The sun., 1873-04-30
4 HrMILIArING SPECr4CLE.


fhe Qunriers which the Mun,6rcnt city
gives the Drunknrds whose Last Cent ha =
been -pcut over the Licensed BARS.
only four times rs many prisoners IA
could be accommodated were crowded int the
tcn-dN lodging house Of the Tomhs On NJ inday
night, and Yet nobody died. The thousands
who visit the City Prison and commiserate the
wretch"d inmatcs confined In the pestilen-
tiA cells are in happy icnoranc" Of this
greater pest hole, because they not con
Quoted through the Ten Day Prison" Thi-
institution, for It is separate from the Tomhs
proper, consists OF two buildings. The Sun has
described the one used for lodgings, although
half II its horrors have not been told. The
other is stone structure, about - by 30, and
story in hesht. II was formerly known the
Watch House, and was used as police station
was built There is but one door to the build
iug, md but three windows. In Its Ccntre l. u
large stove. Around the walls ON three sides
are wooden benches, and In one corner are "A
sink and Croton pipe. This constitutes the fur
niture and contents of the room. II II always
horribly nltuy. Prisoners committed for ten
day- are confined ln IL during the day, and at
night they are driven like dumb beasts into the
lodging apartment opposite the main entrance
FIRST CONE TRsT SERVED
applies here. Those fortunate enough 10 head
the procession eagerly spring for the hunks,
miserable a. they are. bur II Is seldom they find
VINO are employed In menitl capacities about
the premi- OBTAIN possession before the less
fdyo ed are released from their pen.
The hunks are feet ll'. inches long and less
than IS inches wide, including the iron frame.
The canvas sisa in the Ctutrc, thus adding TO
the lod GERS discomfort, especially when his
head and feet are resting across an iron rod.
lut the sole occupancy of even such sleeping
place l. Hn unknown luxury, Two men are In
VtTiahly packed within this narrow space. This
allows them twelve inches OF room each, but
space is ccunomiZed by the men lying In re-
Nerscd positions, thus bringing their feet In each
others faces. A part Of the body rests on the
iron rods that run from the head to the foot Of
the bed-tead. When one moves his comp1nion
rolls into the centre, and II Is 10y united effort
that they can recover their respective positions.
OF course very little sleep can be had under
such circumstances, and men become debili-
tated for want ci II.
floor and frequently the corridor door IA also
covered with lodgers. A night in the hunks,
however, compared with ono On the hoor Is
a PARADISE OF REsT.
The flth that seems ind genous Is made worse
by eXpeCtorations OF tobacco juice and almost
nightly the sinks overflow, inundatiny the en-
tire door, and the inmates are aroused from
their troubled sleep TO escape drowning by
standing on their feet,
Vtrmine infest the place. The cellar Is always
flooded aud literally filed with water rata. The
rats, embOldened by numbers and hunger, often
attack the men, and after storm guards are sci
to protect the sleepers from these raVenout
These are the lodgings which the authorities
give the wretched drunkaTds who have no,
money or friends to save them from the peril OF
an awful death, Police surgeons are RESPONSE
BILE for the horror. They have the authority 10
order these men 70 a hospital, and Warden Bren-
nan Is always pleased TO send an ambulance
when II Is requested for such purpose. Had
tins course been pursued the death Of Golden
have been charged against the city as oficia
murders.