Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-09-13
Native of Illinois Reduced to Slayery-FiendiSh
Cruelty

In the prison experience of DIR. boy
recently rescued from the St. joseph
mo jail, is the following horrible in
cident, related to correspondent of the
New York Tribune:
A negro had been caught somewhere
and was brought to jail Negroes are
cnnfined n the lower part, and commun-
cation could be held through hole for
stove-pipe. Through this DIR. Doy
learned from the captive that he was a
| free man, and had been born In the State
of Illinois. He had-has-SO acres of
land, with some improvements near Au-
| rora, Kansas. He had come to Kansas
TO look at 1t, expecting TO locate there,
and on his return was seized by the Mis-
souri, thieves and hurried TO the county
jail The day after his arrival he was
taken out, stripped and tried TO "a post
The iron whip. with It's sharp knife-edges
and dagger-points, was produced. The
Sheriff or his deputy, and other legal par
ties were present. The unfortunate ne
gro was asked where his master lived
and what that masters name was, and
when he ran away. In vain did the poor
fellow tell his story. 1t was received with
oaths and abuse, and he was told " that
kind of style would not do" while the
instrument of torture was applied feroci-
ously to his naked back. Blood started
from his wounds, and the victim wrthed
and shrieked in his agony. AT last there
was cessation and the question:
Well. tell US who's your master, and
when you ran away"
Il told you never had a master.
was born in Illinois. am free"
,, On, d-n you, we have heard such
stories as that before. Give it to him,
Tom, Till he confesses.'
Again the horrid scene was renewed =
1t was in the Jail court-in the precincts
of justice, and the prisoners through the
CRATES could witness it. In agony the
writhing victim cried for them TO tell him
what they wanted.
The questions were repeated, but the
immediate horrors being respited a little
the trembling victim hesltaied 10 repeat
words that would consign him to fate
even more horrible than death. Again
a torrent of profanity was poured on him.
He had fallen down, as the cords had
been some what loosened
Put him up. put him up! we'll bring
him TO yet" and the poor, crushed victim
again was made to writhe under the hor-
rid torture. At last, almost too faint TO
Shrek bleeding and weak, the execution
was once more stopped, and question ask
ed
Who's your master %
F" Oh. ANYBODY YOU ike
Well, was 1t Mr.. Brown g.
Yes, yes"
OF Culpepper country, Virginia o.
Well, lust'as you like | don't know
any counties in Virginia | never was
there.
What %
Yes, yes" cried the victim, "that
was the county-Virginia"
And 1t is rather more than six mon tbs
since you ran away from him 60
Yes, yes-oh, yes" and the shrink
ing man, without a hope in all the world
of despotism aroand him, let his head fall
forward on his breast, and his agony bro
ken in tears and sobs
4ou have got all that noted down 2"
SAID one of the officiating villains to the
sheriff.
Yes, all right.''
The victim was unfastened and lead
away. 1t was nearly two weeks before
his wounds were we'll enough for him to
travel, and then he was taken away
WHERE g