The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-15


that post-morlem should he held
at all without the presence OF the Coro-
ncr or somebody legally authorized to rep
resent him. Is II customary for physicians
to 20 into the post-mor,em business OF their
own motion? Unless the APPEAL CORE
spondont misunderstood DIR, McCauley
that post-mortcm was not ordered by the
authorities, and there were no medical
witnesses present but himself and Dr.
Jones. II he is right in this he must sub
nit that tho proceeding was decidedly ir-
regular.
Dr. McCauley also informed the Ar-
PEAL correspondent that he had ten men
on the sick list, three with pneumonia,
some with diarrhca, some with sore FIN
gers (amputatcd, lac doubtless meant and
one man with Varicoscd and ulcer
atcd leg who has been in the hospital Il
year, and ought to be there now, but even
he works when his condition admits OF IT,
DIR. McCauey added that the men worked
entirely too hard, on hard trot most of
the time, but hc did not think LomaN
should bear all the public odium aud bc
made an example OF. All the conyicts he
had interviewed assured him that the lo-
max treatment was better than any they
had ever experienced. TnE APPEAL is
prepared To indorsc 50 much OF
DR.. McCauley's statement rs rates
the IomaN treatment above the best
the convicls had experienced before. That
IL easily explained. The couyicts came
straight from the Ship Island Road where
the men were hall.staryed, hall-lcd, half
clothed and whipped within an inch Of
their lives, and sometimes several inches
beyond. The ship Island treatment will
be- iully described before this article IL
brought TO close. LomaN was graduated
from that splendid school.
FURTHER PROOF As TO LoMAx's BRUTALITY.
Eli Barton, an intelligent colorcd man
OF good standing, reports that he went
down to the works one Monday afternoon
in the rain, Ia see II the weather intcricred
with the work. II did not. They worked
three hours on dead trot. The next day
he went again a quarter Of an hour after
sun up. The men were still and didn't
get move on 'cm, ms lomaX ordered.
| lie took four OF them out OF the gang aud
after making them strip gave them fifteen
ashcs piece. Some begged and en-
treated and wcpt, but tears aud cntrcatics
aud pitcous pleading were alike unayail-
| ing. Then hc took out two more and or
| dercd them TO strip. One Of them hal a
! knotted string fastened To his pants which
united with difficulty, seeing which lomaN
reversed the strap handle aud punched
the man on the head with the butt rud,
| telling him like an OK. lie then gave the
man fifty lashcs lie then mounted the
flat aud hit the men right and
| left over the face and head with
the lash. Barton SAYS lao could see the
skin uf their faces assume nm ashy
color where the blow struck. Mack Me
| Callcsiur, who was with Barton, asked
Ed Russell, q guard "Do they always do
like ihis2" The guard laughed, aud re-
piled. This is NO hing
j. T. Thomas, cJlurcd, often saw lomaX
20 down the line hitting the men right
and left. Heard lOmaN tell Frank Robin
son, n life convict from Nnzpo City, point
ing Ia n white convict named Jake Ackcr
man, 81 want YOU 10 give him chance q
mako break TO get away, aud then XII
him"
The ArpTAL correspondent tried TO in
tcryiow Virgil shelby, but could not find
him, but Squire Sdham, who * a truth
] ml man, reports Shelby - saying that he
saw LomaN 20 down the line one morning
and lash every man over the head in pure
wantonncss, aud without the slightest
cause. Doubtless that was his way Of
warming them up for the days task.
SOME INCIDENTAL TESTIMONY ABOUT snrr
ISLAND.
One Of the conyicts, who shall be- name.
less in order 90 protect him from the ven.
gcanco Of those who are implicated In the
story, told the ArrgAL reporter the follow.
ing In the presence oi three witnesses
II have been with leased conyicts for
two years, first on the Kansas City rad,
where We we're treated badly, not getting
enough to eat aud no clothes. Have seen
men whipped 10 that they died from
the effects Of II. Some Of the drivers were
colorcd. aud they did the whipping al
times until ordered 10 cease. Have seen
| Dick Riycnax, a driver, whip q man until
his skin opened for not carrying full bar.
row Of dirt The wound got very sore.
nnd lac dressed Il himself with coal oil,
which he had H. steal on, Of the LAMPS.
lie died la six weeks.
Witness had been with present gang
since October ~ Was away from No.
ycmbcr ~ 10 December bOr q. When h.
got back heard Lucas was low. Heard
lomax had struck him. Lucas called mJ
10 his bed aud said he had had q crimr
but wanted 10 SEQ mo after supper I'D
not get ~ see him. Did not know hc WI.
dead.
The n-ar uscl by Lomax will draw
blood II used with force. Never slN
IomuX dmw blood with A. Has seen hiu
give one man fifteen iicls Tor not getting
car loaded. Man seemed 10 boz doing hi'
best. Saw him strip one man three time.
In one day nnl whip him.
When witness ioit camp November ~
Wiley Dodd Wa we'll nnd hearty. When
hc returned, December ., hc was dead
and buried. Heard he had pneumonia
Saw scrgt Bob Green on the Ship Island
road whip q man 275 lnahcs, cOnyiC
named Anderson Hunt lie oienso VA
that lac complained uf being sick aud asked
10 bc excused from work. lie ordered ~,
man Oh, aud "a ho went slowly called hiu
back Ia be whipped. llcfoiu-od % come tn,
picked up q shovel 10 defend himself. bul
finally yielded 10 persuasion aud agrced .,
submit 10 whipping u was $50 hot th,
men worked naked. -Four men held An
dcrson. When Green ct through whip
ping his clothes Wcrr Wiugiug wet will
penpiraiion. lomax was a driver on thu
same road, but Ia another camp.
Returning 10 lpmaX IN present wofl
witness said. sometimes lomaN hil
them over their clothes, sometimes Flashc
them over the head aud face, and SOME
times keeps goading one man all day Ih
men begin working before suu-up. IN
breakfast by candle light. They have hnI
an hour ut noon aud work powerful late a
night. Has seen men on the ship ISLAM
road fall dead from exhaustion. They hnl
to roll blrfows full OF dirt up a steep grad
1 A doubto uutrk tiutp and down the sam