Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-08
Martin D0nnelly S,pOvn.

By Mr.. Buck-I live in Minneapolis; was
convict; was sent in 1874, and discharged the
Sd of August, 1875; was sent for seduction: was
not very badly treated; had all my good time;
Reed treated prisoners we'll; was sick fifteen
days, and sent by Chase to Reed but he did
not come to see me; thought I was very sick
and wanted to send for my wife;
Reed wrote that it not necessary;
saw Hall hit Keene; he was q boy % or 23
thought he struck hard; it was for trying to es-
| cape; don't know whether he was put in the
dungeon or not; did not see him again for two
or three days; him hit Wilson with his
hand in the machine shop; Farran struck Will
| son and both were taken to the cell room; Far
| ran went back to work and Wilson to the dun
geon; struck a boy named Pete Dowd; struck
him with his hand and went in after him and
saw Mrs. Wood punished bad; Mrs
Hall thought she getting too smart;
Mrs. Hall used to tell us about Furnishing her;
l am sure she was locked up; saw Coffey in
| his cell and in the dungeon.
By MIR. Donohue-I got 800 and $15 when I
left the prison; served three years. nine months
and three days; according to that would have
264 days of good time; (Which amounted to
5000, saw Hall pound Wilson; Edward said he
would give us bag of tobacco if we would
make as many aprons for the threshing ma
chimes as we could; Hall came and told
us not to do our best; Edward gave Hall
so cents for us; he never gave it to us; Sey-
monr, Sabin & Go. gave forty apiece for
making aprons and we made 40 cents each
daily; had two toes cut off; one on each foot;
Pratt cut them off; it my desire; went to
work six or seven days after; doctor said it
! was too soon; worked in the hospital and
then in the tailor shop; saw Hall abuse and
swear at Coffey often; saw Hall strike Keene,
Wilson and Dowd.
The CROSS examination, by Marsh, Deputy
Warden Halls attorney, was simply badg r
ing of the witness, without eliciting any new
facts.
BY Mr.. Donohue-Did Hall ever make threats
if you complained? A. Yes; he said he would
Jug me if l complained. Q. Were you afraid
to complain? A. Yes; thought it was best
for me to put up with good deal of ill-treat-
ment rather than 10 complain; this was the
,, general feeling among the prisoners.
SECRET SESSION.
| Upon conclusion of this witness testimony
! the committee went into secret session, and
reporters were excluded. The question under
consideration was the manner of conducting
the examination. Mr.. LARSEN thought the
committee should have an attorney. The &C.
| cused appeared by counsel, and the committee
allowed them full latitude. He also thought
some protection was due witnesses. and did not
think it right to further degrade the ex-con-
| yicts by compelling them to state the offenses
of which they had been convicted. If things
wese going as they had done. he preferred to
! resign.
Senator Buck seemed to think Mr.. Lar essen q
remarks were partially reflection upon him,
and he replied with some warmth, disclaiming
that he was acting in Warden Reeds interest
He, too, was ready to resign. The conference
closed without any decision as to the method OF
conducting the testimony.