Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-06
THE ROASTED BOY
Believed to be Manned for Life.
Something About The Affair and
the Monster Who Conn
mitted It.

The monstrous act of cruelty perpe-
trated on the helpless boy, Jesse
Maynard, BY the unfeeling, black
hearted seoandrel, Albritten, has no
parallel In the annals Of crime herea-
bouts, and the villains inexcusable
conduct meets the universal condem-
nation of every person possessing q
spark of humane feeling. There
may be some exceptions, servile
sycophants and money lovers who
expect to make a few
dollars out Of the miserable
Albritten. He gave a good
and solvent bondsman to answer for
his appearance, in the person Of H.
w. Baumau, grocery keeper doing
business on Charleston avenue oppo.
site the Charleston railway depot.
A number Of people present at the
examination in Justice Coleman's
Office yesterday, we're of our most
solid aud respected merchants Their
very appearance gave dignity and
force to the occasion. There was
among Others Mr.. w. W. Scheduled.
Mr.. II. A. Montgomery, Mr.. VIM. A.
Gage, Mr.. Thomas Gale, Mr.. Ed.
Hart, Mr. Q. W. Heiskell, all of them
fathers, besides a number of other
names not remembered and it made all
of them sick at heart to listen to the
recital of one of the most barbarOus
acts known to civilization. Several
who saw the corrugated flesh OF the
child, where it had been scorched be.
fore slow fire, while the heartless
monster held his knee in the lads
back and pinioned his arms behind to
roast him, were unabls to tell of it to
their friends last night without shedN
ding tears.
The suffering lads front, from the
sternum or breastbone down to his
knees, bears plain evidence Of the
effects of the FIRE by which he was SO
inhumanly roasted full six months
ago. The lower portion of the aldo.
men exhibits the worst effects. There
the flesh is rolled into ridges where it
healed after the scorching, and where
the scars will remain during the boy S
natural life. The genital organs, too,
are also misshapen and distorted, and
the general opinion of those who saw
it are that permanent injury has
been sustained. And the man who
perpetrated this act of barbarity was
the boys stepfather, AlbritteR. 1t
would have been an act of mercy for
him to have lifted the boy up by the
hair of his head and whaeked the
head off with butcher knife. The
boy Jesse, may be, and doubtless is,
very bad little boy, TOR all boys are
more or less bad at his age, but the
boy could have been corrected or
punished without perpetrating
mayhem. Everyone knows that there
are many ways to correct children and
bring them TO proper subsection
without unnecessary torture, and the
fact that the boy was burned until he
was insensible, and that he had no
medical attendance until his unnatu-
raj parents feared he was about to die,
is of itself sufficient to bring the exc
crations of all good people upon both.
The Mortified spectators in Esq
Coleman's court yesterday nat
urally gave expression to
their feelings after seeing the poor
boys terrible condition, and when the
court adjourned over to 3 o'clock to-
day the miserable and cowardly tor
turer, craven like, asked bystanders
if he was in danger of bodily injury,
and wanted protection-the brutel
Some days ago the wretch threaten
ed Officer Lane with his wrath, shook
his Est under his nose, warned him to
look out, as after this trouble ended
he would get even and have his re
venge. On yesterday Lane started
for the mans house, expecting
trouble, but had taken the
precaution to request the assist
ance of we'll known citizen. The
latter went in his buggy, saluted the
wretch pleasantly, told him he had
come as deputy to assist Mr.. Lane,
because of certain gratituous remarks
he, Albritten, had made, and the lat
ter showed himself the craven coward
he is, at once by making, like Uriah
Heep, an humble and abject apology
for his remarks, and he said be didn't
mean it. On the way to the court
room Albritten said he bad whipped
| the BOY for 40 hour without intermis-
sion. Before that he said the boy was
bad and he had determined to whip it
out Of him.
Theinhuman wretch who committed
this outrage op helplsssiafancy resides
| az AZ Magshall avenue, and it was
| there the fortunes we're inflicted. The
/ lads pIaintiye story was to the effect
that ho ran away from home to escape
gpmercifuI thtsShiugs. He would
stay away until hunger drove "a
back, some times "a lone as two 81
three days, aud .. len he would skull
home, knowing be must submit Il
castigations. His mQtheg aided il
tying him, cad then when he had beer
whipped half TO death she wrapped
, pillow over her head to deaden tn,
effect OF his piercing shrieks. H,
was whipped with thorned switche
, and double ropes, and the simple re
! lation Of the poor little fellow oopveye,
/, the Impression that he beeam
e insensible under its terrific effects
lie was doubtless delirious when tn
physician was called. The latter
testimony 10 the court was as evasiv
ss p0saible, aud strenuous effort wa
seemingly made 10 behalf Of tn
wretched torturer, but this was Aatl
contradicted by the ocular proof {
tho boys condition when his littl
body was exposed 10 the gaze Of tn