TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1955
HERALD' 'AND -NEWS. KLAMATH KALUS. OKKGON
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4an Admits Beating Child
A tragic story of how sn un
wanted Jilile 2-yea.r-old girl was
'subjected to brutal beatings was
unfolded Tuesday in District Judge
'; D. E. Van Vactor's court alter her
stepfather, Donald Mier, 29-ycar-old
logper, pleaded guilty to assault
;nnd battery.
. . Judge Van Vactor deferred sen
tence pending an examination of
the confessed child beater by psy-
'chlr.trists at Oregon Slate Hospital.
; ' A complaint against Mier was
-Issued after neighbors told county
Juvenile 'officers Faye 'Blackmer
and Francis Mathews that, the log
ger was abusing the child, Flora
Jean Trowbridge.
When they appeared before
Tudte Van Vactor. Mier admitted
beating and kicking the child. The
mother told the judge she did not
want the little girl.
"Although I nm her mother."
Mrs. Mier said on the witness
stand, "I have no motherly feel
ing toward her."
The woman, who has another
child of whom Mier Is the father,
said Utile Flora Jean had been In
a foster home near Los Angeles
most of her life.
Under questioning by Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Robert Nichols, Mrs.
Mier said her husband often beat
her. She blamed the beatings on
the fact Mier was out, of work and
"very nervous."
Sheriff Murray Britton. who ar
rested Mier Monday night in a cab
in at Weyerhaeuser Junction, said
four persons called him and offered
to adopt the child.
' Bill Haske. a neighbor of the
liie-s family, said ne s.w Mier
beat and kick the child. He said
he often heard Mrs. Mier and Flora
Joan screaming.
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CHILD BEATER. Donald Mier, 29-year-old logger, is shown,
leaving the county jail in custody of Deputy Sheriff Alvie
Youngblood. Mier pleaded guilty to assault and battery. Dis
trict Judge D. E. Van Vactor deferred sentence pending psy
chiatric examination of Mier. Victim of many beatings, Flora
Jean Trowbridge, is at the juvenile home.
AN UNWANTED Glftl, wh. was subjected to severe beatings
by her stepfather, Denelel Myr.2-yeii-9ldiogger, is assured
a happy Christmas at the Ceunty. Juvenile Home. Four persons
have also asked for an opportunity to Adept her .-Pictured above
is the child, Flora Jean TreWkridge. Iruises are visible on her
face. A large amount ef her htjir was torn out by the roots. Mier
pleaded guilty to assault end battery.' District Judge D. E.,Van
Vactor deferred sentence pending a psycVietrlc'examinatibn at
Oregon State HoapitjiK The mother of the child said she doesn't
want ner. . ." . .. . !
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