The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-26

was not obeyed the visitor prefcrring to leave the
grounds and retuIn at some later date, when the
orders OF the Commissioners to their mperious off,
Gals would be more carefully respected.
| Waiting at the dock by the Charity Hospital for
the Of te
duct OF the officials were freely uttered by them as
well as visitors.
| One gentleman remarked after hearing the
vehement Indignation OF TIE visitors, that they did
not know how to do the thing; that IT was as easy
for person to 20 tn ough the Penitentiary with
or without pass as fos a Cat to swallow orange
county butter. "Ali you've got to do, ladies, is to
| PIT UP SOME STAMPS
the clerks and turkeys"
| A few minutes later the scout OF the HERALD and
the above authority ON prison perquisites were in
'.How often have you been here ?" asked the
for e you ma %Ss s OF
The man laughed and answered:-"wen, often
enough to enable me to travel anywhere on the
Island without a pass and see anybody have .
mind to-"
THAT'S strange; came armed with the specal
pass OF the Commissioners, that reads as follows-
The Commissioners desire that The officers Of the De-
partment should afford every facility 10 M. - and
for the exsMna ion and visiting Of The y,
requested ali the information and facilities pos
JOSHUA PHILLIPS, for Commissioners.
And, although had shown 1t to Mr. AbelL when
left the Office to look abOrt the grounds he fused
permission for me to leave the once"
The man smiled and remarked. can you had to do
was to put 1fty cents or dollar In the hands OF
receive donations. tell you them fellows are
set OF politicians put In there to make money.
pve given them money often and have no trouble.
II you pay for 1t You can send
wHISKEY OR ANYTHING ELSE TO A PRISONER.
1t Ia the same as Sing Sing. About two years ago
an old man who had son at sing Sing wanted to
send him some delicaccs. He gave them to
me, with $40 / went up, asked the keeper to
allow me to take in some oranges. lemons, tobacco
and money. He was very indignant. slipped
dollar In his hand and got in. For a year
used to carry nearly every week all wanted to
the prisoner, and nearly every time took in n
quart demiloh OF whiskey in the yalise. Twice
paid the keeper as high as -
TEN DOLLARS AS A BRJBF,
and he would pat me on the back after l had de-
livered II and say, You're gentleman It's inst
so here In the Penitentiary, where I've done the
same thing You go up tomorrow and plank down
dollar bill and yOu can do as you like. Try it and
see If it's not successful
us the same plan pursued in the Workhouses"
"Yes, hut on smaller scale. Bad as they treat
them in the Workhouse, the prisoners in the Peni-
ing room ut was about two months agO) and saw
the men take dinner. The fare was bad One poor
sicklylooking fellow got tough piece of grizzly
meat fast In his throat and strangled. When he
threw It of he tried to catch It, but 1t fell upon the
floor. The keeper saw it, and, rushing upon him
several times,
CUT HIM WITH A RATTAN.
Had he treated me so would have killed him II I
cOuld.n
The above are few merely OF the developments
made by the HERALD reporter. Later and equally
as spicy details will be forthcoming both as to the
Penitentiary and Workhouse.