Did County Home Inmate Deserve Beating by Keeper of Home? Aug. 23, 1926

Another Official of Stanly County Now in Limelight. . . Woman Says She Was Severely Beaten by J. C. Bruleyson, Keeper of the County Home. . . Burleyson Ready to Face Charge. . . Says He Wants Full Investigation to be Made of the Charges Lodged by the Woman

Albemarle, Aug. 23 (AP)—From her cell in the Stanly county jail, Mrs. Fannie McIntyre today told newspaper men that she had been severely beaten by J. C. Burleyson, keeper of the Stanly county home, of which she was an inmate until last Tuesday when she departed.

The woman, about 35 years of age, was arrested here upon orders of Burleyson.

Reports are to the effect that the incident has been reported to Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, head of the department of public welfare, and that an investigation is probable.

Z. Z. Moss, county welfare officer, in discussing the case, said that he had investigated and found that Burleson had whipped three inmates “but that he had reason for doing so.”

Burleyson told reporters that he wished the matter delved into freely. “I don’t want the job unless I have a right to protect those old people from such characters as the McInture woman.”

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Aug. 23, 1926.

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