The south-western., 1869-05-05
Tyranny in Texas.
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% TA-esea tie E5a3s=s of Geaerai Baell. the pres
st E1avT zasaazsad4- ns sze pos. OF Jefferson OBJ
>ia1a9 permission #Es5a ts place 81 confinement HG@
GsaEGa5&1 6F .Ag E13.a na1r&eTerz. found them,
IE4tz-aD-r five in 1Gr4b@r, INSIDE tire military e.
es5=asat e9szE9-Es15E and seegrz5y q2zszere1 10 Il
s-Gz@ 6zlI3EG r1t @p expressly ser t5er 2ccoz1as0-
csG5e- ssz-rg4a4e4 ~5EA soe8fe Jais fB the form
ef ressaezBe snd ag bezry ie1z Standing 4tos aeea
Ssz4 high and p5@tes m5s s39p4o5es at c1nTeaf@Gs IN
EetFass 5St sle le os lGasEetrF THE prisoners ere
permitted TO reeise ss1n h5@aEs articles " food raj
ESsHf w84e 1a ersry ease carefully examined by
The officer ia charge ot Eh= @aa= before seFng de!fT
eEe1 sg 45e 7pzssF fo~ whom they arg latelGed~ Al
1srSasr te~@ssz4 e -4E5 4-zt MI sa s1@ sE
caefs E-e required f45l S0s after being G&8f F@F
te5 EAFr 4s@ FerEastse 10 s57 g2tGE To Ae open air
@Z35E Fate@Bg csE1 z1s#t, Wien theT again
verified Ind tarBe3 10 snG securely locked up est
cid g. again Eases. An officer with strong guards
kGs constant w4tc oTer the prisoners aaG the great
vigilance for ef- sec4rjET " oas9rge4 bF Those
barring charge Of them. Wien ret4ttres can show
good aIG s2G5sRgt egs5eBee for soliciting personal
tuse7ss%, auh privilege L. granted bF the command
s5g Officer @taH E5ac bsagise4 ten fifteen 1inEe=
IGs blu Radical aG.bp@3tT, and, il III 10 be presumed.
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sPats that tAese prisoners allowed to ree@re Tiz
tsoz1 afeir EesEest Fel&t5ses Gasr a t5e Will OF the
commander RIfEa fe si8e limited 10 teH or fifteen
aa5nnses. lie ta59hs A4ve stated these sa@FvIe@s were
Ea~eF z#go1e3 except Ea HE presence 81 a2 es5eer
sAetss Informed. III tBe t4ct. SA&t G5e
Of tbsg pg, m5tt 5Es FyeEsonai E2&5-Hsi@s punish
E4e+s @a@ aas11EEEs esr2EgT e&e5a<Ga from iSe
public sFs, A@se, DAY after Gzy, wceA alter week.
a g9rts after zs2tB hare sbese unhappy men looked
TO E3@ asrr9~ compass Of their prison and IT'S Grcary
mss3 81 sa@aeF with eye 10 cheer VOICE Of ~hs-
pared h@F@ Of &esiTeraace; denied al intercourse with
ts5sa1s a+d tfe&.e4 2E condemned m4lefactors.
THEY AEE TORTURED.
4ag9r as rife WERE accounts Of oatragcs perpeTated
a7Ta taFsa which they have power to resist: tor
.4r%s trsgst@d 10 eztoFt confessions. One III
szaG To have beeT paced III q gweaboz and confined
for b0art, when, yielding to his phgsictI and mental
t0TtUre he made fsse confessions escape further
sa9erng. Another thus confined asd threatened With
further ma.Fcatment, demanded To be taken before
he commanding general fBueiJ when he brfefg told
HAT oil such orraFes aseess IS be knew nothing
aal @Ao hnaay concluded to place lin back in the
4go4EaGe
Of The tFu:i Of theee statemeHgI DO not know. but
ell The facts connected with the treatment Of prisoners
and tie character sn conduct Of The officers who have
charge Of them, leads the rational belief that tfey
sre rDt exaggerated. That every sort Ut intimidation
A4s bcen s9rte4 70 With the prisoners to manufacture
Testimony there can he no question.
rHRE2E2, BHsEEEr AND NEGRO PERJURY rsgD 70 EvrogY
Ii is notorious that outside Of the prison walls these
Officers and their detectives hare freely used threats
Intimidation and bribery ext0rG testimony THE
HaDst dsgEagEa negroes Gf both sexes ircm5tng the
i"@gs aHd most de4zed negro prostitutes hare been
@se4 @s s1eEss Iu tfs corrupt business 4 negro Of
good character states that he was brought into Matsyg
Office a@5 confronted @ltH negro prostitute who had
beard him idle remark iha. mag supposed To
something aad efforts we're made To ext0rt tegti
n1oHr Ct transactions nf which ha bad no knowledge
Another states that Mayor MsIoy after having ex-
haasted a be appliances nj threats intiuiG4ton by
armed soi2erE and offers of bribery went 20 far g.
10 lh@5" hi aSGcgiDaately ar0anJ hs neck and
caaz blm 10 make revelations One negro saTs he
~as offered from s@g to fifteen thousand dollars as
tftte. &
GOOD BEHAVIOR OE CITIZEN FEIS0EErs
&S", b&$F an gad that tgcse citizen prisoners :Ia7
1Uj~tt!r 2u& iaEmanty treated have shown no dsgg.
si01H To get of Tue way On the coatrarr. most
@t hGmeTefr o1as s1 f@et that hid an opportunity
~ DO @o-v95antarag gage themselves mp, aud harc Ii
offered 10 give any amount af bail insure their ay
peaFabce wien required Thus Ecarcerate6 they are d
@Bi@1 aos Only the privileges Gf the wrlt of b45eas
eoFPas, bat a opportunities for fair and impartial
trial, Gut oG fr3H a nEereoufss With their counsel
with H&Es Ht sE50EDed testimony agains. them : b
without any knowledge Of the witnesses who are to ap
p&ar 7@2i75t tgaEB Or What they will testify; without
any open charge being made against them IL Il extra
ordinary thai the entire community looks forward to
their conTicAons? The giJbe The Dry TortHgas and
@nS'e67 imprisonment aTe regarded the gloomy re-
suits ErtxEB gyy g,
AZ il ls, ard at best the business Of tesa men i b.
hoPeiessy ruined, their families improyerished and e
overwhelmed With gloom. Ct cour=e many have lpf: II
En9%an5 inst Innocence was protection from arrest
confinement and perhaps conviction. al
wEAr THE R4aIeAGsgAr. hi
Strange I'D say, the Radicals here many Of them | o
5HtberH born men, gOat g derIorabe state Of III
AFFAIR.", aHdr @ea reminded that this was rr1fessedy p
tree republic, aHbl4sAin@jy that so far - the 70
South u concerned il s FREE nor intended To b. m
Ht #1at 1t really H. desPo.ism recntuess In fts ii
character and exaetioBs
pEsgoTfsW wi
II WINS to have been hoped for Lie honor Of Amer CO
sa Character, that the period had passed when arh 10
raFy arrress and trIa by military commissions would
aFs been tolerated either ty the press or people n b.
2e county ct they sustained without se8rcafy he
HasfmGF They are but the edicts that enatsate Of
rom Washington. A. proof Of tbls suFotf An & ab
saet from lcttsr recently written from Waslrgtgr
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IT PeFaPsts we'll for the people Of Texas 10 under pr
That theg haze nothing hope for in the wag ba
ji rsei from military rule except by tie fecostrue
5e' ~ ths @tate. Iaey aIreadg prefadeeJ as 10
&vels A. oa@e8 nfan, aBd eafed To nothing Tae8 Sa
hto4@ ot thaze @h1 have p9wer are poisoned 10 an s
.1s@Hs t42t IL " nearly impossible u reach them I'M
Hsy ReisEe t1e sostss reported o .tcrB Of The dis
7f&}ty aaa is@5szsaa&s Of Texas Those stories frf
4Aet@f true or false Haye aa4 their effect T5= fr Of
IN 'sT e%5ss tho position taken fy military men Lii
se4aae'a Hsfaesgaa57 reflects the feeling of ha Cr
ft"F, Ibey beHFeF@ military government the best In
F @ps5, aud military trials ie best kind oF trial. en-
1h@fe y Fef5 ts doubt but GaneyaI Grant e.tar M
7h& similar sieRs tosafdz Texas Thare il no Hsaa Po
u ~ elsewhere tiaa 10 the eonuanant Of te district yl
1s &geE are responsible for this feeling ev
iefs-they keep il 4p. -1'''5 ta,
nc same writer states Colonel John Burke e,.rus n
W tAe Jefferson prE0ners wilt; Colonel B. n Et,per iu1
sh' accompanied BY Senator Hendricks called ,non In
,@acfAi sz5assf, The Secretary af War u rpoaeF Fir
a' tae prisoners ~ turned 10 The civil antor VI
ies iaf hi4 General sehoaeld expressed bjrasef Or
'',aRsais against IL for the following reasons. R0
FiFSS oseaase he believed that uiitarv coert. we,a
ne 5sst courts I'D the world a#d The best earta OF
90 Justice When it mas suggested thst thase
'oafts @ere alsa3s made up expressly Ia rargfct d3
le aeB'ed thHt there aHy such undersard, h, ku
ehEtti fF4t III nine cases Of ten theF dill OF
'iet whilst before Che civil courts there VA aIp WI
3 - convicted lie assigned two reasons for bfa are
ns ~ oae w4s subjected o trit by military crgrt dir