I cried, I begged and pleaded for mercy, pity, and sympathy, but nothing I could say or do could sway them from their purpose. I left that box a sadder, sicker, but wiser boy.

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Carl Panzram’s Written Confession From Prison, 1928. Here he describes being raped on a train car by four hobos.

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