Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-02

the time Jney WORK. Inc strap ] aIlude TO
is about two fingers wide and one finger
ming lengthwise. Houston told me this,
and also did Jerry Wright and John
Brown.
Charles Houston, sworn and testified
On Monday, S0th of May, John Andrews
was sick; the guard told him to proceed and
do the best he could; the deceased replied
he would do so, but about an hour later he
again fell, and said he could not work any
more; the deceased was told to roll his wheel
barrow aside; deceased replied to s. Hesser
that he (Hesser) Thought 1t all right to
have men out there at the camp to kill
them;" at the same time he said, sd
d-n you, will get even with you.n On
Tuesday morning, about 1890 o'clock, An
drews again complained of feeling
bad, when he was told to move
his wheelbarrow aside in the shade; Mr..
McCrohan ordered John Andrews to be
brought into the shade; when going from
the planks to the tree he recognized MIR. s..
Hesser bringing prisoners from the jail; he
became very passionate and made angry
gestures at Mr.. Hesser; after this Mr.. Hes
ser ordered Andrews to be whipped; he
gave the deceased twenty lashes; he was
not tied at the time Of the whipping; John
Andrews died with his shackles
on; the spot where the whipping &C.
Cured was covered with stumps; at the
time when Andrews was carried over to the
shade trees he made several threats at the
guard, Hesser, and on the strength of this
received lashing. 1t is not customary to
strike the conVicts with switch during the
time they work. The deceased did not at
tempt to rise during the time he was being
whipped; have not spoken to anybody about
this matter; Charles Logan was whipped on
loft mo
whipping aud the time of his
death was, l think, about an hour and
a half. The deceased was whipped with his
clothes on. Monday evening, during one of
bis fits, Andrews rolled down the bank and
surged himself on the root of tree at the
bottom; he then came up to the top of the
bank and laid down, whereupon two hands
Crank Jenkins and myself were ordered to
carry him to the camp.
Jerry McCrohan, sworn and testified
The said prisoner was taken with the
fit on Monday, May 80. l cannot state
the nature Of the fit. He would stagger and
frequently fall over stumps; in my opin-
ion he did this to avoid working. Mr.. 8.
Hesser frequently upbraided him for his
conduct. Although called upon TO do his
work he would not perform the same until
Mr.. Hesser threatened to whip him. / sent
the boy to camp, thinking he was sick.
believe Mr.. Patterson gave him some medi-
cine. Yesterday morning | went back to
work, / found the deceased at work. Some
time after my arrival he asked me to allow
him to leave off wheeling and to
give him a hoe and permit him to dig.
/ would not permit the change, fearing the
deceased might cut the chain and make bis
escape. Mr.. Fennel, who was In charge,
noticed during the morning of Tuesday,
the 31st, that the prisoner continued to fall.
He called him under a tree, and as the pris
ouer showed no signs of a willingness to
continue his work he gave him about
twenty two strokes with leather strap. /
then had him brought under the shade of q
tree. made him lie down, and shaded his
BODY with a wheelbarrow. About the time
the hands were through eating their dinner
the boy who was with the prisoner at the
time of the whipping reported that John
Andrews was dead This occurred about
two or three hours after the whipping.
Whenever a man is sick it is the duty of the
overseer or guard to report the case to the
County Physician, DIR. Bulloch. The doc
tor always visits the convict camp twice
week. II man is very sick the guard COM
municates the fact Immediately TO the pny-
sycian. We generally take the work on
man IL he is sick in our opinion and act as
above stated. This man was only short
while In the camp. The exact time can be
learned by referring to the records. The
deceased threatened to have it. We
Judged that he was feigning. The County
Physician had visited the camp
once or twice during the time.
Nothing was said to DIR. Bulloch about the
deceased. He would take his meals just as
regularly as any one In the camps. The de-
ceased might have been whipped once or
twice this week with orier. !