The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-11

them buttoned to the neck when the reporter en-
:'YOu have plenty Of bedding, thensn remarked
.soS, yes plenty. We can keep very comfortable
apo you actually feel cold hereY"
'NOI exactly cold-we are chilly. 1t Is sort a
ch that creeps slowly .o u.s. PS Ewhg 10 to our
cell. 1t Is neither cold nor damp, and yet it feels
like BOTH"
THE REPORTER REMAINED IN THE CELL
some minutes and could actually experience some.
thing OF the sensation which the prisoners at
tempted to describe. The air was q little heavy,
little moist and little cool, and 1t could very
readily be imagined how the sensation OF "chill'
would diuse itself through the body In this unset
tied weather In stone-waled room, into which
probably ray OF sunlight never penetrated. 1t
was indednabe, yet unmstakable.
The next apartment visited was cell No. II on
the other side OF the corridor. This was the abode
Of Stokes Tor one year~-up to the time OF his re-
moval TO '.the condemned CELL" which he now oc-
cuplts A young man. almost boyist and OF
German or Hebrew origin, was the sole inmate.
He looked deeply distressed, and his eyes were red
and swollen from weeping. He was
TENDER-souLED PRISONER,
less than twenty-iour hours in durance, ana had
not yet become sufficiently reckless to be brave in
such sort OF adversely. The cell was very warm
and comfortable.
'Are you warm enough in heres" asked the re-
"Oh, yes, sir. am as warm as want to be.
The cell is as comfortable as 1t can ber
TINS st cen was almost INC areet over me furnace
that OF a lady's boudoir, though, perhaps, less
aromatic. Stokes carpet had been removed from
the stone neOr, and the reporter stopped ana
placed his hand on the tagging, to find that 1t was
quite warm. No attempt will be made by any prl-
sOncr to
ESCAPE FROM THIS CELL
by digging down through the floor. The furnace
beneath would be too suggestive OF the hereafter
which awaits so many OF them
On this corridor are confined Sharkey, the slayer
OF Dunn; Scannell, who waited three years for
Donahue's lie; King, who pistolled O'Neil on
staircase in Pine street, and Foster the man whose
blood has been h0wled for so long. Simmons who
carved "Nic." Duryea to pieces In Liberty street
and altogether the dwellers In the first tier rank
high In the criminal catalogue AS the keeper re-
marked:-
''Thls tier is occupied only by heavy criminals
murderers, burglars, highway robbers and men
All the windows on the west, or inside walk OF
the corridor, swing open, and may be opened or
closed at the Will OF the prisoners. A number OF
the cells In different localities were inspected, with
the same general results. Some OF the
PRISONERS WE'RE TOLERABLY CONTENT
with the temperature and Others were dissatisfied.
but all whom the reporter conversed with stated
that they were well supplied with bedding.
On returning to the Office Warden Finley stated
that, SO lar as the capacity OF the
prison was concerned, 1t was wholly in
adequate, but that the Commissioners OF Charities
and Correction eXerted themselves by every
means In their power to minister to the general
able privilege or addition to their comfort at all
consistent with prison discipline which they were
not at all times willing to extend; but he thought
the only real remedy for existing evils was to be
attained by building new and much larger prison,
In healthy location.