The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1882-09-01

They carry us under big tro,, tho
Court Hodsc. aud try US. y.
I had no spurs on whom l ran of.
Attic others had. Waon q prison.
cr 10 laid up sick, no works two days
for oae. = II repeat that I would
rather dio lhan 70 backto Matthew's
II Matthews would olrar me posi-
ton Of guard over the priaoncrs. !
would not change. my evidcn CO
lwPuldstoli lhe court il Matthew'S
would tsy to bribo mo by money or n
patton as snasd. 70 suppress my.
SvIdynce.
{ Gxolrn GREEN.
Sworn and ubscribed u before mo
August 10th, 1882.
LEWIS J. WlSsTos, Clerk
we will now outline one d two: Of
the omissions, to voluminous to pub
fish. Tso prisoners are worked on
Sundays. No vorshIp Is bald, nor
arc thors bibles or otber books. on
tie farm. They are not 'pefmitted 10
write home. Green gTimly jokes,
whom he stntcs their bed Is sho bare
boallr, their only ekivers aeas eand
Zee. In every particular OF Green's
statement, there is breach OF tho
Law regulating the firm. THIS can
bc corroborated by witness upon
witness. Every attempt at white
wash will be promptly met.-Natch-
~ Mighty Truth.
Same paper:l
Our exposure Of tho damnablc
practices at the Copiah farm, has
created a feeling Of the most intense
Indignation among both white and
colored of this community. 1t is O
sentiment which our county author
tiles will find it impossible to ignore,
and the sooner they set ont devising
ways and means to pacify it, the
better. To assist them in this, We
would mention that in violating the
law, regulating such institutions,
Matthews has broken his contract
with this county, and the contract
should no longer be respected. Tia,
the law in this particular has long,
continuously and outrageously been
dcRed ,our board OF supervisors might
indeed, should have discussed long
ago. It is clearly its duty to learn
something as to the treatment OF
petty offenders suffering scntencc Of
our couniy's pronunciation, at least
when this is suffered beyond the pro.
vince of our Grand Jurics, by an ar
ransement 10 which the Board is a
direc, party; and the people OF Ad'
ans county must and do hold their
board Of supervisors morally respon'
siblc for all The hellish tortures,which
these monsters Of inhumanity have
pcrpe,rated upon our petty offend
ers. For the benefit OF the Super.
viaors foo busy ct present, raising
the valuation OF raw boncd mules at
u cost exceeding the receipts, TO do
it themselves, we propose to compare
the law aud practice in tho case
The law requires that the convicts
of Copiah shall not be 'mal,reated
or abused and they have been bea-
ten with five hundred lashcs at u
dose, tue iavortc instrument used,
being what they call u switch-a
stout beach bough about the size and
shape Of on OK whip stock. One man
was thus whipped
AND THEN KICKED INTO A DITCH,
running Q cane into his eye in The
fail. The eye became q horriblc,fcs'
tering sore and then they turned The
useless Stare loose and folks 10 Beau.
regard raised him ten dollars TO see
him cn his way. The ankles, and
their attending alterations and mag
cots, We have already spoken OIL
The dogs, sho. guns, thumb strings,
etc, to all of which VIC have alluded.
have been in constant practice and,
in the face of ihese,m have begged
for q meroiiul bullet to end their
suGeriugs. The law requires that
couvicls shall have sufficient and
wholesome food, clothing and shcl
ter, medical attention. and not be
overworked or worked on Sunday,
aud that they shall! not be kept be
youd the term CT their sentences, and
they arc thus continually detained
for weeks and months, Prisoners
have been reduced by tho pangs Of
hunger to steal from the mules
HARD EARS OF CORN AND COW PEAS
which, uncooked, they have raven
ously dcvoured. They have eaten
tue carcasses of animals, which have
died from disease. Their clothing
is worn constantly and is alive with
vermin. Their shelter is unccilcd
logs; their beds, the hard floor, their
medical attendant, the brutal guard;
their medicine, q club diluted with
filthy profanity and they are workcd
morning, noon and night, and on
Sundays, too. For this, Matthews
aud his companion beauties ure lla'
bic to fine of not lcss than 800 nor