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Show BOY DECLARES HE IS HELD AGAINST WILL Says Horseman Mistreats Him and Will Not Let Him Leave. Salt Lake, May 2$. From the narrative nar-rative of his existence for the last three months told vy himself Thursday Thurs-day morning at the porice station, John Culllngton, aged 15 years, of Los Angeles, has Ihed the life of a white slave, bound to 'a master by a five-year contract, ratified by his mother, he has traveled with the races against his will and at each attempt to return to his home has been beaten. beat-en. The boy was brought to the police station yesterday with an ulceraied tooth, which had caused a swelling of large proportions on the left side of his face. Medical attention va3 given giv-en at that place and later he was sent to St. Mark's hospital. The tender years of the lad and the character of j his story, which boro the marks of truth. Insnired Chief of Police Rnrlmv to promise that he would see-that he got back to his home. Following Is the boy's story: "I am the son of Mrs. R. K. Culllngton, Culllng-ton, 450 North Beaubry street, Los Angeles, and my father is dead. I went to work for a horseman as galloper gal-loper threo months ego and I made a contract to work for him five years. When the horses moved from Los Angeles, An-geles, I did not want to leave home and I went to the stable to get my clothes, but the horseman grabbed mo by the neck and nearly choked me and would not let me go. Since then he has beaten me and ill-treated me at different times. My Jaw has been swollen like this for three weeks, but he just laughed at It and told me to rub IL with hoiee liniment, I want to go home to my mother, but I don't know how I am going to get there." |