The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-12-05
N CoD,s COUNTRY.
Hell ON Earth.
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MILWAUKEE, Oct. 22. The Sentinel
of tomorrow morning will contain the
most startling sensation OF the day
and expose Of the horrors and atrocious
brutalities Of n modern "Blacls Hole Of
Calcutta" the House Of Correction, n
penal institution Of tho city. Two
years ago n man named Peirco came up
from Cincinnati, and on trumpod-up
charge Of forgery was sent to this hell
hole for qwo years, his term having just
expired few weeks ago. The writer,
who is regarded in every way as per.
fcctly reliable and sane, charges the
keepers Of the place with outright mur.
der, starving patients TO death, keep
ing them in "blacle holes without see
ing the light or tasting food or water
for days ut time, winter and summer,
sometimes when the weather is 80 cold
that the unfortunates feet are frozen
oil with feeding ldiAoners with dead
calves, glandered horses, dogs aud the
most abominable filth imaginable.
In confederation of his statements,
the writer shows bones taken from
meat that are tbone Of logs aud horses,
and iibrcs Of bones that are from abor-
tive calves. For weeka they were fed
Oh bread made Of horBefeed, aawdust,
mill Sweepings, aud plaster Of Paris.
The "bread" was nothing more than "A
putty dough tho meat was mess Of
tho most abominable pntrofaction, and
consisted generally Of putrid pigs feet,
glandercd horses that had died, bovine
enbryoa and poisoned dogs.
The barbarities practiccd are of the
most revolving nature. The punish
ment was by placing prisoners in vices
aud burning them with hot irons, i'm
prisonment in dark. suhterranean damp
cells for weeks, cruel aogging and cold
baths in the dead of winter. 4 mum
Der Of prisoners Who disappeared and
cannot be found are charged to the
keepers. who either starved them to
death or killed them outright by cruel
and inhuman treatment The sick
we're never allowed 10 see pbysiciansr
and were starved out an soon as posi-
bic to get them out Of the wry.
Internal machines Of torture were
used. Huge strips Of cole leather, dri
ven full Of taeks, were placed around
their naked bodies, and such Other
er-before-heard-o brutalitiea 4
few days ago n sick man was put in the
black hole and was not removed until 1
corpse. This horrid hole, where III,
prisoner was killed. is an old, dry well
Eve feet five inches in diameter, aud o
uncertain depth. Tho writer Of th'
.Ssuainers article was kept in it ont
time for twenty days without seeing
human face, or even light. lie was at
tackled with ,lelirium of hunger. Th
fable Of Tantalus WAS seen by the poo
suffering mortal, who suffered ali th
horrors of mania potu.
The Kidnapping of outside persons
generally ignorant country people,
frequent, and they are taken into tn
prison to make chairs to ill contracts
As bighas eight a day have been brough
in and put to work, without comm
into the city or being allowed the spec
ter Of trial. This is spectacle 70
the natives, ior the gods and for tn
angels to weep over. Ii open-hande
infamy of this kind can be found j
heathenish countries 1t has never bee
published.
The recital il one Of the most scar
dalons outrages ever published. TIL
story was written BY Pierce while a
inmate, and when put in the publisher
hands Chicago detective was sent fol
and he made personal investigation
and has corroborated every statemcn,
These facts are learned from proc
sheets. Every charge can be snbstan
tiated..