, 1869-07-05

md With the u1etIpnQe OF lQe F1bQHs Auu eao@
Major Arnold fitted /. place well. This Is 1t saEa
ance With bis reported testimony before the grand
Jury but be Slated tnst that hid NOT been cosrct
IL reported, and that the mlatake the grand jarJ
nade WAS in aot taxing hold Of the finances instead
Of The discipline Of the prison. Major A1noid ID
gentleman Of military instincts. combining cool
nes,, mildness, tseiturnIty, courage He uses no
more words than are uecess2r9, never gets 10
passion, Is thoroughly looked up to By sl the con"
vtcIs md has their con1deece. BE has ncFet
hecn disobeyei b. convict, not eEen When ne
ordered him Into the dafk cell has neFer been
etTuct or insuted bJ one, and has only once bad
occasion to strike one. Then he noored HIN. LIE
declares taa. the EnoilFe most e1ectuat with pf1s-
oners to induce their good behavior Is not the 1eaf
Of punishment hut the fear Of losing the credits
lor "good time" which srr allowed bJ The existing
law 10 shorten thelr term Of imprisonment.
The system OF seye1e punlshMents Has inlv
tr1ed uuder Bucknastey. w1en dozen or twenty
uen were frequently lashed before breakfast
I.ashlnR meant from 10 70 40 gashlus cuts With
sashlde on the bare nae& md h1nea OF b COZ
.vict. Hill a1us we're drawn up eJ puue5a TO sns
ceiling r11l he stood On his tip toea The blood
would gush In the wake Of cresJ stroke The
prisoner, resisting frequently to the lass7 ~onlo
by his Ye5J itcpzy ol passion and rage Nndie
Ike nahneas IN the Deputy. who would often ton
and sweat md forget bInseH Ia sne
frry With which be inflicted the pu0lsn'
ueut. Tbs has even occurred IN casea
where, before the whipping begaq, the Deputy
felt that the pessoaer deserved no punishment at
I'LL II Il envy 10 see that men whose mdls-
nant passions rerr kept On IRE bJ such treatment
II entrusted With machinery ike that which now
rlls the Jo1e, Prison. could m!scoIcTous1Y break
musr IL 4 tnontnt shan tne5 could earn IN geaf
The COT flcts who we're the worst under HucEnas-
ter-ard these arc generally the professional baf-
glars, and men Of strong passions aud great sel'
rshnesi and rusolutbp-hare become among the
Test under the Rrstem. The vcsy ssl1ose"n1ch
caused them to rebel to the LAST under the lass
cnuses them noH to behare well Hud control tneH
teLpels In order TO Ra,1 those CONTINUOUS cfeaifs
for good time which may shorten, by seseral
months or ryeu years, lheIs term OF fmr1son-
meut. The class who most flequeLtJ need pun
ishmens row arc the glddy ignorant, heed
less lutecles, who hardly care 1he1ner
rhe!r term is long u .hort, and whom nothing
whatever can indacc to try TO better their future
condition The men Of strongest will and most
intense energies are ~oEEirg bard to restore their
freedom. II sometimes happens, ho~eref, thar
one Of these, alter making Years oi good time
without mourning single fault, Viii oEead and
| the guard will report him. To be punished would
forfeit the effect Of his seass OF good conduct,
I'd often when brought to the Wartcn
be viii burst into tears, Neep and beg that he may
be tardoned for olee, and may not lose his cred-
It's for good time The object Of al pnnlshments,
! viz, 10 subdue the WILL, seena to have been al
ready accomplished. II seot Into the dark cell, with
! the feeling that al his "good tine" had
been suddenly nQce1led4 and TINT
| be wa2 as lar from reease as ever. tho priaoner
| might come out far more refractory than be
| went in II forgiven, be mar return 70 his work
grateful, even joyful, that he has sased his good
tme;'' hut, for all purposes Of discipline, he Ia
better subdued than II he hsd been puulahe1. The
l 1.p{n
snre; tut II it falls Of the desired effect and tho
! prisoner odends agaln. be Iosea bis good lime
| and Is punished Both hope and fear are norc
| strongly appealed to Ii this manner than By the
lash The strongest passion OF The conrlct's soul,
| shut on ss he Is, from the indulgence
| Ut any oiber Ii his love Of freedom This Is the
daily md nightly uurucu Of his thoughts, which
be ncrer forgrls; which no Kindness OF treatment
| can diminish aud IN btooding upon which most Of
the csscs O. prison insanity arise. Cader any dis
ctpltne 1,eou criminals, though lSc-siIths Of them
| may be Little wotse than the average OF the COM
| m1nItY, cannot be imprisoned together without
| occasional ACTS Of violence. There are always a
few desperate aud determined rcprolutes or men
whom any trt1lng oncnce Will throw into an lnten-
Ely Ut passion approaching insanity. Cnder the
! severe punishment system the prison Was In d
| chronic staie Of rebellion; the plots TO break
or rise were perpetual The men were not pre-
| vented from earring lirks, though hundred
| lashea we're given to those on whom they were
| found. Cndtr the present Eystem there lave been
far fewer escapes. no general lights, and the pots
| among the prisoners could not extend TO dozen
| PERSONS Without some among them making IL
known to the Deputy Warden. The only knife
nrtsonc1s are knowingly permitted to carry Is o
t.o-tch blade case-knlfe, without edge, and blunt
Al the end, with which the prisoner cuts hts meat,
And rtthout which be would nave 10 tear It, Ike
beast, with teeth and clsTa. The men are en-
euced ten honrs each day IN mechanical labor
which constantly involves the t1sa Of haIn-
nere, chisels, punches, hrad-awla Giles, dc, all
| OF v Alch would be more fatal, ~ weapons. than
The stui, knife used at lnealA. 1t ts therefore,
practically Impossible to prevent their getting
| Antyes Of aofnc klnd, OF fes moEe dangerous WEI
pons, into thcH possession To deprive them OF
oll opportunity to get use, and possibly to eecrete
knlves, would require that the whole system Of
industry pursued III the prison should be abolished
and That the prisoners hhonld be set 1t PICKING
oakun or turning crank. The theory Of prison
life Is that the men always IN their cells. going
In gangs to and nom their nea!s OF at their "o'k
At their Hork, where they are ten hours chth day,
| they have dozens Of weapons lying around mots
! dangerous than thelr knives At their meals
and at work the5 need their and ID thesF cell.
they can DO no injury with the1a. The oniE ttne
| remaining when their kutvez might be dispensed
With ts while they are going to and frpn thetl
I ~sA~4 s-AA4N- <@AAA rS~%
+ rould require tuat they shou1d be searched thrct
| il1uea day, which would be strictncss Of donbt
! fu! utility. There should bc the utmost Hgor II
preventing the carrying Of any other than the stna
| stub ca.e-knlfe, and even this should te rlgtItJ
| excluded from the dangerous c!asa- This Is dout
| here hy keeping this class, IS far 81 theT art
known. In solitary confinement The Hesen
Warden in.nts3 layoFablJ Of sJste enattz1ng ths
Th],delphia plan OF solitary confinement, so as x
make 1t apply steadily to 81 the dangcOu
class.
1 hut whatever precautions be used there maJ b
certain criminals who Will Kill otncla at sight,
they happen to meet. THIS Is generally 1n case
| OF old enluttics H hich have arisen outside tn
| prison walls, a. In case Hhere opo hhs tc1ne'
| Etases evidence against the other. Sometimes
a1ises inEtde, IS where one has revealed The plot
or preYeuted the cscApe OF smother, By inforEnln
| the Warden There Is prisoner hero 10
! rape, and also a brother OF the laftshea 2u1
; These two could not meet Without bloodsne<'
The hom,c!des which recently occurred were G
This character. Two enemies met n dinner III OF
Instance, and In tic yArt In the other. an
c,Ipched 90 suddenly and fought So desperasea
| that 20 human poHet could prevent one from a
! nost Immediately killing the other. II happeue
in beth these Instances that 1hh worst convict IN
the attacking party Was killed, aud the sEFviFo
: was acquitted by the CoronerB jury or the gran
ius1, It is elal1ned TINT these TWO houlctde
could not have occurred hsd rot the prisoners ca
. re,, these knives. That depends on whether the
J could have met where other weapon
equally effective lay around They might ha'
. done 50 almost anywhere In the shops, yards, {
quar1tea
- The chx1se that "seEefal" or, rs our trfosmal
:. said. "twen;t," graduates Of the Chicago Fefos
= | School hare been 4pponted guards" BY the pre-
ia eut Wurden Is tartiallJ correct One such perse
y | hsa been appointed
:. The nos. embarrassing faet connected with Il
!. recent crutade agatnst the PenttenttarJ nanac
:, ncnt IL that It originates IN feud between Il
~ Copn,ls .icners, or rather between Aess1s. Sh
" | man and Logan On ODE SIDE at
- Reid on the other, Cnul within
=, few months, Mr.. Reid, as the reside
~ Commissioner, occupied the Na1utu 3 house,
~ part OF IT, a. Ills residence, and acted for the Col
n, nl&6!onerf IN their absence in al nattcra peEta!
- Ing 10 the chances and IN not few belonging
n the discipline Of the prison Aa the power OF
~. Commissioners wns supervisory oFer the "arus
n, Mr. Reid practically superseded General Dor
~ oIaser In The more important functions OF VI
~ ! den and controlled the t1nances himself. VIII
m ever has been paid ont Of the $500, ooo appFopr
he ted BY TIC list Legislature !
=, been paid BY the present n hAruen a.
~ Reids instance and urgency, In adjustment Of ,
- claims incurred By Nj. Reid's management. ;
~. dollar Of 1t t. chargrable to Ar. Perkf
q, Nasdeush1p, or hAs been applied to expenses
~ curred bY him. II the 111ge amount thus
~ drawn proves a naaacial failure In anSnod
he management, It Is In the H11nagetnenf OF hE III
~ during Nj. perkius' tl1t month bis sales met
~. expenses, and during his second mouth 1hey b
~. done 70 within *so0. But no part Of the spF
~, prtation has Jet enrred 10 the benefit OF hts
r., Irinsst1atlon. He has strong hopes that his 8
~ viii nearly or quite NEE. his expenses for so
,sn months TO come. Before Nj. Perkins ~as
-. pointed, the other two Commissioners had beeo
Of Ike senese1 AotnptAset 'o'aaa -. 80, ~.
,on- eoaLfol VI LIE uaAo&es' 49, - sS...sA
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