Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-03
Patrick CeHeU's Story.

The next witness was Patrick Coffey, whose &C
count of prison barbarities has been previously Civ
| en- in the GLOBE. His testimony was lengthy ant
corroborates what he has uniformly stated since h
left the prison. The following are extracts:
have seen the deputy warden drag men to tn
dungeons for asking for bread; Reed did not wan
men to tell what the deputy did and said, he gave
orders himself Q. Who was taken to the dungeon
for asking for food9 A. You can put me down fo1
No. 1. Q. Give us No. O. A. can mention E
dozen; will not; refuse for the benefit of my
brother sufferers this honorable committee is here
for humanitys sake; I'll suffer this right hand to bt
cut of before will give the name of a man who is
prosecuted in that prison 80 long az he remains
there; sick and thought was going, ard asked
for priest Reed denied the request and shook his
fist in my face and threatened my life, when I was
sick in my cell in the dungeon seventeen days
the longest time anyone in there; did not eat
the food furnished; was made sick from hunger and
could not eat was often put in there when I was
sick; was put to work in the shop pnttying pals
my eyes poor; was forced to putty pals ans
could not see the cracks; was outlying tub, and
told the guard could not do it; he said you have
got to when got through with it he said that tub is
not puttied, you codding, 60 into the cell room
saw Reed come in blowing like porpose, and give
his cell; Reed called pet "a Swede) who took every
thing out of the cell on the cold iron hoor put
in after breakfast in the morning and expected to
get out the next morning; was cold from sleeping
on the cold iron floor it was in july but iron is cold
to sleep on: l hope you gentlemen ;. will
was there three days without anything to
eat; had water twice day; the fourth day called
leu5ly and a guard named Chase, answered; he
said the warden did not want to see me; the third
day got mouthful of bread; got that once q day;
no one but Chase came to me; the ninth Gay
Reed and said, "Hallo, who is THEREOF smiling
oh, gentlemen, if you knew what is behind that
smile; every word he said cut to my very heart;
told him wanted to see the doctor; he said 81 am
your doctor, and shut the door i'll my face; called
for Gods sake to let me out; man now dead gave
me food on the sly; buried it in my spit-box the
orr orI ffSn1i fyrolf IL bod
amps and pains and did not sleep well; Deputy
Warden Hall said, IF you don't stop that noise I'll
skin you, you ---, from head to toes;"
guard brought water, and said he would
see somebody; Hall came the next morning to have
me go to work, "You God damned --, III
break your head, chain you up and kill you if you
away; his name is Charles Bardwe; now that his
name is given, he will be hunted away from
there; went to work, and no one allowed to talk
Packard was guard will not tell the name of men
while they in prison. [Cofey showed his days
ration, which was piece Of bread two inches wide
by about two and half long and half an inch thick
which he kept in small pasteboard box, to remind
him, he satd, of the hard times he had gone through
He also showed lump of dried dough about as big
as walnut, which he informed the committee was
taken from the inside Of his ration of bread.] Pris
generally do not get enough to eat except about
the time the members of the Legislature to in.
spect the prison. prisoners stay in the dungeon unit
Halls passion cools; you might as well whistle iise
Williams was good man. but he used to get drank
and kick in the gable end for pie asanness nc
doctor prescribed croton oil; the barber told me il
was croton oil; one of Reeds pets told me it was
croton oil sick at the time; Pratt the doc
tor of the prisoners who we're pets brought
medicines; said thy had to lie to get it, they would
go to the doctor and describe my as il it was
their own, and get medicines and bring them to me
asked Reed to send for the priest he ragged and
and said, IT am your frend; said I, yes, you are
my prosecutor and murderer.
When Hall sent me to the dungeon 1 could not
walk fast enough to suit him and he struck me a
every step; Hannigan saw him strike me.