The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-11-05
2EONA.GE CASES.
Department of Justice is Now at
Work on Thcm-Woman Lawyer
Interested.
Tho State.

Interested.
Tho State.
Washington, Nov. 1.--1'hc depart
meat OF justice proposes to prosecute
to the utmost all those under suspi-
clon Of pconage in the south. Follow
ing the prosecutions Of those in Flor
ida last winter who held white m.n
in bondage, making them work by
force against their will, preparations
arc being made TO prosecute certain
ones in Mississippi and other south
ern states who have been holding in
pcona"c either white laborcrs or
black ones. a report made today to
tine attorney general by Mrs. Mary
Grace QuackrnboSs, Il woman lawyer,
special attorney Tor the southern fcd-
cral district Of New York. engaged To
visit certain localities in the south,
gives some mtrrrStin" information
about case soon to be- tried in Mis-
SiSSippi.
few weeks ago Il man by the
name Of O. ID. Crittcndrn Of Grrcn-
Vile. Miss. waS arrested upun the
"iiar"" Of ari'r>tin" an italian in
Gr""mvlli" ami lakin" aim ;r,oSs the
river I" an island, Sunly Side, in
Arkansas. there /" he held in pconagc.
According I" The report Of Mrs.
tt'arkrnb">>. there is II whole island
iu'l "' liaIIHns at Sunny Side, who
are compelled to work under cond-
i'"lS aud circumstances aver which
Ih"N havr nu control and which are
""i very greatly diSSimilar from ihos,,
N"I"I "htHNu ~ slave countries. The
u nI;'u~. - Thousand Of them. were
lr"u-Ei over /" America several year,
~" r"''"r ID" Impression that they
".'" 1"''," /" become settlers. and
fire" American ciIizcns. II did not
M.nh, tl"u2h. Is they found out that
when .h"y wanted to throw ny lnrir
l"'> th"y cnuld not 50 easily do il .
Tt"'N W"r" in debt for their rnSSaT
money from Ita% and wr," r,rf,nc)Icl
t. work under such ""yiilions lhal
they r""'d ret earn tYT(",.yh for tho
~"HI"rI "f Il cir r.amilia~ 4 nj al the
I',"' ''m' ~">r money 10 d"iray ihr
"''' ''%.,G" they iad to work ON
'"'' GU Miih rn hope Of eve. nnyn"
'",/ Wh'A one attempted t" lrnv" he
"JS promptly arrested and taken bach
"' thr plantation. MI. puackrnh,..
.T"rlirs malN Facts in connection with
~" Infringement of the pt"u>Ari"u
aud III" h'rill"nhrn system 81 man;,"
Sunny sid" plantation she VAS ur,rr-
rd off the premises by CrlrrrLrn. who
claimed that she WAS intrudim%. and
had II" ri"ht I" hr There. trittrn-
'!"n says that it Was because Of this
ihaI she preferred charges against
HIM which caused his arrest. It is
sand ai thr department Of Justice that
the arrest WAS considered and prarii-
callv agreed upon just after pro
vl"nS visit OF Mrs. Quackrnhnss to
Sunny Side and some time before sac
was ordered Off the place.
The preliminary hearing Of crittcn-
den will take place some time in No.
vrmbrr and the trial will likely be
in january.
SomF other eases Of alleged prun-
acc in the south were investigated by
this Mrs. Quackcnb"Ss, ald i, is init
mated hrrrab"utS that she found some
things in one OF thc CarolinaS about
which she made an elaborate report.
For some time reports have been
made lo ihe department nl Justice Of
prn:ayc in North Carolina aud this
SlFrlal a%ru, WAS Srnt down to in
vrSti~Atr. What her report SAYS will
likely be interesting. and most likely
II will he strongly c"mbattcd. aS any
investigator of such things sent down
from the north i likely to be. for
most NATURAL and proper reasons.
Zach McGhcc.