The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-12
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taken before a DR.. Gibreath after spit
ting blood and ordered to work, and
after being whipped by Lashley, he died
that night?"
DR.. Morphew said he had heard of il.
DR.. Morphew testified that if a camp
We're properly equipped, it were better
to keep the convicts there than to move
them, except that there was danger OF
their escaping.
J. w. Pless. a Marion lawyer, testified
that he heard a guard order man who
were vomiting to move on, when they
We're on the streets of Marion, though
he heard no profanity.
S. c. Elliott, of Marion, testified that
at the depot in the cars, he saw one
convict take off his stockings and scrape
the mud off his legs that he was in
the cars, and they we're not heated,
the guards were "cussing" about it.
DR.. George r. White, of Marion, testi-
fed that when the sick convicts were
brought into Marion one fell out of
wagon and another fell by the platform;
the wagons were uncovered, though it
was raining. He saw no blankets.
w. w. Cooper, of Marion, testified
that he saw two of the sick convicts
fall out of the wagons. There We're
eight in each wagon.
c. Troutman, of Marion, testified about
the same as the two previous witnesses
r. A. Cooper, of Marion, testified that
it rained all day; that the sick convicts
were brought into Marion in an open
wagon; the guards ordered them to get
out of the wagons and one convict fell
in getting out.
A. C. Crawford, of Marion, testified
that two or three men were barefoot
and some of the shackles were the size
of his arm with mud when they came
into Marion.
C. T.. Priesthood, testified to the same;
two men had on socks, but not shoes.
E. H. House, Editor of the Marion Dem
ocrat, testified that the conyicts SEEM
ed very sick when they came into
Marion on January 21st; they appeared
very much depressed
Dr. w. p. Jones, of Marion, testified
that he thought coffee would have been
better for the convicts than whiskey
but they were given no whiskey. He
thought they were not treated as they
should have been on the march.
w. G. Morgan, of Marion, lawyer,
testified that the convicts were muddy
and looked exhausted when they passed
through Marion.
A. l.. Gilkey, testified that one con-
Wet had his head covered and seemed to
be dead. He was being carried by two
other convicts.
This closed the evidence for the charges
w. e. Grassland, of Richmond, di-
rector of the Penitentiary, testified that
it was human act of the Board to
move the ccnvicts to a warm climate.
j. G. Hackett. of Wilkesboro. also
director of the penitentiary, testified that
if the convcts had been taken through
Tennessee, North Carolina would have
lost jurisdiction over them; they were
moved to a warmer climate for their
health; that the Governor had told Mr..
Mann not to take them through Ten
nessee The board had made a positive
order that no guard should whip q con-
Wet
Mr.. j. S. Mann, superintendent of the
State Prison, gave in his testimony
which was in substance what he wrote
to Governor Aycock and printed in the
News and Observer about ten days ago.
Supervisor McIver testified that he had
advised the Stacking of some convicts
who were dangerous. He thought the
march neither of unusual length nor
cruel
Supervisor Lashley testified that coffee,
biscuit and meat were given convicts,
wagons had been provided to cross
the river but it was found best to cross
on the ice; he walked across and did not
get his feet wet; sick men were brought
in wagons; fires were built on train to
warm convicts; none died en- route; and
they were well clad