The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-22
FAMILY IS in JAIL
STORY OF DISTRESS TOLD BIZ
YOUNG GERMAN FARMER.
Come to Alabama from West, Failed
to Carve Out Success and Was
Arrest for Selling MOrtgaged
PrOperty.

Hermann Beareare. a German emil
grant came to Alabama from the West
to till the soil. Beareare with his
wife and three little children are con-
fined in the Montgomery County jail
and there is little sunlight in their
world.
Late yesterday afternoon, a telegram
was received by the sheriff of Mont
gomery County instructing him to ar
rest the German farmer on a war
rant sworn out in Georgiana by A. ].
Winston, a banker, charging him with
selling mortgaged property.
Deputy Sheriff S. S. Belser was de-
tailed to make the arrest. He did not
know at that time what painful duty
he had to perform. When the train
arrived at the Montgomery Union rail
way station. it was boarded by Deputy
Belser. The young German farmer
was seated in a day coach with his
wife and three babies. returning to the
North after a narrowing stay in what
he had considered the promised land.
The officer walked to him and in
formed the farmer he was under ar
| rest, naming the charge. The young
German looked up and said 'T do no
man wrong The wife burst into
| historical tears. The climax of
months of want and suffering had
come
The deputy discovered that besides
their tickets to st. Louis the family
| had only 81 The family was taken
to the county Jail The question of
what provisions could be made for the
woman and children over night was
discussed. The wife was Ill, so i'll, she
was hardly able to walk. She did
not wish to leave her husbands side.
Now understand" said a big deputy
at the Jail, you haven't got to stay
here in the jail. Mrs. Beareare. If you
want to go to a boarding house don't
let the money question worry you. Well
fix that all right"
But the wife would not listen to leav-
ing her husbands side and one of the
upstairs cells was made as comforta-
BILE as possible for the family.
The deputies sent for cool milk for
| the babies and a big bucket of ice
water was provided. Chris wehage.
Montgomery's genial German restau-
ranteur was sent for and he furnished
the family the first square meal. it
has had in many months.
| Seated on the side of one of the
small hard beds of the prison. with his
sick wife close by with one fair haired
boy baby. sleeping peacefully on
another bed. with a second one peer
ing inquisitively through the stern
bars of the prison aud a little girl
cooling contentedly on the bare floor
of the cell, Hermann Beareare told tho
story of his troubles in Alabama.
The prisoner is fine man, physi-
cally. He is fair haired, blue eyed,
erect, and weather stained.
Last February" said Beareare in
broken English IT was working in
Chicago and I see in a German paper
an advertisement for colonists to come
to Alabama to work on farms.
wanted to settle down and a home get
| yes"
He then innocently and earnestly
told of how he came to Alabama and
to Georgiana. How he had secured
$3.50 an acre payable with 10 per cent
interest. He had worked hard, but
his crops had failed.
And do you know" walled his wife
that for three weeks. my babies have
been living on nothing but rye bread
and water and now and then some
bacon"
She cried pitifully at the recollection
Mr.. Winston let me have a mule"
continued the young farmer That
mules name was Nelly Nelly was a
good, strong young mule but did not
do well at a pillow. 1 told Mr.. Win
ston that I would like to get rid of
Nelly and he told me to do what I
wanted to, that I was the boss"
He then related how he had traded
the mule for two horses. but the land
would not produce the tender vegeta-
bles. which the German truckers rails
ed and he decided to return North.
There was no money in the family till
but the wife raised enough to buy four
cheap rate tickets to st. Louis by SELL
ing her furniture.
4 left that farm this morning and
left those two horses and 1 left NV
crop, but now he has me arrested for
trading the mule. I cannot under
stand"
This was the simple tragedy that had
come into the life of Herman Beareare
and 1t meant much to him.
Deputy Belser telephoned the Geor-
giana banker. He told him of the
condition of the family. He told him
they were practically penniless.
"Oh he's got money" was the only
answer the officer received.
The banker expressed his intention
of coming to Montgomery today.