The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-04

Investigation Should at Once be
Mace sy the Proper Authorizes
for tire creet Of the State.
IT. following bitter. written oy a
h,sr'bIo ken mother. viii make lie
heart 81 every mother vino Ieaos 1t
veep uIoOd.
twas printed in the Atlanta News
john Temple Craze paper-July
l7ib. suo reprinted in the Tampa
Times this week.
II what this mother esys i True it
place stigma Oh the name OF this
state ana the charges should be Inves-
tigaied . that nothing ike II can
again occur. The crime cannot be
UuGone but should not b. condoned
by iuaction.
a lad, sixteen years old, waikiki z
through the country with d comrade
pick. Up all iron nut and puts 1t IL
his pOc set for the purpose, perhaps,
OF throwing al snakes or birds, il
found with it in his pocket. i cent
20 the chain gang for carrying con-
cesled weapons" and i whipped 20
severely that he dies Of his injuries.
In atrocity and cruelty, the DeCis
mstter-the whipping Of white
womsn-Which aroused the press aud
people Of Georgia to degree that the
prison superintendent was driven
from Office, il nothing in comparison
% this mothers awful tale OF horror.
The following j. her letter:
Minedgeville. ia, July Is, 1903.
Il TIE Editor Of the Atlanta News.
Being mother, naturally | f., l
deeply interested 10 the welfare Of all
children, and because OF this interest
write you, not that anything that
you or / car do would restore 10 NV
sad heart and home nay precious boy.
but, perhaps, by giving publicity 10
the following facts il may he the
means Of saving the life of some in
nOcent toy Whose ambition 10 work
and become self-suppOrting. and to
avoid the long and tedious applica-
ton Of study which l. required to
complete all education, leaves schOoi,
ss did my poor child-s large, strong,
healthy, big hesrted, noble bov. He
was "a cadet in the military college at
this place, having been in school
since he was six years old. He had
become dissatisfied and repeatedly
asked his father TO let him quit school
and 20 To work, which request wa
refused, - he wished him ~ complete
his studies,
xDn the morning of the 81 of Octo-
Der, 1901, which was his sixteenth
birthday, he left home without our
knowledge or consent wearing his
cadet uniform and worked his way
90 MOrristOn, Fla, where he secured
employment for limited TIM. Co.
Ing to Waldo, he paid the express Oh
fis trunk. While al Waldo he met
Two young men who were goin Sthe
same Way TO pick oranges. My son
being sick al the time with a carbun-
Gle on hIs hip, the two young men
tried To relieve his suffering a. best
thay could, but before they could get
away from Waldo they were arrested
and taken before some officer, and
without trial, my >on Was sentenced
for sixty days for carrying concealed
weapons, which consisted If An iron
tap wrapped ia piece of AN old uin
hrella cover, which he had in his
pocket. The Passenger train was held
until sentence could Ice passed on
Them. They were then taken to
Gainesville, where they were confined
IN jail Tor the night, aud the next
morning were taken To Dutton 10
work IN the phosphate mines at that
place. In going from the station to
tue mines my son was 80 sick he
could not sit up and leaned over on
the negro 10y whom he sat, his cap
falling of several times on the way.
Ny poor child, As sick a. he was. had
To sleep without bed or a blanket
that night. They made him roll a
Fearful Odds Against Him.