Show oo- oo 00 MEN FLOGGED I TO DEATH With a blemish on its escutcheon escutcheon escutcheon eon Florida Is laboring o regain its good name by punishing those guilty of ot brutality and murder in inthe Inthe the tho convict camps of that state where men were Hogged flogged ed to death At present the rebuke Is direct direct- directed directed ed at the tho officials of Leon county where one of the convict camps are established The judge of ot the county court Curt Is s charged with con con- conspiracy conspiracy In sending men to the camp The sheriff Is a accused of aIding in the devilish work They are charged with malfeasance I They should be tried for tor murder as asI I they were a part of o the lumber camp gang that whipped the Im jm Imprisoned men Florida will fall tall to lift the sUg- sUg ma ma until it makes impossible the abuses and crimes perpetrated In Inthe inthe Inthe the convict camp and the way to todo todo todo do that Is to reveal repeal the law allow ing lug prisoners to be worked under a alease alease alease lease system Not until the dl disclosures In Leon county did did the tho people generally know crimes so BO outrageous were l possible any place place In this great loving erty country of ot ours The s system si stem in practice In Florida UI 9 nothing less than bum human an slavery without one redeeming feature of the old slavery of the south Pris Prisoners taken to lumber camps for forthe forthe forthe the purpose o of being worked on the terms of o a lease would be drIven to death if It willing and whipped to death If It resentful unless they were In the keeping of ot men of o heart and soul and men of o heart and soul would not bid for th the human slaves The state In permit permit- permitting permitting ting this system bas haa much to any an answer sorer for tor even after a few of the debased participants In the Leon county crimes have been brought to justice |