New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-20
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| TO the Eater of The Tribune.
SIR Your accounts OF the improper management Of
Ludlow-st Jail not quite full as they might be-
which you will doubt learn from the inmates II you
can get their communications IL has been and was q
great surprise to many, and they have never been abe
TO tell why protesting TO be upright and just,
as Matthew T. Brennan should reappont such man ~
Tracey, Warden His character has been fully shown ny
| Neu York, June 5, 1871.
The following letter was received at tirs Office by THE
| IRIBuNE's poor Prisoner
siR; LEARN that you the author oil the admirably.
written article signed Poor Prisoner" which appeared
| IN IHE TRIBUNE AS poor prisonerl thank you.
Every word you uttered true The picture is far
| oyerdrawn; perhaps little IT, other .way. My own
story is sad one but at present do NOT wish to tell IT,
the telling Of it would only prematurey dyulge the
tactics by which am gradually undermining the ma
evoence OF my enemies have ncarce rated hero
| for many months When one charge failed was held
on fresh But my time viii come and will then
call upon you at THE TRIBUNE ONCE and give you my
history and tell you Of all the prosecutions have been
subjected to by Mr. Tracey and his minions recoecs
your face well, for day you tried good deal OF
| diplomacy me. have made con6dants here and
na the ~ crues Of this place and The Hah
ness and the grasping greediness Of the Warden In
charge sm' yours rss sesRsf OF Luprow1 JAIL
Ludlop-sa Jail, June Is, 1871.
ANOTHER PRISONERS STORY.
A few days ago TRIBUNE reporter called
Ludlowst Jail and requested to Of the above
correspondents He found the gentleman the third
tier and obtained from him the following statement:
The excitement occasioned within these walls by
Just but only too lenen exposure OF the mysteries and
mseries Of Iudlowst JAIL has been tremendous; Early
In the morning not copy OF The TRIBUNE could be had
for love money Warden Tracey had bought all that
could be found within the Ward No doubt the prison
n nc. a 9 as IKE
bear with sore head ever since the publication
Of that article One poor devil who happened to
the first one on whom Warden emptied his yals OF
wrath de ordered back 70 his cell, and was con-
break his id neck" and tried to aggrayate the poor
fellow into saying something which he. the Warden,
the prisoners would have Jared badly had e Warden
dared to give any physical INST, OF hs mus
his luminosity through this channel was unadyisabe he
e number S billiards. snd jail
very uncomfortable. II Traceys cursng THE TRIBUNE
and its reporter would have annhated It, no doubt 10
would have sunk into utter oblivion.
After the confederation OF your expose By the second
among the inmates at not seeing any refutatn of your
articles in any Of the other papers for the number OF
legion. The reporters who called to tho prisoners
were accompanied by keeper, who never lett their
Of S 9 We
It's EXPOSE but warden Tracey hearing Of it, threatened
that did he would put us all in the black CELL and.
very uncomfortable for ali to be in cell during this
hot weather, and therefore we did not carry out our
After the drubbing that Warden Tracey got from your
paper you may imagine the cleaning and scrubb2g that
everything got IN readiness to receive him. DURING
my eight months soiourn It has not been my luck %
effect of closing the bar for few days but It is again
08 @ oCs SRsTs i no & sr than
have been in the habit Of getting Still there is room for
70 call your attention Ohe system Of heecing the prison.
erswhich is carried on between lawyer named George
manner In which is done is this The Warden tn
the man picked and tells him that he knows law
orally handed over al once. The man ther kept n
prison until he hss no more money and then ;eeas
hundreds Of where men have got their freedom
to reach the outer steps Of the and c ers g
racious wolves that infest this prison.
HOW A MAN BE PROSECUTED.
In the following story given reporter by smother
prisoner the names Of persons and places have been
changed for the obvious reasons given above;
John Smith formerly held public office, but for some
He was npsced in the jail on account Of attempt az
black mailing" certain Mr. Jones held mortgage,
s ssRSsss t biant Tor farm Ohio
mer owner of the farm dying soon after, the mrtgega
came still in blank into the possession OF john smit.
in Ludlows jail who ha t claim upon the es ~,
mortgage held for SALE Smith purchased H. and
gage which he held But because the mortgage in
Blank until 1t reached Smith, on the books at the
been direct between Jones and Smith, instead Of two
persons Intervening Brown proved to be rascal AID
latter finding that he could nothing by legal
procedure, sought the aid OF sharp lawyer who for
carry in such way that IN order to ayoid the M
Smith would re Wiling 70 e aS sI o
transferring the farm In payment Tor winch lie mao
oiee instead Of to the jail where he was told had
you brought because thought would not wish
we &c can arrange this matter between us ye
security for the payment or will trouble you more
should be extOrted from him. The lawyer therefore.
went on q with she S R aaq promse 70
next morning. This promise was overheard by the pros
tSs ba axed az ssooo SO that when Smiths lawyer
the next day to release him be found nat ne mus
give bail for Sal 000 instead Of 300O This he was unable
TO do and Smith remained In confinement.
Browns lawyer soon found that his ease was poor
had not succeeded in frightening Smith, he sought for
some means TO crafty bis Spite For weeks ne ne
and at length found man who held Smiths note Tor
$1,000, though not due for some months After several
allow hun to collect the when i came due saving
that Smith was rascal and that unless e
ing was that action should be taken against Smith
he sse aa nSt %hsS he SSF' TSS
had ans That and smith Rfen was
on his charge went to the lawyer and demanded bus
release saying that he had intended DO anything
S adam sa IN n mS hands and s%
| any trouble Il serve you In the same way IDS
senced it did not satisfy the and he let the mat
ter drop Smith is fully prepared to show that his being
in jail alone prevented him from paying the note when
N came due He has q written confession from Jones
that he was nstgated by this lawyer TO begin the suit
and that he promised pay 1880 This confession vas
given on condition that Smith shonid not him tor
false when he released This does nor
however, include the lawyer aganst whom smith ~
tends to bring suit as soon a. he is roleass. @
This shows that under certain statutes In the come
mon law an innocent may be taken from his busi+
ness and Imprisoned for months to find on coming out
that the person whom he would sue possesses No
MI Smith says that treatment Of the prisoners oy
Tracey and his assistants rs barbarous In the extreme