The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-17

his resignation as official in charge Of the
prison farm at Milledgeville, and that
resignation has been accepted by the
prison commission.
This resignation comes, of course, as
the result of the whipping of Mamie De
Girls. Allagood will remain at the prison
farm only until his successor can be Sc
lected.
Inc of1clal announcement Of the resig-
nation Is found In the report of the com
mission upon the De Girls case. This
report embraces a calm dispassionate
review or the case taken from the testi-
mony submitted by all those having
knowledge of the affair, as taken nv
State Warden Moore upon his investisa-
ton at the farm. and the conclusions
OF the commission from this testimony.
From this 1t would appear that ALA
good has been an excellent official, that
his personal character is above reproach
that he acted within his authority IN
lnhictng this sort OF punishment upon
any convict out read between the lines
IL Is evident the commission Is of the
opinion that he lacks the Judgment and
discretion which an official In his position
should possess. and that with the De Girls
whipping. his days OF usefulness at the
| farm have come to an end
The last paragraph of the commissions
report VIII be taken as an indication of
the purpose of that body to issue such
orders or rules will make a repeti-
ton of the De Cris scandal an imposst-
bility
NO successor to Deputy Warden ALA
good has as yet been chosen. Several
applications have been filed with tho
commission IN anticipation of a vacancy.
Out no selection Will DO made until the
quahhcations Of the different applicants
ana those others who may be suggest
ed, have been fully examined into.
Inc full text Of the commissions find
inss Is as follows;
Atlanta, Ca, August 49, 19o3.-In re-
Mamie DeCrls, Investiga ton of Her
w n!ppihe; AFTER a thorough. patient and
olspasslonate review of the testimonv
publicly taken by State Warden + g
Moore and reported by the stenographer
employed for that purpose of every Wit
ness VINO professed to know any fact
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to be able to throw any light unon fha
above stated matter, the prison commits
sion has reached the following conclu-
sions:
l. The conduct of the convict which
led up to, and was the cause of the MN
lshment, was aggravated, tending to serl-
ously impair the discipline of the prison.
Her previous treatment by the deputy
warren, ana his wife, the matron in
charge, had been considerate, manifested
in many ways, and noted az to arouse
the envy OF almost every inmate of the
prison. Her clothes were better made.
ana Numbered with those of the matron
and her family; she ate from the ma
tron 5 kitchen and was supplied with
delcacles whrh We're not furnished the
other convics&;cfIere no stronger
and light coSvif phSSic-
Yet, despite this considerable treatment
she neglected the tasks assigned bar
was frequently insolent and insnhordir
ate earned on clandestine correspondenca
without the knowledgeS of the officials:
herseH wrote obscene and vulgar letters. i
Wh'Cu sls pretended had been found by |
her IN oTdef To involve the good standing |
OF another convict, whose position in the |
prison hospital she was king to secure
Tor these matters she was admonished. |
but received no punishment FINALLY r.,
the absence OF the warden and when no
guard vas present she openly defied the
matron, Fefused to obey her orders used
to her insulting language, and became so
boiSeeioU anu threatening In her de-
pertinent as 10 attract the attention of
prisonersln other parts of the buildinp
causing le matron to leave the room in
fear Of billy harm 80
2 The Yidence shows that the whip
ping, web was administered by the
warden the following day for these
causes, IS over her clothing and tbat
no part her person was exposed. The
blows ne1er cut nor blistered her skin.
nor did ever complain of any soreness
consequences ia no |
female cvlcl who shared her room and
was her ny companion in prison work !
NOR dd is other convict ever see any !;
signs OF whipping upon her person
the fie work which was Afterwards t
given he1as such as many honest white {
women girls perform every day on 5
the farnof Georgia, and she admits s
That she Is permitted to rest as often
and ], as she pleased This work o
lasted onslx days, when she was again ;
assigned work about the prison build o
ing and den. She was not chained at O
all, ana 10 negro woman" nor s,
| was she ade to carry her row with {,
negro hoends." In no respect was her =
health md or even endangered by this n
| work ~
5. The s-intendent, who at this Mace In In
! Is the alego of the commission. and ~
! who had lority, In the absence OF the =
commissio act for 1t, testified that he az
condemneie whipping. after learning =;
or IL, af,rotested against the field ~
! "O4"' - t.--SA ms concentration nor ~,
his protewas communicated to the ".
| COmmissiC
4. The 1snt physician appears to an
have bee1meless. He had no duty to as
perform igard to the matter, no au- an
thorlty to5r punishment of any kind SUI
or to int with the discratio,, of tho Gro
warden lnrd thereto, unless the phys re
ical condor the convict was such as
to rendelnshment dangerous to wa
health. as
The chamade by the convict that {
the wardes guilty of improper rela- the
tons witfsr female convicts, white ne
and black,r his control, and that she for
was whippecause she had rejected fro
improper ices made to her nv, hin, A
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