Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-12
Boy Exposes
RefrndtOry

is. Wash. as it was when was
there.
arrived at the institution at
about 6 o'clock in the evening
and had fairly decent supper,
At about we were taken out TO
drill We drilled until about 7:i5.
We then retired to a large dorm
itory and slept till 600 a. m Our
breakfast consisted OF "A bowl OF
mush as much chocolate as we
wanted and couple of slices %
bread.
After breakfast | was taken
out, mugged and printed, ana
then sent to the barber shop
where my head was shaved and
then sent back to the printing
department where was mugged
without any hair on my head.
tShaving of the head has since
been abolished)
There were four companies, a,
b. C and ID. in the institution,
with about 80 boys in each com
pany. | was in A Company.
Boys Whipped
For punishment they have n
leather which the inmates call
a MARY" Ii Is a piece of leather
about quarter inch thick,
about two inches wide and about
four feet long. They make you re-
move your clothing and they pro,
ceed to give you as many lashes
as they think you deserve for
whatever your offense may have
been. Some of the officers take
great delight In beating the boys
and they lay it on for any little
excuse they can get. II may b.
for forgetting to fold your arms
while walking in line as | did and
received five lashcs as punish
ment.
TO people on the outside a
lash Is merely a punishment and
is thought of as such. But only a
person who has received a lash
knows what a torture it really Is.
1t cannot be told in writing and
be expressed as it should.
| have seen boys receive as
many as one hundred and ninety
seven of these lashes at one time
for escape and boy who re-
ceives that many lashes cannot
walk. They are not allowed hos
pital treatment for this punish
| ment although the leather draws
! blood and raises welts on your
back so noticeable that your
= clothes are puffed away out in
the back where you received the
lashes.
Torturer
One of the officers, namely,
Harry Hamilton, a man Ia punk
who weighs about three humid
red pounds and is over six feet
tall is the dairy officer and is an
inhuman devil. don't think that
u human being or "a man with a
spark of sanity in his mind would
| be capable of the things that
Hamilton has done. A boy escap-
ed from the dairy at four o'clock
one morning. He got as far as
Southern California and was cap
tured. He was returned and for
punishment he received $50 lashes
and when he was well enough to
get up and walk Harry took him
down to the barn. The barn is
about a block long, and there he
gave him a 5O-pound sack OF
grain which he made the boy
shoulder. He then measured the
distance of the barn and he fig
ured the distance from Chehalis
to Southern California He then
proceeded to make the boy trot
down the length of the barn and
walk back with the grain on his
shoulder.
This the boy was to keep up
until he covered the distance
from Chehalis to Southern Calf
Ornia. He never did cover all THE
distance but this / can say, he
covered a good deal of it, and
when he passed out from weak
ness, he was popped up with the
Mary by Mr.. Hamilton, until Wis.
itOrs saw it by mistake and made
a complaint.
Rats Favored
Each company officer picks
out some boy from the crowd
and makes him captain of the
company. He also picks out
sergeant and lieutenant. These
boys are to keep order in the
squad room until the officer gets
back from supper. A boy holding
any one of these positions has to
be a good rat. If during the alb.
sence of the officer any boy
makes noise his name is taker
and he is sent before the Officer
of that company when he arrives
and is given five or ten lashes
Many times a boy is punished
when he has not said a worC
but his name is taken down any
way because one of the captains
or liutenants does not like him
1t does not do any good to tel
the officer you are not guilt!
because the captains word IL
better than yours, and if you
deny that you made any noise
the nffinnr nnuar fails To piNf