The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-19
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ping him. He struck him over the head
and Jim fell down"
Was it the whipping that caused
him to fall?'
Il think it was, though of course il
might have been exhaustion from work.
We We're pulling fodder at the tine ana
it was very hot"
"Was Sears accustomed to treat pris
oners kindly or badly?'
He treated them very roughly He
not only beat them when there was 10
excuse for it, he also put too much work
ON them"
Are all convicts afraid of Summer
ell?"
Il believe they are generally
How are they treated under Mr..
ReinhardtW
Il can't find any objection to. him.
He has, so far as l know, whipped only
three men since I've been here.
came here May 18th. These men ne
whipped mildly and they certainly de-
served it.
Does he feed you well?''
I'VE have nothing to complain OF.
We get plenty, such as it is, and it's
well cooked"
DO the prisoners here do as much
work as under Summerell?
Il think they do, and ii is done much
more cheerfully and willingly"
Would You like to be sent back to
Summerell's FARM
Not while he's there. He's the most
heartless man I've ever seen in the
State. He's the most severe supervisor
of farm I've ever seen"
A LITynLE BOY MANNED.
Much to the same effect was the tes-
timony of George Whit, another white
man, who was sent to the penitentiary
in 1893 from Blmcombe county for man
slaughter. His case is a well lonwn
one to lawyers, having been once of
twice before the Supreme court.
From the penitentiary he vas sent
TO the Caledonia farm, thence to
Northampton, then under Supervisor
Rhem. Soon, however Sunmerell took
charge. Rhem had treated his men
well, whipping very few. Summerell,
he said, whipped a man the morning af-
ter he. (Smnmerell) got there. This was
September ID. He used Rhem'sl strap
and when he finished the hoSgins he
said he was going to have a strap OF his
own made.
Il saw him whip the negro. Joe Boz
gan. He beat him up very badly.
Another severe whipping was that he
gave a little black boy sent up for
twenty years. He beat him so he hal
to lay in the hospital long time. I've
forgotten the boys name, buc | re-
dilember he lay in the hospital a long
time. lie was hurt in the back and
couldn't get mp without help"
Gou say you were afraid OF Sum-
nerell. Why?"
Il was aware of the beatingS ne was
giving other men and / knew to beat
me that way wonld kill me"
"How are you treated hereY
We'll"
do the men work here as hard as GA
Summerell's FARM"
s11hey work harder. The supervisor
here is kind mann and they like to
work for HIM. There is good order here,
plenty to eat and the quarters are kept
clean.
Have you ever been forced to sleep
with a negro convict!
Not with one, but mighty close to
them-in the same room"
"Have you ever seen "a negro guardp
Eyes, at the Caledonia farm. There
have been none here since I've been
here"
s.Would a convict ON the Northamp-
ton farm testify to what You have
said hereY"
mo. sir, He woud be af,a;l TO
do So"
sNOw do you know of any act of
cruelty by Sunmerell that you have
not told?"
II saw him terribly whip an old man
who was deaf and who has not good
sense. The overseer whipped him first
because he was not keeping mp WITH
us and then Sqmmerell jumped down
and struck him twenty lashes. And It
was all for nothing The old man was
doing all he could.
HAS he ever whipped yom?"
No, but | was always scared half to
DEATH"
did you see the men in the Central
Prison with their fingers frozen?"
Yes, and parts of their feet frozen
off. TOO One lost all his fingers but
oneI Another had all his fingers frozen
and still others had their feet frozen.
This occurred at the 'NorthamDton
farm"
THE STORY OF A CRIPPLE.
Andrew Farrar, a negro convict of
middle age is in the penitentiary for
fifteen years for an attempt to commit
rape. He was sent up from CASTOR
county in 1897.
Soon after arriving at the Central
Prison he was sent to Castle Hayne
farm. There he was treated well, he
said. Having the use of only one
arm, he was made a cell boy. Later he
WAS returned to the Central Prison
and from there sent to the NOrthamI'-
ton farm. He was put to picking cot
ton and the second day S4lnlmerrll
cursed and abused him because he could
not keep UP, and finally rushed upon
him, threw him down and beat him.
He busted the hide in FIVE or six
places. the witness continued. 81 cotldnt
sit down. At dinner / mad to kmeei
down on the ground"
did he ever whip You again."
"He whipped me six times"
"You nlalst be, bad man"
mo. l don't think so. tried to do
adj / was ordered to do. My left arm