Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-04

! camp.
1t Is worthy of mention, and per-
haps strange, that the BelWood camp.
with the largest number OF convlcts,
has the minimum of punishment and
| the maximum of efficiency. 1t is con-
| sidered, and undoubtedly is, the best
camp in Fulton County and one of
| the best in the Southland Vet only
] twelve men were whipped there in
/ January. as against 80 in Camp Wei
auCa, where the convicts are surly and
! quarrelsome. denouncing the Jack
/ man and his strap with bitter invec-
| tive.
| THE fewer men ! fog the better
work | get" said Captain Jones' of
/ the Bellwood camp. Il don't believe
| in fiogging except as last resort.
! And even then l hate to DO it,
And it is matter OF common
! knowledge that the convicts at the
| Bellwood camp do more and better
work than the 'conVicts at any othe!
camp.
Except in the case of the Adams
vile camp, the five men who made
| yesterdays investigation" made ne
| pretense Of making more than a SUI
| perficial probe into conditions! con.
| tenting themselves with casually in
| specting the living quarters and the
eating places and praising the food,
| and questioning such convicts as
were to be found roaming around in
| the ward.
Convict Witness intimidated.
The Adamsville camp was, how
! ever, covered thoroughly. two hours
| and twenty minutes being spent at
| the camp and at the WORKS the
stretch OF road where the men We're
! laooring. Even at this camp, how
ever win me exception or the score
| or more whom the guards hustled
! into the star chamber session in the
/ Dunkhouse and half dozen or so
| long-term men at the works, all
| questioning was done with guards
noverlng IN the oflng. Most Of the
who did. win one or two excentions
| told horrible tales of being logged
and of being forced to work when
| they were sick, and all manners of
| cruelties practiced on them.
With the exception of the score
Who were in the clubhouse for ten
minutes with the probing committee
| and about ten who were interviewed
| on the Adam sville works. the Com
| missioners did not talk 10 more than
a d
| the other five camps. Most of the
questions we're asked by newspaper
men.
Here in a nutshell. is lust about
what was done during the day by the
! Commissioners in their tour of in
vestigation:
Left the Tiirower Building at 10
| o'clock and arrived at Adamsville
camp at 1910 Talked to convicts,
with guards near, posed for pictures
walked about the grounds held a star
| chamber session with convicts, and
left at 11:40 for the works. arriving
| there at - O'Clock Here the only
| real investigating of the day was
done, eight or ten convicts telling af-
fecting stories. Left the works al
o'clock for Oakland City camp.
.
o"e "os'y N's'"es
Arrived Oakland city camp at /: ~
I o CLOCK. Walked into bunkhouse and
looked around; had interesting argu-
| nent ABOUT newspapers always trN :
! ing 10 SUR thlngs up another argu-
ment over whether criminal is a
| mental degenerate: dissertation on
| criIn1nology; dinner, leaving at ESQ
! without doing much investigating.
! rom ''ahiaho the propers went TO
iNO7''iiu camp anu std GU teh MN .
utes' ana negro, Perry Pralg, tod OF
| pelng whipped two times In three
Neeks on ms pare pacK'
went 10 Miner camp and stayed
| SIX minutes, ana heard negro tell OF
S.aor,ia h,,a,,, ~ LIS "
want to we;.,,oa 90 ~ aod st,,.ed
| tv.antv noirntes. oosed for nict,,ras,
and hoard y negrn tau - haino.
wbinned tbrso ti7,as IN a,,ay;,,o
Tho lest tir,o n.hon he 90, 80 ,i,,ss'
naked
Went IN paruood ana st.,.oa %
minutes oraat dsaI If II hoiro Gov
sumad in samn1ins food dr;nt,ine
coffee and in tba nawsnarer ,,1a,, cot
tino INC onipions nf r. En,o,,oissfo,e
ers on what thav nod sann WoiIKed
all oyer tho cann Ubicb uas 80.
clean and saw two canes of nrisor2
| ers come in Tho nniesf- 1oolfing lot
of any Of tha camns There is loss
| 1opping AT Redwood camn Than a.
anv IF the others foo which onebt
| ia mean eometbine :
After the Investigation was com
Melted each of the four who stayao
| for tho fnish-Shelh,- smith of the
! County BOARD and President Davison
MIR Rainev and Judge Patterson If