The sun., 1870-10-17


WeMe,. aeid Correspondence Of the World
"Thcre he lies. Don't look 1t isn't pleas
ant sight at ALL Yes, he breitnes hut lie can't very
long. Lers see; how long Is it' FIVE, seven, nine
good God nine days without eating or thinking
q particle y
eeycral years ago man calling himself Jane.
Wilson went to Hartford and attempted to uass hiu-
self of NJ a hrman beinr lie was quickly seized
and impounled in the state Prison. where
us WAS TREATED As Barrs
mus, cSpect to be treated when he falls into m.
friendly hands His warden was william Willard
who ras since been murdered. David Kently the
man who was committed under the assumed name
OF James Wilson. has been convicted OF the MURDER
and sentenced to be hanged the I9th of October
ISL Dsgusted and chasrined at the conduct "
the judges In not allowing him a air trial which wns
| all he asked, he determinod from the moment tsat
sentence Of death was passed on him to die quick
" as possible and not to allow the law tO nlic tho
double death OF years imprisonment and the final
| strdngle. Robbed OF everything that cou d be con
ycried into weapon for self destruction he Ia
PEELED in order to carry out his awful resolution to
| Kill himself by starvation. lie conducted his trial
| alone. and, although the court assigned him two
cOunsellors ho would not allow them to say word
| In his defence. The ouly defence he had wac his
| treatment IN prison. and no person could present
| that argument so forcibly As himself. When the
court refused to listen to a word concerning tlat
treatment the prisoner, with an utter contempt for
tence him TO be hanged, and liurne at the formal
ceremony OF tile judge and jury bringing in their
verdict.
THE nuRDERED KEErER's SON.
When we approached the little entrance Young
man about %, resembling the son Of country par
son, was standing up In lumber wagon, holding
pair OF reins. MY friend recognized lin he jumped
down and was ir,roduced as young Mr. Willard,
son OF the murdered man. He started u call Mr..
t,at he hoped we were not going TO write anything
Mr. Martin, man about 40, with keen gray eye,
rotund body, and ruhicund tace. soon made his ap-
pearsnce. He carried very heavy hickory cine,
which generally hung on his arm oy the curved han
10, whether he was walking or standing still. lie
had just been overseeing come work where q
prisoner was patching up tie front windows lie
.tth fla nd n sin 10 Of Tho hap
and seeming TO comprehend the object OF our VISIT.
at once offered to conduct Us through the prison.
AZ we passei through tile nrst room we saw ten 0r
fifteen visitors waiting to be shown into the prison
Among them were mothers and sisters weeping
for their sons and brothers who were within tho
prison walls.
uEARILSssSLs or TIE SEw wARDrH.
"wen," said the new prison warden, "surro.s
take look at the iron cage first thitg. believe
that 70 an object OF good deal OF interest lusi
"Yes, suppose we do. by the way, how is VIII
| scni Has he eaten anything yett"
Wilson amt been no expense TO tfi- INSTITUTION
| vet since his ttiul. That Is, except lodging. va
Thought the "ins,itution" would soon he relcres
| OF even that little trouble.
| Ha, ha well, NJ, he don't"
| ~ suppose you keep on Offering him food TO
| same as If he ate regularlyf"
| "Oh, my yes. livery Time the other p'isurers
fed, his rations are nut IN 70 iiin, Tine "a
di-h len there the meal before Is taken oui. Hui
see 50 dreadful about tnat' rs lar-er tan -n. Il
| the cells, I'm sure"
Ins IRON CAGE.
| Iwalked into the iron care and l1okel araUnl Il
| is exactly Ike being inside el steam uo, %. ~
course, II II built up OF so Ia blocks OF rr,ntr i.s
| al the other cells, bot in addition To- that B.
| d" lned' with boiler plute. I his t,ck ifon rItr.
is nut together and rYctet first, Ike ''f,A hul r.
| In one end of Tie coce tGere a,e three rcHu 'oS
| about two iLches IN diameter, and th,s., 81. I..
| cut into space between III walls " Ne ,si.uu,
allow The air 10 osc'le hom tho cage rhe rotranc.
| was trouZi two iron-grate doors, eitIcF one "
! Which NOutI y ~ a Hercules.
| "Wcll, now. you've seen Ill over y, What 10 You
think ofiti They call i, 'uagooI. WY tairrr
door burnin all nitt."
| III ISN'T tne Kind Of Inusa should Ike to Hycir.
| tut should ihiuk ariy fellow mi Sit stln II IN
| thee for a while at least"
WAY, bless you. We ouly had him In ttrf, tvc
days. and that was to i've Us chihee a. lNirs up
II Gnicr,t,nd Mr. Nqrtiu th1t q lc-is .y, co-i-
miitte - gong L" lnsnrrt me prison o" ~ To 70
Yc. and they '.,e nal committees hcr h.'ur,.
| WHIT do they ina outs u,p't cu" a,---- s4s' er
they come or not !. .'nr: can fnf cut t'. tns 'hts
| viii do them any good, AL rigut.'
| nIoh'g U.,Sr ADoUr ~
| subject of the murderer Wilson, bu, he i ytr.aby
| eyadoi mo. AZ iast bec1uc convince of hl- ds-
terminltion to keep the matter quiet and let te
| starNe without making any lu-s over It. We wcot
through a the other shop'. and saw in all ABOUT
hundred and thirty men ., WORK. Thev ail looked
enforcement of tie most rigid ru,cs. As We were
passing a.one b. lace where my friend OF the Post
|
whit It w.s that hndered the prsoncrs nom getting
through. The warden an w'rod simply, g Il rules"
| Nh.o crossing iho yard toward the prison proper
we an old fellow on the opposite side with the
convict uniform on. sitting On tie grass with his
| legs crossing the stone X. There he sat with
nothing 70 occupy his mni-no book or scrap or
| ue~sraper-uo' but to tSirl his thumbs. His
head was bent ty that everlasting milestone which
hangs about all tier ncehs, never cooking toward
heaven unless ~ tie darkuc,s of his cell at ni-ht.
| "pallo who's that Old iellow sitting ther, -
| ".Oh. he's feeling htlc sliG lhSt's all You know
| they viii gel played out sometimes.
uoRmD sIGur.
| We had soon entered the prison. AMI the warden
led the WY Tast the iron cage again. Whose double
donrs stood at open 1t ready TO clasp the victim.
We had hern almost every" here except To iIsons
Ri, WARDEN cast ~'orc- toward a cell door at IN,
lower corner Of tho block Of cells, and az the same
tame SAID ~ an r.dcrote, "Ju "a,S ol'.7 % :
| wa Iuu can FiAue" IN at MIN a. We 20 bN' H'
| t.un began to tnk about sOu,tnmg forei"u - tho
matter and waited By the Tra,ing withon; booking
IN. he eNirtntJ ul Aot M!r.I - EiNc ~ "a" up u
walk straight alonr
IMJlNcI pct tue iron door and cot slu.i, look
| at the Itu. .'Iatt slHI, between tie r-"l' q wiz
| starrc'' 'urain. nv lead. a- knew 70 1I' U'h'-
wise I shoud oGeud tlc var 'n. Al c"uA root
Irat vas a pair ui lDutotsd '-t icl'nt u' '-e IT
,o We, "," ,... ' a. '~. t- a. toN me r, .ct
" ic sfinny iscc vitlout tle features So'nt ol'eS
| mir, twu legs s.rus"l'"tt ont r'a' '' nt.
thrown up Htd ben, =, d "t o.- ' sJ u'. I,iu ~.
iicqs, the 4. GERS lying nat a- II -rG IN nd.''',
.,.tcung olnr. but NOT the sound ol a tH'. u'
heavy door iol,tG -td lo't'i, u' ore .'.' .@n @
| sId t' e luIuis warden NHi.'.. B. I'. gro I. '
, Tho mn may le corrsc! Or. Ho'' emit
break tH9urh th,' SGor a'a ,, ', ,' T' '''
" inca l Thought more cainVi v " n" 'Y
= right this Important bnt lHd'n.d on '', N,
d nris"ners were al saicy barrcl anI lv't h'l"1
returning to h- sou tod, sud should ',, % \
=, frightened By las firm footsts,s, 1pl ynr 49,, y
: the soul OF tu- poor, MreicA'i ".''I"' "'"''
r LIFE Is TORTURE. ANu pL,rI Is nLi,''
e Uhor y,e v,rr l,Nip. tie lrsou Nj MAJ %, D