The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-19
LONG CRIMINAL CARftR


Not being able 10 overcome his dc"
sire To get hacs In prison Andy ItaF-
r.st, colorvd Was arrested last night
and landed lm tn. county jail. Barrett
~as arrested at one OF the oil mills.
y here h. had been working since his
release from the county farm a fe~
weeks ago charge OF aggravated
assault has been filed against him.
| He Ii accused of drawin. a knife on
a negro woman In threatening
manner the other ntg.t and chasing
/ her from Der home to the house OF
! a nsighbor, where she sought pro,ec-
| ton from her assailant. The matter
was AZ once reported to the officers
| and complaint was sworn out
i gainst the negro.
Tho prisoner Is yet a young negro.
! but be has spent most OF his life
behind prison walls He has served
| time on the county farm, In the state
/ yeformatory and in the penitentiary,
and so strongly manifest are his
criminal Instincts that his days OF
/ freedom are always of short dura-
ton Subsequently to each release
from prison he is seized with PIN
Ing to return to his associates IN
crime, and wnen an opportunity pre-
sents itself he seizes property which
does not belong TO him in order that
/ he may again break into jail Bar
rett has stolen few horses during
| his long criminal career, but Tor the
most part his offenses consist of pet
ity burglaries.
{ His latest escapade calls to mind
an interesting incident which occur
red when he was of tender age and
/ in knee pants He was born In Ennis
| and mis- first criminal transaction
was the thett of three horses before
the was old enough to be amenable to
the law He was assisted by another
negro boy Of about the same age.
The horses were taken from farm
er near Ennis. The boys took the stol-
en- animals to Corsicana and while
trying to dispose of them they were
arrested and placed In Jail They
were returned to Ennis and locked
,up in the caiabouse. Hon. w. II
Fears was then serving his first tern
as county attorney. He was notifie
that two horse thieves were in ia
at Ennis. He went there to make a
official investigation and was some
what surprised to find that tw
youngsters were being held as th
!offenders When he ascertained thu
fact that the boys were not ole
hn n
try the efficacy of corporal punish
ment as a preventive for crime. Tie
sent for the mother of one and the
grandmother of the other. The wom-
en- soon arrived and Mr.. Fears eX-
planned that he wanted them to give
the boys n good flogging and he
! would then have them released from
the city prison This was agreed to
and Mr. Fears called two negro men
10 hold the youngsters while the lash
was applied. Each woman procured
a leather strap with which TO infltct
I the punishment. The negro men re-
moved the clothing from the young
criminals and held them while the
women applied the lash with vigor-
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as referee and when the back OF
each boy was covered with eontus-
ions as result of the strapping he
ordered them released. This form OF
punishment failed to have a salutary
. effect on the Barrett negro and It
was not long until ho began commit
ting burElaries. lie Was sent TO the
state reformatory and soon after his
release from the institution he was
sent 70 the poniteatiary on a cony!c-
tlon Tor horse theft