The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-06
HUNGRY CONvICTS COME IN.
ONE THIRD or THE RELEASED PRIs.
OVERS NOW BACK IN JAIL

| ONE THIRD OF THE RELEASED PRS.
| OVERS NOW BACK IN JAIL
Largely Those Convicted or Petty Crimss--
| They Ate Like wild Acknowledgements
In the Mountains-The Situation.
CHATTANOOGA. Nov. 5.--of tho $50 convicts
| turned loose by the mountaineers only about
100 have been returned to the State authorl-
ties, although yesterday and to-day the most
| vigorous efforts have been made to catch them.
| Most OF these $50 are petty criminals. whose
terms OF punishment would have been over
| soon.
| Those who had been condemned for theft.
arson. and crimes Of personal violence are for
| the most part. still nt large. and are either
| safely concealed In Tennessee until their next
| crimos reveal them. or arc across the border in
| Kentucky. or those captured. most gave
themselves UP and express great delight at
return to confinement when liberty was 30
| painful
There were until noon to-day about fifty
convlcts In the jail yard here In Chattanooga.
They were petty thieves who gave themselves
| UP at Wartburg. in Morgan county. They were
taken yesterday by the expedition sent out
from Knoxville by the Warden. and
were In such q sorry condition that
they hailed tho arrival Of the State
| officers as q sort OF rescue expedition. They
! iSdChcu Shottihookd III hulo 4h0
| jailor said this morning that never In his long
experience had he seen men eat as these
wretches ate. They said that they had eaten
| nothing but como green stuff found In the
| woods for more than twenty -four hours.
The jallcr provided q supper Of beet and
bread with coffee OF q most Indifferent quality.
| The convicts fell upon the meat which was
given thom and tore 1t and swallowed 1t az
pack OF famished hyenas would have done.
They lay upon their stomachs in the yard
and gnawed at 1t until even their guards. who
arc by no means profound students Of table
manners. remarked the lack Of good manners
| in their conduct
| The convicts were allowed to sleep as long
as they pleased. and few Of them awoke before
10 o'clock They told q most pitiful story OF
what they had suffered. Most OF them are
from tho lowlands II West Tennessee. and not
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and heard his eomPanon roillnE down tie
the s ss sr d stone.
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psTHh TIE m nj families mast whose houses they
and ss se sK Gas s%
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forbade Sot them H 70 sleep answhere n s
stancs ab az the snd ssw them sho t. ss
sx who TSs,,d hard S.rt fS
or not, all pushed on going round apd round.
n NO sSss
morning their sufierings were written on their
-Convicts are seldom healthy looking men.
These. even the colored men. had o shrunken
G the tsq
Eases there were no soies to their shoes except
s thsss S.ss ye sspns ths
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appearance betokened courage. had . great
ehattering Of the testh and shat each time nS
guard Would drop upon his his face He said that
tx t sssa ss d t9saSe s q s him hind
Ali OF the oliver Springs oonvicts said that
they heard the miners saying that Tracy City
1% s 6silsvsS that Tracy City Would
asS IT. g Pof 5a Il. Gsss4
which these ha 1onS miners t6 live Evsh
probability would be repuIsed. as the Iessees
sssa q sw %ssS has Sssn Rss
the psissa sashoii!ss IT. law '? ios
sqty q Ss?ss
nsss Tor Il the reusS Sork the trsne&
as tbe stoekades are called BY sourtesy Of Law:
have found It out. and there is cause for indffg.
aspE the H9aSs5 sSs sys where
inStsnation AGAINST the weakness q ths State
sPd Saek f bs w
Should thtf 70 done; e %sy mean ths
tile to tho lease system. and; further: he has
not
any more State authorities among tho miners
The lessees OF convlcts and operators Of the
sS Of Fl a nss ee a sSun h ss
Of has wh the
| the tax payers to n fine tremor.
me mine Gperatoffb are dis21sefa 70 shhs
| tho mountainous. They think. with reason.
| that the mountAineers, having no work wiz be
compelled to leave. and that then moro Hos
pitable aud less troublesome labor may be
| Imported.
An inhabitant OF Coal Creek said not long
ago that In case the mountain ers had to leave
their old homes the prospects were they would
| leave the bowels Of tho earth burning behind
them. In this way he was limiting that the
mines would be Aired.
| nessee mining region and would affect iron
Industries yet to come In this region. Although
| this seems too great Q depth OF mranness for
It Is by no means incredible to one who saw the