Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-06
LAST rwITTgR OF THE ToMTlr.

Lite Tommy Eason, the self-con-
king of the wiregrass and the
power of the Prison Com
sees fit to again belch forth
his spleen against those who do not
agree with his nefarious methods of
exercising the power vested in him as
Prison Commissioner, and in news
paper interview makes slurs against
Americas and her good citizens, which
of course amounts to, and counts for
nothing, emanating as it does from
such corrupt source. "Hysteria, ,"
as odious as it may be in Tommy's
bloodthirsty eyes, is always prefera-
BILE to dishonesty of purpose and down
right cussedness.
LOfeodrse little Tommy is comfort
able, yes, for the time being, powerful
comfortable For as he stated to
the editor of the Times Recorder, he
is in for six years, and feels that an
outraged public cannot touch him, and
boasts that he will do as he pleases
To be sure, comfortable" salary,
with etceteras, is enough to make any
one comfortable" to say nothing of
the delightful privilege of indulging
IN all the vicious tastes one is addicted
to, especially the enjoyment of having
a half-crazed, helpless woman fogged
by brutal henchman.
Tommy is great joker, but his last
little bluff has evidently caused him
some little worry, to say the least of
it-and doubtless he has done some
thinking" himself. He is reminded
that an indignant public is only silent
for the time being, anxiously waiting
for an opportunity to sit down on him,
the would-be joker from the wiregrass.
Here's Tom Tits last twitter, taken
from the Savannah Press:
whats the matter with having the
governor pardon Mamie De Girls and
then require her to live in one of the
towns where the recent attack of hys-
terra has been most virulent?
'fPrison Commissioner Tom Eason
of Telfair, who Is in the city today
and stopping at the Pulaski, tenta-
lively suggested this solution of a
vexed problem to a reporter of The
Press. He spoke iestingly, but
steelly glitter behind his eyes testified
that if he shrank from urging that this
course be followed it was because he
feared it would be "cruel and unusual
punishment, and that the people of
the hysteria-ridden town would be the
victims.
mo, the prison commission has
done nothing more about it said Mr..
Eason. owe are trying to live under
the storm of wrath that has descended
upon our heads and, despite it all, we
are comfortable-pretty comfortable,
thank you.
''We get two or three communica-
tons day abusing the commission
and urging a pardon for the Diamond
Queen. The average was higher at
first, but the extreme malignity of the
attack seems to have subsidized. Some
of those who have been troubled must
have begun to think.
'Why, it's foolish to blame poor old
Allagood for this. He whipped the
and I don't believe women
ought to be whipped, but when he adj
this punishment he simply
carried out the law of the state. That
was his duty. If the law is wrong he
IS no more responsible for the exis-
;ence than any other man in Georgia.
Of course he might have little more
Iense-but he can't help that"
''Mr Eason said that successors to |
Foster of the prison
arm and Deputy Warden Allagood |
would be chosen by the commission in
on Monday. There are many
candidates for the offices, but Mr.. |
1ason said he had no idea at all who |
would be successful.
''It doesn't seem, though, that there
Will be much chance for candidates
rom this section of the state. Mr..
1ason is reported to have said today, |
o friend in the city, that "we APP
'ointed one man from the wiregrass
nd he got US into trouble with the
7hole country. One will be about
nough for us.
However, this may have been a
oke.
During his stay in the city Mr..
JASON inspected the prison camp at
he Mill-Haven Company's works. He
ound the camp in excellent shape and
he Sc conviets there all well and
ealthy, The inspection of the camp
'as the reason for his visit to Savan-
ali. Mr. Eason returned to his