The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-07-23
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The ANDERsoN INTELLIaENcER de-:
gelares that there was no whitewashing
when the terrible revelations of the treat.
ment Of cOnyicts on Augusta and Knox
Vile Railroad were made in 1879. 10
1 sustain its declaration the report OF the
Legislative committee appointed to IN;
.yesGgate that affair is printed. IL IS too
to reproduce here, but ne have ex-
an1ined sc with some care, and il it is not
s q clear and perfect whitewashing we
7 have never seen one. Its general con.
clusions are that if any body is to blame
for 4 death rate ofsover twenty-five per
cent. it mas. T. Nv. Parmele; The Super.
sintendent Of the penitentiary who held
oyer from the radical reign, and that 1t
! was not clear. that even he was IN fault:
The editor of this newspaper knows
something of the matter as ne had
occasion to write az long report OF 1T with
dates details and names of Witnesses
ready TO- the hand Of anybody who chose
4 10 rlse them. There was murder In q
variety off Ways: In the sitting stock
ades. ii the heavy work and insufficient
aud improper food and with bullet,
3b.udgeon, whip and gun stock. Yet the
committee; after q report exeraptlng
seYerybcdy but Parmele from blame.
scoolly sayS. % s,E5l.:,,s.fs7 si:-.ss
erie Committee recommend that 1t be
referred TO the Attorney General for such
saction SIS he may deem proper OF. behalf
sof the State. Any citizen of the Stats
will also have. the right to institute 9.
prosecution IN any case in which he may
feel that the Law has been violated" =
We,do not know if the matter was re-
faued to the Attorney General. we
never heard that he did anything or that
any one Of the committee, chosen to rep
resent the Law and the State in this
special matter, ever thought it worth
while to- take action in his capacity as,
sssany citizen to have the subject yentl-
lated and Investigated. The whole thing
WAS covered with whitewssh an inch
deep and dropped like hot potato.
That is why We have heard OF similar
brutality to- convicts at intervals since.
The issue between the Greenyille Neaos
! and the Committee which investigated
the treatment Of consicts on the Green
wood g. Augusta Railroad is one that is
easily settle led. The Ne,rs asserts that its
editor Investigated the matter and
knows something about it. Nov, if the
sVs,as will state what fact It enows which
contradict, the report Of the Committee,
and the. names Of. the witnesses who
could prove. those facts, we may convince
him that the Committee did all they
could do. We have o copy Of the testi.
mcny taken by the Committee, and are
ready To- maintain :the assertion that
under the testimony the Committee
could not have reached different con-
sclusion. We took all the testimony
which swas reported by any person to us,
and even examined the witnesses whose
names we're sent us ii anonymous COM
smunicasions. We have the testimony
now, and are ready to show that the ex'.
animation was as thorough as We could
make It. Tho Iscom ommendation as to
specific charges, Was s3lnade as TO- acts Of
cruelty alleged to have been committed
by the captain and guards. Upon these
there Was diversity Of testimony-the
consicts making one statement and the
officers an entirely different statement.
III such . condition there. was no SEN
ssible ecolne left to the Committee but to
sask it to be referred tothe law officer of
the State We could not recommend that
m any person Be hanged er put jig the peni.
stentiary, and te press an opinion upon