Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-24
BOYS CHARGE GROSS CRUELTY
AT THE STATE REFoRMAToRY AT
GATEsvILLB.
TIE SUPERINTENDENT is KINp'
BUT THE GUARDS, THEY SAY.
WHIPPED THEM TEnR1BLr-A
VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY-HUNr-
ING FOR HER CHILDREN.


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Three young fellows named Chas.
Butler, James Smith and Arthur Col
lett. who were among the siNty-five re-
Gently pardoned from the state re-
formatory at Gainesville, were In the
city yesterday, making their way back
to their homes In Tennessee. They
told story OF great brutality to the
boys in the reformatory. They SAID
that MIR. Mcclure, the superintendent,
was a kind-hearted man, but that the
guards were very severe, ana wnere
they are only permitted to administer
thirty-fve lashes to refractory boys
often administer more than hundred.
They told OF one boy named Manuel
Green, from TeXarkana, VINO was Sc
verely beaten and died in six hours
from his injuries. They stated that
penitentiary committees come at GER
tain times, but that the boys were
afraid to make the true state OF ar
fairs known, The ground on which the
wholesale pardOning was done was
partly ON account Of the crowded con-
dition of the Institution and because
the courts before which the youthful
offenders were convicted did not COM
ply with the law showing that the
parties were not over the age provided
for in the statute.
q. u. Lawson, a United States dep
uty marshal of the Fort Smith court,
came in yesterday morning with Mrs.
Thorpe, an attached witness In the IL.
b. Hardy murder case, pending In the
Federal court here and which was set
for trial yesterday. IL was her hus-
band, Baxter Thorpe, whom Hardy
was indicted for killing, the tragedy
taking place last October and being
enacted on a ferry boat ON Boggy over
n disputed account In settlement be-
tween the parties.
The jury was given the murder case
OF the Schovlheld boy late yesterday
afternoon, and last night brought In a
verdict of not guilty.
Mrs. Mary Ryan. whose husband
deserted her and carried away their
two children. left yesterday morning
on foot for Wise county, Ark. where
she believes her children are detained,
The woman was granted divorce from
her husband but he was allowed TO
keep the children provided they re-
manned in this judicial circuit and the
mother be permitted to see them. More
than a year has elapsed since she saw
them and they cannot be found. If
they are out of this judicial circuit the
father is In contempt of court, The
sheriff Is making every effort to locate
them. The mother Is nearly crazed
with grief and anxiety.
Lee Ashley, the demented tourist"
printer who so mysteriously disap-
peared from this city several days ago
leaving his effects upon which there
was no dues, at n hotel, turned up last
night, having been wandering around
In the Indian Territory. His mind is In
a very confused condition. Ashley's
father Is connected with the union
stock yards OF Chicago.
The tabernacle meeting. under the
management of Rev. l. w. Clark, is
still progI essing with good results.
Work Is rapidly progressing on the
new nrtesian well. An additional depth
of so feet has been attained since Mon
day.
The city authorities are making 1t
particularly interesting for vlolators
Of the Sunday whisky law. A barkeeper
was tried for the offense before the
mayor yesterday, and his attorney took
the position that there is no valid
ordinance in this city against the sale
OF goods We're on merchandise on
Sunday. After extended argument on
this line the mayor seemed disposed to
consider the objections presented by the
attorney Of the defense and deferred
his decision of the cAse until this morn
ing and held the law to be good.
II VIII be known today whether
Paris Is TO have the Summer Normal
school for this district