Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-20

prisoner on tho chain gang had been
bound to a telegraph pole ct the cook
ing camp for whole day.
SHOTS AROUSED NEIGHBoRHoOD
Mrs. Kershsw said: ION the day
that they chained the 10y TO pole
and beat him with chain ] heard
a great many shots. are1 in rapid sue
cession. The whole ne!ghborhood turn
cd out. We heard screams of terror. \
boy about II years old came rum ng
down Ninth avenue. and turned the
corner at g street and ran Up the bill
until he reached the steps leading into
the EngberG house, just next dor to
my home. He burst through the sIont
door, screaming with fright, and / ran
out TO see what was the matter. I>he
boy fell at Miss Lillian Engbsrg's feet
and cried out: 20, save me, save mel
Don't let them get me. Taey will Kill
me. Harris beat me with chain and
ran away to escape, but they are
Following me with guns. Please don't
let them get me. l never did anything
wrong. Hide me. Don't let them get
me. or they will kill me. | know they
VIII Miss EngberS's pity was aroused,
and she gave the boy refuge. 1t WAS n
horrible sight. But the guard sooa
found out that the boy had run into
Miss Engberg's home. and he ran into
the house and when no found the boy
he dragged him into the front hall and
gave him tcrrlblc beating. Then he
took him over to the rear OF new
house that was being built at 31S Tenth
avenue, and chained the boy TO a post
under Il porth. and beat him again.
All of us women protested against tIc
guards brutality, and told him lie
would have to unbnd the boy from the
post and take him away. Finally, we
telephoned to the chief of police. w1o
said that he would have the pi'isonc"
removed. Then the guard took the
boy and tied him to Il telegraph pole
at the cooking camp. The boy was
kept chained to that pole for over thrce
hours, and the weather was terribly
cold Everybody In this neighSorho d
saw the whole thing. and we all pro-
tested against such frlghtful mlst-eat-
ment of the prisoners"
= FEARED GUARD WOULD SHOOT
ing at 466 c street, said; I'VE heard
a lot of shots. and thought somebody
wls being killed. when boy came run
ming up . street and came up the front
stairs and ran into my home. My
daughters, Lillian and Dell, were here
with me. Tho boy got down on his
knees, crying and moaning. He begged
Lillian TO hide him. because he feared
the guard would shoot him. He told
US that he had tried to escape. and that
the guard had beaten him with chain.
The guard came and beat him in front
of us. Then he tied him to a pole be-
hind the house at 3lS Tenth avenue and
beat him some more. But we objected
and the women of the ncighborhood
raised such a row that the guard finally
removed the boy and took him over
to the camp. where he bound him to Il
telegraph pole and kept him there three
hours In the cold''
MIS-. Joseph Buzzo. 464 F street, said.
last Friday afternoon l saw the prIs-
oners OF the chain gang working In the
freezing cold without ovcrcoats, many
OF them without coats. and some with
old. thin-soled broken shoes. One young
fellow, who looked like a good boy,
was tossing his arms about his body
and jumping up and down like jack
in-the-box. He didn't have coat so
got one of Mr.. Buzzo's coats and ran
out and begged the glflrd to give 1t To
the boy"
- This statement by Mrs, Buzzo was
corroboratcd by the recipient of her
Kindness. Red" Brooks. the chain gang
prisoner, who finished his sentence for
vaSrancy and was released from the
city prison last Saturday. Brooks said
that when Mrs. Buzzo gave him the
coat he had no top shirt. and was
wearing nothing on the upper part of
his body except-a thin summer under
shirt known ns ''linen meshf' Brooks
said. ''I don't want to say anything
about the way the chain gang prisoners
arc treated by Harris. ! was in HaIris's
-gang. don't know what the police
would do to me IL should say any
thing about our mistreatment at Har-
ris's hands But do want to say, God
bless the good woman that gave me
that coat. I was on the verge OF pncu-
monia. and both OF my lungs were all
filled up. My body WIS frozen. had
no gloves OF even IN outer shirt. Ny
undershirt WAS full OF holes"
DRAGGED BEHIND HORSE.
Awful stories OF abuse were told by
tho chain gang prisoners themselves.
They sadd that. young Anderson had
finally escaped. after Harris had tied
him TO a telegraph pole and beaten him
with q chain. and kept him bound for
three hours In the cold. with snow on
the ground. They sad that Harris had
also haudcuffed the boy. tied him To his
saddle with chain. and dragged him
behind his horse. while he ran up and
down the hill until the prisoner had a
hemorhage.
The chain gang prisoners said that
Friday morning. Roy De Mar only IL
years OF age, who. according To his
youth. should be under the jurisdIc-
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