, 1869-04-05
THE HORRORS OF SING SING


prt.oncrs Murdered nnd Nobody to
1Ilnmc.
FrpzH ,Ae Yes Tori Sun, 4p7ii1.
The h4deous atrocities to which the raEei rrtsoI
en- In the State Prism u SING s;nT hare been 70
bean exposed: bn{ the latcst outrage, in which
Dean, The helpless conr!ct WAS show els1 to death,
Indicates that no reasonable hope Of a REFORM In
which ."hur,auity - ebaI be M clement can be
entertained 40 long ns the present kecfeN OF
majority Of them, arc held In o:nee- ~ course,
not apparently die natural death, nor vsa HI.
life TAKEN according 10 iaw. s., the teroncr o1 the
county, Ill. AeEu1.e, held an iaqnesi on the l'odF
Yesterday and took volumes VI testimony, Which
The MT Wi1ness eSaullred- m. wm. Il. Helm
one 9t ne G. 9. Il ~ pso s~n ss ~
showed signs Of pntEefactlon. He f"nnd The lanSs
and lse5 entirely healthy The kiotn sch wss enptr
ue knew nothing about tho eno"ehns IN TIC
prison
tepoecd TINT the murdered prisoner M been on
M to he be- hosrital % nd I d.essd, ana Il eacn tine
he had cramps and epasnodlc lshorous breathing:
lie Was aaitied to t,c hospital on the morning q
Ihthnl:.c painA Ats orloek the next morning
lie was taken With Il choking sensation. and AZ
Hea1eu hse verson Kutoeatinx Ne Then became
died IN The 25in Il! March, At II 0, The witness
WAS uE:,'e To 1c:rn anr crnscu aa to the cause Of
biz death.
The Doctor then dcrsel: I am scquatnterl With
the process Of showeE1ne c"ntic;-; I only know hy
nraEsas tin; f*An was shoxcrrd rrer.Gs to hts
skoTrred; the thowc:ine was h :: the caass oi
t,.o sItts4ion Of faeas to the hospital tcrc Is ~
cstahsished Irle 10 t oi.seEvel ii >howcr,ng con
vlct. ether thtE1 purithnE them Unl .hry a-tT,,
Il case 1ElEht A1te where the convict Would 10:
submit then the shoHct4ns might 81 beyond
ssfe pont: have alwats considered Il N! datr 10
tc present Hhcu cony1u is sao1e-ed II am m
titled; lam told that It IS the dty Of the Keeper 10
inform me; ! % not think 1t vas daaserous %
shower Dean; II the effects Of s1owertne arc not
Immediately noticeable faeF Wo:tl not ptoduct
ra4t ny.snd, substitute kecpc. In the prison
an eo essl ths
,e:n sA,c'n,ri 10 ts "re:iae Resistance 70 the
1rTre5; e ioiin*rd :hetn to tho principal Keepers
de-ed Dean to 1ndreaa himself; Dean said he
M"smnt 90 i until he could s1e the ctns, or that
Sc pssn.n ttA 70 Sc the dnet,~ don't know which
ciotht" - and vailed tn~s7n Dc1n: The Latter took
On ms c!othts aHt cutrFtd nc x1owrr 1,ath: The
EhIe Il, Ta.e, ~. tnsa puG:ei The string md
Rto mo the nhowrrng rno,n; buckingham astrd
l~an what he reant b! the remarks ne nad N sIe
then naked him II he could ,,eaase o,,nsen M :
man ought; Dean AtfH kept sileni when Rocktfc.
aYau 4 me 'ne Wt so 10, aS ana exclaimed
When Dean left the hath, and whea hc re,uscs
70 ansFcr sccond qcrst,nn, Ducs:ngoaa look
scat ta9 instrument ot punishment composed u
three or four alranlA of rupe, aad struck Dca,
with Ii iaree or four times; then / asked HucS
lncham what the matter WAS; he replied The con
v1ct w1shed to 20 sec the psnctai Ieerer about !
cap; be. buckingham hal denied him the prjvi
1eTs when Dean. rstnr pErtane eut,rt, said
lM NJ yno for this;' the convict was nakr4
!Iom Inc time he LEFT the showe:-9,ath uptl IL
,aIunEW ,uIn.e WAf over: he was then drrSscd ~
tA1sn away ;! Rockingham. =
lnt !ofg n the el1ae Of the rcs1tsupu5 r,- }lc-r.
The faslnNsnE vcftitc1. 2.' -43-e
~. hnd mat Tho cnuvict Montague Dean can
~ ea,ra 49, - sss a. neA1 In the prison hospa
y koIne i've hnufs fro1n Causrs urfnDEn to n
1prJ, and SC dnd no EVIDENCE to ahow tn,t IN
prisun rule u practice hAg been ylula:tsi >''e ~