| Show vi I H r 8 laY BOY BRUTAllY L SAYS GUARD Convict Camp Boss in iny y J Jail il Waiting Outcome of of of Investigation T Fla FIA April 11 B By B A. A Ii jj Into the th death death of ot Martin l North Dakota while serving a n. sentence In f convict VIct labor camp fourteen n months ngo ago ngo was started today by bytho I If t tho ladison county grand Jury y V Valter Higginbotham alleged 1 b s ot of tho tIm convict camp of ot the F Lumber company where Iti ert was confined and located at ra Fla Is le In Jail here awaiting Ui Outcome of ot the tho investigation is charged with T growing out of ot the death oi the tho North Dakotan tho the state b that was f flogged so eo severely that It U produced prou pro pro- u ed death It lt Is Ses- also charged d that was a II 7 victim of ot malaria and other complications when whon ho was as given rn I lash Ish eh through l Is has admitted the tt but contends contenda that only a fqy alight blow blowS we were given theand the tto and that death was as due dub to 1 iVonia onla to the tho report I D physician I o of ot tho the Activities at tho the camp ng n. to brutalities of at prison prison- Shiv- Shiv re true declared A. A B. B 4 if Doe nun flun Ga a 0 torm former r guard rd Shivers while waiting to I J testify told of ot alleged floggings and other brutalities which he ho said took place at the the- the prison camp He lie said men man were forced to work waist high in water In the swamp from sunup to o sundown and that he was employed to stand over them with a off sawed shotgun to prevent their escape and to speed them up In their work He Ho declared that HiggInbotham rode around tho the camp on a white whitehorse ho horse hOtS e with Uh a whip weighing about seven even and a n. h half lt pounds hanging from the pommel of ot the sa saddle No NomanS man manS he said prisoner or guard could survive th the malaria It if he re remained remained re- re on the Job He said he quit his Job as a n. guard because of ot his health J. J W W. J Jackson another v guard asserted that at l least ast ten men were whipped at one time in tho the afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon and at night among amons them being being being be be- ing he asserted was whipped severely It tv 11 ii 1923 SlAUGHTER AND GIRL SEPARATED Bank Defaulter Awaits Removal to Colorado PHILADELPHIA April 11 With n. With Coney C. C Slaughter In l sing prison awaiting removal to Colorado to face charges of ot looting tho Mercantile National bank of ot Pueblo and his companion Enola EnoIa Landray of ot New Now Orleans Orleans Orleans Or Or- leans looking a Job the to pair were today separated for tor the tho first time In eighteen months Tho The haired blonde girl of ot 21 steadfast In her loyalty to the man with whom she shared the fortunes and wanderings of at a fugitive from Justice said she would work and wait walt for Slaughter until ho he was out of ot his troubles Thero There was no dramatic demonstration demonstration demonstration demon demon- of ot affection between the tho tw two when wien en they parted at the grim walls of ot Philadelphia's old county prison All right dear ho said as he tightly held the girls girl's hand and kissed her goodbye The girl told the government agents she was married to Slaughter I ter In CovIngton Ky under the name of Hunter Slaughter does not amit this |
