The sun., 1873-04-25
DEATH IN THE SEPULClIRE.
WHAT WAS SAID INSIDE THE CITY
PRISON YESTERDAY.

Lawyer Kirs Dviua-Mrn Illegally Held
Awaiting Triai-C ompia,nt Against tho
Commis-ioncr--The Dungeon into which
they Thrust the Drunkards.
The dry, warm weather of the past two
DAYS has had an exhilarating effect upon The
Tonbs prisoners. Ove-coats are now sunicie mt
TO keep the inmates warm, and those who are
30 unfortunate a. to be without this garment
can find comfort by lying under their blankets.
Louis Ahrens is a new case OF rheumatism.
He has been prisoner thirty days, and has
been PROSTATE ed over a week. King IL gradually
falling, yet the authorities neglect their duty
by not ordering his removal. Dr. Browne Is
growing worse. His cellmate Ia Johu Smith,
confined n the charge Of having paw y tickets
In his possession that had been stolen from tie
learned that Smith came honestly by the tickets
and declines to prosecute, yet the urisoner :
held. Smith, who is a mere youth, was offered
another cell when DIR. urpwne took to his he'd,
but he magnanimously refused To leave ms
companion and now engages himself nieht and
be murderer Of Sandford Murray.
NIXON.
NIxor, sentenced 10 be hanged on the 18th
proximo, Ia IN condemned cell No. 4. lle seldom
shows himself In the corridor. Mrs. Nixon daily
visits her husband,
Yesterday Bermuda negro WAS sent from the
I,yed here about % three weeks ago. The Boston
authorities found him within their prccinct- on
Tuesday and sent him to this city. lie styled
himself son OF Queen Victoria; and SAYS nor
Majesty Cummiss toned him to bring dispatches
60 Gen. Grant. His language aud manners ind-
Gated that he was well eduCatcd and oi tesp"cta-
bic position. Ills diCss WIS that uf Brush
naval commander, made Of fine blue brtudcluth,
aud trimmed with gold lace In regulation style.
Edward g. stokes, who until the recent order
OF the Commissioners was permitted To take an
airing IT, the prison ward every day. under the
charge Of "a deputy sheriff, complains Of tho
change. He seldom steps out Of his cell. and
refuses to Ocept the privilege uf exercising
with other prisoners in the corridor. aS IN dry
weather the boards covering the pavement OF
the corridor become sul.rieutly dry to emit an
unwholesome dust under the tramp Of so many
men. the Commissioners. In explanation Of
their forbidding outdoor exercise, say that they
have not enough officers % guard the prisoners
IN the yard. Thi. IA Lndu ihicdly true. Indoor
exercise. II - thought, is under improper re-
strictluns.
COMPLAINT AGAINST TuF COMMISSIONERS.
Mon who have been confined from four 20
twolve months need more exercise than newly
admitted persons, aud the rri oners complain of
lege between 2 and =. NJ, during which t.ne
visitors are excluded, the doors ere locked, and
Keepers have nothing to do but sit In their arm
chairs.
The ten-day prison-where prisoners are con-
nned under char es Of intoXicatiun. or for minor
ohcnccs-is wretch Il hole, with four pens.
each containing steIing quarters for less than
half the number usually confined. Those una
hoor-urtry To ficep. The place IL always shame
fully OverCrowted, and Warden Johnston cannot
Keep II clean. II was in one Of these pens that
POoR GOLDEN DIED.
His bed was tho hare door, lila companions and
nurses outcasts. The numbcr OF PERSONS who
have died in that pcstileutIal den c4nnot be
made known to the public, for the facts have
been carefully concealed.