The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-10-23


7 gainesville ~ho was making in
I QUiries for the Law aud Order Lea
! que a. 70 the cause "f the boys death.
I TO which he replied that The boy had
typhoid f. .er. although he bad been
whipped, but a. 10 what the whipping
had 20 do with the boys death, he
couldn't say-but believed he would
have cied if ne hadn't been whipped.
DR.. DePass sl=o stated before the
jury. tina. b. examined the toy on
Saturday before our arrival on Tues
day and did not notice Z mark or
bruise Oh his body, when the follow.
lug Thursday morning being about
four days later N ianced the carbun-
Gle, aud according u hi- own STATE
nsut Uefor- the jury il ran leacBpfuIl.
To show further that this carbuncle
had been "a him some time before
ne Vas whipped, the officer who ar
rested him al Waldo stated before the
jury that be Wa lame. The jail0r al
Gaiuesvi.le said before the jury that
the boy said be had boil on him and
he was not able 10 work and would
not DO ~, he also said the boy was
lame. The negro driver by whom he
sat Oh The way TO the camp stated be-
fore the jury that tue boy had a
bile" on him aud could not sit up
straight. The negro who cleaned up
the stOckade said before the jury that
he saw the boy undressed and that he
had carbuncle on his Zip az big as
the palm Of bis hand, expressing the
size by running biz finger around the
palm Of his hand. Twnof the guards
stated before the jury that the BOY
wa Jumping around TWO or three days
before ne Wa whipped. This evi.
G-nce seems very plain 10 me that the
carbuncle Was there Uhen the boy
wa whipped. although the defective
vision Of DR.. D-Pas- failed 10
Sc it when hs examined him
four days before il ran a
teacupfull DR.. DePas= also stated.
before the jury that be Vas und.~
contract with Mr.. CaIiison to give the
prisoners medical attention for fifty
cents head pei month aud furnish
his Own medicine, making two trips
pr week six .etp miles, that j. he
travels sixty four miles per week.
furnishes HE own team. driver. medi-
elm, etc, and IL there are twenty
prisoners he Receives ten dollars Der
month-preIty cheap medical atten-
ton, must De at wholesale price-as
W. find on our till, fifteen dollar.
charged for one visit.
The doctor failing To arrive from
hiiledgeville, Ga, We called in DIR.
Howell from Newberry. When he
arrived Mr.. Brake aud he found sores
and pus,ules ON our boys body.
The testimony Of five Of our best
physicians on record in the United
States court house at jacksonville,
VINO on the arrival Of our sons body |
at home, held an autopsy, they all |
testified a. 70 the abrasions, confused
wounds and bruises on the body. As
10 Mr.. Brakes making a statement at
Newberry that our boy said he didn't |
blame Mr.. Callison is absolutely |
false. When Mr.. CallisOn was shown
the wounds and bruises he said it was !
very unfortunate and that he would |
see Mr.. Strange about il. and after |
Mr. CallisOu and DR.. D-Pass left we |
were trying to console our boy, telling |
him that if Mr.. Callison had been
there he wouldn't have allowed him
to have been whipped in his cOndi- |
ti"n, TO which he replied, why
papa, Mr.. CalIison was there, and |
cursed telling them TO work him or |
kill him."
The young man Neimann's state |
ment cOrroborated our sons state
ment. He said Sir. Calison came to |
where they were at work, after they
had whipped our boy once and Dir. |
Williams told him the boy wouldn't |
work, and as Mr.. Callison started to |
leave, said in loud, dramatic voice |
as if he wanted all the prisoners to
hear him-''wOrk him or Kill him."
As to his trial at Waldo claim he |
had committed no crime to be sen.
fenced for and any judge that would
sentence a sixteen year old boy, wear
ing cadet uniform, to sixty DAYS i'm |
the chain gang for carrying nut in
his pocket, with 40 chance to COM
municate with his parents or friends,
ought to be tarred add feathered.
Mr.. Thomas says further that Mr..
CallisOn cannot be charged with
cruel treatment and neglect, but after
a protracted trial in the United States
court, before the Hon. James w.
Locke and jury of twelve Floridians,