The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-16

course, reasonable length oil time OF noon
I think strict discipline Is necessary on
farm like this, rs over slaves; have heard !
! reported that the poor farm was run In deb
5000 last year; Joe Bowers told mo 80
these reports now In circulation originated
about month ago. know O. II
Bussey; he Ia n correct man
| don't know much about DR.. Potter; dom
think Noah Richardson a very good negro
never heard anybody say they liked DR.
Kitchener; never heard Of the commission
ers court being asked to Investigate the
poor farm; Orr and Cullum were down re-
Gently and reported everything y. X.
J. W. HUTCHTNs
Been here on the pauper list since the
6th of April; prisoners are treated very
WELL seen very little bad treatment to prs.
oners; saw Kinnin strike Noah Richardson
q few times with his walking stick; kinnin
is strict in his duties works moderately
and rests the hands one and half to two
hours at noon; St. Clair was said to be a
sai-maker from Maine; saw him (St.
Clair when he was brought from the field
old man Moore said st. Clair
had been hit by the guard;
he was very decently buried; / saw Mrs.
Kinnin slap little Mary Mcdonald one day
for saucing her. She had been to the sec
ton house after milk for her father, which
was against orders, as plenty of milk was
supplied to them on the farm.
| H. F. KEATHLEY.
Have resided two and half years three
quarters of mile from the farm; never
saw prisoners mistreated; was here during
threshng time; st. Clair looked stout and
worked very we'll; saw Mrs. Kinniu give
Mary Mcdonald a brushing; think she
called her little devil;'' don't think
Noah Richardson is reliable; l know DR..
II ,rI linn ahn m
professionally; some complain that Dr..
Kitchener NEEDLES, and some think Mr..
Payton meddlesome; think the rumors
about the farm may come partly from
facts and partly through prejudice.
| DIR. ]. @. MICHENEE.
Have lived at Hutchins four or i've years;
what know of the poor farm is through
hearsay, but think that enough of hearsay
evidence constitutes fact; have not been
at the farm more than three or four times;
the Dallas Times reported me correctly; |
reported rumors as | had heard them; L
consider Noah Richardson remarkably
truthful; he had bad sore on his ankle
from wearing chains; had on four chains
when | came to the farm after him, think,
but couldn't say as a fact that there were
four chains on Noah; think Noah Rich
ardson is a quiet, inoffensive negro; the
Times report in the main, is correct L
don't know much of DR.. Potter; think
Kinnin is good farmer; it is the universal
opinion, so far as | know, that convlcts
are not treated humanely on the farm;
1 got my information mostly from negroes;
think those who built the new jail at the
farm know of cruel treatment to prisoners;
heard J. ]. Hall say that if reports were
true, they ought to lynch Kinnin on acc
count of abuse to prisoners; got my lnior-
nation of cruelty to Noah from Jane Dick
erson, colored.
T. G. PAXTON,
Have lived at Hutchins and Dallas ever
since 1874; / know of treatment OF prisoners
at the poor farm only by hearsay; l saw q
white and colored prisoner chalneo TO-
gether and brought to the farm from Dali
ias: the Dallas Times did not report me cor
rectly about Kinnin's intlmidating prison
ers, but in the main its report is correct.
have talked to county commissioners lndl.
yidually about farms management;
think Noah Richardson is good ordinary
niger; I don't think this committee ought
to sit at Kinnin's house; II there is nothing
wrong at the farm there have been
a lot of lies told; l think convicts and
prisoners are badly managed; the manage
ment of the convicts is the cause OF all the
reports.
r @. BLEDsoE.
Have lived in Hutchins and mile be-
low for several years; have not been one
the poor farm for two years; have no par
ticuiar love tor Kinnin; have heard a
heap of talk about rough treatment oil
prisoners; don't know as fact OF any ona
who knows OF brutal treatment OF prison
! ers: there was much hearsay and excite
ment when st. Clair died; have seen
prisoners with chains on from two tc
three; | think kinnin Is too rough; II
has been reported that two or three prison
ers have been foully dealt with, 81. Cialr
| nolN
. was the poor farm physician; the Times
report is in harmony with general rumors
I would be against Kinnin on genera
principles: he and | disagreed about the
, price of pair of shoes; when he gets out
hope to get some trade from the next man
NOAH RICHARDSON.
Have worked as prisoner on the farm
wore two double chains; l told the Times
reporter that the chains would weigh eighty
pounds; they treated me rough the hrst
dav ON the farm; Cummins the guard ,teaseo
me and raised my hoe to hit him, and he
marched me to the gate, when he hit me OF
the back on the head; then Mr.kinnin took
the stick and hit me about eighteen OF
twenty times; | was in the field with st
Clair the day he died; MI. klnhlh camS
along in the morning and told the guard
, not to crowd; guard told st. Clair, GOD
! d-n'i him, to hurry up, and struck him
two ticks when st. Clair threw up his hoe and
said he had never done hard days work
in his life till he came here; the GUARD
made him get up, ana mt MN again on the
, back OF the head; st. Clair lay there abou
one hour; did not have watch Mr.
/. John Kinnin came along and asked wha
, was the matter with st. Clair, and Watson
said he was 'possumin' -; John Kinnir
.. said TO carry ST. Clair to the shade Wat
SON said. no, drag him, when Mr.. KinniI
said that was going too far; saw Mr.. Kin
min hit a colored girl named Mandy with {
, board saw blood on her next morning
! there is lice in the jail, and the bucket"
: kept in the Jail twenty -four hours wlthou
being emptied; it is in the jail all day oil
! Sunday.
Beeu on the farm one month, as pri,
oner: / have been treated as well a
! could be expected; / carried two chain
: four DAYS: they impeded work; knew 81
5 Clair; he was handled pretty rough; guar
/ had to be always showing him how Z
4 work; l saw Watson strike 81. Clair twic
2 with stick; be fell when hit on the head
4 and Law there from q half 10 three-quarter
e Of an hour; Mr.. Kinnin told Watson not 3
? rnsh ms. Watson was hard on Us; ate
: Watson struck st. Clair Mr.. John Kinnii
4 stepped up and asked what was the mat
1 ter: Watson told him that st. Clair wa
e 'ipossuming;H Kinnin told them TO carry 81
q Clair TO the shade; Watson told them :
& drag him, and Mr.. Kinnin refused; the oil
3 iail Re full Of lice and bed-bugs; white an
4 colored prisoners are jailed together.
Z THOMAS MOORE.
4 Been here as q prisoner three months
e Mr.. Kinnin has done very well BY me, ou
d Watson treated me badly; struc
!. me with stick; Mr.. Kinnt
v told tbe guard not TO strike mt
4 i knew ST Clair, saw Watson strike MIN O
. the tor Of the head: there was scar on ID
y back Of Sd. Glars head; think the lick b
Z col had something 70 do with his death
/: Watson seemed 20 get along well with som
= Of tise prisoners; saw Cummings MT Noal
4 eat: iail IL full Of bed-bugs; lice nearly q
o out now; the jail IL very bad, ought 70 ?