The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-24

TIE Objected.
"rseohed Creature, ~
can Notes" in ls4s ~.
sd-Asaia.

i ~O80 8n1n. ~
sd-Asain,
Vne announcement th.1rr
neSnler was released in.". ~.a.eskslA.
1:sss r e.: e.. On Wet iSs -
s c;ar. On IL. Jus i:ce nothing Of ~ i.
n !1 e,. Tor The .'etnersl ~. .sPtsil. j.
yet Charles Lsngheim,sr !. 'esdet," u
prisoner OF the nInet enth pe'hanS
whc'e cnee the English r.. sSsn:lstj ".
on 10th sides Of the Atl,n,;. y palS
quatnled, aud there il n" "''c asekSs
number OF tin,es it I'M. "estias n.
Ps,son ., retorlnels to move ths s e az !
Or readers to tears or rsee ~S.a 49,
sing tie question of ssii, "ueh d.
ment- He ~ the Germs" eaals
graphically descrilxd Il" "a4 .
chs. fer OF Dtckens's "A ,l,.r; ~. ,es:rt,S
II may he ~ well to ,,,.... !, Naes
nOvelist's own words. ''e the N.
IL !ne outskirts stands a nm. 49,
called the Eastern lenit.n'i;..t Pin
quoted on plan peculiar To ~. Z: ~
Pennsylvania. The system, I.so alkx
Id, strict aud hopeless x,iis.. se'e IL
ment. ] believe it in its sfi!.. eoafat
cru ! and wrong. In it's ini."s;s~ Y \
wen convinced that it IL kind. S,.!IIs
ana meant for reformation. h. "S1AAe
peTsuaded that those who dev; ~. y
system OF prison discipline ma :, III
benevolent gentlemen vh ~ .s*
IT into execution do not k"".. otg
1t II that they are doing. / irii. . sls
very few lI'en are c,al,aOle Of s..; !a&
the immense amount Of town. sss''''.'i4
oDy which this dreadful nun;.,s Y
prolonged for ye .n intiic.s uon ~
terers, and In guessing ut It mv.s's W.
In ressDning irOm what I Esv. ~ a&
written upon their faces. and ~sMa
my certain knowledge thew f;+, 10y
an only the more Onvin;xd th., y.
n depth Of terrible eudur,". . a "
which none but the sufferers ths...aa. u
can fatllHm, and wlIic', no man I.'
right to infIict upon his tellov..:,,...s"a. I
l hold this slow aud daily tsm, ..S's
With the mysteries Ut the brain iot~;S
nleasurabIy wore than sny FORM. "t y
the lh'dy, and lxrause its ghsstiv .;.'
and tokens are not 10 )mllmble IN -.
eye and sense of touch ~ m:xr. NM. -, %
flesll-because its Oui,tls are MI n, %
the surface, and 1t extorts few cr;es H.,
human esar@ CAN lear: tl,eref,rr I =.
n.unre t ~ the more secret puuishmm
which humanity is not reused M u
stay. + Twas s.,,,'ws
MED to this prison by two gr,tL,'.'
officially connected with its l,,.,n"s
nIent, and passed the day in goiuv Irr
cell to cell and talking with the inna,,,
Every facility was afforded me that N.
utmost courtesy could suggest. Nuhi.,
was concealed ~ hidden ,run nv yiry
aud every piece Of information that
sought was openly and frankly ri Z,
In another cell ,lrr.
was q German sentenced to five Years
imprisonment for larceny, two Of xhrh
had just expired. With colors procured
from the yarn witt, which he WORKED
he had painted every inch Of the walls
and ceiling quite beautifully. He hsl
laid out the few feet OF ground l~h,M
with exquisite ntatness, and had lusde
4 neat little Oed in the centre that kni.
ed, by the I,y, like u grave. The ,a.,t
and ingenuity he had displayed in ~.
erthing were most extraordinary. and
yet mole detected. ieart'loken
wretched creature il would he diffiru,,o
imagine. | never saw such a pirture%
f0rlOrn ufflicti"n and distress "f mind
My, heart bletl for him, AMI when llt
tears ran down his cheeks and liz t"s
one Of the visitors aside I" ask. with
nervous hands nervO',sly clutchiEg at
his ct,at tn tletaim him whether there
was any hope for his dismal sruteIHe
being committed, the spectacle was rra'
~ tSn, painful to witness. | never sav
or heard of any kind Of misery that inr
pressed me more than the wrrtcletln"s
of this man."
Fifteen Lagos of Dicken>'> l0ok an
devoted to the desert .ti"n Of his witt I"
the prison aud the denunciation "f tie
system he saw in force there. Lang.
heiner was first sent ul' on the 18th "
May, 1910. for five years. and it Wiz
while serving out that time l"r la'et"y
that Dickens saw bin. Since that tine
he has served five other terms in ',t
same prison and two or three in thr
county Jail. In 1877 he concluded tia
he would go out tn Michigan apd "
farming on \ place owned hy his s"l'h
law, aud const qllently on his release !
gentlemen pail his fare 70
the West. In September. 1873. 'hst
was received ut the Eastern Penlte''!'s
~ u letter signed hy Charles l.al'el'r'''''
er asking the inspet tors it they v" "
receive tile writer again int" the ''i','!r
tit n; aud If they would. to send h'n
some means to aid him in getting 's'a
to Philadelphia from Michigan. inns
letter. Langl,einIer said that since M
left the Penitentiary he had been 'one,
|ier than he was in it. and that ne ~"
not felt ~ much at home wan"et''s
about az he did while in his ecu
Cherry Hill" No answer was resu 1i
I'll to this remarkable letter. rs the l"~ ~.
On authorities tO,.dly hoped t''at !.
would not he able to get lack 'n""
Michigan. A month or tive weeks ' :''.
they were doomed t" n r' vi.
revere disa appointment. rs Whites w..
'xtract from the Philadelphia 1'm'
October IL, 1873: ,,..
Yesterday morning Mayor >t"k "j
l0Or-h.ll was runy vigorously a""
old man. whose """
IRE features were framed in c'",et,f,
,ed gray whiskers and lair, !M ,'.s
urlllOumtcd by blue cap. >t""' '* II.
him and announced himself I" TX IT,, -"
lOte<l prisoner. lie said ne ha' , &c"
work. and wished the M':v N
q give him Il financial 'iif lie "''' ~.
|erSistent that I,e was >"rt :WaH I" III.
Central station in cll>'"'v. ne ..;.h
iuls were nOn,l,,ss.ll wha! I" q" -,