The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-30
CRTELTlES To TIE CONNICTS
BURNING THEN TO TEST UHETIfER
THEY sHIMWED ILLNESS.


what Dr. Philips the Trenton state
Prison says-Ihe stretcher De.cribcd- The
Gaze Of John Murray-'rhe Investi9ation.
| TRENTON Jan. 2o-Thc Intense intorcet
,,i H.. ,i,, tt.,i, -, ,,.-.,. , IN
cNVi'cu ny tlc "i'cs"'ioh VI oar"ro"s anu lll'-
gal punishments in the state prison hero made
hv pr Tbo,,os c,rso, hos ;r,r,,.o, ,,;,l
s VI '"o,'''s o. Ouis'n nus increased WIN
inc pr"sp''' now opened ior u legislative ihV's-
tigation. Gen. Mott keeper OF the prison, re-
fused to-day 10 show n repo,tnr Tor Tur srS
~ -, ~ " " W. m ~
'he poo'-heei gag ana the stretcher' alleging, as
n reason, the publication Of cN-convict Hugh
Flynns story in its columns This morning
Keeper Felix MCGUIRE who was formerly
Marshal Of the prison and who had the super
vision of Tho ,.,risb,nor.. d,s.rih,l ,i,
,, ''-'.n W Wv 'u"'7'"''"'S' u's0i''V" ''v
strctcher To reporter.
co,soTr,o.t,i, i, t,,.',,',s,,.. -, -.
'""'' .''''' II. n''"s's'7 - "snVr, Vr"ssphr
| cned by means Of large stnrlea which net n,u.h
,hn so,n, as h,,dn,Ns rn ,hi. ,r,ssl,,r h. at,
tacheI n r,,llnv hit,bcd ,o n h.nn runnim,,
across the ton Of the coil That ia all thor. used
10 ue oi H. ihetc Is not ana never was. any
means OF fastening the feet to the floor in the
way DR.. Corson describes Tho only thing there
was used to hold the feet down was chain. The
way this chain cane to bcAuscd was this; Ono
u"y va, nau pu'eu up negro ne was power,
,. ,u. ioi.oN, "hu " oau one. pui,'u nm up ana
! dfIn't bsor orv,hip., 81 hin, I ,,, az, orI
""" n,"' "nSVl'hs o, MN Eo' up ana
/ looked into the cell. and there saw him sitting
astride Of the crossbeam. After TINT had a
cbnip u,nln f,.t D., , s,o,,i, a., ,l,, a.. ,r,i 100,
| ennd 10 one leg Of the man vnnted io nm, IN
This rhniu s Sl,y,, ii, - ~ w. un, ~.
ns tbn nian L"pirs io iro,r bimsniVy frnn, ~,
| noor" '" N''''' " WV" '''''''' '''"' '"V
was mnde ~ NM" oynrs W tunthor A},so,,.,nci
upon each other in The same way thnt n bnot
hnri il frrnrd rnmb Iovor - 11 " 11,,io Va, s,raiior liz
| than the preceding one, So that the gag tnpers
| toward the end that is thrust into III" month
| hrnnthinr There ara al f"rent sizes rsni inr
different months
who VIZ hsld IuS tS .iS" SnL co H. r ro u
ali ah,,,, H. ~ li - ,aI iin,.i, ,",,h ~
He wentnd to be "'i considsrnJ insnnn ~. su, -.
e"s,@d mu,tin,, tGe h0as "m I'm ~ nr phii1ins
al sI M n, nu,''',s Wy iIsv wh i,," W. V ",,iiS.
ns was NE, NE Tms IN fhhy ,hy vii WINK Xxx
Gnii nn WIN the hose ana at the same ,ime wGShrd I
H. trnr trr II, ,,HGh h 's W." ,h
, MI t9"nu .uVhru 49, |ur",h', ~, ",' nc IL
nr"s n so nronnI Iown IN N.we r,c h, me
fi,,,,h o I'm, t S.hhlS ShS ~ s'i ~ w. ~ ~. ~
ai rt, S Ahhws wher. ne VI mvuopy
IN o,bsni,h liz ,hor u,ur M l,,,rn
1',"' n,,'uEu. tneIe ~ u rewaru ior w return
thern ia mona for ,nn ,vh III. ,.a,,c ., frn, ,bc
Asyi,m, frruiG Ir i.on onr VINO cs'"pvs i"M '"c
ASNHlun,, lyr NE insane ,, ~, ,,...
,r, VI * H., . .'Ir'u htt-u Nni
tbnt h., IA ,d ,,..,r t1,,ara ~ "' '"' "' 'iO 9V'''
nr VII srrnrin,,.,S p,. lon, - tho s,o,e Asv.
t1.i ,t,, N,rra a., Nv "l az, ~, , ,, S" H. r
lbs nurnnj VIM i ,"hol ,n ~ thn nsyium ON
/ MuN y 4 = l4at a. ~. .rI,
oi ''rS n -, "St y'I, a. lnN tsinr r. NaIu Y'n Y
ihe Lrsadth and length ~ Two ~ his nnrnrs on
net"r ,7 xxx ,a r ws 's NJ M nearly n.hiea oNsr w
ibgt id rn r,i " & w. ,Hr sai, s'I,r's H. ~ 'lu & m
| never n.f'rn heari ~ hnr"ine nirobni on n
man. ii. IN as ~, t M ~. , u H.
had heard oi hnldin. i've coal 10 ihs nnstrii"f
n s,,'r"sJ ,,', r ,..r " H., i, "' ,,h W a 81 -
conl wns never ail-,y.J f. t"nmh III thr nnstrils IF
IT, y" wrrrc IN itlNhtr pra9tlce. ne mlsnt nJ IN,
|
Nur,av ha s,ij No., 49,, -, -, - ,li, n'.,,,,
,,' n" salu waS uhIu's,i many ls"H%n %
| "i'-li"nn v"nrs f., s,.rve fnr' hu,r.,'erv one
| u1rninc In Julv after dnyirnaL he tore "A
radiator from rs place. ani with that knocked
his lar" feet were foii"w"i t. tha road. am,
there they were no more seen. DR. Ward thinks
in wagon.
Dr, W. W. l.. Phillips. tho prison physician
speaking in defence e his burning Fred-
was not us severe as and was directly in line
with. the treatment of Charles sumner and
Clara Morris for kindred Diseases Their backs
were burned with heated irons.
DO yon mean, he was asked. that you in
tended the burning 81 the man with alcohol to
act as n remedy in case he should really prove
20 be in an epieptic ilt?"
Mo- because that was not the time 70 apply
/ was sure FriedlanIcr was sGammng epilepsy.
He was carried down stairs apparently utterly
his legs and set fre 10 il. As soon AS it began
70 burn he leaped 10 his feet. ana was At once
I'm this cas-. was remarkably successful. Fried
lander has been at work in the Prison ever
since"
What Is the effect of burning alcohol on the
skim"
| 1T has tho same effect az n blister hut be-
cause the flames act quicker than the plaster
| the pain il OF cours. greater. The sore that
results from alcohol flames is confined 10 the
| SURFACE. and is quickly cured"
DR.. Phillips was then asked about the burn
Ing q Murray.
Murray he said. q" | supposed 10 he really
an epilettic. ! did not think lie was shammng.
DR. Green of Elizabeth however insisted that
he was. thercfore concluded 10 apply The al,,".
hol n test. put some on his leg while he was
stantly. but Murray never WINGED. The test was