The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-10
Representative Howard Brings
/ Forward Many New
Accusations.
TALE OF POISONED MILK
Clinic Experiments on COnvicts
Observation-Disclosures Al
ready on Scene.

tiary there, embodied in data gathered
by Representative Howard OF Georgia
and described In THE SUN. The fact
that an investigation would be made was
told exclusively by THE SuN this morning.
No announcement was made at the
Department Of Justice as to the identity
Of the man who liz making the investiSa-
ton. 1t ID believed. however, that he IL
n V. Ledow superintendent OF prisons.
now In Atlanta IN connection with his
duties as n member of the Federal Board
of Parole.
Summaries of the data submitted by
Mr.. Howard have been forwarded to the
man designated 10y the Attorney-Generai
10 make the Investigation with instruc-
tons that each charge he looked into
carefully.
McReynolds Not Impressed.
Information secured to-day indicated
that Mr.. McReynolds does not regard
the evidence which accompanied the How
ard charges as Impressive. The charges
are considered by the Attorney-Gcneral TO
involve isolated instances of alleged mis-
conduct and mistreatment OF prisoners by
guards and other subordinate officials of
the institution
It IL MIR. McReynoldss belief that these
charges, IL they are substantiated by the
pending Investigation. viii uecessitate
oi: u,e ...I W ~ -, >ia,.ar..
nv VIC. ~ ~, 80, n,,a -, d.,
pugned.
II developed to-day that Mr. McRey-
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,h. o,h.r radcr,l n,.Isons These sat SIZED
,,,,, Co. "a, ,i,,c h,in,, that AFFAIRS If tho
sn.,t,,,i,r, v.,. bo,ur conducted es well
as could b. expected
Renr,sort,tiye Howard said tonight
,hat bo vss ylnd maj III, peuar,m.nt Of
I,stica h,J nrd,,.d d, sucndv inv.stiuu
,ior and tina, n already had an inyesti
gator on the rrnund Mr.. Harvard de-
Glazed ,b,t N. mad ms, received corroho
ration Of many incidents described nv
,Juiiar u,w,bnrra In his articles .nnear.
spr In T,,r st.N
s :"
Charge Of ATTEMPTED Poisoning.
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a, ''s,u thseS..sa,lo, lnus. l.su,,. saiu
MI howard. shai' see that the ana'r
peopi. IN Atlanta waiting to appear before
ihNestisatofs ana maze sworn statements
asaiis. ti,e Piiso,' auii'ii'st'a most "r
"hlch Will De sups'ahuateu py honest m
quIrE'
lhat concentrated I'VE was put In the
mix OF convict j. {. ROBERTS because he
knew TOO much was charged IN sworn
statement presented TO Representative
Howard to-day by Ovid V. Shaw. a former
guard at Atlanta prison. Shaw's state
ment supports the accusation made by
Roberts himself some days ago Roberts
was placed on milk diet. and according
TO Shaw's statement received nothing but
sour milk as food for more than two
months one morning il tasted p.cuiiar
showed one glassful To contain more tla,,
an ounce n, uolsnu '''''
Anonp .r,,sn,in,s made Ia, ,
,aid 10 he famiii,, vi,n ,'','
tions tx the st,teme,, ,,,, na,,',,. w.
den " g Uawr has ~
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IN the catalogue OF the Atlanta College
TOT fhsslcians thefe appears AN adver-
usehent 10 the enect mat this institution
used lni'e. states prisoners for clinical
PURPOSES Mr' Ho"arus evidence states
VIC, 81 ~. a'rons On PRISONERS
four aud half miles from the prison.
The affidavit states:
Men suffering the most excruciatinp
agonies some of them unable To stand are
handcuffed. supported by two armed
guards and carried from the prison Ia
the college for serious Operations. There
inexperi.nced students annIv tha .n.s,h.-
tic and the prisoner is kent unJer il.
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