The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-04
Witnesses Tell narrowing Tales
of Cruelty and MiStreatment at
Lumber COmpany's Camp.


half an hour before that time witness
had met a stranger in the road who;
had an outlandish appearance and act
ed rather suspiciously. Trurich Maha-
ly, Hungarian witness, was brought
in but DR.. Craig failed to identify
him as the man he had seen. He
stated, however, that the man behind
the seat of the buggy was the man
that had been seen previous to that
time on the same day. Witness stat
ed that Gallagher was accompanied
by dogs, which he believed were the
Lockhart hounds. The date of these
occurrences was July IS. Witness
made a map showing the roads in that
section which was marked Exhibit
A" and made part of the testimony.
Trurich Mahaly.
Trurich Mahaly, the Hungarian who
gave such damaging testimony on Mon
day, was brought into the court room
and positively identified w. e. Grace
and Oscar s. Sander as the men who
were in the buggy on the date refer
red to by DR.. Craig. Through Interp-
reter Louis Friedamn he said that the
place where these men had overtaken
him was by a farm house by the side
Of the road-they caught him about
fifteen feet from the road; there was
a farm house on either side of the
road at that point Witness did not
remember seeing any women about
the houses. Witness was not cross
examined at that time, it being agreed
that he could be recalled for that pur-
pose.
Mrs. Mary J. Paul.
Mrs. Mary Jane Paul, who stated
| that she lived about one and quarter
miles east of Laurel Hill, was next
called. She stated that she had seen
three men in buggy and that she
had seen them capture man in front
Of her house, although she could not
identify any Of the parties. Her state
I, ment was in part as follows:
81 saw one man with pistol and
one whipping another; one was hold
ing The pistol on him and the other
was whipping him; that was about 80
yards from my gate. The noise and
cursing first attracted my attention to
the scene. / didn't see all Of it;
was so excited l could not look at it.
/ didn't see them when they first got
him, but l saw them running after
him and when they had the pistol on
him; he ran backwards throwing up
his hands. | couldn't say how many
llcks they gave him; it looked like q
buggy whip they were whipping him
with. | couldn't stand it to watch 1t.
When they left they carried the man
they were whipping on ahead Of them;
they took him toward Florala"
On cross examination witness stat
ed that a Mrs Gibson, who lived
directly across the road from her re 81
dence was also witness to the whip
ping. Witness had asked what they
were whipping the man for and the
man In the buggy stated that the man
had stolen some clothing; they did
not say where they were going to
carry him. Witness saw them whip
the man and was very positive on this
point. Oscar s. Sander was partially
recognized as the man in the buggy.
The men did not tell witness they were
going to turn their prisoner over to
officers.
Mrs. Lizzie Gibson.
The testimony of Mrs. Gibson was
along the same lines as testified to
by the preceding witness. whom she
corroborated in every detail. Wit
ness was excited at the time the whip
ping occurred and was unable to iden-
tify any of the parties to the scene. A
rigid cross examination was under
taken but failed to shake the testi.
mony of witness in any particular.
John AtweiI.
stated that he was deputy sheriff
for Walton county, was the next wit
ness. and he proved to be an inter
esting one, Notwithstanding the fact
that he appeared to desire to favor
the lumber company as much as pos
sible Mr.. Atwell stated that he had
been a deputy sheriff for about two
years. The plant Of The Jackson
Lumber Co. he stated was distant
about miles from Laurel Hill, IN
Covington county, Ala. Laurel Hill
was about two miles south of the Ala
bama line; was acquainted with Mrs.
/ Paul and said that the road that ran
past her place was the one running
from Laurel Hill to Florala. Witness
also knew Gallagher, Porter and
Grace. In answer to queries witness
stated he had been authorized by the
lumber company to pick UP any OF the
men who escaped from the lumber
camp, but that he had not picked up
any men. He stated that on one oc
casion recently two men had come to
Laurel Hill very early In the mornins
and that they were suspicious look
i ing. being covered with mud from the
swamp. He had wired to Lockhar'
about them and had received instruc
tons by telegraph to hold the men;
the telegram he thought was signed
by Gallagher. In the meantime ent
| men had moved on and, as he me-
] Gallagher, he went with him after
them. They were overtaken and wit
ness went up to them and explained
: that 1t would be better for them to &c
J back to Lockhart and stay there unit