I Declare I Didn't Kill Mister Raymond, but I Ain't Never Harmed Him

One of the boys arrested in Stuart's murder testified that he had been whipped by deputy sheriff cliff diale after his arrest. Another boy, henry Shields, said due to the relentless whipping, he eventually gave a false confession and declared that he had a hand in stuart's murder. Ellington, who was the third boy who was forced subsequently to the stand, also testified that he was innocent and had been forced to confess. He stated that shortly after word of stuwart's murder started making the rounds, he was seized by a mob of roughly 20 people,. Several of whom were employees of the sheriff, including the previously mentioned cliff dial.