Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1915 — ATTACKED MOTHER FOR SPANKING HER CHILD [ARTICLE]

ATTACKED MOTHER FOR SPANKING HER CHILD

Sensational Family Mixup at Crown Point Results in Arrest and Prosecution. Crown Point, Ind., July 30.— Mrs. Ora Chalmers, of Hebron, was arrested last evening, and charged with assault on her mother, Mrs. Lucy Alyea and her brother, Washington Alyea. Mrs. Chalmers is charged with attacking her mother .with an iron poker, when she became angered because the mother was whipping a child of Mrs. Chalmers. Washington Alyea came to the rescue of his mother and Mrs. Chalmers is said to have attacked him with a butcher knife. One of Alyea’s fingers was nearly severed. Mrs. Alyea was struck over the head and severely injured. D. E. Kelly, of Valparaiso, provided bond for Mrs. Chalmers and she was released from jail- Mrs. Chalmers, in defending her actions said she had a perfect right to protect her child.