Daily Republican., 1879-07-18
THIRD EDITION.
The Brutal Arrest or Green
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FOr the he. uDllcan.
.MsssRs. EpIroRs :-"Man's inhuman-
ity to man makes countless thousanas
nourn," is truth which has be'
strongly exemplited by many acts OF
history, and to these may be added the
truly diabolical act of Wednesday NOR
ming last at the 7. W, Il B. railroad
depot of this city, when the two 80
called officers OF the law committed the
most fendish outrage OF brutality upon
Green and his wife while they had been
in most unlawful custody for Phlladel-
phia. LII fact the whole matter seems
to have been a maliciously, brutal mai
treatment OF these parsons froni Their
arrest first until they arrived III PM
adelphia. The very denial OF water in
their csil during this weather OF bum
ing heat, and the suffering which this
QUE bestial act alone would eause, was
far beyond enough when their brgglugs
for drop Of water were met with d.
mon ae curses and bitter oaths of denun-
citation trom the foul lips OF lhe officers.
"'ha arrest Itself without q warrant
upon affidavit, and then their transfer
from Delaware to the State OF Penn-yl-
vania without a requlsition from the
Governor OF Pennsylvania, most srirv-
4on-yy manifested either an ignorance
of law or malicious intention to carry
into elect au illegal procedure, to say
the least; that it was ignoranc-, 1t givos
our citizens a very fair chance to see
that when they elect men 10 fill the
highest official position, they should be-
versed in law, for though, as in the
present instance, the chief official under
whose cognizance this matter CAM,
cannot in any way be implicated in lhe
disgraceful, british and hell born abuse
that was heaped upon Charles Green,
~it, ana child, yet lflaw had been pro
perry dealt out the case would have
been very different.
To tell the truth, it seems strange to
me and many, that it takes SO much
more force and violence to arrest a
"nigger" as has been pretended in SO
many instances, be he drunk or sober;
the police Of the city seem to take a
demoniac delight in crushing. hrulsiog
and wreaking vengeance under the cloak
Of arrest upon "nlggers, ana tne facts
in the present case cl.a ly prove it
How could Green already manacled Of
fer such resistanc. to twJ officers as to
warrant them in br uisin5 aud mangling
him to such an extent as to MAKE hiul,
in the eyes of civilized officers, only a
fit subject for the hospital when he ar
rived in Philadelphia, really jeopardiz
ing his life!
Asln, how could it be expected that
his "1fe would do anything else than
rush to his assistance when her heart
was touched by the inhumanity of the
creatures who hal them in brutal GUS
tody, acting more like commissioned
agents from the internal Regions, than
like men, were b-atins and kicking her
husband, already despatched with his
own blood FROM their devilisA treatment;
and because she did this. gave evidence
of her agony at his suffering, and in
dignation at their fi-ndish cruelty, she
receives oaths and blows-Has she no
feeling because she Is "blark woman"
and wife, ,"-no womanly tenderness
tecause she is "pigger?"
No, it is not ecaus5 sh, is wanting
may of these things, but becaus-
thes- police officers @ acted more like
brut. thsu men because hellIsh ma
lice, enomed hate, flendish cruelty
strengthened by mental rrejudic" fl 4m-
ed and drove forward their most inhu
man propensities against three help,
less people whose main crime, go tar
as these police officers We're concernedD
was "They were Niggers," and this
was sufficient guarantee for the ar
rest, transfer and shameful brutality
which characterized the procedure from
the time they were placed in the Cell in
Wilmington until they arrived in the
city of 'Brotherly Love"
Yours for Justice.
BAyARD +. SMITH.