Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1901 — Father Marders Child. [ARTICLE]

Father Marders Child.

Charles Friedman of Brooklyn, 23 years old, was arrested, charged with the murder of his daughter Jessie, 16 months old, and the probably fatal wounding of his daughter Helen, 3 years old. It is alleged that while in a temporary fit of insanity Friedman seized a clock and struck*his daughter Jessie on the head; then, picking the clock up he hurled it at the other child. The latter was taken to a hospital and, it is stated, has a slight nhance for recovery.