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Show WOMAN ILL-USED IN GEORGIA PRISON ...... .,, ............... ......--.11tllllt 1 1? jusj -zn je cmr Tho Georgia legislature, ns woll as tho stato prison commission, has determined de-termined to mako a thorough Investigation Investi-gation of tho whipping administered to Mnmlo Do Crist, tho "diamond queen," nt tho stato prison farm a MillodfTYille. Ono resolution Introduced Intro-duced In tho houso calls for tho discharge dis-charge of tho man who administered the whipping and tho pardon of Miss Do Crist. Gov. Torroll called on tho prison commissioners In person and demanded demand-ed n fullor report than tho commission had asked for and instructed the commission com-mission to discharge tbo whipping boss. Later reports from Mllledgovlllo show that Miss Do Crist was tied down In tho same manner thnt nosro malo convicts nro treated and then' whipped. Immediately after being Inshcd she wa's manaclod to a negress nnd sent to tho Hold in tho broiling sun. Supt. Foster, over whoso protest the whipping was dono, has resigned. Miss Do Crist Is in a sorlous condition. Her mind jcems to bo affected. She' i claims tho whipping wns ndmlnlstored as n result of her refusing to enter- I tain Improper proposals mado to hor I by Wnrdon Alagood. Wnrdon Allagood has been dls- charged from his position at tho Goor- i gla state prison farm, and there will bo no moro whipping of foraalo convicts con-victs In Georgia as a result of tho story told by Mamie Do Crist to the legislative Investigating committee. |
