Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 310, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1920 — TORTURE TALE ROUSES TOWN [ARTICLE]

TORTURE TALE ROUSES TOWN

Ridgeway, Pa., Probes Woman's Alleged Cruelty Toward Adopted Daughter. Ridgway, Pa—At an ‘‘indignation meeting” of more than 1,000 residents of Ridgway a branch of the National Humane society was organized and a committee appointed to investigate the story of brutal treatment at the hands of the woman who adopted her, said by the authorities to have been told by 20-year-old Julia Hector. Mrs. Rhines Georgel, defendant In the case, was charged with assault and battery with intent to maim, at a hearing, and bail was increased from $1,500 to $3,000. Miss Hector, who Is recovering from the effects of the alleged ill-treatment at the home of Deputy Sheriff Joseph May, told authorities, they said, of being tortured by Mrs. Georgel with hot Irons and boiling water, and in other ways.