The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-14
The System In Vogue That Makes
Riots In Pennsylvania.
Tho Piteous Story of Ono of the
Ruined Women.
Industrial Slavery in the South-some.
thing More About Garley Brown"
As a City onicial He Courts
Investigation - Ho
Should Get It.
From a Special Correspondent Of The Appeal.


WATER VALLEY, Miss. Sept l3.-If every.
thing in life is designed fora purpose il may
be claimed perhaps, that death comes within
the range Of the same rule.
IL is also an established principle In com.
mon belief that murder will out" whether
the guilty parties ever receive their punish.
mcnt in this life or not.
When Willie Tisdell met her fate in Mem.
phs under revolving circumstances, Tur
ArrEAL set To work, It's ultimate purpose
being to fathom the case 10 the bottom In
this determination Il cared not for trouble.
expense or the Legitimate lengths TO which
the investigation might lead. Carried out
In this city the question aro., Is there not a
radical wrong beyond? May there not be-
the rankcst and foulcst willainy at the foun.
tain hcad-thc Iocona mills of Wnter Val.
ley, Miss, from which place an unfortunate
girl came under suspicion, circumstances Ia
hide her shnmci A reporter was assigned
To the task Of working out the answers.
THE INVESTIGATION nrGuN.
The reporter left Memphis Friday nf,er.
noon, arriving at Water Valley AT O'Clock
that night Saturday morning his Gr,t visit
was made Ia g. ID. liruwn, Who figured in
thc Tisdcll corrvsponds,cc rs "Gnrley."
Here II may bc well tf1liycrgc q little 20
give the reader an intelligent idea OF Gar
lcy's' identity. Ia ovcy country village.
town aud Juvenile city there II slnall mum
bcr uf young men who wear good clothes. a
rather catchy appearance, and moro than
the requisite amount uf presumption. One
of this number ut Water Valley il young
Brown, or "Gnrlcy," ~ lac shall be known
hereafter. lie is hn Instance agent. local
editor ~ the Water Valley Progrsts. and
general swell. A. local idmircr expressed
IL tu the reporter che IN "a mushcr Who de.
lights 10 work In the dark" When con.
frontcd with the bitter fruits of this charnc-
tcristic, "Gnrlcy' hastcncd to write a lengthy
rarl, IN which hc east wholesale odium upon
iho namc of the dead girl, aud publicly pro
claimed his purity aud philnnthrophy. NJ
The same time admitting privately that lac
bad contributed many times aud Oft to her
downfall and ultimate death. Such wis the
state II the case when the reporter arrived |
ind began his work, aud such was the state |
when hc had concluded t,e interview with |
'Gnrlcy" Development IN this particular |
line have already been given 10 the public
AFNR RsAcuiSo gvu.
What are the condition, aud causes which |
ed to the death Of Willie Tislcll7 They are |
.imply horrible, aud will prove n sad rcycln. |
ION tu the outside world, II not 30 the good |
eUplc uf Water Valley. Willie Tisdcll may |
ave been the first tcE.ale omploye Of thc |
iocona cotton mill NJ that place 20 die a. q |
Csult of her shame, but iuany others have /
,onc hcadlong 10 ruin nd degradation un-
Ter iu polluting influences These active
gcncics IN driving the girg ~ disgrace aru
grinding policy on the part of the man.
grr and Infamous CORR tption among some
I the more powerful bDs-,s, notably among
hem being Charles l.. ROmburgcr, the "a.
The Yoconn cotton mills began operations
even yoar ago. A limited number II We.
nciOus slockholdcr-Mes,r. B W. Rom.
urgcr, of Philadelphia, Dis son, Charles a.
aud -. u. Wtgncrnnd J. u Pate.
I Water Nnllcy--aduplel the policy that
the employees Of the MILL They Inn
ortcd one or two experts and filed
be- list With green aud cheap hands gath.
red from the town aud surrounding cuun.
". &. v. l,pmburgcr went in a. book. |
rCpor, but with tho Intention ~ taking |
ifihcr charge when experience would per.
lit lie improved every opportunity, and
nally few ycurs ago bcninc suporintpnd.
it The capacity oi The concern is fifteen ,
! twenty bales Of cotton per week on the
nCr work, aud twenty I've ur thirty un
|
yO-ihlrls u these are frnmloa. and about
iiriy being girls between hltccn aud twenty
W. years ~ nTn. Tho remainder uro older
id mirficd women or widows little girls
cn and boys SIK.ur ciTht uuly Oi the cn !
~ number are men, Uupluyci for the f,
'nyicr work, engineer Hul iiromnn.
THEIR SITUATION AND mmoUSDINdA
Tho mill building Is a two.story frame +,
ructuro about 80 frt long by ~ feet
idc. The lower floor j. entirely occupied
: frame works of machinery for getting
c Gotten ready for The lnnl singo u man.
acturc of cloth. which takes place ON the q,
cond fOpr Alslos harly wide enough
admit oi cmmped Iasap,s by the OPEN. 4
VS., are left Work Il IA, order prevail. !,
y IN the concern, o. d never rclaHcs. ,
hen the females arrive. ht y o clock IN the
Orning, the hour at which The machinery =,
arts, most ot those VIII ruipy the luxury ]
shoes remove thcm. SImc strip 10 their !,
ire feet Others only t their stockings. \
le suggestion Of such thing M
ilctro0m would double cause tho man. .
.ors 10 throw up their hands In horror nj y
{ oStuyagance. Only one prlyy exists, !,
ID that Va the rudcst condition imaginable.
one end ot the long building II closet
= females only, and for hl " them. When n
~ reporter struck its vicinity u did not re- v
are further enlightenment from his con e
ict0r II was there IN All ii' odofiierous Il
.ss, rendering further iuyriiIgsu0n IN that u
after iepulsive, " not actually dangerous y
health and life. For The men 8
well, they had the entire outside
iSsniIary eOudition " lAg SosseIB, iaost