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

own knowledge, of the management Of tn
| farm; think some of the Times report /
correct; have never said that l would b.
one of party to lynch Kinnin; heart
Kinnin say that when Gates wa
guard. he Gates made littl,
negro pull up cotton and eat it'll know Noal
Richardson; but don't know him well; but
would not believe him anyway, if wha
| hear of him is true, l did not know OF
| these reports until Kinnin showed me the
Dallas Times and called my attention to
Them l consider that the farm is managed
well; the paupers are not treated well, but
that is not Kinnin's fault; | never saw pris-
oners pushed have no one
in view that could tell the committe.
anything about the charges; 1 know DR..
Kitchener; think he is reliable; l think st.
Kinnin; think the charges are mighty
near all rumor.
L. W. BLAcKsHER.
Have lived in mile from the farm five
years. have been at the farm often; never
have seen prisoners mistreated; think /
have had a good chance to see what
was going on on the farm;
this season; don't think Noah Richardson
is truthful; / think these reports come
partly from treatment to prisoners and part.
| ly through prejudice; know DR.. Kitchener
and Mr.. Payton; they stand very we'll as
far as know; saw Dallas Times reporter
| in Hutchins with DR.. Kitchener.
L. E. LEGGETT.
| Have lived five years within three miles
of the poor farm; have been at the farm
often: guards treat the prisoners as well as
could be expected; prisoners are contrary
and have to be talked rough to; never saw
Kinnin treat a prisoner rough; it has been
rumored that prisoners have been mis-
treated for more than year; heard Kinnin
talk rough to pauper last spring for talk
ing about him; Kinnin said h. would as
soon slap him over as not
but paupers and convicts could and ought
to be better treated; from what hear and
know don't think conycts ought to wear
as heavy chains as they have to wear.
[NoTE.-The committee weighed several
OF these chains the convicts wear, and
found them to average about IL pounds
shackles and ALL
A. b. CLINTON.
1 live one mile from Hutchins; have nc
farm is conducted. Drs. Stone and
Kitchener were at my house and
Kitchener sisted about st. Clair being
struck, etc. our talk was to the effect that
| if these reports were true that st. Clair
came to his death brutally, that the prison
| ers should be liberated or the superlntend-
ent lynched; Kitchener got his information
from Noah Richardson, l think
my statement about lynching was
made entirely on what Kitchener
said; don't think prisoners ought
| to wear chains; think prisoners have on al
times forty to sixty pounds OF CHAINS never
was at the farm but once or twice, but have
heard reports about its management for q
wear; don't consider the farm under good
management; my information comes from
hearsay.
b. D. ATvELL.
Have resided at Hutchins two and hall
years; am merchant; have heard
rumors ABOUT the poor farm, but as
a fact | don't know thing; know Noah
Richardson; think he would be inclined to
stretch matters a little; Kinnin is what
would call an unpopular man; DIR. Niche
ner is all right; is looked up to by the peo'
pie; / don't think prisoners and paHpers
ought to be kept together, or by the same
party; man who manages conyicts ought
not to manage paupers; should be separate
and distinct.
The statements of those talked to were
about like the above in substance, and
deem il unnecessary to give them. Now,
/ by reading the above the public can make
their own reports, whether they coincide
with the committees report to
the commissioners court or not. The
committee tried to do justice by ell parties
regardless of fear or favor.
Respectfully,
X. S. KIMBRoUGH,
One OF the Committed.