The New York herald., 1869-03-01

a. "A served q about nine o'clock Tne dinner b
carved between two and throe O'Clock N the afler.
ss%s @ easnsiS q ssead . d shs mo morning ,s
and chunk Of cold meat. Al bread and water
s nJ Se
ilhment g those VINO have turned hostile hands
isre 3 gwen % an alfks. 70 drunkards and yagrann
and 70 oso who have not yet been tried and who Are
e es n. s.S s OE e
recourse nom which 70 OBTAIN n food ssiss L with
e; sssss s:; :. ss. 8: sss 4 ~: ...s .,.
Those who have the means 70 send ont and buy
tnelr meals are allowed to do 70, there being mes
ssngsrs always 1 ready 70 wait on them for consde
and the means FOR sef.pciso%ning ming Or escape. We
whom we have alluded. Il i, prisoner i wants any =
thing as pen ink or paper, or tobacco, TO send
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the financial ability and Willingness to being bed Of
lneir victims, and, Of course it is unnecessary to
soners. Sometimes the number Is as high a. 100,
Ss Of the GRADES q
occupy the upper corridors. Except the crowded
condition OF the prison requires IT. only prisoner
about ten feet long by eight feet wide but lessen
about foot in length with each ascending corridor
and have stone floors. The supply Of furniture ii
issms Ssassssd t straw sioi aI'ss ana Two single
daily snjOys-a clean towel Each cell has
through IT, to prevent rain coming In and with this
and the spaces between the cross iron bars OF their
doors there allowed toleraby free circulation Of
air Two physicians are In attendance daily at the
prison. who prescribe and furnish the simple round
OF stereotype medicines without charge to the prison
sioners OF Charities and Correction. On Sunday
there are religious exercises occasionally but perpa
etc tracts make their appearan:ce ,: almost
ment, some old and experienced in the business and
kindly disposed toward the prisoners, and inclined
One feature attracting attention Is the number
and class Of the visitors. There Is no limit to the
curing anG vSee 1a Which fea are sr y M
classes, persons as equally hardened as the most OF
the criminals their pals in fact-sorrow- stricken
sisters and friends borne down with grief at being
thus compelled to visit those formerly trusted and
loved and Innocent But little chance is afforded
good health and particularly when s taken
into account the length OF time prisoners frequently
have to stay here. For instance the man Shepherd,
who, IT viii be remembered. was accused OF muir
dering his wife and then setting fire to the house
conceal his crime, was, through the twstings % ss Of
legal technicalities, confined here five years, and
then was acquitted and discharged. This is an
unusual instance; but very frequently prisoners are
confined several months. AS we have referred to
Shepherd it is well enough to make the history COM
rested FOR alleged forgery convicted and sentenced
to prison for fifteen years, where he is now serving
As we have stated above, the female department OF
the prison is on the Leonard street side. This de-
partment. which has now been under the charge OF
Miss Foster the matron, for twenty years. is model
OF neatness. The rooms however, are larger the
prisoners fewer In number and facilities for cleanli
ness correspondingy better. There are twenty-four
cells and Lwenty-fOur rooms, as they are called in
contradistinction to the cells The cells eight by
twelve feet and contain two beds in each room.
some three or four beds. There is main
floor and one corridor At present there are
Charged with murder, one % with infanticide and one
with feoni0us assault. They have the same guam
tty Of bedding as the male prisoners and the same
SIT in common at q table ana eat It, The women
have considerable freedom In moving about and
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pose; Thsy present !, motley group Haggard, de-
upon whose faces is plainly iegible the record q
prec0cf0us degredatlon and crime. Most belong to
to shuddering the souls Of wicked men. On our
arrival woman was half talking and half preach
Ing to them AS nnddled together they stood listen
some attentively and tearrily as the dim vista
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what they were and might have been ana what they
are ana must be. This preaching may do good and
M FRYE the s vs. Who Uh w
he remembered as having labored very zealously to
change the condition OF the female prisoners al
Newgatc:-
oh, Mr. Fry why go to Newgases why
Preach s e poor rosass, = And whsrsfore not begin
Your hand a hardsnsd and imperial sin.
TO mend the I peoples lea. an n, : ssDsu;sdsy,
iinisss you make their betisrs better. rc,
But we pass from here TO the Boys Prison. small,
square one-story brick structure. At the time OF
our visit there were but eleven inmates OF this
est t eight. The The boys we're s''i in school, which which
was being held IN A. large n,q79;a square room room
were seated on rough wooden benches. on high
STOOL in front OF iron bars extending up and down In
front Of the room, giving 1t the general appearance
woman In faded black. She was endeavOring TO In
troduce TO their acquaintance the Ten Command
D ss = to u.s. with very ps
two had never been to Sabbath school and only
nve Of them could read One Of the little fellows
thing else that did not promise Of the State Prison
or gallows 1t would be difficult to recognize among
'fiow did You come to get in prIsonr' we asked
one OF these hopefuls.
II stole piece Of lead 40 big," he answered,
measuring on nalf Of his left thumb.
Chow did you happen to come here ~ we inquir ell
Of the next boy.
II done notnlnR," ne replied, "an0der Teller stole,
and they thought IL was me.v
"whaf brought you here ~ we asked third ono
"A po 'ceman," J" was his sharp response, at which
all laughed.
NY explorations on the subject Of youthful crime
terminated at the above point and ns considered at
just the proper point II being where the laugh came
In The boys are allowed Q cell each which are
about the same size and furnished In like manner
with the cells IN the prison occupied by the men
prisoners. They have, however, what no other class
or prisoners here enjoya bath room. These boys do
not use this bath room let It be understood though
voluntarily. They fairly have 70 be dragged in and
thrown In and scrubbed before they awake to real.
ixing sense Of the importance OF cleanliness Cen
orally the boys stay here Ia OF short Duration they
being transferred from here the House OF Refuge
or Industrial School.
We have already fingered In the prison longer than
we intended though rhere are many thinRB we
might have mentioned which we have not Re-
tracing our steps we see conspicuously before
MS over two doors the two conspicuous slgns-
.'Counsellors' Room" and ''iteception Room. v The
latter room may be ell rgnt but this subject or the
''counscllory room" suggests . theme furnishing
material enough for writing coumns This theme
Is the .'Tombs Shyster" To paint the ify or to
gid refined gold Ii an occupation ofa rather useless
character. 1t Is likewise useless TO undertake to
portray the Tombs shyster. The portrait OF Don Al
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