Show a 4 Protecting United States Prisoners Several weeks ago a federal prisoner prison prison- cr er cr named Abraham Davis DaYis confined in tho the Arkansas penitentiary at LIttle Rock complained to tho the federal authorities that he ho had bad boon bean fully whipped and branded with wih a hot 1 ho lie olIn i In the presence of the prison officials and that such treatment treat treat- treat ment meat to prisoners was WIS almost of daily daiy oc oc- oc 00 currence The Tho United States V attorney general at itt once directed District Attorney Walters Watters Waters of that city to investigate and report report re reo re- re port POt facts The Tho ward warden n stated he ho had ordered ordered ordered or or- dered Davis whipped but he did not know that he be was a federal prisoner District Distrct Attorney Watters Waiters forwarded for the tho report without recommendation and the matter was then thought settled until the tho when United States Marshal Spellman received peremptory orders from Ati Attorney General Miller Mier to at once all al federal prisoners from the Arkansas penitentiary and co convey ey them t ta to the prison in Columbus Ohio because ause of tho develop developments ments meats made 1 in the recent examination rosay To ro say that the tho above order created no little sensation in Little Rock only faintly express expresses ex ex- presses press s the situation At noon United States deputy marshals and a guard of eleven n men we went vent to the penitentiary ary and delivered an order commanding the tho authorities author author- ites to turn over thirty-nine thirty United States V pr prisoners prisoners son rs confined In the state prison The Iho he order was va obeyed and the marshals loft left lof with wih their prisoners at 2 3 o'clock in the morning S |