The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-02

E5;+nr of The
view of 5D reports of an unfortunate
os ssass tb 1et recently occurred in our
a pntast f ! ask that, as simple matter
mlq JUSTICE s' you print the following ar
o. OIL; 3u' from the Americas T r|s
corder OF Wednesday last - iNl1''
Moro Light Shed on the Dawson case
"V GentIsmen in the city from ND Da aS :
Ge en- nast day or two have brought
son tnv information relative to the
adolllona nb;nning case there that at
I IeoeH. serves the purpose OF moolly-
i ieaS. +b S sentiment against those en-
ing tHG IL II while in no wise renew
gage 4lo IN NJ NJ the odium naturally at
t tae to an assault upon w. woman la i,
ta'4 thn summary taking OF the law
OF 'n .Sojr own hands and pun1snlng
i hy personal violence that LOT "ni Ha
+ y, state statutes have proVlueu aue
ouate punishment ,odo NV those
roi;abIe parties it appears tnat 'ne
reilaDi' tamiIy has been subjected to
l pUli1' humiliation, personal embar-
III Ion ond in the case of the pa
I Ian4Dl' genuine sls grief. by the miscon-
49,, n+0 If the son through his relations
uu ~ .bo woman who was whipped.
This woman, probably one OF the
moot notorious of her class in DaW-
aaO had been repeatedly requested
Nv Mr. Dozier to abstain from en-
couraging the sons visits to the
800 or the harboring of him there.
TTne, the son is a full grown man.
some p years Of age, but as he was
living at home with his father and
was dependent upon him the father
roe in no wise exceeding his parental
,utbority in going to the woman and
Heading with her to stop the i'm
moral relations.
According to the statements MADE
yesterday. the woman, though, glo-
led in her relations with the young
nan and sought to increase rather
han diminish her influence over
i'm AT times she would call up
lis home, subjecting other members
If his family to the insult of having
lewd woman request them to in
yite the son or brother to the phone
q carry on a conversation with her
This insulting conduct became so
marked that the telephone company
vas put upon notice that no calls
rom houses Of that character must
,e recognized so far as the Dozier
,hone was concerned.
The woman is said to have indulg-
ID in comments as to the inability
If the Doziers to interfere with her
md the young man involved. Final
y under pressure of probable prose-
,ution she left the town, it being I'M
lerstood that she would remain
way.
On the night of her thrashing Mr..
1ozier was seated in his office with
ome friends when the phone rang.
some woman residing in the house
where the Carter woman had been,
II some adjacent place, phoned that
lis son was then in the house, was
ocked in and prevented from leav-
ng by the Carter woman, and that
he Carter woman was vilely abusing
connected with the young
nan.
Goaded into fury by this message,
he informants of the Times-Record-
r state, Dozier rushed from the Of
Ice In the street he met an auto in
which were a couple of relatives.
Taking them, with two or three 9th
IFS, he went to the house, called
he woman out, and whipped her.
The stories about a negro holding a
antern in front of the nude woman
70 he could see her, or pistol being
placed at her head, or the house be-
ng broken into and the woman
ragged out, are all denounced as
false.
1t was simply case of long re-
strained feeling breaking loose" said
gentleman in whose word there can
be put implicit faith. Mr.. Dozier is
man of fine character and his fami-
y rank among the best christian peo-
pie OF Dawson. For a long time he
mad undergone such a strain as but
rev men are put under, with daily
Illumination put upon his family
through the agency of bad, vicious
woman. He had seen his wife humil-