The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-01
SING SING PRISON TORTURE.
THREE CONrTCTs sEvERELY BElTEN
WIN A LEA TIER PADDLE.
What George n. samueis, nm Invalid Prison.
er. Told a Reporter for The sun-The
Keepers Version Of the Punishment.

convict named aooroo n sanuela bad whom
m bcon mnI,rontod IN n n,os, horhoro,a n,on-
per bv n keonor n srs ,cno,tor yisI,od ,ho
prison Yesterday Ue found Wardon clorL
inst ON tbe evo ~ leaving 10 ossun,o bis ,ov
noai,io, ~ Su,or;n,ordor, - phi, W.T.
He was much surnrisod n, ioar,i,c ,ho no,,,rn
Of the rcportcr's errand and wondorod bo,,
Tur SUN coulJ have cot ON ,bc scent ~ ,ho
mo,,ar "I Lro,, y, nc ~ ,raa,,,o,,, - ,oa
vIc,s bnre n,bo warden oddcd rino,ng tor ,ha
nhvsican "bu, ,vo will Loo, int ,bo coso =, ali
evcn,sn Dr Iooi n Mn1J,n ,ho rssi,on,
,hvsic,ar voun,, r,o, ., o,,,,, % -. ,,.,,,'
- Iii, ,,, -.,,. . !, - - 80 -
u urA piaek mous'aeho anu nervous manner
knew OF such convict as Samuels but was not
awnrc TINT he had been punished oxcesslvelv
"sa,,,oIs oor,, .r, s,,,,,o ,i,,o L., ,II ;, T.,
f, 'Hu',1 :" ea"'e neio sou'o 'lno 'aS. iui'. nc
said. About four months ago he was taken
with pleuro. pneumonia. and admitted into tho
has,i,I H., tas
He is hysterical at times full OF deceit. and can
not he trusted In what he says. About two
months ago ne felgned Hts TO such an extent
that had TO tn hrcatcn to send him to the Luna
tic Asylum. He has had attacks of chronic
vomiting, ana mas complained. believe, oil hav-
ing been punished more than he deserved
"hat was ne punished with the warden
asked. growing Interested.
al tlif M "A Il "A Inn
Cn' u"' "n isi We NJ uoupt II ulu MN
good"
,hro,ch arror ,,n,r ,osso,,, ,,.a,. t,',l -
through , marrow under passagc way INTO a
eurytng line Of conyi"ts % ,U waro mare mnrchipv % in
:, ''"" ..'-. '''''' -,
,n. snor' s'ep 70 ,heir cells' ihe' Were crammea
sesS seo with S'nS h G and & sS height
punishment Ascending ono or two airhts Of
"so" s,a,rs ,he doo,n v"y % ,.V ms,0 VI
the door OF long. narrow room. and. advanc-
inc IN N hod.id. o, ,ho a,u,b.aa, cornnr .nid
Thls rl ls samuels. ..,
me prisoner was wan INN; pale iaced IN
yhS M SsT YIN sgnkeh a f9eSs cs and waSea mD
e e see there was no shammlng about his case
d e t5d 5rdd, NJ story IN INN weak Iolee p1uslng
he said. the frst week IN september last. l
wa was waiter IN the shoe shop. and was report
ed for not being in my place. heopor, Bronx
!hought hadnt ought TO be padded. he SAID
they took me down to 6he punishment room;
office; there was two others there with him
aaE blEEnn b t2ld me- me t2 put out NIX hands; | inst
h.e ne Shoked me about tne neck iirst. lie seemed
floor and choked me and. put his knees on my
chest ! tainted away; | was in weak health
and couldn't stand it, When came to they had
strung me up ny the wrist, ana ny feet were
What did they do then
;, Well then they padded me three separate
call the doctor. Then they threw water on me
anu LEI me down. Biglin held me- down on the
noor ana Kept his knee on my stomach; lie
was a pig man. ana weighs 200 pounds. was
most choked when the doctor came in. Then
they strung me- up ne third time and
ive separate times. don't mean
i, ais n'owS Dns ise una- Ao,I naail
was Kind Of 'i Wild and ee eraay like. Keeper Big
nu s,u ,h II wVu @ i S,iiu III ,v - ,,, Wy
I'M VIZ s Wal and H. !, nI1,ht hav isn, ii,,,,,
niI ,,,, e., y.r r,u,b ar,,r
II sb2uld sny I did .ir Ind Mains in the
I'm nHaie WY" Kiln III ani n, w. w. & iS
from the erects Of il that was " sent M 10 tS
been doc,ored a good deal since"
I HON oSS much is oI you wei weigh rS now. samuelsfr
IN kn9T gt Srs 80 pr o@e sS bs1pp?Se sir
And Won ar, certain your sirkne ia caused
by the injuries you rec received on tint occasion "a y
way II t6ey hadn't used me So" - '"''
""wef"nt You You Sick in The pcnltentiary before
Won came hey, - th, do,,nr aske1 w S
'1'NSS. ar The doctor M The nenitentlorv sail
my lungs was n little bad, but was healthy
enough cther Ways "1
,inuad "Th'y mi ma IN ,hr dnrk .ei I, IN
thrae tveeks nfter was nadlled' Th"y NM mo
in and kept me- there iorty.eight hours becatse
io VIZ beeaT,se the 'innther dust eot in,o INV
iunrs I told the keeuer IL was making me
sIcI I'm, ho diin't nav no attention / ,ysntnd
~ s,e IN. doctor INT he tnld m" tn ,xoit f"r tha
hosnitI cniI vbirh wns evarv t,So Iavs f,.r
thev i,.t mo ont was si~k nnj couldnt en-, "''''
w." MA the u,,1ilinl, irnv. nnv unrIs ON vo, ~
"Xn,hsing I'M n hi1 himn nn nv h%nd anJ the
al ,nrn "ty NV wrists hy th" rome "'-N '''0
SKIN 2pn 9l ny ~ r. s aien, vos go vvoo
tbnt he syomited twice. Nptwithst"ndinr" Ills
evidence the physician thought that he might
possibly be still shamming.7 A. the reporter
else Air if he dndicating the doctor wasn't by
The ronorter called the pnysician Lnck anl
insisted On hearing what thn patient Ind tn saw
The physiran requested him 10 lie brief as his
timc Vas voluahle and Samuels after much hest
tation contiuIed. II was about Foley and
HI ~ sir ,yhn wore drsfted away a. CIfntnn
prison nni iha Auburn Asvlum two davs hn
fnr, / 1x,s .ent here ito tho hosnitnn / wns i'm
reii 775 AMI gnll"ry III where cnuId hear il ali
Fniev wns Sick and wouldnt come on
of his cell They took a uole and Knocked
linn snnsniess nn1 thcn took him ont of Lis rnll
Ke@ner cCormick dragged him along on his
back like a dog. Rickrtts sung ont that they
oupht to Le nshnmed 10 bent "A sick man so
Fo1ev Ind the asthma ind 0
The nhvsirinn who had manifested much i'm
patienan bernn taking notes to check the re-
n"rtnr Ssinueis went on. Hickatts Ind n ra
aor They told him 10 drop il or they wouid
shoot him Eickrtts said will give If M To-
Birlin' Then Birlin saws Take he ciu6s to