Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-03-23

PATIENCE-COLEMANA Az WOkh-WAG-
ON sHop-sHOE sHOP-LUCIEN BEARD
AND OTHER NOTED CoNVICTs-PRIsoN-
ERs AT ONFESSIONS-DETEC-
T1oNs pITNIsHMENTS - ADMIRABLE
DISCIPLINE,
&C., "O'' "o'
ICorresnondence Of Staunton VINDICAroa.1
RICHMOND, VA, March 10th, TT
AS many Of your readers have never
served a term III the State Prison, aud the
laws in this lawless age being SO lax in
their construction as we'll as execution,
MANY Of them will probably never hav- the
opportunity of so doing, the result Of my
experience during a brief sojourn inside
the prison walls may not prove uninterest-
ing.
The writer was this morning escorted TO
the heavy double locked, doubled barred
gates by an august Senator and lntrod uced
to the new aud popular superintendent,
Col. 5. A. swan, WHO placed me in charge
of his efficient assistant, Capt. Nj. w.
Str0tber. to whom with tho courteC us at
tenton of MI. Patton, Il guard, | an in
debted for an inside view OF prison life.
Spending few minutes in the cuperln
tentientis cosy and we'll appointed office,
we learn that there are 1888 STATE conylcts
of whom 1854 are worbing in the granite
quarries near the city. a. at work on the
narrow gauge railroad III Rockingham and
$50 Ill The prison. VI yne numeer here tnefe
are only
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN WOMEN.
.,..a,.,..
Nothing could SNOW more colicl ,
the superior Vlttua "a ne SEX. l a'ao H.
'tlced that tnfee-l' 9hS OF the collVlces aie
negroes. me ADMISSIONS average oyer o pus
per Gay 3iia inc aisc'atss sss apo'o oiio. W.
Li' -, 1i ~ "a. hnI' -, ~, ,nn,an
The room IS full OF looms all in rapid op,-
Grafton With 4 vast amount * clattef ana
noise but 10 confusion. Inc orGer anG
neAtness of everythl4g IS remarkable ana
tho 1t IS the last OF the week the iiea1il"SS
Of the women's dresses, both "hlte ana
black would put to the blush tue majority
of our housemalds. An weaf the NieElta-
bic stripes and they nave generally pleas
ant and satisfied races. Inc female lolce
OF Che penltentlary IS worked up 10 Cne
full extent oil their aolllty, as ohey husC
weave, cut ana make al "te cloIiiuS loL
| nearly twelve hundred persons. lhe TASK
or II women is 10 yafds Pc PEI Gay, pue many
turn out twenty-five. Allele aie soh1e Ao-
table
PRISONERS, BABY KILLERS AND HOUSE
ruJ,ryEs.
I'M, a,o.,, i, +,,;a ao,,ar+,,,or.
IN tll's ioo M III WV. .,e n
Is Tue o,ii o h ul Sd and hn,
Lpis'h": VIZ looAo ~, '.,, ',,.,
peo III us pIlsoil ssslp az W. No a"y a.
MS polho o1aloony W.. ~ to,.s, ~
Il VISITOR uniess sp1A t, ~ LID '0l Lii "i'i
eARite III 3'aonct oeli 10 o,1,od +ho
;n. nc w. Go i+nr The. nach;nerv and VIZ
of practical utility, the principal object OF
interest i'll this room is
THE TEMPLE OF PATIENCE,
most lngenlouSiy consul uc'eo L s, .
Tempe, ABOUT seven rev lolg 10y toul ilish
WIN separate lower Oyer leeI ia ~, Si'v.
IL IS the "oIA vi Jol'i Pr YAM, q oc ce.
from 'YesthoiGIahu' Wio 10 llelo 1 1Ul llltoei'
years oTence, mouse oIeahiiI 1ne Ieni-
PIE has been the empioynenG Oh Tue poor
1ellows Gag hours llor NJ ~ d sa.oaniu
ana trusted uahu' oelilss holO VI II
IN his departinenG,l Tor 8 years sshd mohehs
his material, snali splinterS gnu JUS o1
WOOD Oh It thlIotm SIZE ano a silape csiieu Z
h;+e f., $3.50 81 ,,,ood " 100 ~.
nail, or bit Of glue used i'll its construc-
ton and his only tool d broken stump OF
shoe knife. In the interior he has made g
model OF his cell, with the cots, stools, &c,
ans himself and comrades iii miniature
efligies The whole thing is elnbellshed
with portrait; Of Confedei ate generals and
other notables. flags, crosses and fancY
designs and is quite Eretty and wonderful:
Descending from this building we find
ourselves in the large and busy wagon and
blacksmith Shop, where there are thirty
hands engaged III the manufacture OF
WAGONS AID MISCELLANEOUS.
,.4 4, 10000 1,,oo.los
1heIe are e.ot INV tMo-i'",a ~ f;s'5
mere, WIN W" hi1e'S p"l.eo a. coz f,s'1's ,d
at 800 lou'-hoEse wagons d. 90, ait'
EeaVy slN-ne[se; W1tl.u5 osus ~ ~ "" ~,
Ial nCi.J W tp,+i &c ~ n,tnril
nsed is Virninian. eycapt that thew have.
the famVus Pitts.lurg axle. and the work
,nausl,in seems 10 be- Of the most thorough
,fvle and executed by experienced work
MEN who NV their vocation as busjlv as
thoush thew were re;lD,ne y rich reward,
insttad Of earning fine wages OF sin.
Passing through another barred and
hoIfed oa]e to the cooner's shoD. we are
confronted bv that
o,,,,,,, o,o r,,-,r nopps r,rDr
HA'''oi' /" ~ II 0''''''
the whip ,ing-post, wi tn the heel tracks in
the soft ground Of some recent offender
against prison discipline, who in that forced
embrace had bOrile unwilling and accu-
muative testim ny to the truth enun ciated
by the wise King OF Israel: "Ihe way OF
the transgfeSS9f IS marc. tnah WHICH iio
If4v' l'ad rsei iiple VI u o.r, "a s ~ +b era
~ !ile lois anu iooiy nv '', ,op,'a ~,
a!o hii9es lla1',s a0 W.. az t,,o oaa, W.,
slHe 10 i2et;u7u ,aelo M 0iu 10 ,i'o shoua off
90, 10 ~ ~ u1o a 80 as;1u Nd ,',ialv 40
vac ploCh2 " WY 1a "a rt'Els "1o for hs
scnoor nty ooolu Iu' ' Than . 40 NAV
eHu" aa ma innto5 a. as ,,,v and sets Of
1,o1 t ,.,au oI+ '' o'nJe5 and tnrned
w. tha n,,,st 'aa5itions n,annar he
ouS ia VIC - .i t1: op, i
doo
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