The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-10-23
MOTHER REPEATS HER STORY
ars srsse Replies q Mayor Thomas
Iester-TeIIs Of the Cruel Treat
nent arc Death Of Her Boy
"a . Convict Camp.


= t-- Ez.ls- O. tA- Ocz-z szzae-
ia sour issue Of sept l3tn, my at
tsnjiou rs- teen cz,l-G 70 & cOatrIbU-
uoI from ~. r. Tho ,izs. mayor Of
GziL--vi..e. Fsa., "a :. lich he states
b. a. made an investigation of The
charge - fOr;h 10 my communica-
tiJu O. tae Atlanta News OF August
-. ALL 70 which Il you Will kindly
slIJ~ M -. in your valuable
PAPER. xOuli gge=t:
That the inv-- s,ion be continued
Unt!I ne tru,n. :. whole truth, and
nothing 1T the r.. - - brought BE-
fore TIE Fuale, although fOr more
than a year ~ have refused to have
n puUli-bed-if yo1 viii pardon the
T--r-ouA, allu.iou-Ua account OF the
great mental and physical suffering
which a. have endured. And never
u1til the izst day 81 th= trial az Jack
spuville did ~ give our consent TO
having IL published, At that time
promising 10 give u TO the Atlanta
New for publication on our arrival
home.
A. previously stated my son, Ger
ARD. i-ft nome on hIs sixteenth birth
day. without or knowledge or con.
-eut. Yet not a. tramp g. many
would suppose, bot = BOY having the
T,-D-ct and cOnfiirnce OF a COMPARE
tive stranger. d.. Peeke, a noted occu-
lie, Wh0m a- met for the second time
in Macon, ia, aud borrowed the
money "a which Ia travelled L. Flori-
ia. - Nnsch ~ knew nothing until
our boy Informed u while in Florida.
A. 20 Ir. Thomas saying our boy
hal .iveu T. considerable trouble,
Mi -ay the oaly trouble Was he want
81 - quit school aud 90 10 work for
nim-e.f. which was refused. Aside
from thi-, ne Was no more trouble
thau an average healthy boy.
~ To- hi- wiring u from Gainesville
while ~ Jail, this j. q mistake, which
can - verified 10y referring 10 the
records 81 the telegraph company at
Gainesville
ia regard to using Mr. Callison's
a"--e-. dog, guns. etc, Mr., Brake
bad the u-e % team twice before the
csath - our boy. once to go to the
station 20 meet the doctor whom Ne
wer- -Kpec:ing from MiliedgeviIIe.
tut never came because he did not
receive the telegram, and again when
Dr. DrPa-z said our son could not live
tut short while, Mr. Brake went TO
NeS berry to see about getting a casket
% take the body home. He also used
NJ. Collisions gun and dogs with
which ne killed several birds TO make
hroth for our sick boy.
A. 10 Mr.. Brake ordering whiskey
Ga Nj. Collisions name is true. He
ordered wbiskey and brandy. We
gave our boy brandy at stated inter-
val during liis sickness, ana sponged
hi- Uody of every day with whi-key,
after which We gave him al oil rub.
The whiskey was also at the disposal
of AR. Callison and DIR. DePass.
A. 90 the Law and Order League.
and grand jury refusing to find true
hill, Am not surprised, if they had
O. depend on the doctors evidence,
a. II seems he il very deficient in
both sight and memory.
on Thursday morning, after our
arrival on Tuesday the 5th of No
vember, Mr.. Brake showed Mr.. CALI
sOn aud DIR. DePass the wounds and
bruises on our son, and while telling
the doctor Of the severe whipping he
had been given, my son said: Papa
told them was sick and not able to
work and they had no right to whip
me-" Dr DePass spoke saying, "Yes
they had the right 70 whip you, as
you were prisoner" At the same
time We called his attention to the car
buncle, he lsnced it and it ran about
cupfull, later he gave me carbolic
acid, b.smuth and cotton, and show
Ell me how TO dress the wounds aud
Assisted me in putting on a broad
hHndsge 70 keep the cuts and raw
al O..