The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-12
OF LASHING
X. G.. Lad Beaten by ThaW NOV
Physical Wreck.
Whipped Until He Cried, ~ es
lam Your Slave!

Kansas, City. Mo-. Jan. 12-Freo-
erick Gump, 19-year-old Kansas Nles
how upon whose charges Harry n.
Thaw was indicted, has been reuuceu
from a strong, athletic young man 10
a mental and physical wreck pc
cause of his terrible experience W.
Thaw." according to Dr. W. r. Nu.ili;
one of the physicians VINO eA1 In-.a.,-
the how when he returned 10 nansaS
City after escaping Iroiii
hands. here today.
Young Gump's story tells VlVldly Oh
a night of terror and suffering "hlch
the boy says he passed IN d Souh ~
proof room in a New ork hotel VIZ VIZ,
+rbavr A mass of long, deep weits
on his hack and body bear out the
statement of the brutal flogglng ne re-
ceived. according to physicians: InaW'
armed with two whips, one or Wnlch
was knotted, dashed him for more than
an hour. the boy said, while ne IouSh'
with him. s .,o
FINALLY. weak and exhausted, the
how saws he fell to the floor and pleau-
ed for mercy. Net until then ava
Thaw relent. He made the boy, ac-
cordiug to Gump's story, kneel on the
floor and kiss Thaw's toes. hahus,
cheeks, and lips, forcing him to repeat
after him, 81 am your slave Tor TOUR
wears. You are my master. l VIII
Chev vour orders" At breakfast,
Thaw, with the menacing whips always
at hand. forced the lad to kneel by his
side while he fed him with his hands
After each mouthful the boy was made
to say, Thank you, master.
Naked When Beaten.
According to Gump's story when he
arrived with Thaw at the ThaW apart
ments in the McAlpin hotel IN New
York. Thaw asked him if he wanted to
take a bath. Gump says he went into
the bath room and that Thaw opened
the door twice while he was bathing.
AS the boy reached for bath robe
| handed to him by ThaW, ThaW graSped
his wrists and pulled him into the bed
room, Gump said.
.He had two whips in his hand
| Gump said, zone was long, the other
was short and knotted. Without a
word he began lashing me across the
bare shoulders. He struck me three
times and then when he stopped to
change the whip I sprang at him. For
nearly an hour l fought desperately to
| overpower him and escape the terri
BILE beating, but 1 was not strong
enough He continued to beat me, al
ways striking three blows with one
whip and then changing the whip and
striking three more.
II screamed but it was useless for
no one could hear me. I continued to
fight, but finally my strength began
to fail and after an hour or so l fell
to the floor and pleaded with him to
stop. Not until then did he speak,
and his first words were, Not until
you are my slave
Tried to Escape During Night.
FINALLY lay down on the floor too
weak to offer any more resistance, and
Thaw ceased whipping me and asked,
Are you my slave now?' l screamed
Yes, yeS' and he seemed satisfied for
the time being. Then l must have
lost consciousness, for the next I re-
member that Thaw had undressed
and was standing over me with the
, knotted whip raised as if to strike mo
again."
Gump then tells how Thaw threw
him across his knees and whipped him
across the thighs and legs. When
they went to bed and after he believed
Thaw to be asleep, he says he tried
were all locked. The next morning
the boy says Thaw made him promise
to be his slave for four years. After
breakfast which young Gump says
Thaw made his eat at his feet from
his hands, Thaw called a boy and
told him to take Gump out for walk
Thaw Wrote Him Since Then.
1--WE walked about a park for a
while and then returned to the rooms.
told the boy I wanted to get a glass
of soda water down stairs and he re-
/ manned in the room while l went after
it. 1 gave the keys to the room, whic h
| Thaw gave me, to bagga geman and
caught a street car for the station,
where 1 boarded a train for Kansas
| City
According to Gump, Thaw again
tried to communicate with him after
he returned to Kansas City.