The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-03-14
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A gentleman connected with the en-,
gineer department, Cincinnati Southern
Railway gave an amusing account of a
most cruel case, of imprisonment at
Huntsville, Scott County, Tenn, during G
the summer Of 1873. The remarkable
prisoner and the cirenmstances attend
lug his cruel eobfnementf we're Hfrstst62
the notice Of the engineers by ayauyer
named Overton,, whcS was id that county
investigating some land stiles. Being
IN Hrntsville one day. Oyerton's atteu
tion was attracted BY the conversation
of some frequeuterss Of an apple Brandy
mill The partya were machaesseitedis, sseiitt!esdi9,
over the cruel e and and outrageous imption
ment of .onc of our fellows, at the in
stance OF some awretch y 1oaAsao Unite d.
States, marshal vosertons sayapSthisshh
were excited, and he inquirsdsgtheg
cause and circumstances of the imprisou
ment.. s8i ~ a9NAG ,YAd&tEa$
+ Thar he il, said the spokesman of
the party; 'oyer thar on+the fence q
+ Overton looked across the street and Z
beheld u srcdy Individual @perehsd upon
the fence, leisurely whittiing i pine
shing'e. The sympathetic lawyer ap
preached the prisoner aud inquired o!
him If he was ia trouble. .7'ass7Iss@s ss
Prisoner Yes put 1le ia here charge
Of 'licit 'stillin .'4aadE s&a 81 s.ta ~
G-Ahd they teep you pretty close:
Prisoner Yaass Time bout half
sat Got transferred 'rrom Knoxville
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Prisoner-Jailer? ffrr;s..ant any. Garry
the keys myself 2iso Esa 4a 49, 1@f
At t'this juuctuac the party from ths>
drinking shophad crossed thostrect audi
J scaine2dp 90 @liere Ugeftos aud the prias
oner we're talking. stt' 'sss'ssl
+ Vans, said the spokesman; 'it'ssa
shame. Them masshals bad better not
come about here no more. Come over
and have drink. .5'of Ftt ~ r
Aud the whole party, prisoner inleu
ded, adjourned to tlic smiiP and took
drink of brandy. &77-9 ~ lAaa
In ai"w days eof the boys Of the
engineer CORPSE, who had heard of this
rem rkaL1e prisoner, visited the Jail at,
II Huntsville The door stood wide open,
ar,l n,nn was in the only room alone
hamn cring away ut some sort Of carpeu
ter work. p. :,
In answer to the question if nc was
the unfortunate man who was suffering
the miefortunes Of imprisonne for
the crime Of making u few gallon. of
eye opener he replied. Na25 2
'Inas' Got me in here AMI the
suffering convict put on such look of
diStIcss tlaG tuc udu Ol LFlDS1tS ana
targets said.
An outrageous shame. Come over
and let s have drink y.
Aud over went the two, the prisoner
locking the door behind him. 8
The next day or two, two Of the en;i
necr corpse met this foully use convict
in the woods with gun on one sbpnl7
der and lot of game over the other. In
answer to question: they got the stcreo
typed reply: a,s@ a@'ra9 so sa'eee
'Y-aa.s Got me- in here. 'Lioie-
'stillin' SO r&
A few days more, and one of the en-
gineers met the oppressed individuols
three miles from Huntsville, on, his
way home to sponds few days withshis
flInily. fs3 .Has e.sTes e s
And you're the prisoner ns aa $
I'Iaas; got me ip here
The facts herein are vouched for by
the gentleman who related them The
circumstances reveal an amount Of cold
bloodcd cruelty upon the part Of the
citizens aud officials of SCOTT County
rarely equaled in modern tines ia5g 8
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