Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-02-01

The sudden removal Of SoIoNeS
MARABLE and PoKRY BARNES from the
secure Jail of this city to the insecure
one Of Lunenburg Co.. adds anO' her
outrageous act to the many commit
ted by the authorities OF the afore-
said county.
1t was ascruel as it was unusual and
uniustifiable.
No one wilever know the full extent |
of the torture TO which PoKeY BARNES |
was subjected. She can not tell il.
Language cannot describe it.
Sheriff CARDozA carried her twenty
one miles across the country in pitt
less rain.
She was wet through and through
and as she could not take with her a
change of clothing, her condition can
be readily appreciated.
These people have suffered. Imsg-
inc If you win their state of anxiety
Suppose you were sleeping soundly,
and knock was heard upon your door,
a demand was made for your person
and you knew you had TO go.
i What would be your thoughts when
you realized that although innocent
you knew your protector believed yo1
to be guilty or was acting in accord
r ance with the wishes Of populac,
/ who would be happy to see you dang
ling from a ropes end.
Suppose you knew that your friend
had not been informed of your predic
, ament, and that your sudden taking
away was part Of studied pro
gramme Would not you imagine ev
y cry tree place of concealment for
Ilyncher and every house retrea
> from which they would sally forth
: Oh. the misery of it'll
. Well may we ask, how long will thi
continue ?
And even now away in Lunenbur
81 County rests the shrinking body c
= PoKEY BARNES Every movement i
3 the neighborhood, every word frol
~ the men in the lonesome Jail awaken
u reverberations through the still
night and puts in motion thousar
dread thoughts and swakens numbe
Of less apprehensions.
w 1t will not be long before Aunt NJ
n RY ABERNATHY will be forced to NAL
m the same trip. and suffer in the san
way. The babe of a month wiz sle'
C. peacefully upon her breast, while tho
e. who would take the innocent life of
he mother will surge around.
RI But PoKEY and Aunt MARY, XII
n friends, white and colored have cor
i'll to the rescue and they will stand :
ol- you until the end comes.
he The matter is in Gods hand as w
as in the hands of the court. T
he Just Judge will yet pass upon the de
rm sion of the one of earth.
.EY But few more chilling blasts, a
&c poisonous breaths. "and all that is nat
tai of Sheriff NJ. CARDozA and I
Honor, GEORGE G ORGAN will rest I
meath the clods of the valley I
latter has children. 1t was thouf
that he would have remembered tn,
of Aunt MARY.
"a He cannot ascend too high for G
"a to reach him, and the authority vie
ed from the bench in Lunenburg c
is hut a mockery beside that VIII
- must yet be exercised upon him.
~ No further appeal shall we make
the consciences of men. Judge
GAIN can deny change of venue.
sheriff can secure jury which v
send two innocent people to til
-, death, but as sure as the sun ri
there will be reckoning day wi
W the punishment melted will be in
III eordance with the judicial crime &C
my mitted.
na' Sleep on, PoKEY; take your RI
ne Aunt MARY suckle as long as you c
uiu infant,-draw life and inspirat
'Ju- from that mothers frame which Il
la'- less men would see palsied in deatl
Fret not yourself, MARY BARNES,
remember that the great Christ
!. public is praying for you all. bell
in prayer? Oh, yes we do and
confidently assert that the croo
" ways will yet be made straight.
right will yet come uppermost
that innocence will be justified in
eyes of an astounded populace. Ly
law must go!