The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-15

to go and nobody else would have
any say.
Q-That was the only time?
A-NO, sir. There were several
times that not only myself, but sew
eral other white men were run
by him.
Q-YOu say the fare was bad. How
was it bad?
A-Well, sir, towards the last there
it was one morning We would get mo-
iasses and a piece Of corn bread and
some coffee at nine O'clock. Well.
maybe at noon we would get, if il
was on the days that they had greens,
: at about one o'clock we would get a
pan of greens and a piece Of corn
| bread and that would have to do until
nine o'clock next morning, and there
were several things / couldn't eat 1
couldn't eat those green's at all my
self; l couldn't make them stay
down.
Q-Let us go back to the question
of the negro. Now you say he domi-
mated over the prisoners in what
way? Any other way except the one
you have spoken of?
Am almost any way. No white
man could do anything in there while
the cOIOTed man was there. He
Q-What do you mean by doing?
What did you want to do?
A-Well, it wouldn't seem to make
much difference. One time there,
Mr. Davis gave me, told me I could
have his pan when il came out and
the cOlOred fellow tried TO stop that
He said that / couldn't have il, as
much as TO say Mr.. Davis wasn't due
a pan and that if he wanted to gig X
10 me it wasn't right.
Q-Any other instance? I want to
know j: all
A-Well, sir, there were cases when
there was a man in here by the name
Of Murphy that asked this cOIOred
fellow in a decent way to stop
swearing, that there was some lady
visitors at the window and he Jumped
on him. At the same time, if some
one would swear when anybody was
there, he would call them down
for it and if he didn't close right up
why.
Odd you receive any abuse in
the Jail?
A-WelI, no. sir, nobody wouldn't
carry it that far.
Q-The board don't quite under
stand anything of that They want
TO know if the sheriff mistreated the
prisoners
A-No, sir, the sheriff didn't mis-
treat the prisoners at all.
Odd you ever report any of this
to the taller?
A-NO, sir, I never reported it to
the jaileT at all.
Q-RepoTt it to Mr.. Van PeIt2
AIR Van PelJ-fOT anything we
have asked Mr.. Van Pelt to do-any-
thing in that way, he has always
done it, but it seems TO me though
he is in ignorance OF a whole lot of
things going on in the Jail. Every
thing We have asked him for he has
done it.
Q-Now. did you ever report any
conduct of this negro to Mr.. Van
reIt or the jaiIers?
Alt has been reported to the
jaiIeT. -.
Q-Have you reported it?
A-No, sir.
Q-Report it to MI. Van Pelt?
Al don't think they have report
ed ii TO Mr.. Van PeIt-
Q-What is the name of the men
mat helped-assiSted in the pTepara-
ton of this letter.
A-WeII. sir, there is a couple OF
them that have gone now.
Ozone where? Out OF the Jail?
A-1eS, SIT, out OF the jail
Q-What are their names
A-One's name was CTaWsOn or
something ike that big tail fellow;
and there was, well I guess AfT.
SnipeS in there wrote the letter.
Q-WhO? 4 Mr.. Snipes2
Ayes, sir.
Q-Is he a prisoner in the jail?
Ayes. sir, he was then. / don't
know whether he is ROW or lot.
on. Mclean, were they white
men or cClOred9
Ayes sir
Q-They were white men,
Ayes sir.