The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-16
chairman s,a.ss,er,. s,s,emen,.

n the Editor oi The Appeal
For two OF three days the waters have
been stirred muddy and deep in regard
10 "crJokcdness" at the county work.
house. and ~ my name has been impli-
Gated Ia the affair, ] thought best 10 LET the
water settle q little before saying anything
a. Tar as ] was concerned.
In hasty interview last Saturday even
ing with Jctiger and Sciniiar reporter
thought had said enough TO satisfy any
one ~ Tor myself, but on reading today's
hpPEAL | lind II stated that ~ many "a
sixteen prisoners are said 10 have recent
w been marched Ia the railroad at Whites
station and sent eastward" II the writer
al that article intended 10 say that either
my son or myself marched sixteen prison
crs or any other number. 30 Whites sta
ton, either for myself or son, he Just sim
ply lied. II he received his information
from any other source, his informant lied.
Now as 81 the facts As far as l have
played in the matter. | was only acting
Tor my son and Mr.. Caper, and Squire
Mason knows this to I've 40. In regard 60
John Prewitt and Louis Young, my son
never paid cent for either OF them, nor
was hc asked 10 do 10 by tho clerk, M lac
will vcniy; their time having expired,
Iulius MclIane refused 10 90, and my son
woald not bail him, of course. When my
son went 10 the work-house after those
boys he had the written discharge from
the criminal court, and filed II with the
superintendent OF the work.house rs n
voucher 20 him, and a. the law required.
'Squirs Mason, the superintendent, will
say that those two boys John Prcwitt and
Louis Young -arc tho only parties thu,
hayc ever been taken by nv ION or any one
else for him, from the work-housc, and
that they werc taken In the most rigid
compliance with the law-that VI a written
discharge hon tho proper tribunal
As Ia Tom Baton. my sou had agreed
10 pay the 500 required, and Tom came
10 me nj the courthouse AMI saw Mr..
Carers and told him my son would take
him aud sind him the money. lilo re'
piled all right. so on last Saturday night
two weeks ago, ] sent him 10 Somcr'
,ille on the accommodation train. On
Monday following NV son LET him have q
wagon and team TO 20 10 his home after
hts family, and he got back 10 my sons
on Tuesday aud reported that his family
had refused 10 20 with him. The next
day Tom came IN my Office and reported
his troubles told him | was sorry for
Hfuis litNl N0ut t3NfN tFt
then turned him ovcrto the supointcnd
cnt Of the work.house where he remain
ell until last week, whom I learned that he
had Len paid out by some Of his rela'
tiyes.
II there has been any wrong committed
by any one Ia u,o taking Of conyicts from
TIE work.house | regret that my name
has goi mixed mp In the matter. have
given n corrcri statement ~ iar n ] am
concerned. and | am ready 10 show that
both my son and myself have complied
with tic law and takun no one from there
except tho parties mentioned, notwiih
standing some one has lied about H.
expect ihere arc about hali.dozen croa
lures IN the county mot morc) who would
he glad 10 know I was la the scrapc, bu
they will have n try u again.
Whites, April 10. u. Q. StArGnrsn.
The authorities Of vasnr college hav'
conferred the degree Of IL. u. on Mrs
Christine l.. Franklin, n fellow OF Tho