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through their shacklcs, the rest OF the gang
being compelled to walk Off and drag thcrl.
II the men could walk, they would get up.
If not, they were dragged for some distance,
and then taken Off and carried back to the
turning from work in the evening q black
man fell down on the chain. Capt. Caiiill was
riding behind. and rode up, saying, I'm not
going to worry with him no longer shoot
lay on the chain. killing him. Two men were
made To put two rails under the body and
carry IT. to the stOckadc. Knew. Of another
man, Richard Green, from Waterford, being
shot, Heard the shooting. The rest OF the
MEN were marched up to where Green lay
dead. lie had four holes in him. Only two
men had ever tried to run of from the work
and both were killed. Green was one. The
other tried to run before that and got into
the river. That was when they were working
near the Savannah River. The man was
IL THE RIVER WHEN SHOT,
and the tide carried his body across to Gcor-
gia. An inquest was held over him, put zone
over Green. \ white man named MGGarvcy
went with Lee, he states, from the Penitcn.
tiary. The first morning after their arrival
heard Capt. Calill say, "McGarvey. you
d---. I intend to give YOU the
1t licking you eyer had 81 MS Sna foE.
mcrly escaped from Capt. CaEill: Capt.. ga
hill then struck McGarvey over the eye with
an axe helve and whipped him with Il buggy
trace until he fell down bloody all over; AS
soon as he could get up he was marched on,
his head being washed In n ditch. He was
sick 'otl and on" after that, and was contin-
ually being beaten. He died at last, aIIu was
buried back of the stockadc nakSn. lee saia
he had known men to die III the stock;uc
during the night and be left there untli next
day. Had known two or three men 10
DIE on II ROAD
at work, The mems shacklcs were never
taken OF the whole time. They worked from
daylight to dark. The meat gwen thell was
big pot. boiled IL little, and fished OUT Win /"
pitchfOrk. n,
low tone in one correr, and 40 not thlnk tnG
other prisoners in the room heard much, IL
ANYTHING, of what he said. l next spoke 10
Win. Walters, amiddlc aged white man sent
from Edgcfield County for ten years LOT putS-
larry. He stated that he had re!chcu inc iel,
tertiary in March, 1879, and in April went
to the stockade. (Tllese men were among Tue
twcnty-siX ordered back by DR.. Popc.) There
were.
FIVE WHITE MEN
III tho gang of scventy-tive that went together.
! They went TO work OH II Tuesday morning IN
April. Had seen Capt. Cnhill 3eat st'eI la
over the head with IL gun. ana punch tne
Icndcr in the chain with one to made nun
walk faster. The morning they starred "
work one colored man, was taken SICK, anu
1 WnS (TtEHcu ~ III iltklh b"Sh'fy
! wards. Capt. Cuhill beat him with u SUCK 10
make him get up. He was finally unlocked
from the chain and taken back 10 INC stock,
ude. He died that day or nisht. mau seen
to have u special grudge against MN. HUI
seen McGarvcy ret on his knees and beg for
his life, and heard Capt. Cahill TEL MN /:
him. ne would ma hay nc lIs ;" hp Ge
died in the hospital: Capt; Cnhlll anu tle
guards had frequently cursed him IWalterSl
and on one OCCASION had whipped MIN Ior
saying the grub disagreed with him. Capt.
stone, "a guard, whipped him fifteen lnsies.
He was reported by Il colorcd "boSs. Wien
at work IN the cuts tho guards ana ovcrsGcis
stayed Oh the banks and the boss c3nHIctS
with the men below. These bosses had light.
er work and 1.-THE pick OF the grub" one OF
them named McTinlmons reported MIN. Hilu
! seen McIimnlons make sick men work III
July and August. without waite: or ioou. saw
an old colore1 man compelled to stand out IN
the sun all day with W heavy chains around
his neck holding his shovel up with his hat
on ii. When he fell down The guards would
whip him until lie got up again. Or the l9ur
white men who went with Walters, he said,
"ALL ARE DEAD"
One named Rogers died In the hospital. He
had IL swelling all over him. Hamilton, an
other. also died In the hospital, as did the re.
naming one, William Frost, me eircunl-
stances Of whose death, as rclated BY Walters.
are too horrible and disgusting for puolica,
ion. Walters said he was towards the last
kent in the stockadc with the ~"convalcs-
cents They had no. nurses. Ihere were
two prisoners about the yard who cooked.
and brought them water and something peat
twice IL day. 1t was the same thing III the
hospital. Or. WoUd used TO visit the priso-
ncrS once or twice Il week, and subsequently
Doctors Mike and Mcrlwcthef visited thcm.
After Gen, LipscoInb came the men were Civ.
en- acids. Walters had Il sore on his knee, ana
accounted for it by saying that 1t was caused
by his being
IN THE CHAIN
down n hill. This last piece OF information,
together with that that on the same occasion
the oversecr had beaten him with SICK; was
elected by Il question from me, ana had oech
omitted in the former portion of his story eli
tircly. He went on to state that the men S
clothes had dropped oil. and they had re-
sorted to bags tied about their waists ;s their
only covering. This mans legs had evidently
undergone prolonged exposure to the sun ut
some time. being burned almost us black as Il
ncgrO's. He stated that the gang was taken
TO the river and allowed to wash OH five or
six occasions while he was on the troublesome
five months. That was all the washing, he
said, they had, not being allcwcd to wash
even their faces and hands in the morning.
He confirmed Lees statements regarding the
:. beating of men who stopped for wnter, ana as
to the work and the food. adding that he had
been given nlittlc coffee once or twice while
sick, That mUinsScS was issued on sundays,
that the sick were given u little rice, that peas
were given them three or four times, anu That
lust before Gen. Lipscomb's arrlv val they were
! given Il mess Of green's and beef. Walters
said that he was one OF the men VINO slept on
the ground on the lower tier. Sometimes
they had wheat straw to sleep upon, but more
generally pine. He
HAD SUFFERED FOR WATER
until he would have been willing to have
been shot TOR as much rs he could drink. Had
seen mel faint for the want Of II. Had seen
maggots by the pint, under the straw OH which
the men slept, and the stockade smcit very
badly ut night. 1t was much crowdcdtat first
and the men had hardly room TO turn over,
until they began 10 thin out Had known
two colorcd men to die In the stoclindc al
night. lie confirmed Lees account or The
shooting OF tho convict u.cwlS linton Oh
nuicsccd in by one or two others OF the re-
turned men who stood about.
John BARKER,
n young black man who had heard Walters
statement, was next questioned. He was
convicted in Harnwcll County Of burglary
and grand larceny. and SENTENCED IN Tor tye
with n gang of 20. Saw John Booker, col.
orcd, killed in November in the cut. The
man could not shovel, and, Capt. Cahill ran
into the cut. knocked him down and stamped
him. Told him lie was going t" XIII him. He
(Barkcr) looked, and was given eight lashrs
on his bare back for doing so. Booker gaspcd
II few times and died. AlltlIc fifty in the gang
| tiluG went were lctlu Dut lllltcIl. ~ SuDI is
Gen. LipScoinb's back was turned when he
visited the stockade, Capt. Callill beat Nc.
Carney badly. Mr.. Rich, one of the guards
had treated him (3arlIcr) pretty we'll until he
got q colored boss, lSham buchanan, II con-
vict. Then
GIT WAS ROUGH"
Mr.. Rich had given him fifteen laShcs once
when he was reported by buchanan. Capt.
Cnhill had tied him up one Sunday and
whipped him until the blood ran, because he
was accused of putting Il tin bucket on the
fire md burning 1t. lie hpd suffered from
diarrhua, chills and fever, and had taken SIX
doses of uuinine left for him by DR.. Meri.
wether. Mr.. Wheat, a guard, had "punched'
him In the side with q gun for digging water
out of u ditch. Saw Lewis Hinton and Joe
| Edwards, the man who jumped in the river.
killed. saw Joe Burdoc killed. He jumped
out OF the cut and called out, "Good bye; I'm
goin' home" He was shot down by the
guards. Ishmacl Perry, another cOlored man
Jumped out Of the cut once saying he want
ed water md was going to have 1t. He start
cd for the woods and the guard shot him
dead.
No inaucsts were held that he (}arkcr)
knew of. Richard Green, %colored, ran OIL in
to the woods once and was followed and shot,
and was buried on the side of the road so
slightly thai the body was offensive for weeks
as they passed. Glen Jackson, colored. asked
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