The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-12
Private RepudiateS
 Off Officers Denial Of
 Prison Camp Abuse
FORMER REPORTER FOR BOSTON NEWS PAPER RELATES ATROCITIES IMPLICIT
 ED ON AMERICAN SOLDIERS.

[ to stay away from him, as any pos | sible friend of his would unquesion-
 ably be the next victim. The poor ! youngster suffering from the pain of l his wounds, in abject misery and i surely in need of sympathy, became | a pariah.
 l Corporal Eddie Cahill of A Com { pany, 1O1st, has never completely re | covered from the beating he received | a the Hotel St. Anne. Cahiu was above the draft age, went through l every action taken part in by the dj-
 vision and acquitted himself with 1 credit on every sector. For his work | at Chateau Thierry he was among | the first to receive a 4S-hour pass. He l was less than two hours over leave | when arrested by the marines. He at | tempted to tell the two men who ar l rested him that he could get another 1 train to La F'erte in another hour and would rejoin his regiment in plenty of time in the morning. For answer one of them struck him in the jaw breaking off four teeth.
 "Cahill has not yet learned that there was nothing but fair play in the methods of the 3Oth Marines. He struck back, and imme diate1y two men leaped on him. Both of them were armed and carried clubs. Cahiu had nothing but his hands. When he was taken to the Hotel
 St. Anne, F'redericks hit him again
 to teach him never to resist ar
 rest, and after he was thrown into
 the guard room he was called out.
 put through the Swedish until he fell exhausted and was thrown on the
 bare floor.
 Captain Flintom has stated that these stories are exaggerated, that
 only in rare cases were the men beat
 en, and that these were hard pris-
 oners. I put myself on record as
 saying that the beatings were the
 rule, not the exception, that almost
 invariably they were uncalled for and
 the victim rarely knew for what he
 was being punished.
 Four days of 1t was all I ever
 wanted but Corporal Edward A.
 Quinn Supply Company of the 1O1st
 Regiment, was 34 days in the place
 held on a charge of which he was
 acquitted afterward.
 Beaten about the head and face,
 causing blood to flow from his ear,
 and the loosening of his teeth. Cor
 pora1 Quinn was thrown into a room
 with 75 or more prisoners at the
 prison camp, where he remained for
 34 days, receiving severe treatment
 from the hands and feet of the ma
 rine guards there.
 Corporal Quinn told his story yes
 terday of the bruta1ities imposed
 upon the prisoners al the camp.
 Upon my arrival there I was hauled
 by the hair of the head from the
 taxicab. after being compelled to pay
 the fare, and was dragged up the
 stairs He further stated that he was
 %rt,--
 were followed by a severe beating
 from the hands of Gordon of the Ma
 rine M. P. Gordon instructed the
 sentry to take no gulf from Quinn
 and to use the stick if he opened his mouth. Following this beating,
 which caused the 1oosening of several teeth and blood to flow from his left ear, he was thrown into a room oc-
 cupied by more than 75 men, all prisoners, landing on three or four, who were lying on the floor too weak to move.
 "One instance at the camp which caused loud comment by the pris- oners in the room was the beating given a chap who was just admitted. He was not acquainted with the rules and regula tfons and asked the sen- try's permission to go to the toilet As 1t was after taps they were not allowed to speak and. as he was rest ing on his elbow when he spoke, It was a more serious offence. Moran | of the marine guard said nothing, de- | clared Quinn, but smashed the lad | over the head with his stick. causing l a gash five inches long on his scalp. ''I only hope to God that some day I will meet the chap from Alabama
 who, when he stood his two-hour ] watch as sentry would refuse to let
 a man, regardless of his condition, go l to the toilet, Corporal Quinn said. 1 Fredericks, Gordon, Moran and the l chap from Alabama will make some | big explanations to me should ever
 run into them in this little world, he | added
 Quinn, who is a pal of Sergeant | Major Thomas Wilkinson of Lynn | who was also bruta1ly treated at tho | camp, weighed 159 pounds upon en- l trance and lost the average a | pound day, so that he weighed | about 130 when he reported back to | his regiment, under a guard of the l 18th Division. What food they had was very good but the least remark i one made would place him on the list | for bread and water, said Quinn, and | If one asked for something at the | table they were struck with the ma rfnes stick and then placed on l | fare of bread and water.
 Quinn was tried by a court-martfal appointed by Colonel Edward L. Lo- | gan, but was acquitted and reJoined l his company.