River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-12-12
STOKES AND WALWORTH.

The Two AristocratIo Convtets ordered
TO Another PrisOn-Both Unuef
cal Treatment,
The New York Times of the 10Th,
says:
A draft of fifty convicts went from
Sing Sing to Auburn last evening. The
authorities intended that Stokes and
Walworth should have been among the
number, but the serious illness of both
prevented their removal for the present.
On his arrival at the prison Stokes
complained of severe attack of
asthma. After careful examination
by the prison physician, he was admit
ted to the hospital. In ord IT more
fully to satisfy the officers o. the prison
as to the health of Stokes, Gr. James
II. Wood, Of New York, Stokes pbysi-
elan, was sent TO consult with DR..
Pryne, and make a critical examina-
ton. The following is DIR. Woods
statement:
81 visited Edward S. Stokes at the
hospital III Sing Sing Prison, in con-
sultation with DIR. Peter Pryne, and
found him suffering from asthma.
have seen him occasionally for the last
ten or twelve years with very severe
paroxysms OF asthma. He is also SUI
fering from specific disease, and he is
afflicted with catarrh. have been his
family physician for many years, and
have prescribed for him during his
confinement at the Tombs from time to
time. During the last three months of
his confinement he was continually uD-
der my treatment, / feel that DIR.
Prync, in placing him IN hospital, did
perfectly right. 1t would not have
been humane for him to have done
otherwise II is our decided opinion
that he should remain there for the
present. He is now, as he has beef
for the last three months, under a
course of treatment, and which we feel
it is important should be continued. 1t
is DIR. Pryne's wish, and the wish of
Stokes friends, that l should visit him
occasionally, which have promised to
do "
Stokes is uneasy under prison rule,
and was greatly alarmed when informed
by the warden that he must go to
Auburn prison. Many very silly let
tiers are received at the prison for
Stokes, some congratulating him on
his light sentence, others asking for his
autograph, all of which, of course, are
destroyed. Walworth has become
melancholy in the extreme since the
novelty of prison life has passed, and
he has settled down to the monotonv
of tramping from the mess-room to the
work shop, and from thence to his
gloomy cell. He appears to have real
lied the stern reality of prison disCip-
line, but is very quiet and submits
promptly to the rules of the prison.
He never speaks unkindly of any one,
answers all questions in a gentle tone
of voice but, when left to himself,
appears overwhelmed With sorrow and
remorse. He has lost all freshness of
countenance, and seems to be breaking
down rapidly in health.
Last Sabbath while in the chapel he
was seized with vertigo, and had to be
assisted to the hospital. Medicine was
administered, and he retired to his
cell, preferring its couch of straw to
hospital treatment. Since then he has
been suffering from pleurisy, and is,
on the whole, a pitiable object; just
on the treshhold of life, he has the APP
pearance of an old man. His physical
punishment, however, seems nothing
compared to his mental agony. When
sick he never complains, nor does he
ever ask for anything, not wishing to
give trouble.