The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1894-04-21
HORRIBLE IN THE EXTREME.
A Case which should Receive Prompt
and Proper Attention from
tine Courts.

/ ~ 1h0tfoh AhASNhH0n hNVh
tine Courts.
The Greenwood Enterprise, OF las
Friday, April 17th, contains the fol
lowing account Of the outrag
treatment Of a Mississippi county
convict:
On last Tuesday a negro named
Julius Adams, surrendered himself
to Constable Nets saying he had
Just the previous day made his es.
cape from Mr.. Folz's convict farm.
He tells a most pathetic story Of his
treatment while on this farm. Being
interviewed by number of proml-
nent citizens he made the following
statement:
II was convicted OF a charge OF
petit larceny before Justice Casder,
Of Sidon, on the 9th day of Novem-
Der, lust year, and was fined (costs
inciuded) S14 Being unable to
pay my fine | was sent to the farm,
l was made to pick up brush in the
new ground during the cold spell in
January and my hands were then
frost bitten, and my fingers busted
open and the skin peeled off and
just left the raw bone. l was forced
to continue my work while my hands
were in this condition until all of my
fingers except the front finger on my
left band had rotted off,"
When asked il he was attended by q
physician while in this terrible con-
dition he stated that he was not.
Afterwards my hands began to stink
so that could smell them all over The
house. Finally the sargent, Mr..
Tom Curry, took me to q block and
took butcher knife and priced down
between the JOINTS Of my fingers and
loosened the joints, then cut them
off, While in this condition they
made me work every day. And
when would be picking up brush
my hand would stirk so bad tnat IL
would near about make me sick.
One day when my hands were hurting
me so bad l couldn't work, told
Capt. Jim that wasn't able to work
and he asked me what / wuz gwine
ter dol and ] told him dat didn't
know, sir, dat wuzn't able to work.
He told Mr.. Curry not to let any Of
us lay up, but Mr.. Curry let me set
down by stump when my hands
was hurting so bad, and Capt. Jim
he came along and told me to git up
up and 60 to work."
Where were you wheu they sent
up there after the cOnvicts during
court?
1.-THE Grst one come was a little
spare made man, young feller, and
l wuz In de cage when he cum dar
he asked 81 wuz dc any county mer
in dar? and 81 told him de wuz one
in de cage. He holored in dar and
tole me to cum ter the door and let
him see me. j jobbed my hands
through the door, an he AK me whut
wuz de matter wild my hands? l tole
him / didn't know whit wuz de mat
ter wild EN-, de wuz so. He axed
Capt. Jim ter give him de keys so be
could cum IN and see how my hands
looked, and he wouldn't let him have
de keys at all, and dat little slim
white feller told me dat / had better
not work wild dem hands in de fix
they wuz in. After dat he sent fel
Mr.. Jim and Capt. Jim sint hin
word dat he wusn't ready to send en-
then, and when he got ready he
would send EN- on and come ON vic
out EN-. De next time when he cum
de wuz enuther man cum, CT little
low white man, and he AK Mr.. Cur
ry how many of the Jail birds wa,
dar? and Mr.. Curry toIe him. HI
tole him he had cum after dem whu
wuz left, dat he heerd de wuz doin
putty bad. Mr., Curry tole him al
Of EN- wuz in de cage dar. On da
mo ming before day dc took me er
carried me out to de kitchen and sen
me up ter de house. And be axet
Mr.. Curry wbar wuz me de mex
morning and Mr.. Curry tole him
wuz dun rund off"
''Where did they keep your"
''De kept me in de meat house fe
a day en- night en- den he took m,
down 70 dc old log house en- locked
Inc wild er tra"e chain every night"
"When was your time out?"
son the 22nd of March"
"Where have you been and wha
have you been doing since that timer
"Mr. Jim told me my time wuzn'
out till the 24th of:August, and ca
l couldn't leave till den. lie hat
dun paid his money out fer me ei
dat | belong to him."
"How did you get away?''
~ wuz cleanin' new ground bacl
, Of de house Yesterday and l axed hi
: TO let me git some water and sIippe,
! off, Dey pnt.de dogs after me e.
shot at me but l got away"
Upon examination by All Enter
, prise reporter in the presence of
, number Of gentlemen, the books Il
, the sherih's Office and the certiiicat
held by the convict his statemen
with reference TO the the time of con
I viction and the expiration Of the sen
) tence of confinement were cCrrobo
} rated.
The conditionof this man Is lndee,
pitible. The first joints of his finger
l on both hands, with the exception O
, nna IN Tho Loft bn.l - -..I .