The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-10
JOE ALLEN WHITE.
The Boy Abducted from His Father .
Farm in Aabama. Tells the Story
Of His
suasrings 70 a Reporter Of the Chat
tanooga. ''Times"-The Flight Of
the Kidnapper.
JOE ALLEx WHITE.

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the little boy We, who was abducted
from his home last month By = beast
called Ogletree, arrived in the city last
night sifh his son, from Newman, Ga,
where be Was removed Wednesday, after
being ia the rufhans power only three
week.. The news of biz arrival became
n0iscd around a. soon a. the train
pulled into the depot. and when he en-
tered the Read House corridor be was
the center Of attraction with large and
rapidly Increasing crowd. The CORR
dor. were ~ throngcd and everyone
crowded up b. have = word with and
catch = glimpse Of the child, who has
created such a sensation throughout
fhi. -eeii0n for -Ome week.
rHg soY's STORY
a lines reporter, after several inef-
fectusl attempts, finally succeeded IN
c0rnering the boy for the purpose Of in
terviewiug him. he was dressed in a
neat suit of dark clothes, which were
two -izes to- large for him, aud his hat
was similar lie seems a. be Of average
size for a boy Of his age, has light hair
and sparkling b!ue eyes, aud q very
/ pleasant face, which was considerably
pinrhel aud almost a. whiIe ~ q sheet
he Was very timid At first, aud later be-
eame very talkative. The following l.
the substance Of his story:
My name j. Joe Allen White. Am
nine years old. ! never saw the man
who stole me until "Wednesday, August
18th. Wss playing in my fathers yard
when he approached me and asked me
10 show him a spring but Immediately
after arriving there he tDok me in his
arms, swearing every step he would kill
me " ! made a noise, aud carried me
about a mile, saying he wanted me to
work in his saw-mill near Nashville.
This occurred about o'clock in the
morning, and We tramped sll day and
all night through swamps, hut he would
allow me TO eat nothing until Friday at
dinner, and then old stale bread. Dur
/ ing the remainder Of the trip / only
slept ia a house two nights. ! would be
[ tied in the woods and the man would
always try 10 tnd a negro cabin 10 sleep.
/ Near Paint Rock ! ran away and hid,
[ but was soon discovered and he gave me
terrible beating with hickory when
We reached keels mountain. had
/ something to eat every day at noon, but
At no other time. Twice begged some
meat in the morning from a negro, but
the man cursed me aud took Il away,
saying ought not to eat 10 much. He
said he would cut my tongue out il /
spoke a word to anyone-that ] must
play the part of dumb idiot / did
not like TO keep silent, but he always
watched me, never losing sight of me
except when he tied me in the woods at
night. | was awfully scared at night
ia the woods alone, and once he tied me
in such manner that | could not sit
lie had no money and begged everything
He frequently tried To get a pistol and
often thought he would kill me if he
succeeded
My feet were so -welled and bruised
that could not wear the shoes he stole
for me on sand mountain. We had
travelled all day last Tuesday and until
o'clock at night and were fixing to lie
down when We heard the dogs bark on
our tracks. lie then told me if the
dog- caught me they would eat me up,
and told me to follow him. We ran
into the swamp~ and woods until 4
O'Clock wednesday evening, when they
found me and he got away had not
had anything 20 eat since Monday, and
had not rested a day since ! was stolen
except part OF Sunday at Oak Level.
A good many times when we we're trav-
cling he said he wanted to get some
thing 20 eat for me and him. lie then
tied my hands together, and tied them
10 bush, and went and got something
TO eat, and great many times eat it
all up and gave me none. After | was
found | was taken To Mr.. J. J. Dcnnis's 5,
and kindly cared for until my father
came. Everybody has been kind 10 US,
and am very much Obliged 10 them.
Had il not been for the money given me
, We would have been compelled to walk
want To- walk again.
/ When asked about the outrageous
. practices Of his abductor he declined ia
. answer, but finally said the scoundrel
practiced his inhuman and revolving
crimes several times every day and ap
peared almost Unsuitable. When told he
would be home again in a few hours the
little fellows eyes fairly danced with
delight and he could scarcely stand still
!, Mr.. !. &. White, his father, who ha,
! been searching night and dav for his lit
: tie boy, related the story Of his searches
tn a reporter lie was often in the sad
/ die forty eight hours at time. He i,
. confident that Ogletree abducted tn,
n boy, and had accomplices to mislead hi
= pursuers. There are now about 200 mer
, in pursuit Of Ogletree, and il is though
4 be will certainly he captured.