The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-22

1.-THE amount of harm that can be done
| by either one depends only on the amount
Of force behind it,"
On cross examination the witness sale
man would find out he was frost bit
ten almost Immediately, certainly within
twenty-four hours.
Even by an unprofessional person il
would be detected very quickly"
HOW GABE ELLIOTT DIED.
Sam Howell. an overseer on North
ampton farm, had never known Sum
mereIl to infiict cruel and unnecessary
punishment on convict. He looked
after their comfort and welfare better
than he had ever seen.
On cross examination the witness said
when Gabe Elliott came from Castle
Hayne farm he was in very poor health
and badly clothed. He took Gabe out to
work when he (Gabe) was so weak he
had to stop at the end of the rows. He
stopped there about three hours. 1t was
a very cold day. He said Gabe had
worked two pieces of days before this,
but never again after this.
Are you in the habit of taking sick
men to the field to work."
NO"
did you have the men in your squad
that were frost bitten?''
'fSome of them. One named Richard
SON."
did you have fire that day to go
top
Yes
did Richardson go to the fire?'
"All of them went-at the same time.
WAS it very cold that day."
Yes. Pretty cold.
How often has punishment been in
fiicted on that farm?"
Il don't know. When it's necessary"
The witness said he saw Summerell
whip Joe Began.
Have you ever seen Summerell or
any one of his overseers whip man
seyereiyY
Not too severely"
what is your idea of too severelyg :"
"Well, man ought to be whipped till
he's conquered, oughtn't hep
MIR. Howell. did you ever sign a pa
per stating that Summerell was not a
cruel man,"
Il signed a aper saying that Mr.. Sum
merell had given orders to overseers not
to whip men without orders"
What was done with that paper!'
1T was given to Mr.. Clark, a member
of the penitentiary board
This witness, by his demeanor on the
stand, made very bad impression on
the committee.
"a KIND, HUMANE MAN"
Another overseer on Summerells farm,
j. NJ. Floyd, was the next witness. He
had never in all his life known Sum-
merell to cruelty punish a convict.
On cross examination he said he had
often known Summerell to punish the
convicts, but he considered him a kind,
humane man. He thought Rhem the
same.
mo MORE SO THAN OTHERS"
A third overseer, George A. Pittman,
had never known a single act of cruelty
on the part of Summerel.
On cross examination he said he had
been with Summerell only about nine
months, and wasn't there when Joe
Macon and George Kitchener were pun
ished.
"McIver was a good supervisor, wasn't
hep
Yes. sir, but no more so than others. !"
'tSummerell is strict man, isn't hep
YES, but no more so than others"
Very mild hammered man, isn't hep
Yes, sir. he is"
ANY more so than others?
Don't know"
Good characters were proved for Pitt
man and Summerell by Mr.. M. I'll. Clark
Summerell, recalled, said his overseers
did not know until this morning that
they would be summoned, and he had
had no conversation with them.
This completed the testimony for Sum-
merell Capt PEBBLES, Summerells at
torney, announced that he would later
submit to the committee a written argu-
ment on this and the other evidence
against his client.
WASTE UNDER FUSION RULE.
Two witnesses were then examined
touching the condition and management
of the Halifax and Caledonia farms.
They were Ell. L. Tillery and NJ. w.
Tillery, both farmers living on the Til
lery farm.
Mr.. H L. Tillery said that the man
agement of the farms under Fusion rula
was generally very poor. There was a
great deal of waste ON the Tillery farm
under Terrell, 100 to 80 balesAof cotton
being wasted. 1t was caused by sh"it
age of labor He knew nothing Of S'-
peryisors Dixon and McCaskie, but Nc.
Iver, he said, had the reputation of be-
ing very fine manager.
Mr.. NJ w. 1illery testified that the
general condition of the Caledonia farm
was not kept UP under Dixon; that there.
was much waste of crops. He sp0@n
very highly of McIver. He didn't think
amy improvements had been made On
Caledonia farm since LeaZar's term of
office expired.
HUGHES COON HUNTERS.
AT Weldon tonight Mr.. w. A. Pierce,
a large merchant and cotton buyer, was
examined He testified THAT he knew
Peter Hughes, formerly supervisor at the
Halifax farm, and that he bought from
h;m ut various times seven bales OF
cotton. He paid Hughes in cash for it,
and usually Hughes bought goods after
getting the money. Most Of it was gro
ceries, though he sometimes bought some
dry goods.
did you give Hughes bill or account
for the sale Of this cotton!"
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