Evening star., 1901-11-13
TELLS STORY oe SUFFERING
EDWARD HERZOG. A DREDGER, AL.
LEGEs CRUEL TREATMENT.
Beaten and Poorly Clad and Made to
Sit ON vi u Hot
Stose

EDWARD Herzog, twenfy-three years old,
whose address is given as 723 Calvert
street. Baltimore is a patient at the Emer-
gency Hospital suffering from burns and
bruises about his face body and legs. He
reached here this morning on the steamer
Harry Randall from the lower Potomac,
where he worked on an oyster boat. HIS
claim is that he was Ill treated While on
an oyster dredge, and because of the charge
o. brutality and his serious condition Cap
tain Boardman has taken the matter In
hand, and has detailed Detective Tyser
on the case. Tyser heard the story of Her
zog's terrible suffering and later in the
day the Baltimore authorities were noti-
fled. 1t is regretted by the local police
that they are without authority TO deai
with these cases. Many of the complain
ants come here to be cared for, and by the
time they reach Baltimore or other points
where a prosecution may be instituted,
their wounds are usually healed ana the
cases are dropped. HerZog, it is stated,
even IL he RECEIVERS, which seems to be
doubtful, will be badly Scared when he
reaches Baltimore, SO serious are his IN
juries. During the recital of his story at
the hospital the patients mind seemed at
fected and he was unable to give some OF
the minor details.
According to his statement Herzog lives
with his invalid mother in Baltimore. Be-
sition on an oyster dredge about month
ago, leaving Baltimore to work on the
Chesapeake bay and the creeks about the
lower Potomac. His charge is that he was
severely beaten about the face and BODY
by members Of the crew, and three men,
he says, sat him on hot stove and held
him there until he thought he was about
to lose his life. Finally they released him
Island as he was informed. This happened
Sunday night, and when put ashore, he
says. he was told to live the best way he
could.
Poorly Fed and Badly Clothed.
In addition to his ill-treatment he said he
had been poorly fed and poorly clad. In
the condition described he made his way
through the woods. When he reached the
steamboat landing he cannot tell, nor are
the officers of the boat aware of how he
reached the wharf. The man was found at
EdgeWater, on the lower Machodoc creek.
His appearance indicated that his treatment
had been inhuman, and Captain Randall
took him aboard the steamer. He was
given proper nourishment and cared for
until the steamer reached here about 6
o'clock this morning, when he was taken to
the hospital in the police ambulance.
At the hospital the man presented
1rlgntful appearance. His face seemed to
have been beaten and his eyes were dis
colored and swollen, as we'll as being blis-
tered. The doctors also discovered that
the man had been badly burned, his con-
ditlon making it apparent that he had sat
on a stove, as he stated. There were sew
eral severe burns found upon his body
Herzog said that when the three men on
the boat put him ON the stove they held
him there, it seemed to- him, several min
uteS.
The lower Machodoc wharf is on the vir-
gina side of the creek and it may turn
out that the Virginia authorities have a.
risdiction in the matter In order that no
mistake may be made the officials of that
state will be communicated with relative to
the matter. Captain Boardman declares
he will do all in his power to bring the al
legged guilty parties to JUSTICE