The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-09
SING SING SEDITIOM.
PrOtractsd C0mmOti0n Among the
JaiIbirdS.
Ths convicts Still Dcaant-A Prison Scene at
Night-what is Said Of the Agent-Alleged
Causes Of the Disorder-A Home for
Ulster County Invalids-How q
Strange Woman Was Caught
in tho Prison.

The apparently irrepressible spirit OF instruction
which has for some time past existed among the
'c0nvicts IN Sing Sing Prison has reached such q
stage OF chronic viruence as may be said to have
passed beyond the influence OF either time or treat
ment. Some OF the men, availing themselves OF the
pa'pably defective management, have thrown on
nearly all restraint and positively refuse to obey the
orders OF their keepers In the evening, after the
jail birds are locked In their cells they stl give fun
vent to their dissatisfaction at the prevailing order
OF things and frequently alarm the entire neighbour
mood with their horrid Az an illustration OF
the INSTRUMENTATION which has usurped the place Of
order IN the prison. and also OF the estimation in
winch RUSSELL the agent, Is held by the turbulent
inmates. the following scene, which occurred a
night or two ago, viii amply sunlce
PRISON sEgESADE.
Before the lights had been extnguishcd, and
-wh,lo the night guards were pacing the hitherto
silent corridors, one daring spirit from behind tho
bars bolts of his cell door accosted In sonorous
accents a companion III another portion OF the
prison ihusly:-
FIRST CoNvIcT-Say, BLY, guess that last SER
snade That we gave the drunken son OF a b--h
liked his case.
SECOND CoSvIcr-How IS tnat9
FIRST CoNvIcr-why haven't You heard the
aewsR Russell is goag to be removed
SECOND CONvIcr-Thrce cheers for the good news
TINS last remark, having been shouted at the top
OF the fellows voice, was Immediately caught by
over o thousand convicts, and the cheers were
given with will, causing such noise might, in
the language Of one OF the OFFICIALS "naye been
CAUSES or THE DISORDER.
Among the causes which have contributed 70
trihe about this disgracciu state OF affairs Is men
toned not only among the conycts but also
throughout the neighborhood OF Sing Sing, Tie
gross undtnesS OF many OF the keepers. Upon In
qulring Into the correctness or this it has been
ceTtaned from trustworthy sources that the coarse,
and In many respects the iterate material OF
which the prison force composed has, next to the
inter ineGCicncy OF the agent, been mainly instru-
mental IN producing unconcealed Obstinacv among
the inmates. Since Rus ell took charge OF the pri
it Is alleged that the discipline and security Oi
the convicts have peen made Subordinate 10 has de-
sire 70 provide Tor his
MrEcuNious rRlEiDs.
As consequence. men OF nerve AMI expert
any time to awe rebciious laibird-were summa-
ry removed, and q trlne or Ulster county vaetudl-
narianS 81 installed tns IN e Places 70 the intense de-
sured the calbre or their new overseers. The
sarswd inmates innate were not slow to discover that
yield blind obedience In the future had been &C.
iected from the
LOWEST WALKS OF LIFE,
including men who had drove as well az toied on
me canals Of the State, some OF them even now not
rules aesa wt sne 0lS ne
past week, one OF the under officials was
These men, II IL confidently asserted. can never
ss Mno order aTC pmg the con 1, majority
once 1iilcd respectable positions In society.
While instances OF carcessness on the part OF tho
prison officials might be cited almost to ndnity IL
10 only deemed necessary In addition 10 these
already published in the HERALD TO state that not
many days since one OF the officers, having called
az the office OF contractor, situated Ia the PRISON
yard, and, TO his surprise, discovered
MIDDLE AGED FEMALE
IN close conversation with q notorious convict
canned Charles Rotischild, who IS employed To keep
the books OF tho contractor. Rothschid claimed
chat the woman was MS mother in-aw, but her
identity and mode Of ngress % the prison remain
mysteries to this day.
In regard TO the somewhat ambiguous manner In
which convicts obtain certificates Of disability from
che PRISON physician, 1t may be mentioned that
Joseph Klngs!and and Albert T. Williams, two Of
the ''sick'' men who escaped on the tugboat and
were subsequently recaptured were at once sent to
work In the quarrics where they are both perform
ing fun labor mt present 1t Is to be hoped that
when the Inspectors meet at the prison this week
they will affect such radical change as will Inure
20 the interests Of the STATE and the safety OF those
living Ia tho immediate vicinity Of the institution
UamCd.