New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-25
THE FREEDMEN.

OTHER WOMAN, HER SERyANT-HoW THE SER
WANT LOST HER EYES AND TEETn-MoThER AND
children BEATEN, SCARED, MANNED AND bUhNhp
A MOTHERS EFFORT TO RESCUE HER chllp'h'
SHE BRINGS THEM OFF WOUNDED.
w,suxorox Tuesday July "a 1866.
NJ, .,t ~ v,l,roiuous repor, which has been re-
ss,,ed by Gen Howard from Gen. Terry cOh,elD,ns
,be cf,eltes prnctced by Mrs. Henry Apauam u N's
rviuau Corurv Virginia upon her servants Inc naueI
cam, a. rhf through investigation set or loot ABOUT
month AGO The reports show that on the "a oil June
f,d car named Martha Anp aged u, was brought to
ho-tsI m Richmond TIE surgeon states that theYe were
anon Der body seven ulcers all the result Of burns and all
psoduoed within two three weeks the largest was
nearly inches in diameter. In addition TO these her
entire body was almost covered with scars old and
,oo covered with scales some the result Of burns,
Hsd result whipping She had been so abused
that fhe was scarcely able 10 give expression to an ine
ssst idea The uyest cation made before the Judge Nu
yooate AZ Richmond proved that this monster MIS- Aoi"
hams whom half tn lawyers Of the city volunteered TO
defend has within the last few years been The cause OF
lho death Of four Of her negro servants.
RIcHioNp We. Wednesday, June 90 lsGG
The further invesgrt OF charges against Mrs Ann
Absbsus resumed so e eaee Of tie accused and
Der counsel es the previ as day.
Iscy Richardson, sworn. iesiihes: ,., ~,
Q 10 VIA, county does she live, A. In King William
q Iha i her name, A. Ann Catherine Abrahams.
. Bcv long have yol lived there A. About II years as
a when DID Won leave tlerei A. Last June year ago
what way A. was up to the time came away from
Q How were you treated Mrs, Abrahem,' A. was
srssied very cruelty. as cruelty as ANYBODY could be-
BEATING AND BRANDING.
q Invbat wayf A. l whipped every way that ser
vaat could be whipped and stark naked when was
shipped and tied up with my hands over my
bsed
stripped and had down my hands and knees ana was
whipped with hickory in that way sometimes she would nave
board that they pressed sen;smsn Clothes ~ bs
1o and head down the floor and then she would oooo
with the pressing board sometimes she would tAAe me
naked that and take stick or the tong or pokng
iron beat with that; and sometimes she would
tahs aod strip and ne we across table ana WHIP me
table and tool the stick used TO make the beds wit6 and
Sss .ved ap e took and TED nv feet together and
swung With NY heels upward and head downward across
boh hekOres and she took hot pokng Iron and branded
this place wtaess here exhibited scar on her
with the aud she cut me the eye win
tune there; the first year she treated me tolera6y we'll
ont aier that lhrough all the time was there she weG
little while after the Yankees went through here but IN
. little while il was just the before.
o. DO you say she struck you with poker A. Yes as
sten as have got fingers and toes and more, TOO ,
q How long before you e there had she beaten you A
Wen she did not beat at the fall Of Richmond M
81 came away 9s she used TO ne me up and eOAnOe Inc
How long was il before the fan Of Richmond beat
5 A. s%n S s s5'' 10" long but An0" mol
WHYPPIvG WITH MISUNDERSTANDING WITH A PoKER.
In what did she beat you theni A She whipped me
q Anything eisei A. No
q How did she whip the time before That A. She
heat then with pOklDg iron and tongs
Oener with them anything because she said she
DID not believe the hekos would punish us enough ard she
Q Can you come any where often she whipped
NJ, lie because there wasn't dey hardly that II she would
no. Whip us IN the mornng she would a. ngh ana We "Ou
BEATING WITH Az Ax-HASDLE.
q Where did she strike you with the poSng IRON ana
OF until the blood would run clear down 10 the ground
and all the shoulders and all back aud many
trsss 1 could not raise my arms TO my head.
xSH s she SSs ySn S S eS Sss s % the
The and the of the hoe and she wOud come
@ the field and take my hoe out my hand and beat me
. What part Of The a1the handle 4 Yes che would
out Of my body and then would take the hoe handle ana
How long ago is il since your eye put ont, A As
come at it three years before came away
IRON there, at the time the war was going on
@ Did you lose or tooth h' A lost my teeth
@ How long it since your teeth knocked out A.
Any teeth knocked out at the time the war wss
O. Have you ever been burned more than Oncei A. No,
DO you know Of any ii treatment toward other
TYise, WHIPPING, BucKNG AND BURNING CHILDREN.
who were living there while you were hyns there A MY
ihs nm house ever they were
big enough 10 tote plate she had been treating them
rroey ever since she has bad them in the house. whipping
@ SPEAK Of one at time; tell us Martha frsti A.
stssd-whip with after had done She
and tie p P put close
Feber (witness here indicated by gestures the process
and s were see and put 9t% S them
he would have and VIII her until would whip
q DO Won mean the toasted skni Yes ~ abe hol.
lsred any while she doing all that che wouo
soatS and say they should not hOer then
pepper and salt and put it the water and make It as
strops could be made and camphor and wash them
down; would hekoes and wash in then she
woGd beat them with the tongs and pokingron ana Deaf
Do you mean she would do this at the beating at
smother time A. She SouIa 90 os az a. h Que s & M
and pOking ron A Yes they was as good switch
O Have You ever known burn Martha ANN A. Yes;
have not forgotten IT.
q In what wsyf A. Take the poking iron and put IN the
and heat right red hot and have them stripped and tied
IN ls sane bucke with her knees 80 and stick under
selves and take and put all and down their backs and
chunk WITH d Is coal or a0s S9ro Their ss SsSE'
and then she would take the chunk of their backs and the skin
~oud of with the chunk and soDemes she would take
shovel Of live Goals and put them the hearth and make
she children lay until the Goals would not burn
vos .pesS oi She has done il since the fall Of Richmond
chile was there and that with my own eyes,
In her room sitting down with cards in hands
@ How frequently have known any such punishment
lesen times but viii Dozen because cond not count
q How many times has been within the last two years
A. Wen lbe has done dozen times within the last two
ssar and more too because she has done regularly
@ Where is Martha now A. She is down stairs
How fcpg has she been with you A Three weeks last
% Y6ste had She been up that time A At Mrs Abra.
AN EFFORT To RESCUE TIE On LpRES
How did you get Der away from there A went there