, 1869-06-30

NOS koQI AE llklk HQAA OAk ~ ya4N. ACt ~
fused to work, ard reported him 10 the Warden
There Was nothing done. lie % idGng since The
dust did net hurt his eyes have been IN + long;
OF the men, and have TO let them do; as they
choose. Tnink the Warden and Deputy have fu!l
control q the s;eqs e nj n nsn ~ ~ RGt eSt
ssey T. o'es send a him W . the ~ chapel
instead q % bis t,ed. and they have good
slways nnd men throwing The stone, and Jumping,
rs 1sy S a. e. s1 oSsT sS9ia,ga z q p e
s''iETs sssss naay s90a .die!s tSezs hox. @ aaS
e Th9 heS nks wa
wo1k. They will stand on the walks Aud make tue
ofncers ~ais tound :ntni won.:zet ont Of re
y Ssq % ot rds e. ou
often had prisoners lnsult me. HIsayto tos prts-
oner, Il VII report sou," they generally tsll me
now to send Them mp tsst tan, q ! PIE measE, e
nothing The ofncera take the word Of the conv1cts
Eather than that q re lo5emen Or A &naras; Iaey g
ny @ or Ao 81 sas sdma 1aSs
knife away, believe the Warden or Deputy
Tou1d tell him 1t Was none Of bis bnstnes5 TO take
It One Of the rncn IN onr shop told one q
would not now; the foreman sa!d he would report
him, and the prisoner knocked him down Another
nan a.eed a. ne day tx9 a9 Whea re-
talking to p They have such ea7y times they
don't care to escape. They could be rnade 70
shower @ bath. Il n arden ana Deputy ars 1ss men 70
blame for want Of discipline. Think there are
ovez one hundred IDLE men In and shout
strong men at employment In the din!ngIoom
and other places whose work could be done as well
excuses use nc men for sickness without consulting The
physician. The prisoners pass out Of The dining
room without order, as they please aud converge
carry knlJee until after the State toor charge. II
they are reported for talking there u 20 notice
it, often do rot report, because It Is no use, and
II makes the men mad st me. About ten days afo.
PsoDffr g. sa fofssSS ss 'es "nn nsa
who was working, close. b.. The
nrEt refused TO give It up, and struck the man
we're e1 Ss aFarn f he sa oeenasr f ioeee up n
ce1 for short time. told man yesterday that
hts work was improperly done. He sid u said
p9 portpnsy 70 epnapqe for Fne ues
regulations are good enough II carried out "itn
MACK have been IN the State Pr1son about nre
year1 Have been foreman in The shoe shop dur
discipline waa good. waa formerly foreman IN
JacIson. tn the Michigan State Prison. After Dep
uiy simonds vent out ana he STATE tex poses e s
until now. General Dornblazer got I'd OF Sim.
kponds because he Was good discipl!n to'o
decent soap ya1d. And the present Warden has
no discipline at all {He ahows letter ftom
pt1soncr1 lcaptured It as i was being transfer
oDcts wetu connected IN gang for the purpose Of
Stealing what they could fIorn the Far1ous shops,
afawn %e eaGI snie sayfns sSf diy soa of % sb1n
have mind e use th.s knife on {oa, and .; eas I
and he lett me- I reported him again and he was
put IN his cell. not to exceed fory-etGht hours
Not tn dark cell heard that tue boots, Ac,
tuaIs. fhos. ConAy told me this He got par.
doned ont and came hack again On a second
sa a o@ S
mol let him come back. II you or tell a prisoner
to do work right, he Will do II or not as he peases
an,i says i you don't lie L show IT, know
nothing. There are some decent, sood
men tnere and ID. the others 3, w1Il T. steal
! time. have never made presents Of boots to
guards One Of the men struck Mr. bradshaw
| With stone: he Was reported, bnt no notice
l up from the shops and had them come back DEFY:
| ing me to DO what could Mr.. Mack Is uow los.
| Ing from - to 800 per week % bis shoe ahop,
much owing TO that the men viii not do the
| work right. They Will cut the leather along the
wola ana asda have an daFpsa ps ns
have them punished. We haa to remove the cut
1Wenty-1onr men in Joliet VIII 90 osr for US than
| 100 men In the Prison Tedro told me once thai
Dutch Jake had stolen pair Of boots and traded
Tcdro was the thief. aud, unon charging HIN with
the theft, the Chaplain, IL Tedros presence, told
me that Iedre Word was more credible than TINT
OF Three OF ua He was one OF :hc Chaplain
| class.
[ The Chaplain told ther they must ho.d up their
thas they werc Is @ eood Isl IS tie M ofcefs Tie shoe
shop Is in worea condition to-day than 1t ha9 ever
been; Prisoners have tod nc they have AZ ne M
get Il. They have all the knives theE want to
have. They could make an escape If they Ta1ted
c hsm s45 os{ m a!s he seaa n %ase n'ss to e
per week and would raiher stay than be out Mr.
Porter convict Of good repute, told ne be knsW
prisoners. They will not do their tasks properly
II set for them There are seTen guards on the
walls, and one ut each gate A few tays before
nehting IN u The Jard. and he Deputy Tas in tho
onlce smoking and saw plenty Of knives drawn
and nsed AE L9akna Mas 81 formerly dssharsed s{ 1s
t The application Of John Reid The prisoners have
d.. 1am<s M;ile,, ssforn: Am foreman Of machine
aAop In State Prison; have been there two years
Think the discipline Is rather loose It Is not eu-
The conyicts arc allowed 10 converse freely.
They Leave them WORK without permission They
do not salute officers II approaching them a. re-.
gufFcd hr tho rulcH; urd they are all allowed to
ca1rT knives. Or course the discipline as now
carried ou has damaging enect on the prison
and on the state. Hare seen them IN squads o.
ten TO twelve most any day c0nver1thg In the
ysrlls.
Herman obersan sworn Am stonecutter: FORE
man ip stone shop In State Prison. Discipline is
very loose: Lore 30 than when I went there- Saw
m outbreak OF the conEtcts aoout one year ago.
Iew ol me men DO Do a. days york Mo5k. IN or " shop
men would DO the came QuAQt1tF Of work We get
from these. Prisoners, when sent for punishment,
Ei rstn!n, md laugh at tie otce7: , 81 an4 cone
iifom one to I'VE Inches ions:
TenfteniIaIy. Have been there four years and Elk
months Am In the meat department, and sec to
the eardens- When Buekmasser,l Pitman, and
them fellows Was there, there wus discipline, md
.ie!ora to the PRISON were not laughed and jeeted
al and made subject Of remark by the prisoners,
SEE Tie lil!ng q .hs men. Eeery prisoner there
them II would BE- dangerous to attempt
90 50 nadsf fnS present mt % son aa,e
Lots Of the men lounge around and do
nothing. They did no: USE to cans
eaa1d, snd Il IL rsssnts L any va viii iii. dSss
knife on him. prisoner struck guard Httn a
sl1S ahort time since and I stopped him. He
o %s g g u e o. ra.s ~
name The Deputy Warden came along and took
him away TO his cell; he Was out next day I be-
lieve- I have seen much miszule ,ase,r. The con-
y3ctS Dase cooking pl8cc8 exteutporised through
the yards and buildings TO which they caEry
stolen beef and other provisions aud cook them.
u they are asked ~ 20 :.6 ocer what 'hey are d.
nes." I COLD nnd a dozen such places.
ie.teud to the killing of the beef and getting IL 70
the cellar, and then ny connection with i endt;
These men who steal nre tho men who idle and
lounge round. Ihe1e arc over 100 Ct these.
There IS law against iding o. loungtng, NOT en-
ssssy Il ~ Day n
care them ZONE round steak once, not long slnce.
which thes refused TO take, and said they must
state took charge, and things are growing worse
dally-ncne Of the rules are, E1g1dly enforced
saW, a few davs since, convict With bE1Lk IN
each nao1. standing tn fr9nt o. gnafts: WIZ .l,,'
lii You / VIII XII you" Itoof ho!d q his collar
and told h!r, TO put down tie bricka He said he
tnt.es long, sst he would XII. that otacr id son
of u-h- Deputy took HIN Arer. Don't know
w1h r. aa r. p:
pine could be enforced II officers done their duty:
fne admission and reading Of political pspeEs, and
esepns oe a9 hare sse *
ns1 az ySS pasas
ss5f 69Sa5 e. Sfs @ sa!s
Warrior. Cid show II to hlH-
snd hare not carried any mail since.
saw q convict d.unE some time ago. He sa,d
scme Of the boys gave hiua quart lie wanted
ne TO get him another quart. lie IS foreran In
he tai3r shop, and said hs xoCld throw o. ten
dollars from the .rtee Of s14!t Of clothes ! was
getting nsde, II ~'.l!d bring It to him. ! hare
taken prisoners ten to twelTe miles iuto tae coun-
ty 70 cut timber, kct aud come home II u O'Clock
at nigh. -. .-
Chris H. Austi1, suorn. Have ~ :one oecf-
slon eeen convict get ldQor at saloon IN Joliet
1 man brought tim bottle Of whtskey out OF 8
saloon and handed It to him. and ieti1ed- ue
came back shortly attcT aa1 banded tne prisoner