The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-01

rorS and tortureS awaiting me in
Georgia. Knowing that this was
true, / made up my mind to
escape or die trying to escape,
rather than go back. I asked per-
mission to go in the toilet. He
gave me permission, and went in
and jumped out through the VIM
dow of the toilet, handcuffed, while
the train was moving pretty fast.
1 ran and hid until it was dark.
I broke the chains between the
cuffs by the use of q wrench,
pushed the cuffs up my sleeves and
beat it to Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania police arrested
Inc on the street, on suspicion,
found the cuffs up my sleeves, held
me in the detention home until my
uncle, who lives there, came and
got me out. I worked in PennSyl-
vania until November, 1929, when I
left and went to Atlanta, Georgia.
I stayed there until January, 1881,
when I left and went to Fayette-
vile, Georgia. I stayed there with
my aunt and worked on the farm.
1 bought 26-model Ford coupe,
for which I was arrested, after hav-
ing the car six months. I was
charged with theft Of the car. The
man from whom I bought this car
left town. Although 1 had a re-
ceipt and three witnesses to prove
that I bought the car, they con-
Victed me of theft and sentenced
me to IL months on the Georgia
chain gang. was on the chain
gang two months when one day
one OF the officers left to get some
milk, and / left right after him,
carrying chisel and hammer,
with which I cut the chains off
my legs and escaped.
I went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where
was arrested on suspicion and
held for the Georgia chain gang.
I signed the papers to go back to
Georgia. On December 4, 1881,
the police from Fayetteville came
and took me back to Atlanta. Ben
Adams, the sheriff, and three
others took me from Atlanta to
Fayetteville. On our way to
Fayetteville they asked me about
something that occurred in Fay
etteville while I was in Ohio l
denied having any knowledge of it.
lel m.
tree in the woods overhanging Flint
River. They threw me i'll the water
while was handcuffed. I strug-
gled to get out, but was pushed
back each time. They laughed and
had lots Of fun pushing me back
into the water.
Finally they took me out and
made me stand on the running
board Of the car, because 1 was wet,
while one Of them held me by the
handouts and took me to the jail
in Fayetteville. All this happened
on a cold December day, Dec. 4,
1881. AS a result of this treatment
/ was sick in bed in jail for four
days. They refused to give me
any medical aid.
AS soon as could walk around, /
- started looking around for q
place to escape. / discovered that
the only way OF escaping was by
digging hole through the concrete
and steel floor. So / went to work.
There were two Of us in this Jail.
] made O. hole through the floor
after several days and nights
work, and found that / could not
get through with my clothes on, SO
L took off my clothes, leaving my
underwear on, asking the other boy
to give them to me after I got
through the hole The sheriff, his
wife and nephew, who lived on the
floor beneath us, heard me when
I reached the floor and tried to
stop me, but they failed.
I had no time to get my clothes
from my boy friend. I ran through
woods and ploughed fields about
three miles to my cousins house,
where I asked for clothing. While
he was trying to find some clothes,
the sheriff ran in, so I ran out
through the back door and kept
going through woods and fields for
about ten miles, when I got clothes
and went to Atlanta, Georgia.
In Atlanta, on the night Of Jan.
20, 1882, the police woke me and
two other boys, arrested us and
charged us with theft OF money.
After the two other boys had con-
fessed to stealing this money, they
asked them what they did with 1t.
They replied that, they had paid
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