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Alabama Convict Peath Probe
Shows Prison Terror Reign !
Fiendish Punishments and Deaths of Prisoners in ]
Mines Under Tyrranical ‘Straw Bosses” Disclosed by Inves
tigation Which Ends in Series of Murder Trials Openng
i This Month.
I (By International News Service)
Birmingham, Ala., .lime —Ghustr
I ly tales of an underground reign of
' terror amt fiendish punishment, at
the hands of monarchiul "straw boss*.
‘ es" continue to leak out the Jefferson (
! County drum I Jury's probe of Ala
bama's convict leasing system.
■ Anil the investigation bus only
1 started. With six men under indict
ment for first degree murder as a re
- -wnlt of the jury’s lengthy inquiry iu
! to "atrocious” conditions at Iflal Top
Mine, the inquisitorial body is now
delving into couiiilalnts from the
; Banner Mines, where eoiivieis are
worked underground by the State.
The jury is launching u sweeping
investigation on rejsirts that two
> white prisoners were unmercifully
flogged to death by check runners.
The body of-que of the victims, it is
alleged, was dragged beneath an over--
| hanging rock and the. rock dynamited
1 In an effort to make the convict's
I death appear ''accidental.
I The other cpnvict, it is charged,
1 wur pushed against a live wire, and
[ his dealt) also 'reported as accidental.
It , MrtW fibsses Blamed. "
1 r Tfleac brutalities were perpetrated
Iby straw brtases, or trustie», /and the
1 warded had no knowledge of them, as
L the life-termers iutiiuidated other cou
" Victim to "keep fjieir mouths slruf,”' ac
cording to preliminary findings J>f 1
Solicitor William Drake, who visited >
the mines.
indisevimipate use of the strap and !
hickory clubs by three tyruuuical :
life-tenners on prisoners were describ- i
cd iq the jury's preliminary report on 1
findings at Flat Top Mine, copies of
which have been forwarded to Gov
ernor W. W. Brandon and the Stute
Coutict Board. The report was a
scathing indictment of conditions at
the niitie.
Kecounuendations setting forth the
views of the Grand Jury will he con
tained in a tiual report of that I sidy,
which is expected to he made late in
June.
Cause of ITohe.
The probe started with the death of
James Knox, a Mobile convict, who
died in u Flat Top laundry vat after
he had been flogged, arid, so terrorised
ed by threats and mistreatments, that
his heart failed. After Knox's death,
it was revealed. Unit a solution of bi
cbrqlide of mercury was pumped iuto
the convict's stomach, and it was aii
noumed that he had committed sui
cide.
Knox's degth. the Grand Jury's
report said, was caused as a result’.".of
the system which was used by Ward-,
en Davit). making use' of a clique of
oonyieu of the mast daj|geroui typo.
THE CONCORD. DAILY TRIBUNE
to enforce discipline in the mines.”
No classifications were observed after
convicts were in the mine, the jury
claimed.
Floggings were lulmiuistered with
out the supervision of the prison
physician. Dr. J. K. Robins, whom,
it was alleged, was ore hand each
uiornisg when the convicts entered the
mine and then departed to attend to
his private practice. A negro was left
to attend those who became ill or re
ceived injuries during his absence.
According to the jury’s report, the
physician admitted he had not exam
ined the bofly of Knox until the day
after his death and that his certificate
of "death by suicide" was issued "on
information furnished him.”
Say Killer Confessed.
Following one of the most sensation
al developments since the probe hpgan,
rumors were current here that Cecil
Houston, life-term trusty pictured as
"The Killer” at Flat Top has con
fessed to bis alleged part in Knox’s
death. It wiqs announced by Solicitor
Jim Davip that Houston will lie a
Still r's witness in the fort bn lining
trial, of Charles \\\ Davis, former
warden,' who is charged wit li Knox's
staying. , ,
Tlie week of June 14 pas set
for the trials of Davis and five others
eburged with first degree murder in
couuect'fiii with atiXHiities at Flat Top
uncovered by the Grand .Huy .
W. A. Bates, former deputy wardeb
at Flat Top. will bp the first of the
aix men to fgee a jury. He is chafg
ed with having clubbed to deutb Frank
Harper, a nfgro convict. He is at
liberty under jibjjoo bond.
Davis will go on trial for hi- life,
immediately after Bates' .trial is coq-
Iqqdedl die ii ety rg*d with. Knpi»l>
murder and is under bond.
(Veil Houston, “straw boss" under
Warden I (avis. Elmer Lewis, .Joe
Payne and Homer Anderson, trusties,
will be placed on trial next. They all
are charged with participation in
Knox’s Death.
I''anions Helled Huzzard Killed.
The I’athfiender.
For many years through the South
stories have been told of a wierd buz
zard that went about the countryside
tolling a bell. It seemed to cover
such iucredible distances, evading fire
arms and traps, that many people
considered the existence of the birth
a myth. On tSio other hand tile su
perstitious feared this strange crea
ture of the air and various len.gends
were freely circulated, some attribut
ing to this bird supernatural powers.
A popular belief among the negroes
in southern Georgia was that if a
murderer left the body of his victim
exposed buzzards would gather for
hundreds of miles and bold an in
quest The murderer was tried by
the bird tribunal and if found guilty
the bailiff—the bell buzzard—was or
dered to track llie murderer until the
deed was avenged. Irvin Cobb, the
writer, used this legend as the basis
for his story, “The Helled Buzzard."
A railroad agent of one of the
Southern .branches, recalls an inci
dent of several yegrs ago when his
train nosing its way through u miat
was stopped by the tolling of a bell
somewhere ahead. The engineer had
thought lie heard .the bell of another
engine and hr climbed down from his
Uib to investigate. Just then there
was u whirr of wings and a huge
. buzzard flew over the traiu. ringing
my. ttjaous. bell._ Again ih has
cnb the engineer proceeded cautious
ly through the mist. Suddenly some
tiling loomed ahead and be brought*
the train to a stop. A box car left
behind by a freight train was bn the
track and the brakeman lay on the
ground beside il dead. In this case
the belief! buzzard was credited wit’.i
preventing an accident and possible
loss of life.)
The real existence of the belled buz
zard was proved not long ago when
an Athens. Gu„ hunter brought down
a bird with bis gun. He was shoot
ing at some wild geese at the time.
When be examined tile vulture be
had killed fie found a brass bell fast
ened with a wire around its neck.
On the bell was the date "18S-I” and
the name "Joel -Mine. Lanevitle.’’ It
is believed that the buzzard flew over
the hills and valleys of the South for
-12 years, terrorizing the superstitious
inhabitants.
• Making Volcanoes Work,
“Italy has succeeded in transform
ing steam half that comes from the
center of the earth into power.” This
• statement was made by Lester Breck
“ enrideg, a Yale professor who spent
‘ part of lust year!in Italy studying the
< first scientific attempt to utilize steam
null heat of volcanic origin for power
■ plant purposes. The'experiment is
- being made at Larderello. Already a
' unit of 10.00 kilowatts is in use at
that place. In addition to uppljf-
I iug the power to utilitarian purposes
I the large borax content of the vapor
r Emitted is extracted and reclaimed.
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! ! peace pipe," mured Johnny after
(jltacWapg has fa*S* cigar.
THE NEW MESSIAH >
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Jidda Krisnamurti, Young Indian religityis leader/hailed as the “Nevf
Messiah” has arrived in Paris and is expected in this country shortly. His
visit will likely create a sensation.
TODAVS EVENTS.
Thursday. June 3. 1926.
Two hundredth anniversary of (lie
birth of James Hutton, true of the
mat founders of geological science.
Today i* the fifth anniversary of
(he great cloudburst and Hood which
seriously damaged the city of Pueblo.
The sixty-first, birthday anniver
sary of King George V. will be ob
served in England today with salutes
and the Hying of flags.
The Kt. Rev. Charles M. Beck
with, bishop of the Protestant Epis
copal diocese of Alabama. reacP.es
his 75th birthday anniversary to
day.
The 118th anniversary of the
birth of Jefferson Davis will be ob
served as a legal holiday today in
nearly aJI of the Southern States.
Holland. Mich., is to be the meet
ing place today of the annual ses
sion of the General Synod of the Re
formed Church in America.
Several thousand delegates are ex
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pected in Winnipeg today at the
opening of the international cotrtfcn
tion of the Order of United Coin
in rcial Travelers of America. J
Formal exercises celebrating the
I.loth anniversary of the estabiiah
, incut of independent government in
New Hampshire will be held today
in the State House at Concord.
A colored woman, stout and ma
ture. was waiting in the staFloji to
be met by relatives whose address,she
had forgotten. In the course of ques
tions, the agent of the Travelers’ Aid
Society casually inquired: “Havif you
come to the city for good?” ir®
An interval of silence ■ followed,
the woman, bristling with indignation,
replied cmphaticaly, “I is here fn tell
you 1 come fo' no bad pnhpoze.’ 4 V
Gladys—He's so romantic. When- j
ever he speaks to me he starts: “Fair
lady!”
Edward—Oh, that’s force of-habit.
He used to be a street ear conductor.
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