Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-02

heed TO send for the priest he ragged and tore and
SAID, Il am your friend;'' said I, yes, YOU are
my prosecutor and murderer.
warden keed-Do you know the penalty fol
perjury. A. do.
Warden Reed-Do You swear that YOU eve,
neara me use profane language? A. Oh, yes;
ana IL gives me pleasure to say before this room
inli OF gentlemen, that you are nice Christian
IN public, but-lStop, stop, by members of the
committee
Witness-Good medicines are furnished but
1t IL only the pets, guards etc., who Get them
f'eed never struck me; Hall has; did it in a
passion; my eyes were sore and was put out
In the hot sun for punishment; when he sent
me to the dungeon could not walk fast enough
to suit him and he struck me at every step
hannlgan saw him strike me; no one was pres.
ent "nen heed swore at me; the rules require
are made; Reed will corroborate my statements
Warden Reed said sarcastically at the proper
time ne would corroborate his statements.
by Senator Buck-If you were examined
while IN the State prison would you swear to
what you have here? A. No; I would not
swear at all; would not dare to; Stack was
murdered; he was not sick at all before he
died.
ny Mr.. Denney-Can you remember the date
when you were struck in the prison yard? A.
1t was abont two years and half ago.
by. Mr.. Donohue-What do you know about
a.
ton with him every day, and he was
not sick; could give the names of men who
90 not want to be exposed as having been in
States prison; / would suffer scalping before
would give the names Of men who do not volun-
tarlly want to give an account of their treat
ment.
HANNIGAN RECALLED.
Saw Hall give him blows in the cell room
the otfense was committed outside; Hall was
in passion; can't tell how hard he struck;
judged it was a hard blow; it was the only time:
have seen Hall pull and shove him; while in a
passion Hall uses profane language; never saw
Reed IN a passion; he was angry when pr;s-
oner set ire IN dungeon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
L. e. Reed, S,rorn.
Live in st. Paul; understand the matter un
der consideration; am an inspector of the
prison; know but little about the treatment OF
prisoners; the management, so far as know
and am able to judge, has been kind, and I
have never known of cruelty being practiced
during my term of two years; have been
throueh the prison many times: never saw
punishment inflicted; one made complaint to
the inspectors; his name was Miles; said be had
not sufficient clothing; another com plant was
in relation to the good time taken from him ::
have been through the prison twenty-five
eAAASo ouAAA6 CAC !'tSsu TWO years; COuey came
before the inspectors and made complaint:
some convict sent a written complaint, but 1
do not remember its purport; complaints can
be made without the knowledge of the wardens:
nothing has been complained of to the inspect
ors on their rounds; visit the prison once
month; one convict put paper clothes under
his wooden garments; he tore his coat to show
US that it was not strong; he said the
deputy warden struck him on the way to
the dungeon; he stuffed papers in the
holes in his clothes which made him look RI
diculous, and made the other convicts laugh;
he said the deputy struck him, and the deputy
said ne did not; his name was Seibert; never
heard complaints as to food; one came with an
old dry crust of bread and said it was a sam
pie OF bread given him some time before; the
bread there is good enough for any man; since
we have our new oven We can bake two barrels
OF Hour at once; it is made from straight
Hour; the ration exceeds the army ration :;
from my inspection and judgment should say
the prison was we'll conducted.