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Show A Fmil ldhtd. I The M I and tfatnt, in thuir an-eu.-uiiiusl fipuil of luetiiinfM .tud uller diHiyaid for the- truth, h iv,. eiied upon the drath of ail linlor-Innate, linlor-Innate, to chaise. Ida taking oil to in ' human brutality ut tho h uvda of City Jailor llydti, and others under him. The fact that tho inv-iponaiblo journals alnvo made, tho ticcunation u evideneo to all who know tho Papers that it id in (oh) an unmiti-valed unmiti-valed falaehCKxl, but unless eontia-dienxl eontia-dienxl ttxuno who may not know how hlllo regard for truth tho two pa pent mentioned have, might think it true. Tommy Colbert is tha dtveaseil party in nuenlion. For tho l:u.t few months ho had been an object of tho charity of Miu Daviu. of tho UichanU' hou, who fed him and gave him a place iu which to sleep; he, in return, doing chores, and working in tho kitchen. Tho MUtAueo ot the article m the .Vail and Tid'ime is thut about ten days ago Colbert was nriestcd by the police, po-lice, who were instructed by Miss Oavia to treat him with great kind-ihm, kind-ihm, give him anything ho wan'-w l to eat, and whidky to drink, and alio would pay for tho luxuries ; lhl when Colbert was in prison tho jailor and prisoners inaugurated a synto-matio synto-matio ivurso ol ill-treatment and abuso of tho unfortunato. Uo wu refusil anything to eat except tho coarsest of prison food ; whisky wa denial him; ho was thrown down stairs by .another prUoner; was cut and bruised in a shocking maimer; the doctor who was called to attend tha patient had done nothing in his behalf, and that finally poor Li!bert, on Wednesday morning, sent word to Ui.s Davis that "unless she released him Iro:n tho inhuman baitilo, he would die." Sheaccoal- ingly had him taken away and ho expired that night. It is partly at the request oi Miss Davis that wo deny the truth of tho slanderous charges. The lady is very mdigu&nt that such falsehoods should bo published, and such injustice done. Before the articles were written th Mul nd Tnlun reporters called on her, when, she says, she made the same stattnunt of facts that she a-k us to print. Her fctor is that Coiheit was a continmd drunkard, who do- pite her i llort to keep whisky away from him and she instructed : lier girls not to give it to him had been almost c:i?t inily drunk fur i weeks past. He wvuld even Like irtieies from her house and sell them for whisky. About U-n days ago he became such a nuisance at tbe place that she sent for the police and had him arrcsttd. She loid the otlieersj that as boon as he was able, to put1 him to work on the streets, in thej hope of sobering him and bringing j iiim to a aense of his condition. On previous occasion she had Lira put in jail and he returned to her with a request that she would send him 3Ack, as he Liked to stay there, he was so well treated. A few days after he nad been arrested the las', time, Miss Davis asked an officer how be was,! find learning that the poor teliow was. iu a bad condition, she hid him re-' moved to a room near her house, j where he died the same night. He; got out of the hack, walked into the house and up stAirs to the room provided for him. He told i different stories about how he had ( been treated, saying at one time thit a prisoner had thrown him down stairs ; and alterwards that they had been kind to him, offered him plenty to eat, but he could eat nothing; neither would he touch what she offered him. Miss Davis says the fellow has been dying for months, and if he hadn't gone to, jail he unquestionably would shortly have died in her house. x We yesterday questioned Mr. i Hyde, Dr. Young, some of the city! prisoners, and others interested in ; this affair, and they all gave an unqualified un-qualified denial of the villainous and unfounded charges. The night of Colbert's arrest he was attacked by ddirium tremens, and rolled out of his bunk on the floor. He then beat his head against the iron door, wounding the scalp and bruising the flesh. Several times other prisoners interfered, inter-fered, and by force prevented him from killing himself. Dr. Young was called the next day, and on each of the two subsequent days visited the poor fellow, and did 'That he could to restore him. On each of the hut thr. e days that he was in jail the doctor called twice. A quantity of whisky was prescribed and given the patient, and nurges were detailed to watch him. Tea, toast, and such dainties as it was thought he could eat were-prepared were-prepared for him, and all the attention atten-tion possible to give to a man in the circumstances was ex tended. The doctor says the fellow was dying when he went to jail. His muscles were paralizcd from gross intemperance in-temperance and no medicine could have eaved him. The jailer and tho.se against whom the charges of inhuman conduct have been made, court an investigation, and we think it is due to them that one be made. In our opinion Mayor Little should thoroughly ventilate the affair. Call the parties who uttered the slander, and give them an opportunity oppor-tunity to substantiate the charges; and if they fail, as they cannot help doing, officially stamp them as base libellers. |