, 1869-09-19
PRISON ITEMS.
Cutting, Shooting, and Attempts to
Escape-sensations in the
Cook County Jail.
a Now Prison Wanted.

1te Cook County Jhl, NON no tanl, OF the on
GERS ID charge, has recently been the scene OF an
ufasnA .nc1aber Of tragic oeeunenceA Some OF
ihem can be traced directly to its entire untuess
LOT NE purposes 70 which 1t ia devoted, and the
eS osnet oeeor Probably from 20 other rcason than
That has ever E1nsplrtd within ia rats, Or. for
that matter, outside, wAs committed last evening,
Riehsrt Sf1 s.aee despeIate character asmed
pen Dck," Nas Arrested on the charge Of PAT
us'pat,pE n u a extensive burglary committed
$3.50 bsl be was sent 10 js ILL The e. p,tsoner, "a u
1hA institution "a certain number =. tune are
each day given the .oencnt OF The corridor.
Euehsnman mined Ctalk, held on The charge ol
E1aobtn8 = man during drunken brawl ID the
i % sppca Tx, he psaiy naa IN 4, ~ go
bfoomi and vas engaged IN sweeping tac corridor.
Some say that he aano!ed those ID The cells BY
moo1 y men o1 nus ,n!spo.as ne ts.
Nf5 Dick" called upon CLARK to s1se hin tne
trooL:, - he ocA.sd 10 sweep his eel The lai-
through the c!sncnd shaped opening ID ihc door,
G-r,f, Il wa no soonet done, shsn D,ck sraspe1 II
eI It. an &C. ,s asH ne,3 shn Tts + ne
~ilsf. All tie ur,eries wcre cut, and the blood
eG:hed In perfect stream from the wound D1.
scis,Es vas Instantly fent Tor. hut bcioee his
o. Lltou- Ill, Injuries were drsaeA Win Krrst
t..eul., si',i Ii Vas a.a!!t sesa.c.tated. TINS
aticrt3n1;e NH VII, at best forever lose the
i: caJ be asked how the nan cane by the Knife,
- te"sc acIaaItted with tue Institution 1t Is no
N9noer. For atl that tae of1cefs eau do, each
EF7suttf might tH Supplied with dnZen Weapons
rum lie outside every siay, aud the only wonI1er
T. taat he parties In charge have uot all had thelr
trs un tlc tecoud 1oor have had Sp,srs nasssi to
them. Al the following case will sho4:
lew ,iM,z .fDee. one OF the women Informed
tempt noaa he made to hErat jNG WMcamen
WeEe accordingly statlonel on the outside, and
about midnight the officers were eonalderahly
hstohn!lrt To Que OF the afs removed tsclurf,
their very eJea, aud without any difficulty. All
seeined sca'y for an cscai'e. when row suddenly
nrsIe Out AMONG them. ans Il assumed such pro-
which spoiled the tnn Of nrEes!tng The parties
In the act Of making tner cs-
ssane. An investlgaslon disclosed .nc
Faet that one Of the heavy tslss had l,eeu Rev.
cnl With All lid cascl u4e. aui but tor tie telsAy-
nj Of the secret sIt might have mana their esca;s.,
a. another larty Of women s'I at'ous thEre months
sRo. The lender OF the party appears 70 hare tcea
cu'orett woman. She made ercry ouc OF her
colapanlons Lake solemn oath. With upliflei
hAb not Il, reveal the secret, and, IL. order th4t
all theu!d fa1r lke In chs. Of tietectIur each IL.
Elate was compelled, some against t!lc!r will to
lake a haua Of the Die. It was only after forty.
eight hours of bsea' application that Lie hae was
i.ut, y hllc there Il 1umtnen, danger from with.
10. tlsert Is no ltAs danger from wlthulk A Auzrn
dtteIn lted ucn eoui t!c!is cr the entire jul on
Hty night, IN spite Of all that the jalters could
eject to oppose them. That there are naay DIES.
rtfudoes IN the city who would Rlatiy engage In
kHch IN enterprise, there IL no doubt, Slcn MI
atlaes wna teartd a few nights stncc, wien sone
ore from tl,e nui.tde nrch TWO but1c.s through
the Esatinc, he shots taking eneel IN tue
opposite ttone wall Ube Ut tho tasnkeys was
ras.,ug across the window at tn t time, nnd there
Is little tont. that the bullets mean, for HIN.
ln View Of these !acs It Is Aigh t1Me that the All.
1t IS 10 be hoped that they .itl be made nnrc ~
cure than tnc lnbt1tEt1Gn In Its present state.