The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-12
JIM YOUNG WHIPPED
His Brother-in- Law Gives Him
a Gaming
jim YELLED AND RAN
FRANK DEBNAM FOLLOWED,
BEATING HIM.
DEBNAM MAKES A GRAVE CHARGE
He Says Jim Has Made Several Attempts to
Betray His Daughter. Inns own
Wife is His Authority for
the Charge.

There must be something III pfopln-
guilty. Claude Bernard occupies an of
flee in the Federal building. jim Young
Ccol.) holds forth just across the hall.
Claude Bernard was shot at week
ago in Greenvflle for running a mans
home. Jim Young was last night beat
with stout cane by the father of a
girl whom he tried to seduce.
Frank Debnam, Jim's brotherlin-law,
administered the castigatiOn The
beating began at the corner of the post
office building and ended just across
the street at JOhnsOn's drug store. for
jim ran ike Filipino, Debnam fol-
loving and laying it on him over head
and shoulders every jump. At the drug
store the police interfered and took
both of the men to the station house.
They were released ON their own recog-
nizance, and directed to appear in the
mayors court this morning at 10 o'clock
for trial.
The affair created a genuine sensation
among the negroes, for both Young and
Debnam are prominent coiored men.
A great crowd of then gathered about
the station house almost Immediately
and up to a late hour last night they
stood about on the streets in groups dis
cusSing the scandal and the fight.
Jim was seen soon after the trouble.
He said Debnam had walked up behind
him and struck him and as he ran off
followed him and continued striking UNI
til the police interfered.
did | rum" he continued. Certainly
/ did You see I've been in the army
and know how to get out OF the way.
did not know what he was fighting me
about either. After they arrested him
he did say something about my trying
to seduce his daughter but / hadn't
tried to do anything of the kind. She
lives with me like one of my own chill
dren and I've always tried to treat her
as such. Her mother, vino was my
wife's sister is dead and tine girl has
lived with me for five years. Shes
only twelve years old. I've not tried
to do her any harm; never thought on
such thing"
Debnam, however, told very differ
ent story. He enumerated a number
of attempts of Jim's to make advances
to the girl.
"They We're related to me-" he said,
''by Jims wife. What she told me this
morning determined me to take some
sort of action. | made an investigation
as to what could do with him by
law Then | decided that the best thing
to do with such a reptile would be to
give him a flogging. | have done it, and
these are my reasons:
about five weeks ago tfe daughter
of Jim's sister visited him from Wash
ington. She roomed with my girl. One
night in the dead hours of the night
while she was here Jim went into the
room where they slept.
Ny little girl told me this. His
of it in Jim's presence, and he said it
niece spoke of the same occurrence to
her aunt, Jim Young's wife. She spoke
wasn't true and if she didn't hush he'd
whip her Soon thereafter he sent her
home About the Goth OF August he
again went into my daughters room
at night and put his hand on her. This
woke her up and she called her aunt,
.Iim's wife He told her to hush and
afterwards asked her if she was going
to tell her Aunt Bet She replied that
she didn't know. But she did tell her
'Jim's wife brought the child to see
me one night soon after and related
these things to me. She asked me, how
ever, not to say anything about it
then and she'd do what she could to pre-
vent n recurrence of the affair.
Saturday night he claimed to be sick
and during the night he went into the
girls room and again put his hand on
her. She woke up and called her aunt
as before. For this he slapped her.
Sunday night he went to her room again
and when the girl woke he had his
hand ON her. She called her aunt. He
shut the door and told her If she didn't
hush he'd slap her. He left then, but
returned later. As he entered the door
the noise woke the girl and she again
called her aunt. Jim went back with
out going further.
''There had been humboldt on the
door. This was recently found bro
ken. Then the key was missing. He
told his wife that door mustn't be
locked at night. A new key was got
and that soon mysteriously disappeared.
Nobody sleeps in the house but Jim,
his wife and my little girl.
'"rhis morning Jim's wife told me
had better take my girl away or Jim
would ruin her, ms she (his wife) couldn't
stay awake every night To- watch him,
and if she dropped off to steep she was
afraid he'd go to the girls room. l inn
mediately had the girl sent to her grand
fathers"
Last night Jim sent for Attorney ].
c. l.. Harris and at his request Mr.,
Harris went to see Debnam and tried
to induce him to quietly go 10 the may
or's office this morning and submit
This Debnam refused to do, saying he
wanted the whole thing thoroughly ven
tilated. So n lively time may be eX-
pected this morning in the mayors
court.
While Jim was. fleeing across the
street last night and Debnam beating
him he was yelling like an Apache
"Oh, oh!'' Somebody's shot mep' cob
they are killing met and the like
Hereafter there'l not be much ques-
ton as to the ability OF the late Colo
mel of the Third North Carolina regi- |
ment (col) to run from the enemy and
yell.
The popularity of summer boat eNcnr-