The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-03-22

| ~ seated h1mser Sprlgg9 was 2G WOTK
and in q remarkably short space OF
time the captain was transferred.
The man who was acting captain
In the Charles street station when
Sprlggs was 10 the heydey of bis glor
was Sergeant Farrell -
In connection with the hints of
murder in the dives kept by Spriggs,
it was recalled by residents IN Cornell.
la street that about twelve months
ago a white woman leaped frt m the
second-story window Of No. II Cor.
nelia street, then kept by Spriggs.
An ambulance was called from ST.
Vincent's Hospital. The docter at
tended the woman, but q negro who
rushed out of the house as she fell
took charge of her, and sending for
cab, tor K her away, refusing to per
NIT the ply soian to take her to the
hospital. She was never afterWard
seen.
20 to the time of Sprigg's removal
from No. "A Oornelia street a few
weeks ago, neighbors say 1t was no
un Usual thing to her piercing shrieks
from the touse almost nightly.
Spriggs, who is a repulsive looking
NEGRO, is about 5 +. ct Inches In height
and about thirty five years old.
He alway5 was we'll supplied With
money, dressed fashily displayed
many diamonds and always went
armed. he was feared and throughly
detested by sll respectable residents
OF Greenville Village, who on acc unit
Of his ugliness, dubbed him THE
Human Monster"
The appalling revelations Of the
traffic conducted by Spriggs and bis
band have stirred every minister and
social worker in the city.
+ The story told by, Edna Coleman Is
most dramatic. She la one of the most
prepossessing Of the women who have
been brought to the District Attor-
| uey's Office since the crusade was be-
Fgun against the Infamous practices Of
Spriggs and men Of hi0 kind. Since
her arrest she has been locked up in
the House of Detention as a. witness.
Acc ,rdfng to her story, she vas her
self caught by one of Spriggs's agents
about two years ago, aud thence on
ward to the time Of her arrest she was
skept in one or another Of the doz n
houses which Spriggs maintains In
various parts OF the city. -
Eighteen months ago. she said, she
was II ing In the West Twenty.seVen.
Gh street house, which was taken care
Of by the Bennett woman. To that
den one day were -rought two young
and pretty white girls, who had been
lured, to The. place by the usual trap.
For more than q week." said the
Coleman girl, "they were Kept close
prisoners in Q dark dirty room. They
cried constantly, and their screams CT
night made the house htdeous. Their
meals were thrust In to them, and
they were informed that they would
have to stay in the room until they
decided to be quiet. They were told
they might as we'll make the best o1
things, because there was no escape
for them. After about week theil
grief wore itself out, and one day they
we're permitted to come down stairs.
'This, liberty was little better thai
the close confinement to which the!
had been subjected. None Of Us eve
ever saw the outside street sSv
through barred windows Most of tn
time the shutters were closed and tn
blinds drawn. a soon as the two girl
! were permitted to move about tn
house with some freedom they begal
to plot to escape.
I'VE who had been there for lon
while told them how useless that was
|, and what dangers they would run l
they tried to get out. But they pal
90 attention to u5.
lone night they bid in the cellar
and when they thought no one wa
looking tried to escape by forcing
window. They were caught befor
they got out and were taken to thei
rooms Soon after I heard aWfu
screams, and ran to the rooms to So
What was the matter. I saw two biI
"proes whipping the girls unmerc.
fully.
The poor things were on thei
knees, begging for mercy, and the ne
groes we're standing oyer thom, thei
faces distorted, swearing horribly, ant
stricking them with all their strength
When I tried to help them I was or
dered to my room. They told me that
If interfered would get the same
dose.
1.-THE next day one Of the girla died
and the day following the other died
A negro doctor was called In, so was
told, and signed some sort of certi6
cate. Then a negro undertsker touk
the bodies away at midnight"
Such is this story. AS black chap
ter of police nef1clency, or worse. ds
was ever written Of life In New York
it is but one of the scores that arr
striking terror to the hearts of faith
RS and mothers all over the city, and
bringing forth from every section
demand fer action that will make a
repetition of these outrages forever
impossible.
The governors of the Clara DE-
Birsch Home in East Sixty THIRD
street have called q special meeting
OF their committee for Thursday tt
discuss the conditions, and olan.