Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-02
Reed to send for the priest he ragged and tore and
said, Il am your friend;'' said /, yes, you are
my prosecutor and murderer.
Warden Reed-Do YOU know the nenaltx for

heed to send for the priest; he ragged and tore and
said, Il am your friend;'' said l. yes, you are
| my prosecutor and murderer.
Warden Reed-Do you know the penalty for
| perjury. A. do.
Warden Reed-Do you swear thai you ever
| heard me use profane language? A. Oh, yes;
| and IL gives me pleasure to say before this room
| fnl OF gentlemen, that you are nice Christian
IN public, but-IStop, stop, by members Of the
committee.
Witness-Good medicines are furnished, but
| It IS only the pets, guards, ETC., who get them;
Iced never struck me; Hall has; did it in a
passion; my eyes were sore and I 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;
Hannigan saw him strike me; no one was pres
emit when Reed swore at me; the rules require
that no one shall be present when complaints
are made; Heed will corroborate my statements.
Warden Reed said sarcastically at the proper
time he would corroborate his statements.
by Senator Buck-1f you were examined
while in the State prison would you swear to
| what you have here? A. No; 1 would not
swear at all; would not dare to; Stack was
| m m ne was not sick at all before he
died.
BY Mr.. Denney-Can you remember the date
when YOU were struck in the prison yard? A.
1t was about two years and half ago.
BY. MIR: Donohue-What do you know about
Stacks death? A. I was in communities
ton with him every day, and he was
| not sick; could give the names Of men who
DO not want to be exposed as having been in
States prison; would suffer scalping before l
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 offense committed outside; Hall was
in passion; can't tell how hard he struck;
judged it was hard blow; it was the only time:
have seen Hall pull and shove him: while in a
passion Hall uses profane Ian guage; never saw
Reed in a passion; he was angry when pris-
oner set ire in dungeon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
L. Il. Reed, Ssuo7..
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
throush the prison many times: never saw
punishment inflicted; one made complaint to
the inspectors; his name was Miles; said he had
| not sufficient clothing; another complaint was
| IN relation to the good time taken from him;
have been through the prison twenty-five
times during the past two years; Coffey came
before the inspectors and made complaint;
some convict sent written complaint, but
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 he 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 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 flour at once; it is made from straight
flour; the ration exceeds the army ration;
! from my inspection and judgment should say
the prison was well conducted.