Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1923, Page 32

32 3 THE EVENING- STAR, ‘WAS HINGTON, 1923. Tortured Almost to Death MUTT AND JEFF —The Noise Reminded Mutt of a Glass of Beverage. s s . 0. 5. Fat et T —By BUD FISHER, YELLING bw? Youthful Ex-Convict Declares| |(mwr = e = : [ 5o any coon: ‘ 3 -Mm? Tve AT NINE O'CLOClc- AND 2\' AN \DCA! Inhuman togtures to a seventeen-year | through waist-deep water 0\‘der ::h- \T's A JOB T HATE old convict, who had been sentenced to :fb'r::ey’g“-“fl;f:s"’fif: Ak AS HE'S SUCH h' serve a six-month sentence in a Florida | 3uve"*"iiny Pecause T could mot do 1 \Usound steceper? turpentine camp because ho was un- as much work as the nekro conviets, 3 25 » I was beaten on the third day I was Ahis o pay 4 fne ofi26fon e |there. He (Roddenbury) gave me five and $25.13 court costs, are graphically |{hSre. He (Roddenbury) gavo me five £ot forth in “a true statement of fact,” |strap, each time knocking me flat to by Paul Revere White, brother of Har- | the ground, and at each beating he i ‘e|Eave me he would e vo rison M. White of this city, an employe | joyy "hetween the shoulder blades of the Internal Revenue Bureau, and|or down the small of my back and on whose charges John Roddenbury, | clsewhere. He drew blood every time convict gang boss £ er county, | he did it and he always wielded the o t the Baker county, | jo o wrieh o twist 0 the sharp edge Florida, turpentinc camp of State Sena- | would cut into my flesh.” tor T Knabb, was ind late| On the 24th of November, and al- at Macelenny, Fla., according | MOSt every day for the following two ety | weeks, Paul's statement says. “I was ispatches received | beaten almost every day through no us prepared by Paul|fault of mine, for I was doing tho he latter's home, | best T possibly could. t, about the mid- | “Every time the officer beat me and [arch, after the former had been | there was a log in sight he would from the jail at Macclen: have me get part way across it, with e had b my legs stretched straight out behind ere. ca nd trea 5 {me. Then he would stand on one er h tay at the 3 i =ide of me and lay on with the heavy Arrested Seeking Work. | strap, and ‘when my hands and Teet “The boy, whose home is in Taun-|Were about rotfed, and when I was The boy, Whose home is In Taun-| o weak that 4 could hardly hobbie has traveled extensively around, he beat me just the same, r. but always has|kicked and struck me with his fist, h his family. On|Sometimes he would beat me twice & . while loking for a|duy from ten to twelve licks each Fla., he L] time. ; 3 was going to bury me along side of | In the hope that I would run away.|home place” the inspector and sheriff | According to the boy's brother, suit| Roddenbury, who, according to Har-' Miss Florence V. Cannon of Can.. Feet Became Poisoned. a negro.” | ! “ : .| And the reason was that he wanted [ took him to the Macclenny jxll'lor damages against the state sen-|rison White, is being tried on aden, N. J, abandoned an art carcer wt| “After I was there a week my feet cohis tDr,lhl;nvnllt)“\;‘!:“;“:rn-q}‘ull‘m‘o’; IRoTactma ontiat st uay Batarainons nst the wishes of Knabb, he de- | ator s ;:Tm% prepared. The boy is|charge of cruelty brought by persons|to ‘work ~exclusively on child | » % B g nues sta . old -1to % = F L w in Florida a: vit 1) aul. toys. for| began to get bad; sores began to ap- | SO0L N, LIS, eriff Jones _and | plo could see the condition T was in. | Sered L & & Witmess agninet othes then Fiu o3, ¢| Doar, scattered from a little above|the county commissioners. “the Judge | He let me sleep in the back room of Jhe cSulius Lansburgh gfu ¢ | the ankles down to the toes of both |and others that I would not b it oot hetoet et Corner Ninth and F Sts. N.W. Entrance 909 F Street | feet. This was caused from water[lived over two or three weeks lo without any blankets, BAR HARBOR HICKORY ROCKER; ney ang | poison and dew poison, as Dr. Lamb | s b gl . s d ed LRt | el s brar sl on it Eon ity om0 Dibeen UstHatiuie mpuresscE R itgug Fany UL ckels ing the cold snap, when the th WILLOW CHAIR with double woven split hick- : : : ory seat and back; fills a dis- FLOOR LAMPS OF In the natural finish, very 2 | the camp. As soon as I found the: S 5 tinctive place BEAUTY distinctively d d. Just istinctively designe us $9. 75 it 1 ple = t T did not consider myself gu th that I was merely Slept Between Mattresses, o give you a jo ith the Dest of | convicts and that when for treatment, so he told me, but|day.” in too bad shape to people told mo he brought me ‘there After a stay of ten days at “Knabb's in | Ways ended up in his eve: e e e i bl e e "wad | tery Just back of the sto, '~ Beating. treatment. to the turpentine said, “he wanted me to rot ounty and after|he could bury me in his e tripes was put to | cemetery, —a he E. F. Droop & Sons Co, Speclalists in 1300 G St. Grand Pianos | hat T would n n gang alive unumummuuuunmnmnnmnmmnummrmnmmmnnmmw' ver get out nd that he 4| sores coming on me I told the cap- upon the tain about it and he replied that he Knabb finally sent for the boy *“a the thing for Radicti il adiating an atmos- living room or $5, 9, ; porch vo...u. g . | did not have time to bother with sick | had me brought to his home pla porel -oonia phere of charm in the Do Not Fail to Hear SURA CHERKASSY The Russian Boy Pianist 11 Years Old The Greatest Genius Since Hofmann At Poli’s Tomorrow, 4:30 P.M. living room; with three- inch mahogany pedestal and beautiful silk shades in an assortment of col- o ors. \ The Piano Will Be a STEINWAY “THE INSTRUMENT OF THE IMMORTALS" AT $15.75 Lo New Steinway Pianos May Be Bought for $875 Convenient Credit Terms CLOSED all day Friday April, “13th — REMOVAL SALE. .Announcement in all papers tomorrow. GROSNER'S, 1013 Pa. i Ave. N.W. Exclusive Washington Distributors E. F. Droop & Sons Co., 1300 G DAVENPORT TABLE Q' v @ “ALASKA” RElfRIijR- AEFRICERATOR ATOR, three-door side icer: Gives an added distinction to the Daven- I'Vhite enamel - port or Overstuffed Settee; lined; 50-pound $24. {5 highly ~ polished and well $1 7, 75 ice capacity. .., made ... “ALASKA” REFRIGER- ‘ATOR, with top lift; white en- pod s o $19.75 | acity .cooevnnnn OIL STOVE Over three hundred pairs of women’s and men’s and children’s shoes at very special prices for two days only. Not many pairs of any one style, but surely something to please and fit every one. A fine chance for you to SAVE' MONEY. Friday, Saturday, April 13-14- ll The Suits | The Top Coats 4 1 All-wool tweeds, serges, Herringbones, tweeds Two Days o]'lly i herringbones and worsteds, | and light gray shades. in sport, also in single and One-fourth silk lined and $ s s double breasted models. | beautifully tailored. Sizes 1l e : Sizes 35 to40. Only $17.50. | 35 to 40. 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A special | GATE-LEG TABLE with drawer, | genuine mahogany top, 32 x 44 | inches. Very good | looking and well $27, 75 unusual value at— value at— Boys’ Sho. g ! es BMEIES osooie e o Some styles Tor dress. Siaa [ | Men’s Khaki Pants. Union Label. $1 .25 \ Strongly made. Sizes 29-36...... = 9 to 56, Special durin sale, $2.00, o COME EARLY ® luneys WORLDS LARGEST SHOE RETAL | Consisting of drop-leaf table and four 4 g - i chairs of wvery movel design; beautifully - 910 Seventh St. : ! = g finished in Ivory and Blue. An unusual $49, { 5 suite and an unusual value «.oouo.n. e BREAKFAST SET v ’ £ “We Request the Return of Anything That Can Be Bought for Less Elsewhere”