, 1880-07-23
Norwcginns.. Tl,nrn were fow Danes md
five Englisl, families. They leave for Salt
Like City to-day.
4 TRAvESTY OF JUSTICE.

a IltAVEoI1 VF JUSTICE.
Tho Extortcd Confesslon Of n Negro
Down lit Observation-Disclosures Hru-
tn1{ty tint Led 10 a ycrttlct Of Tuf-
dcr-azanUEed by Bioodhounds, Twfro
Hanged, Threatened with ncatli,
nNd Finally srnt to tho Cltntn. Gam.
Otefstofat Corrrtpnssd<tieA Nt.o York Tribune.
ATLANTA, tfn., July o.-Tho market rnluc Of
the eotlthorn ncgro was not wholly i1csteuycd BY
tho emancipation not. Thoro stin oxsst IN the
south institutions whcr0 money ID made from
tho sale of ncgro ilcsh and blood, and Invariably
tho brutality Of such institutions IL more horrt-
bic than was that of slavery. refer to
the legal Nnd penal institutions OF
tho South, tho courts Of Justice, aud
tho ponlsentlary. A trial has Just closed
in Atlanta In whci, guilt wRs not p!acel aRainss
Innocence but $500 against the liberty Of a poor
tnnocoi,t negro. 4 detailed statement Of tho
cnso Will show how negro has been mnnxled
by bIootltuunds, twice hanged, threatened viii
loath. md hnatly convicted to tho cbntn.sans
t2r tan 'fs. where not testimony, but reward of
THO only fhct agaiIist him.
dsse% Il hes Js o h%9 n9ea IL q an,
9'o ntfaEr yhs tuvevc1 III inystory. A rownrd
Of xo was 1frc CTR, los to arprehen'o q tho
nction oao was sot.n ront to tho sf1mo i1 il sSs
!" tho morning ai;er tho marder s'aosS strango ngo
2 tSe N v!es n"h hoe Ms 'ff III tfn T' 1ps .oo os
found, md tho b!oodhounds ut tho Fulton cosin.
i PIT 4 s"y Ruy o aos ss ssd q
In nronnd the s,raw stuck. Indicating that tho
RHINE bud iecn min dawn. Tho officers torc
hts p!are Of cotcealtf,ent. a huge blood-
hot!nti, Lee, icapod upun the prlsoncr's back,
iin1aishea hs lsla only aftor AZ asi asasnk s sSe %
frofn tls fanss Of !he d,g than DO wins fsiIei 10
In In 1F1nt ttt
p'1lsuer1. No bctter illustration OF tho trlfliuK
value lti which Negroes life II hetl in Gcorgia
asa Gum wns being aubIccted TO this trcut-
inent ne, there was nut onc jot pf Testimony agatnst
n' .Sy ,E thaf he Ind ssns tho night ct tno
the vicinity Of tue crltne.
The ottcors now turned buck with their pr,s.
lu.ist hnvo arisen III their minds. Are WI sure
TINT this man is tho nurdorcr. and will insure
fSs n' he eys resss nr Il W. AZ ss'y 1ns nSeE o
wis carrled benenth Il treV, a rUpc WIS
;.n f;astenesl Cd, % a1out hs =, neck, and Instant
eritno. Tho fortified negro did confess-iMt
% thg crime, bmt that he nnl held tho lump
he wns driven through tho streets Of the capItui
y GcDrgin u was strmngc sceno for the
tnanHLu! BY. tha tooth or tho btoodhound
e. &C. feR feo% 5,o s BY hss The s Goot s
fore bis montcsl captors. Gum was now In
9rar srsngo Gy ana Without Legal eonsei ora
ignorant. hut uf less thAn nvcrlgo Intelligence,
without my cuse axninst him snve his own OK
foptfa ,, as eta w1ya1 pr9;nary ;a eza
denied III knoxls''xo IT !ho crime, anS avoxod
denial xna only II misfortune: ne was mercly
bringing upon himself this ordeal Of confession
About three weeks aftcr hts committal to jail
AA 0l!nn WIS taken mt by the officers who ar.
rested him md cnrricd to tho tccno OF tho 1n,ir-
10 obtain frora him sono revelation concern.
Ing the murder Or. which he had recently
Sse' ss oetMec W h"xfT %ss a Thf ,sf ses s.,sa ss'
ton tho prisoner aRaln-under tho influence
.,I,,, of 10 slroais or l,ronses-;contessed CON.
WIS nmttcd Aa Testimony In his trtAl, and TINT
convicted him On the grnttnd TINT It Haa yol-
tho sostinlo.y conccri,inR II this III tr to tho sceno
Of tho murder. As soon a. Tho officers arrived
upon tho scenU, Gum waa taken from them By
day pecn crectcd. Upon tho seafioid vus
I'd tho sssraa % ee Ii, tho aiSm"st eo,'n Ito sss ses
~ neck; Tho nirlal scrvlco wns rcati Gy chap:
t!on. i1e protested that he was innocent
ion S ss fe e,e ne I. ,2e xs5 cs sSa The p,sss e4s
stances, r. only, an hM!r hcforc ho had vulun-
tnTlly confessed II completely In tho nardcr, Tho
eeas!y they say. from lilo seafo md iii let '' iowa.
Iie sttll rcfutetl TO confess. Again bc was swung
frishtnaot nln,st Il, death, be- ct,t,iesstsl nxa;
cnmriclty IL the crime, nnl tho nlpb restored
htni to the officers: Ho wis RETURNED 10 bis cell
IN th0 At!atsta Jall; strong case h1d been tlld1
4ay Scfsre YESTERDAY tho negro wes bsoush,
to trial. The only testimony uf any slgnliiranct
wh1tpYcr EHNinbt him WIN hin n,yi Df,nft.sst0u,