Show Whipping Boss Goes Free Cross City Fla Thomas Thomas Walter Higginbotham Dixie county lumber camp whipping boss was as acquitted by hv a circuit court On nn n degree murder charge in connection with the alleged slaying of Martin North Dakota youth A year ago Higginbotham was found guilty of ot the charge but a a new trial was granted by a supreme court decision Acquittal of Higginbotham ended one of the most sensational cases Inthe in inthe inthe the history of Florida courts the ramifications of which resulted in the Florida legislature in 1923 abolishing the lash as as' as asa a means of disciplining state and county convicts |