The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1922-06-06
Coffee County Officer Brutally
Handles Brunswick Man in
His Own Town.
COFFEE'S DEPUTY SHERIFF
IGNORES HABEAS CORPUS
Cases Against Long Dismissed
and also Warrants Sworn Out
by Mr.. Longs Brother
Against Sheriff and Police
man and Will be Prosecuted.

Without the usual exhibition of a
warrant, because they did not have
such a document, Deputy Sheriff Wig
gins, of Coffee county, and Policeman
Whitehurst, of Douglas, bruta]ly beat
NJ. D. Long, former police officer of the
city of Brunswick, later a member of
the country forct but more recently
engaged in the taxicab business, Sun
day afternoon at the depot of the A,
B. & A, threw him in the baggage
coach and started to Douglas but it
- understood that he escaped near
= N,%erman but recaptured and finally
landed in the county Jail at Douglas.
1t seems that the Coffee county au
thorities had stMo warrants against
Mr.. Long, which they sent to Chief of
Police Register, advising him to ar
rest him and hold him for them as
they desired to spend the day on St
Simon. When they returned it seems,
they decided not to make the arrest,
Uul, Ill luS nuCuhlllllC, MI. i1OiiS hNetA
that the officers were here for him and
proceeded to the depot where he de
fled them and a fight followed in
which the Coffee officers used the
butts of their pistols, striking the then
PROSTATE man over the head several
times, but he continued to put up
game fight until local officers were
called on for assistance and County
Officer Norris finally succeeded in put
ting the handouts on him. 1t was ru-
mored that the local county officer al
so struck Mr.. Long, but this is untrue.
The warrants against Mr.. Long
were two years old. He had been a
regular attendant at every session of
the court but could never get his cases
tried. Chief Register had the war
rants in his possession at the city bar
racks when Mr.. Long was beaten and
thrown into the car and therefore the
action of the officers from Douglas
was absolutely illegal.
Another peculiar fact and absolute
outlawry was defying habeas corpus
proceeding instituted BY R. w. Dur
den, Longs attorney, in the city court
of Brunswick, the same being signed
by Judge Butts, who set the hearing
for June 10, in this city.
But there is another interesting
story in connection with the affair. j.
F. Long, who is a member of the
fBrunswick. fire department and well
kand favorably known to many citi-
zens, swore out two warrants against
| leach of the Coffee county officers and
kConstable S. D. Lamb, accompanied by
kMr. Long, went to Douglas yesterday
for the purpose of arresting them, but
word was received by Attorney Dur
den yesterday afternoon that as soon
as Constable Lamb exhibited the war
rants against the Coffee county Off
GERS they went up in the air" and
caused to have dismissed all of the
cases against Mr.. Long and this was
agreed upon.
But two cases are going to be shoy
ed with Mr.. Long as the prosecutor
and these will be on the charge of kid
mapping and that of absolutely ignor-
1rg the habeas corpus, proceedings of
the city court of Brunswick. 1t is also
stated that warrants will be sworn
out by the Longs for all who partici-,
pated' in the affray at the depot Sun
day. Public sentiment strongly con-
demned the unlawful act of really kid
Mapping and numerically beating
Long. So