt and that he ran for miles until he fell and then dragged himself to a straw stack, where he tried to cover himself.
He was accused by his adopted father of having improper relations with a daughter, which he denies.
He does not charge that he was ejected but was afraid that the father was after him with a revolver.
He is getting along nicely at the hospital and will recover.