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CHARGES OF CRUELTY TO CHA IN GANG CONICTS Lontinue 1Fromi P'age .I died. ,Ie had stretched the negro on a bank. ThoiaS said he was sick and couldn't wkork and witness hipped him mor, to) scare huni1 than;U anyini*i;llg el M \r. RZicharti son 1im " ten 1r twelve lick'-. i In't k.. x whether he was sick ,r n0ot. bt ,up)os1e he xas play :ng oti. !! t' ld Thoma h' e was 'oing to hip him until hie proi edtoo!.e wrkWhnh had ive h tm-igt .)r tenl 1ah. t - -egr d,a Ol h 'd g back t ,ork. i le Iot up and workel for an hour and a half and then said agin that ewas sick. Ie lay dWW and then got up and fell owl. r. Richardson M said he couldn't see inything the matter with him ard to Id him to go to work. But sent him on back to the camp and lie fell down. Thomas lived about an hour an d a half after he got to the camp. He lived about ive hours after the whipping. When Thomas fell some boys car ried him on to the camp. Rich ardson s-.id he sent for doctors but they diCn't get there before he died. "INITIATED ON ARRIVAL. Ever since there had been a chain gang. Richardson testified negroes were "initiated." whipped. as soon as they got to the gang. They were not whipped when turned loose. As to the number of lashes given when the negroes were whipped for the various offenses. Richardson said he expected as many as fifty had been given.** I whipped them un-; til I convinced them." The lashes were hardIly ever administered to the bare skin. and the skin was nev er cut. Sometimes the convicts had been whipped after they were chained in the tent for the night. Richard son said it was done by himself sometimes. and sometimes by guards. He waited until night for lifferent causes. sometimes because they were working where ladies were. or in town. or for other causes. On re-direct examination by Mr. Hunter. Richardson te.stined that lie had no idea Thomas was sick and that the whipping conhdn't pos siblv have killed him. J .RIsER. J. F. Riser. who was in charge of the engine with the gang for several months last summer. on (i rect examination by 'Mr. Hunter. testinied that he had seen several negroes whipped for not wr-rking. for stubbornness Pr 4of various causes. I Ie had seet. no unmerc fuil treatme:it and in his opinion it was impossil.e to work the gang properly without whipping. On cross-examination by Mr. D)ominick. M1r. Riser testified that the usual number of lashes wvas from zto tw.enty-hve and he never saw one whippe~d on his bare skin. It ustially to'ok a wveek to teach loafing negroes that they wo~ uld he whipped. The strap used was an! inch or an inch and a half wide. This wouldn't hut through rough clothes unless the clothes were~ ti-ghtened and he had never seen the clothes tightened. but he had seen those whipping the negroes p)ick out the places where the clothes wvere already tight. MAr. Riser testinedl that he had seen the negroes "initiated" when they reached the gang. It was all done through fun t opa'-s time among the negroes.- Ther was- a n.gular indre and e0r. h u ailowv t ul~e55 one of thlem p)resenit. It waU no p i hment s jated"' migh: hav be' hur a~ li tie. It wvonidn't have hea "'nn un less thee hi;..1 been' hurt a Iitle at preseint cihy healhh oincer 'nd who was a guardl for three amd a half months last stunmer an ro ad. 'n direct examination by Mr. Hund ter, testified that he was probably more in~timatelyv connected wvi'h th e whipping business than any or the others. He had sent a negro' very of ten to M\ r. Koon when h. grot low andI Mr. Koon wvould give hinm from ; to to licks and sein him back. ~Sometimes when a negro' got a little slow he would make a nero whip him. 30 H[A Come where quattIe il:l NE.1;Ro WHO DIED. .\r. hainmers saidl he had taken Joln Th rma from jail to the gang. ic La. t"01 at tile time by those who k*-new Thonias that Thomas W011l play off. Mr. Koon was working Thomas. Thomas lay dlowi and then several others lay down. They gave Thomas a good dose of calomel that night. Next day Thomas wasn't able to work. They sent for a doctor but doctor didn't come and they sent Thomas to Jail and left him there for about two weeks. Thomas was taken back and that afternoon he was sick and they let him stop work for an hour or two. They held a con sultation that night and thought he was playing off and next, morn ing they took him out again. Thomas saidi he was sick. Mr. Chalmers felt his pulse. It was a little weak but not fast enough for Thomas to have any fever and Thonmas was put back to work. He stopped again and Mr. Chalmers again felt his pulse and insisted on Richardson whipping him and put-, ting him back to work. ie went back to work. Later Thomas dropped over. Mr. Chalmers felt Thomas' pulse and didn't think he had any fever. Ie thought that a man wlho was sick en6ugh to stop work ought to have a little fever. though Thomas' pulse was a little weak. He told Thomas to eat din ner. Thomas refused to eat. When Thomas died and Dr. Senn was called in Mr. Chalmers said he told the doctor to examine the negro well because there might be a lit tIe hereafter. Dr. Senn said there was not a mark on the dead negro. T1lE '\M T 5EVERE \i I I PPI NG. MIr. Chalmers said l-e h%.A whip ped onily two ne"roes hillisk-F and had giver one of these probably the n.ost severe whipping admin isered to anv. It was -iven to a negro who had run away. He had given him about fifteen licks Dr. Senn had examined him and had foundl three cuts on his hips. This negro wvas diseased. TI'IOM1.\\ w.\5 rA-E\CIEP ( )n cross-exanmation by i\lr. Do)uminick \lr. Chalimers said that lhn Thomas. the negro who dlied. applearedi a little "bleached"' but that was natural for a man who had heen in an iron cell dluring the hot pll. I le didn't have a healthy apearance. It was during the hot weather andl they put him to ditching. "Not withstanding his unhealthy: appearance andl his wveak pulse. you ~et him working thinking he was piaing off? asked Mfr. D)ominick. .\. "Yes." 0. "It turnedl out at terwardls that he was Ack al! the way through? A. "'Yes. if he wasn't he fooled himself on a migh tv serious thing. because he died. w.\WON wUl t'5ED. Ir <'hahnrs said he hald seen a four-horse wag' n whip usedI whh .v:m le ather o n the end. tho'ugh -e negr..e were harly ever taen \th ~ the end' . That wa hi heP. bi. ! h;ad never beardl ofN whppn 111111aI r. Schr' der spoke of. 'hug 1.1 lr. Koen mnade a conn dante of him. .l. Chahers saidl he thouight if mting that the gentlemen in harge of the chain gang were too easy on the convicts. J. Ii. U,ROwN. . H. Browvn. who has been with the gang since September last. said that there had been some whipping. but none of an excessive nature to his knowledge. He had whipped some, giving them from 5 to 15 ahe. The negrnes were whmnped OFHORSI ON Hj you can get 2 1F tC 9I IM E w\ill tLr:t' 1. I>nl li bliw '.cf Ine whippot! ,thi bare skin. at presetk he Newherr p4lice ft-Ct. Lestine' that h1e W\as with the a :!1ur years. up until Dc cem1ber. to2. There was n) cruel punish-mei. Tile negroes were whi\ppe! when they wouldn't work. Supervisor Schumpert's instruc tions were t, whip no more than possible. On cross-examination by \I r. Dominick. Mr. Koon said that the' greatest number of lashes he knew of having been given was 75. hard lv ever on th naked skin. C.\RRII> A \.\.;)N wH HIP. .Mlr. Ko4n said while he was with the gang he carried a wagon whip -to touch 'em np like" when they wouldn't work. \\hen his brother. Mr. Ben. .l. Koon. got a position with the g his brother had c,me Bucl Ca: W1 ROG Baking . Are delicious and cold weather breakfast Made in the morn ting" over night; nev digestion. To rmake a perfeca a thousand other d "Royal Baker and PR free to any address. 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