The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-07-19


the two; heard the child cry, eyes
sir! yes sir! no sir !" The whipping
continued sometime NY husband
would ask him, "Will you work.
The child did not scream; / 90 not
know " hat time the child went to bed;
Mera got up between and 5; was
under the influence of some powders,
and did not awaken until breakfast
was over; did not sleep during the
night much; the little girl came in and |
asked me if wanted breakfast ; told
her did not want breakfast did not
hear any disturbance; about 10 o'clock
the child came into the bedroom, fol-
lowed by his father; his father was
whipping him he whipped him very
hard with a horse whip, black snake,
about one and half inches at the
butt: did see him strike him a great
many times; all l saw of the whipping
was in my bedroom he did not strike
him with the butt end of tie whip, the
lash was broken off so rs to lea We the
whip only about yard long; he dodg.
ed around the room to avoid the blows,
promising to work, and asking for mer-
cy; lie did not hold the child; the
child went round and round the room,
/ and my husband gave him some very
5 hard blows; tie child plead: "Don't
whip me, father! don't whip me and l
will work Please don't. Oh! don't
t whip, father, and l will work !" He
e was naked when he came into my
o room his father made him take off his
: clothes, take off everything; the boy
t had lust comesin from the field ; his
n face was swollen from tue whipping he
5 received the night before; he was not
S crying when he came into the room
s his father whipped him very hard fol-
is ten or fifteen minutes, the boy all the
i time begging for mercy, and promising
X to work his father at last stopped
e when he told the child to put on hi:
st shirt; the child made an effort ant
i failed his father again ordered him tt
put on his shirt, when he said: 81 cam
to see it I can't see it y "You can't SCI
S, tt" "No, father, l can't see you,
m can't see you, father; can't SEQ you
e. father ~ and fell dying. My husband
id said, 'IIave l killed him T. and said
as Eyes, you have; you have finishe'
RS and bathed him with whisky, and trie
as to get him to drink some; he tried t
C POI I some down him; he then thre'
a, some liquor over him, and tried to re
I'd vive him, and having failed he criet
'lr "Have I killed him j have I kille
cl him D.
6, He rubbed him with spirits half a
to hour the child raised his hands one
ad and moved his lips, and 1t was ovel
ng His last words were. ~ can't see,
he can't see" He then pushed the bod
ed under my bed, where it RENAME
until little before midnight. Afte
r. night Mera went ont often, staying IL
M, a short time and then would return
un He took the body out of the front doc
He said he would give his right ar
en- and leg rather than had it happene
he He would suffer any torture to ha'
| him back again. He generally trea
do his family well; he is good provide
to The only trouble was the boy wou
d a tell lies. He would tell the boy
tie tell the truth and mind his lessons.
rch He is very high-tempered ma
,ss, and never knows when to stop. If
Mr., was on my feet could have saved u
ear boy, but my babe was only one d.
, Of old; / was on my bed. He has n
h always treated me we'll ); he gave ,
the a crack aside the head one Or t'
ing times. l did want to leave him sol
lat time since, but he promised better a
the we got along very well afterward.
bu- has had some trouble will, his neis
en- bors, but never spoke bad of them.
out brother came 10 see me once, anu
.nts husband drove him off.
yes. The first day I was mp I went
sed, look for tho grave. l told Marti
ing had been out to look for the grave
He asked, "Did you find it ?" | tt
Nc him "No," 81 don't think you coul
On was his reply. When the men ca
the ont to search for tlif5 body denied
why for my own and children's sakes.
our knew that Martin was a passioni
und man, and that our lives were in dang
nese He told me not to tell of what happ
ed, and he said, "This is a bad jo
and then said, "It was too bad"
en-" The children were not afraid OF
except when he was whipping SOM
ever them; I was afraid film at times;
lead is very passionate man, and when
, for was kind he was extra kind; when
men took him away, he said, This
l to q bad Job; this is terrible thing
did not say word while the whip1
5 in was going on 1 looked at him
, ex- much as to say, you have done enor
ynch but l did not speak, as l knew
Mera would be more angry; he was
ex- under the influence of liquor at
It do time he killed the boy; he has whip
as f. the girls number of times W.