The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-29

they could 40 outinlo H.
Of tho nlost
NOTORIOUS PRISONERS
Now serving their terms, Ham, The land
fnTger, 10 painting wagons John Wesley
Hardin ID doing sltehlng W lhe shoe factory
John Ianham u 10 tho flflilnre Department.
| Coward, from Houston, COMMITTED w lnh
Governor, ID In tho hacksmllh.shop Fields
oolOred, COMMITTED nv tho Governor Tor n
nameless crime NJ Houston, 10 IN Tho cotton
factory Cord0ya, tho Mexican boy commit
nd nj Ian Antonio for murder,a IN the FUR
nitur0 department All these, except Ham,
ara llfh pflsonerai ana hTe 30
happy that they were mol hung
that ihey aro cheerful and oontonled,
Superintendent d0ree ls Of tho opinion
that II prisoners continue W DO sent W me
penilenlarY NJ the present rate That llere
will be NJ least 800 on hand by the end OF
tho year Tho majorlly of the prisoners be-
lna received now afo white men, owing IN tho
change In the penal code, which has l0faaned
the number Of felony oneheoH' Ito docs not
think This
INORgIaE IN PRISONERS
Duo IN an increase Of crime, but rather u
tho Increased efficiency o. the courts and tie
determination Of lurles 10 enforce rlgldly mo
law. During thu past twelve months about
| INV lifetime prisoners have been received,
which shows TINT for tho highest Crude Of
crime, tho luries Of tho State nro melting
out tho full penalty Of tho law, Some Of
tho papers OF tho State have been animal
yertlng upon tho plan Of ohnlnlng prisoners
around the neck Yhileconyeylng lhom 70 Dlls'
on charging II wm inhnmAn and cruel The
reverse of this Va true, because II IL
not only the safest way 10 carry n prisoner,
| but II N tho oneest mud most convenient 70
| him. An iron collar II locked around his
neck, which llls loosely outside OF bis coat
collar, but not l0sa0 enough for bis 70
alIp through. This locked NJ the back Of his
neck, out Of roach Of his hands, whlbh aro
free. 10 this collar chain h attached,
which tho prisoner carries In
his hands whilo walking, II he
Ia not chained TO another prisoner,
His legs are free and he can walk with cOso
to himself Prisonep thus chained never
Iump from trains In motion, for they fear 10
do 40, but they often do 50 when chained
otherwise An examination into thismolhod
Of mnnaCling prisoners will nyInce any
ono that II IL tho least Objectionable of nll
the methods TINT have boon tried. Under
tho present system tho
COST or CONVEYING PRISONERS
To the p,nitontiOry Ia reduced nearly ono
half of tho old plan Of allowing Shcrills TO
take them and employing rs many
guards Ms he desired. one man docs the
work under the present contract system that
i've or six did under the old law.
LISA common thing with many news
papers, and not u few political speakers TO in
Weigh against tho
HIRING OUT OF CoNvlcrs.
1t Ia misfortune that this Is necessity
and no ono appreciates tho fact moro
than the lessees and Supcrin-
tendcnt, but IL cannot be helped.
Tho State has not provided prison
room for half the number of Convicts who
are serving out sentences of the law and the
best must be done that can. There are no
two gentlemen in the State witt kinder,
more humane hearts than Messrs, Cunning
ham n Ellis, the lossecs All that they can
do to mako the prisoners comfortable and
to lessen the mseries Of their fate they de-.
They feed them md cuthe them comlora-
bly,, care for them with Jealous attention In
their sickness, spare neither effort nor ey-
pense TO promote their health and second
all ondeavors of the Superintendent for their
good. Superintendent Goree is watchful of
every interest Of the state and of the con
Wet. The rules that he establishes for their
governance are juslas lenont ~ It is possible
to mako them and insure good discipline, In
recent circular letter to sergcants in charge
of convict camps he defines very em-
phatcMly what they are required
to do. They must see to it that
prison houses are secure and commodlous
ana tnaV they are NepV oIe"h .neS must See
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