The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-29
CANNOT PRODUCE ANY DATA ON LASH
 BEFORE YEAR 1918
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CContinued From Page one) Kilby issued the executive order which barred the use of the lash.
 MT, Boyd's report follows
 ITO the legislature of Alabama: in answer and response to your joint resolution this day forwarded to us, which resolution Is as follows:
 Be 1t resolved by the senate the house concurring, that the state board of convict supervisors be and Is hereby requested forthwith to re- port to the senate and house what Is shown by the records of said board during the last four preceding ad- ministrations as to mutinous insur- rections or insubordination among convicts and what measures were adopted to repress or suppress or quell the same to maintain disci- pline and punish offenders.'
 We beg leave to answer and re- port as follows:
 We regret that prior to August, 1918. we do not find on file in our offices the records of punishment or mutinuous insurrection. Our in- formation Is that these records were kept at the respective prisons and are not now available.
 Punishment At Banner.
 We attach hereto copy of punish ment report for Banner prison for the month of December, 1920, which we have marked Exhibit A This report shows that three convicts vera whipped on December l, 1920, for 'cursing men on strike, the whippings being administered by the chaplain of the convict department. On December 3 two, and on Decem- Der 6, five convicts were whipped by the warden at Banner prison for coming out on strike
 Exhibit 'B' hereto attached Is a re- port on the punishment administered at Speigner prison in March, 1922 This report shows that on March IT, 1922, a total of 26 convicts were whipped for strike in mill and in- subordination.'
 Attached hereto and marked ex- hibit e is a. list showing the num- Der of convicts on hand by month for each month from August, 1918, to July, 1922, together with the num- Der of corporal punishments ad- ministered each month.
 "Included in the punishment ad- ministered from August. 1918, to July, 1922, a total of six whippings were administered to white women convicts of the penltentiary.
 Also attached and marked exhibit ID is reorganization from July. 1918, to July, 1922"
 Exhibit ID" attached to the report gives the punishments from July, 1918. to July, 1922. The exhibit shows that for the Il months ended June 30, 1919. (July, 1918 not included) the total punishments numbered 1,346; punishments per month, 122.
 Average number of prisoners per month, 2.291. For the 12 months ended June 80, 1920. total punish ments LISA; punishments per month, 07; average number of<prisoners per months, 2,314. Twelve months ended June 30, 1921, total punishments, S95 punishments per month. 69; average number of prisoners per month, 2.472. Twelve months ended June 30, 1922, total punishments, 901; punishments per month, 75; average number of prisoners per month, 2,904.
 Boyd Refuses Copy.
 AS soon as the report was deliver ed to the legislature a representa- tive of The Age-H Herald, Mobile Reg ister and Montgomery Journal called at the office of MT. Boyd. MT. Boyd was in another office. The reoNlest went to him. A clerk notified the reporter that MT. Boyd did not care to see him, However. representa- tives of other newspapers were pro- vided with copies.
 In his address to the senate on a question of personal privilege Sena- tor Randall criticised Jim Davis, so- licitor Jefferson county, and former Governor Thomas D. Kilby and de- fended Governor Brandon and the board of convict supervisors.
 Senator Randall termed efforts of Solicitor Davis in taking the grand jury of Jefferson county to Banner mine an effort to ingratiate himself with the people of the state for pos sible personal gain and the action of ex-Governor Kilby in condemning restoration of the lash in convict camps by Governor Brandon as the first rays of an ambition to return as a public figure. Senator Randall defended "Bill Brandon" and the con- vict board. praising those who were willing to stand back of the doctrines of their executive.
 Senator Randall said he was in position to know a few facts about the inside life of a prisoner at state camps inasmuch as he resided hear one of such camps. The speaker said there was constantly evident among such prisoners a pronounced rebel lion against the restraint forced up on them by constituted authority and that they were ready and will ing at all times to 1eopardize lives