. Inglenook, The (1911) . give one a fair idof how this lease system works out, rmembering that it is of advantage finacially to the State as well as to the m;who works the prisoner that the courmake as many convictions as possible. Tlsystem frequently controls the poliforce and men, white and colored, are arested for the most trivial offences arsentenced to work out a long termsome convict camp: An old man who had been a preachebut who, as evidence showed, should haibeen in the insane asylum, was sentenceto twelve months for stealing an old paof shoes. He was sent to Sugar Hill Burton
. Inglenook, The (1911) . give one a fair idof how this lease system works out, rmembering that it is of advantage finacially to the State as well as to the m;who works the prisoner that the courmake as many convictions as possible. Tlsystem frequently controls the poliforce and men, white and colored, are arested for the most trivial offences arsentenced to work out a long termsome convict camp: An old man who had been a preachebut who, as evidence showed, should haibeen in the insane asylum, was sentenceto twelve months for stealing an old paof shoes. He was sent to Sugar Hill Burton County. He refused to eat an;thing and refused to work, so with trphysician at the camp assisting, two oth<men proceeded to whip him. His legwere sore where the shackles had chafethe skin off. He had eaten hardly anythinfor fifteen days, and as he lay in his bunon Sunday before his death on Monday, \requested a fellow convict to write to hdaughter, giving her name and addressaying he was prepared to die. On Monda the. The Inglenook 1171 ? item: :i!ion of |-v;tem Ithis2 fair id• on, Iage tim c m »e poll?i are ience; j:[ term preachi iculd hi :. Id %Hillcaio eat ai wtwo otl His le i his ktonday, rite to I was struck a number of blows on the?ad and made to get off the ground, thenhipped on his back and shoulders untile bruises of the lash left testimony thate grave could not erase. He waslained to a tree and died within a fewinutes. The Atlanta Georgian relates this inci-?nt: A mother with her two days oldibe sat on the ground leaning against ahiding in one of the camps—the birthssible^T °k Pace there, too. A guard saw herid ordered her to go to work. Shemldnt, and was shot with the little oneher arms. Mrs. Keeler tells of what a jury com-ittee saw when they visited the prisonockade of Atlanta in December, 1909:iome were fortunate in not beingtackled, and even these could not protectemselves from the filth and vermin in-sting the place. In contrast with theseemingly impo
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