Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1855-12-13

voluntary Torture Ia 71glIsh Prisons,
convict, named Patrick Battle, ei, ,hteen years
o. age recently died at the prison in Park6urst,
5dng aus, ana at the inquest held his body, evil
~ tne local papers, exhibits the extraordinary meth
oos Tesorted to by prisoners gain admission into
suo c nnnirmary The chief witness James Limb,
1S.nviet, who said: 81 have been here four years
na'e Ehown the deceased ever since he has been
nefe On Thursday he told me he wished TO get in.
70 % sne inlrmary for the winter, and he asked tile
sta Of the e1ass PSp and c1a sNaIsT s: Il o niii II
ahf 50 ne did, lie took off the green stuff of the
Iia'ses WITH bit of tin, and made it into pills foi
t.nn n,m, ne was at work on tho pump that day. II
;t sI9en, anu mixed 1t up with soap from his cell
into % pils with tho oil from the top Of the pump
Vu MN where to get It, and made il into siS pills
aoout me sze our doctor gives u.s. He got drink
~ Il. "aser, ana swallowed them one at time, and In
Yue aiterno9n he told me he had pain in hi head
saw MN the next morning when he said it hadn't
naue MN quite bad enough so he wOuld take some
more pills, aid think he did fer he had enough
n, in ,s ny pox TO mako six more, and there was
% ielt 10 the box the next morning; and then his
COCOA Snt on his stonach, and it made him sick and
ne toiu the officer, aud he put him in his cell Itook
ne on myself when tried get into the Inf NARY
'neLo was no verdizris in that, but it made me
vet{ sick, lie said he thought the verdigris would
lahe u AL tho botter, and so he took it 1t lisa
summon practice Tor us prisoners TO make our eyes
anu legs sore, to got into the hospital Some eat |
sass ana put eopperas into the sores. L
r - 80
lyre old him, but the last time he got in by run.
nng stocking-needle right through bis leg, above
tne Knee II was full of thread, and he did Il 10
4 nuke ms leg sore; but be most lost his leg by it
got IN all last winter and he often tried the same
.n.hg over again whom he did not succeed at frst
out nc got IN every winter somehow He asked mo
wnnt t 70 DO, aud told him what had tried asd / |
NV ~ You must mix soap with it to mase it stick;
out ~ two years ago since took aay. He said he
would nj Lac to try the experiment that No. IL did
p M ea'lng pounded glass / was sen here for steal
NY morse; was only eleven years old then, and
Wa Iemandee for two assizes cause they couldn't
nnd the man sold it tor The witness detailed the
parcuars ofthese horrible practices with the great
ese c9oiness and efronery and seemed proud Of the
4 paEt ne mad Ia Gu n the transaction Mr. Dabbs
hospital surgeon, said he had frequently di covered
ne prisoners in tue act Of removing the dressings
rom Tue sores and irritating them with the hope Of
contnuing longer In the hospital. The doctor cited
o PUG case OF prisoner for whose disease he could
nna y no remedy and who appeared to be daily vast
~ away. he at last ordered him TO be stripped
naked, and to spread out his arms when a vein In
lis w spirited blood, aux be then discovered that lie
y W. y " ssme means obtained a lancet, with which
ie frequently bled himself down to deata's door In
'ruer 70 remain in the hospital The Jury returned
verdict to the effect that the deceased died by po.
on ! commissioned by his own hands, with the view
gun admission into the Infrmlry, and not To oc.
lasOn his own death - - ~ W - |