The New York herald., 1878-03-12
Conclusion of The Testimony in Favor
of General Mott.
M E D I G A L T E S T S,
How the Faculty Have Discovered
Malingering.
DISCIPLINE DEFINED.

Bergen county. The audience was small. Mr.. W.
Budd Deacon, member OF Assembly from Burlington
county, was allowed the privilege OF submitting tes-
timony In regard to a statement made
by General Mott that sooy, q convict in
the prison. had refused to him (Mr.
Deacenl Mr. Deacon road tho paragraph
alluded and read a statement denying that he had
any private business with Sooy, ana and that an
oaOIa visitor he (r Deaconi had right TO sooy
In his cell; that his relations with sooy family
always friendly, aud they never htmated that visit
sooy would be dsagrceabls TO them He thon read
a letter and afidavit from Mr. Mark Il. Sooy 10
corroborate his statement
MEDICAL TESTS FOR FEIGxEp SICKNESS
Dr. ". w. l. Phillips gave the following authorities
TO prove thas the OF tests, even scvcrer
than alcohol, were recognized by tho medical frater
my Professor Dungllson's Medical Dictionary"
article on fegned Diseases; Guys "ForensIc Medi-
cinc" Niemyer's Practical hedicine;' Library oi
Practical Medicine, J. Hughes Bennett; Chcsholm's
.Manua Of Military Surgery - .Forensic MedIcine,"
by woodman h Tidy; Fiints "Practice OF Med'cne;"
Woods ..Praclico OF Medicine and Sir Thomas Wat
sons .Practico OF Physic." The following letters
were also read:-
PHILADELPHIA. March 8, 1873
II nnAa Docros-Your note in rereropoe ierned dis
y aass isa Is aaa % %
, % nss vi win no ar =
ooeily injury s sssho pasnss .ns sin
would Infinitely less severe than osner ,ssas which
u. hAtEs AGNEW.
LETTER 8. WEIR MITCHELL, OF PHILADELPnIA
THIS letter in reply TO series OF questions sub
mitted by Mr. Phillips
proper egrsd the KIND Of
srsss%sss oi real disss.es II private prsecsiis
s"s M "nd with the
severe s, remedies , s.u..a n..a,v.,. ~
n n.Sy e 'psH ass me ss
have the iegned diseases in question all treated by
.. In case containing the following pontsviz those
aoyve and ocsusg pssss" M to term
jusbaois 81 the cIass Of rened,es A.
c"nvc; to whose case - 'ns doctor s
many physicians would be apt to to some
1Ss $ s..% nry y
Hs Ai;
sna
USED Than ever TIE snns Of
sa. ss:s Fa'ss
m not ''s hi
s"s s .oa % ss s e
tor As said il is question degree have laid IN
S"k .A hnn' @ ny d @ 70 NJ
% n n .Hn
| what possible harm dousr
GEXEsAL Morris COUNSEL SUMS UP.
| Mr.. Frederick Kingman, counsel for General Mott
| proceeded to sum up the testimony He said tho
charge in this as foows:-"That great wrongs
are praetised and cruees inflicted by ths ocials Of
| the Now Jersey State Prison the convcts under
their charge" Tho resolution under which she CON-
| mttcc is acting Is as follows:-
Resolved (the Senate concurrng) That tho Joint Com
state Prison be- nsa ~, ey ,a a hereby Of d
and
In order that proper action may be taken in
The arst witness sworn in the case was DR.. Thomas
| j. Corson. being shown article in wspaper
he requested 10 read u and state whether nc Was
| the author ot IT, he sad):-
author of much Of II from the words ITO
the Grand uy to the signature .Thnmas j. Cor
p. hs ha'y aoseaS wAs
:hvm Aott keeper, Dx W. T. Phillips an, 'na ma
issed and and inhamsn punishment upon
the bodies VI prisoners confined in that institution.
These are therefore, the matters referred to this
committee, ana you are 'Hnstructod 70 inquire into
| the truth or fasity OF these statements"
DR.. C0rson being further examined, said -
or my knowledge do not know what kind
a "ssd en- s been into
Mr.. K,ngman then quoted IRON tho testimony given
by Dr. Phillips, Robert II. Howell, Frank Ii. Taylor,
s,on. Ephraim KnuImau, Charles II. Knox ana about
twenty other ol Gererai Motifs witnesses to prove
that the mode Of punishment BY lyips ny lo!herwss
s'dungcon punishment prescribed by the statute.
PRISONER sNooK's DEATH.
He continued. With reference to the death OF Jacob
Shook II Is clearly shown that there was no evidence
or symptoms OF disease made known to The keeper
before the death Of the prisonerj he was violent
man, ANA had been punished beioie, but his punish
mcut had not In any way all cted bis health or pro-
os os"'eS shs oecssos after careful inquiry into the
by the keeper, the marshal was ordered TO put
HIM up Tor twenty minutes Tho marshal put tho
mouth 70 h% IN h so% MAKING ing as BE-
| - DAl,su hn IN
with them Robinson witnessed tho tying up
by the marshal, and that the gag was taken
quest looked at his fect to SEQ how far lie was drawn
up and Robinson called again by the marshal 70
botice Snook's position before he WAS taken down.
When the prisoner taken down aud found to he
dying dead the physician OF the prison was sent
rouSts was ny psa tho
he came 10 the prison ana made a post-mortcm ex
animation. He said:-
death therefore opened his he ad And found an eifn
in the venrcles thckening OF the with
sosether were sufficient tor his DEATH
We think 1t clear,y appears from all the evidence In
the case that DR.. MoKsnze clearly right when hs
says
did order an inquest; satisfied myself that h'
died from natural causes.
tives or friends oil Shook thet he punished toe
severely or that his punishmen had anything to u,
against General Mott 10 TINS case We think il cIear,
appears from all me evidence upon the subject tha
General Mott was not IN me slightest degree re
sponsible Tor tho death OF Jacob Snook.
THE PADDLE.
With regard to the evidence on the part OF th,
prosecution. II may DO observed that Dr. CorsoD, while
he admits that II has been proved that there Is M
such instrument as ''paode" used In the Stat
Prison OF New Jersey, he, nevertheless, reterstcs h
charge that DR. Phillips told him that the paddle wal
used there The absurd'ty Of tins declaration on th
! pnd Justly throws d's,rus, UPON all his state
ments anu that distrust Is largely Increased by th
doctors jecar alton that he was Incorrectly repore,
hi nj nh IN toru1 nd the
and declares that he never made the statements o
that subject contained In the oca report OF his tes
timony.
, A WORD KEEPER
We claim on behalf oil General Mott that the cnarg
OF infcting crueities upon the prisoners under hi
charge IL entirely unsusained by the evidence IN th
case; that the report vi the Inspectors mad
to Governor Bedle November ], 1871, In whic
II is stated, sthc ADMINISTRATOR o discipline by Gen
eral Mott. though slrct neithor inhunan nor cruel