The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-01
RAP-JACKET.
Four colored Youths Buggy-Whip One
Another.

social gathering was held at Mr. Taylor
Georges residence the other night, near the
corporate limits of the town on Atlanta
street. The young men patronized Mr..
Chuck Anderson livery stable very LIBERAL
ly, and while they were in the elegant par
lor of Mr. George, enjoying the festivities
OF the occasion, four negro boys. whose ages
range from II to 30, concluded that they
would hayea ride and they unhitched the
horses harnessed to the buggies, and drove
all over town at dashing style. A color
ed man found out what they had done and
made them carry the horses and bugges
back to Mr.. Georges. Mr.. Anderson got
wind of the matter and on last Tuesday
morning had Constable Miller Walker to ar
rest them with view to criminal prose.
cution. They were Tom Reagan, Will Pat
terson, Bayliss Towns and Jim johnson.
Mr. Anderson told them if they were willing
to give themselves good whipping with a
buggy whip he wouldn't prosecute them,
otherwise they might take the consequences
for stealing his horses and abusing them by
fast driving. They all agreed to take the
whipping, and assembled at Mr. Anderson's
Office at his stable with their coats off.
their shirts only intervening between their
skin and the whip. Will Patterson father
said his boy shouldn't be whipped Mr..
Anderson said, Albright; | don't want him
MI, h,,t I, Al
take charge Of him" The boy spoke up
and said; I'll take the whipping to settle
i" He chose for himself the punishment
inflicted, as did all the rest, as they did not
want to go to the chain gang
The first one to step forward into the
middle Of the room to take his whipping
was Jim johnson, a black, strapping young
fellow, while viii Patterson, stout mulat-
to, his companion in the crime, welded the
buggy whip. Patterson laid it on pretty
severely. Some one counted, one, two,
three up to fifteen, when Mr., Anderson
said, THAT will dc" all though they agreed
to take thirty lashes piece Then Patterson
exchanged places with Johnson, who in
turn piled the whip to his back Bayiss
Towns, black, chunky, stout boy, put him
selfin the attitude for the next round and
Tom Regain tall, spare-made mulatto be-
gan to WELD the whip, Towns intimdated
him by telling him, "If you hit me hard,
I'll give you sheol when it comes my time
to whip you, and when he exchanged
places with Reagan he dashed him with
vim. Reagan squirmed and drew up his
shoulders each time the lash fell but not |
tear triekled
When tho whipping was over, Mr.. Ander-
son smilingly gave them quarter with |
the parting injunction; "Now, go and |
get some cigars and smoke on your way
back to the square" They departed for |
cigar store and when last seen were putting
away as if they were glad that they had con
scented to the lash, rather than take the I
chances Of going TO the chain gang.
A large crowd was attracted by the nov
city of the affair and witnessed these young
'coons' punish themselves for their malic- |
ious mischief
There is no question if there was whip |
ping post to punish for petty ofiepses it |
would lessen the number of crimes com
mitted and prove salutary lesson to the
young bucks who are being raised without
family discipline or restraint and given full
liberty to run at large and do as they please