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of further treatment of the same sort.
Upon inquiring I found that Taylor had stripped the body of the boy naked, and tied the boys shirt around his head and face in order to smother his cries, and beat him in such a whacking manner as to cut through the skin in several places. I have examined the boy myself and should judge that Layton beat him all that he dared to, fearing further violence might result fatally to the boy.
the boy states that the day after he was thus beaten he was not able to come to this place to report his treatment, but came as soon as he was able to travel; the boy further states that he has always been used very badly by Mr. Taylor, which statement his appearance confirms-did not know what he was fair and dared not leave Mr. Taylor. Immediately after ascertaining the facts I have stated, I took the said boy, William to a Justice of the Peace in this town, named George R. Head,