The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-23
PANDEN0NIUM IN SING SING
FHE TRiNSFER or FTFTr UOMEN con-
JICTS IHOH STt1L PRJsON.
Prisoner. SINGING pdrtiug Songs "a Roof to
the tnrsing aud Fighting Women In the
Steamboat Trying to Drown an Uniccr.


steamboat Trying to Drown an Dniccr.
The iiftywu prisoners who were trans
ferrod from the state prison in Sing Sing TO tho
Kings County Pcnitentiary on Monday stirred
up riot before they quit their old quarters.
The discipline in the Sing sinR prison for
women has boon very lax. and only fifty of the
~ women therein have been required to work.
These Manufactured collars and cuffs under a
contract with Pine. Miller & Durham Of Troy
II, - cents day. When the conyicts learned
that the oilers were 10 be- sent to- Brooklyn there
TO labor at shocmaking those who expected to
u" transferred threw of all restraint refused TO
obey orders. and made pandemonium Of the
prison. They sang and laughed and fought
and danced like persons dcmcntcd Superin-
tendent P,lslnry. Warden Clarke and Deputy
warden Biglin were cursed until the ordinary
lexicon Of profanity and slang was exhausted.
The disturbance WIS begun at 10 o'clock on
Monday morning. and as the convicts were to
b. taken away at noon. tho keepers did nothing
more than prevent violence and bloodshcd al
though at nearly the last moment Warden
Clarke scnt for n reinforcement of the guards.
Jane Poole, who Is serving out ten ycars'
sentence for robbery in the street committed in
New York in 1874. and who hoasts Of her ability
to whip any man of her weight was the most
proinn" and dcmonstrative Of the women. She
i "A large well built woman and has strong in
nurnrr Tor evil over the others. She and Mary
Jan" Hines were mainly responsible for all that
occurred on Monday Mary Jane Hines Is tho
most inrorrigiblc prisoner that Sing 5 ng has
sheltered Tor long time. She Is an English
shuplft.r. rs years 81 age. and has spent very
iitle OF her time out 81 prison since .he turned
/ years NJ age. Although she's a shopliiier"
Oni"r Jackson sald Yesterday she has served
time in cvory English prison for various ofren-
ces, and VIII t9kea turn ut anything that offers
With these two women for rinclcaders tho
rcckl"ss convcts, dened their keepers. They
screamed. cursed. fought. and sang until the
order for the march to the steamboat was given
,Beyond rather noisy parting with Maron
might have been nothing noteworthy But Mrs.
Clarke. in her kind way permitted the contract
girls To bid their companions farewell from the
r,1t of IN" ittle building connecting the work.
shop and the prison, and as the women VINO
had been drafted fled down the hillside stairs.
IN striped suits and with their home clothes in
bundles On their arms the contract women as
song Of A Life on the Ocean Wave" and then,
after both parties had roundly cursed the
Warden and his deputy ana Superintendent
PiIshury. and had awakened the echo,s
oaths. those on the roof sang n verse "
out on the Ocean Sailing. and wore answered
go The bay we Landed" In which the PRISON
and it, Keepers wero handled with anything
Tut tenderness. Thus. with singing and ours
lns the boat was reached. and then an attempt
WIS made to drown Deputy Warden b glin.
, wh9 stood near ne sir!nGple.e. \ dozen
him, and pushed him toward the water. shout
lns. Drown him and the - - Clarke"
Bigin escaped. however. and, after three
groans for ne warden had been given n pass
INK his oiil go. and q woman with her mouth
The last II the nifty embarked. and the boat
The contract women returned 10 thoir work
and became quiet. But Warden Clarke at once
removed Mrs. Clarke, the good -natured ma
iron. for permitting the riotous behavior ~ the
.ynNi =. md has already appointed IN her place
Mrs y. d. Hall Of Green island y. y. who is
eNt'rl' u'ri ~ h'r v' 'uphtlnn.
The drafted conViots passed their time in fri-
Nnhty and profanity On the down try Of the
AlltAe wilely-notorlous women had now COMO
from sing Sing The yelled murder"--. who
had been an nmat" OF the prison for twenty
years. WAS transferred 10 an asylum for the in
SAM three years aSo. The others We're sent
with the ilfty drafted women TO Brooklyn. Three
OF th"s" are serving for murder and two are
The eldest. Mary futile. a colored woman. AZ
years Of age. had been in Sing Sing prison
twenty years and six months. She murdered
81. Dttriiui,.s Nh" d"-, To- infemprranre. MIR.
Hubbard. deputy matron. saws that Mary TutiI"
o. ID true aud lis -ttnt chr -tIun In the boat
ou VI Iuy shr sal 10y herself and smoked a
l,.pe The oth.r life prisoner is wihelmua
WICK OF FRI" county who sen
i"nced.r 70 be hanged in July. 1876. hut
Coy. Tilden ,ommuted the senion'e ~ imrris-
eminent for life. She is "a stupid quiet German
who murdered her husband Caiharinc Don
Hu is TIN other murleroSs. Her husband WIS a
farmer IN "a little village IN Monro" County
They had three children. and were comfortably
Irnvm"d WIN means. They .quarrelsd with
7 D.. IIs
killed. Ih" husband was sentenced Ia mprs-
eminent for lie and Is ia Auburn Prison Cath
"rin" = serving term of fifteen years and has
g.r"niy l""n imprisoned seven years. She is
d,. 'ril',i hy her Avel"r- - "A grumhler.
MARY Llkln-, an asrl tI"rnnn. * thu mother
For tmriy-nN" years Mary TiAin. rrarti-ed
pocket pl hing ana sh'pl ting. on the dock
u tho Don't. a Monday she -oil To- Dr'rciiy-
me- if WAS FREQ on. only think ~ w. rking the
Ia 90 clark MNv 4 ,.fftt
call ~ nay old, friend, Ridley IN Grand street
ot her right hund. hpth stiif and paralyIel ana
said; " SEC, am old and crippled. amt can't
l,rk 10 kris any NOR" I'm only shopllt now
Wy don't they let me- out =
The mo-i notorious of Mrs Flkins's eight
'hi.ir'n Is Sophia. who having been married
tii"iwari she was married 10 Levy also q law
breaker. AMI thus She got the aims. sophia
Levy, y w she is the wife Of Nod Lyons. tho
bank breaker. LYONS was in sing sing prison
in $50 and IN ls72 Sopha JOINED him lyons
.-.np'i and w""k later he callrd az tie prison
hos liul whor'. Sophia WAS nurse. and with the
couniyance ~ a keeper he tool. her away i'm a
con.A Both w'nit9 Montreal and there they
k"rt hon-" ant l.yrd honestly VITA their chill,
boon sentenced expired they. hogan 70 work
the country inirs IN Long Islnni. Both were
arr strd nut Sophia was pardonci. Her hus-
hll' N"s, ~ lr,r vars more 10 -rrN. IN Autumn
lr'-ln. IL. W.T." has mun"y and lives on it in
hnd- mat 'all the family 0N,cpl the dog
have n,"u IN prison az the sam" time"
ON the arrival of the liiy conviots in Brook
Nu. they Wrrr taken from the pier to the prui-
t'h1ary IN ioHr lrs9n vans. They fought,
To-day thy arc To- ice So al wore IN the shoe
shop. ANA seventy five women now employed
o4i j" ih' lr.-nu "t" e. br dis harsel.
kings county WIl nay the p'u'rntary ono
| .NNur ahi hNll a any iNr "ufh prisoner, ami
"a" -u... on'i. torWlll nav inriN cents "a day TOR
On" S'0tr pon'tontHr. % s".rr.. thr-o. wpiueu
! lu' Nutt rui .uiD DO lN-I urv preferred 60 send