The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1892-04-23

-. srArE PExiTEN1iA1H.
..,..,a Iafsraal Evils Rsrsais-
y 's' ~ - The Lsass syasen.
.,,.,,vuLr. MISS, April Il, lse2
rr Hs'g,,. /, = Jackson on the 9th inst,
WIZ narpose Of making my settle-
n lpe III E The Auditor 9 Inx collec-
~ !, nlsI .sis county, l villtsd the Penl-
q - "A strangers - NJ . DO,
49,! 81 d. EosselnlAl, Who Nas
a..rced Is the Penitsnel:a = see ~
.sn y .sr,n 1891, Of our Circuit Ooest Ioe
" III III ,rith intent to kill: Az oooo 9
LUZ ~ -. his eyes hlled with teers,
~ ~ ia ~ m ne this pitiful story of the
:. oh,,ses be had been snbJeceed -
oes essssSs ss 81 8 brutal convict lesses,
..s nsme ! am sorry ] haye ioreot-
~ n cannot therefore publish 10y y g
ssoosssInsn soes'Ia ~ was put toplc.ing cotton; :;
.,,tSine he had nsver dolse = his
4 '' Ssiore, and because AZ did not
ve'v. a !. ,,.,,ch = Ill na1ster required
sso could Whip him unmerc,II, sa g n,e -
..S aS''h 'hack. Fosselman tOld ne re
aksa 'a III hollow or beg the brute in
|oula ~. .orar e he wss, and this enraged
Eh0se !, That Ptbst he swore hc would make
Il T. i bec or kill him. "a.
" o. uH did not walt long 70 carry out nls
S.ta and soon stretched him 00t
ntsa,sai y msaa NJ 4 strong negro Nv tho lash.
aa n,n.n Irn told me th~t hs bore this
ussvi 'ssrs n silence, without = groen, nm
sss W. lad received at lsast 2 nunored I
~. ~ " whom the negro stcpped-
',,1sS ,nea' otf Ills coat md said: You,
elleo .!s ,,vsared va - Of d --, nj make
Fnlse ,n,l'.w aafv or kill you,n and began
q ea,n 1s !, s;r;s22 with all h!!ss ssssvns.n.
'sslipr M that he must yield Or die, be
soaod bis white master and negro ex-
cst|oner for mercy, and after = lew
sasa klovs he was let of.
g1e He told me that the skin was torn
nm mn the brutal thong four inches
snsra m IN one place; besides the cuts
n II hruises that marked every inch Of
II n hack. He told me that had seen
ame abused even more cruelty than
himself,
ii w know that in many respects he
!. MI a good man, but he had his
ooa m trdts. and among them that Of
~ s.,rase and q general reputation | be-
;sva @ q = truthful man; and / am sat
w ssa III his story will Be believed BY
So.s ~ 4 M ID who ksow him. AZ for my.
M MI hsye 10 doubt of its truth, and II
III nj uown Bill FOsselmAa1, the
,.nns, M 81 i mich he told me Of his In
nmas seatment, and the tears Of
sns M filed his eyes at the recital
As degrading punishment he re-
.,,rd would have forced upon mo
ouyic,ion 81 the truth Of his story.
Jaosh Maiden, q negro, who was con-
ued in the penitentiary under sem
nee and pending an appeal to the
pprene Court, which has resulted IN
"A favor, reports similar brutalities us
eing practiced on the conyicts. l..
| Nov. Mr.. Editor, ! am no sentiment
Hist. and | believe when a man vio-
ates the law he should be punished for
Ii but do believe that even q convict
Ii human being, and has left to him
|the right to live if nothing more. We
sre tc|l that the abuse Of the convict
system has been. removed. This may
/ be tru, but If 1t is, what m earthly
he'll the system must once have been.
! But il never was true, and never will
|be, for just so long ~ the leasing I'VE.
Item is continued ard convicts are sod
|br loager or shorter periods TO speeu-
ators in human Drawn and huscle,
|just 50 long will money be wrang from
these human cattle BY brut4sA cruelty,
despite the most hohe5t efforts Of the
State officials 70 prevent 1t. as9gs
The system ID a blot ON the fair name
| dthe State, and the late Legislature
vas required by the Constitution to re-
move it, but it refused TO do its sworn
duty upon the plea Of economy, and &C
Tor years to come blood must flow and
lives must be sacrificed under tht
cruel lash applied by extortionatt
greed; and for this, an account will bt
required 1t a.dudgement where an eva
sioa ot duty cannot be excused BY
aving Of pence.
Respectfully yours,
VA G. H. NEYLAND.