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

COULD KILL MAN WITH STRAP.
Il think Summerell has discharged
his duty Well. He has made better
crops and clothed and fed the convictS
as well as | ever saw He gets more
work out of them than any one else, anil
his punishment is no severer than is us.
ual at such places"
TN cross-eXaminatiOn Safer said he
thought Rheims strap the worse of the
two, but that you could kill man with
either.
: GU say Summerell is no more severe
than some other supervisors, do you
know any others who are severe?"
"No."
What do you consider cruel punish
ment?"
WILL YOU TAKE OFF FLESH?
;" When you have conquered a man yoa
ought to quit"
Even If you have to take off all the
flesh to conquer him?'
Il wouldn't do it all at once"
You'd take it off piece at "A timer"
I'D keep whipping him till | conquer
ed him.
How often ought a convict to be
whippedY'
II whip one or two month, maybe
three or four"
What is the average number of whip
pings own the entire farm?'
About Z, s or 10 a month.
Have You ever known any one to
whip a convict too cruelly?
II have not"
STAYED In THE STOCIIADE.
ibid you ever know ONE to remain in
the stockade three or four days after the
whipping as a result of itT'
Eyes, Joe Macon did He told Capt.
SummereH that | struck him ON the heal
with a hoe. / did no such thing"
You say you whipped him. Russell
whipped him and then Summerell struck
him over the head with the butt end Of
the whip?"
Yes"
How badly was he whippedY
1.-THE skin was broken on him in sew
eral places by the LASH"
ON redirect examination by Capt
PEBBLES the witness said Macon was
now anxious, he had heard, to come back
to the farm.
Mr.. Gattis: ''Well we'd like to have
such a curiosity exhibited before the
committee"
TWO CONNECTS SHOT.
Safer said he had seen two conNicts
shot for refusal to obey and work. Shot
gums, loaded with No. 8 shot were used
They were shot in the legs. This was
done by Supervisor McIyer. Also a
negro was shot under similar circum-
stances at Castle Hayne farm by Simon
Hayes. The shot lis in the negro now. ;"
"Who was physician ON Caledonia
farm when these negroes were shotE'
''Dr. Furgeson."
Elbow long did they stay in the hospii-
ala"
1.-TWO or three months"
SUAIMEREI4L A MODEL.
Summerell's steward, G. G.. Bryant,
was the next witness. He naturally
considered his superior officer a model
Certainly, he said, he was no worse than
McIver and McIver was considered the
best supervisor in the State.
Il He remembered the men being sent
from Castle Hayne. He saw them.
They were weak and sickly.
''How long did Summerell keep them
in the hospital before he put them to
work?"
''They went to work next day"
I'm that bitter cold weather.?
Eyes
Did any of them get frost bittenw
Il don't know whether it was here or
at Castle Hayne.
How long had they been here before
you discovered they were frost bitteng'
''About a month"
Did You ever see convict whipped?'
yes"
CrueIly?"
NO"
WHAT is CRUELTY?
would you consider it cruel to hit
man with the butt end of whip?"
Depends ON what he was doing"
Isn't treatment that as cruel 20 al
ordinary man also cruel to a conVict?"
Il reckon so.
A good character was proven for SUM-
merell by Mr.. George 7. Burgwyn. lie
had heard mo charges of cruelty unit!
recently. Also he said c. II. Blake was
very highly regarded i'll his section and
that G. j. Rhem had good character.
James s. Grant, Summerell's brother
in-law, thought his character left nothing
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