Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-09-22
IN The PRISON CELL,
a VISIT TO HaW CATTLE u.rr
ANTk1vlEWS . WITH FRlSO.
AEBo, ETC.,, ETC.

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Last Saturday morn ing represent,
i've OF the REPU UBLICAN visited Nev
castle to witness the VII ippings, and !
ne mad some time to spare before II
commencement of the pun ish hment wa,
ny courtesy Of Sheriff Martin, admitte,
70 tne interior Of the Jail, notwithstsnd
1nR the notice No Visitors Admitte,
Ioday." But reporters are d ifferep
70 other persons, in possessing the opel
sesame to almost every place. As th
Sherih undone the lock on the corri
dor door, 1t was noticed that since Blake
walked out week or ten days ago, the
hale LOCK, that yielded 30 readily to hi
counterfeit key, has been replaced with
~ improved and complicated lock
wnlcnwlll no doubt prevent q repstitior
.! nus escapade The first person mel
sleI passing through the grated door,
was Croney, who 10 kept busily EMPLOY.
ed In working around the prison.
he looks we'll, and In answer to the
reporters INQUIRIES said he was epiov.
ing excellent health He seems l. ka a
man of all work, and was busy ali the
time. The cell occupied by Jerry Har-
rigan was next visited, and he was
FOUND In gooc hea lth and spirits; in fact
MS copnnement seems to agree with
him, as he IL at least fifty pounds
heavier than he was when first com.
mitted. He says his daughter visits
him occasionally, and spends one honr
in reading or talking.
motifs Carberry shook hands cor :
daily, and said he was feeling as wall
as could be expected under the circum.
lstances. He is cheerful and showed
the liveliest interest IN the outside
world by asking many questions con-
cerning matters and things in Whining.
ton. Over half the time for which he
was sentenced has passed, and he now
mas but a little over two years to serve.
ana those who thought at the time OF
his trial that he would not live to com
plete his time, will no doubt find them
selves mistaken, as he now has the an.
pearance OF man who will live tor
several years.
The Lists, father and son, were found
III cell on the lower floor, with the
curtain over the cell door dra WI tioht
but as soon as they found out who tReir
VISITOR was, the curtain was pushed
aside, and the reporter was welcomed
A Dversation OF some ten or fifteen
minutes ensued, during which the elder
List said that he had been quite sick.
put was much better now, and his pale
and haggard appearance attested the
! truth of his statement.
Inc son, Lewis, complained of his ole
trouble, the heart disease, which he
SAID frequently prevented his sleeping
at night. He looks we'll, and is some.
what stouter than he was at the time of
his trial, and his great trouble seems to
% about his family. They have q bed.
stead with feather bed in their cell.
which was furnished by their family.
but they seemed to think they would
rest better OH mattress. The elder
List complained that q gentleman from
this city had forgotten promise made
sometime ago to furnish them with a
small coal oil stove tor use In their cell.
Guthrie's cell is furnished in a plain
but com Portable manner, and he keeps
It very clean and tidy. He has some
very handsomem atch safes, and com b
cases, made by Dugan and him self,
which they sell TO visitors. These arti-
cies are very fine, and show considera-
Die taste, combined with excellent work.
manship. Some Of the comb cases have
small mirrors, and they as well as The
match safes are we'll worth the trittiine
price asked for them.
Guthrie has a small scroll saw in his
cell, with which lie cuts out the differ
ent pieces, and Dugan, who is an excel.
lent mechanic, does the inlaying work
and carving. The first named has a
pair OF beautiful brackets which he has
sawed out In an artistic manner, to pre-.
sent to a well known gentleman in this
city. Dugan showed the reporter
gavel made of wood from Look ,ut
Mountain, to the order of Mr. Wallace
OF New Castle, which will be presented
by him to Hooker's Doth army Corps.
The name of the corps is carved on It
III an artistic manner, and the whole |,
affair is neat piece of workmanship.
Alfred Boice, o colored man, was l.
found in cell with several others, and
seemed TO be happy and contented.
Boice was convicted in 1871 of murder ,
in the second degree, and sentenced TO :
imprisonment for life. He has now
been in Jail over 13 years, and says
that he has no eau 30 to complain of the
way he has been treated. r
Blake is confined In cell with an
ron screen over the door, and the War
len says he has spent the greater part I,
of his time in bed since his attem pted
escape. He told the Sheriff that after he 9
eft the Jail he secured horse to ride to v
his city, and that he was thrown on .
he way and badly bruised. The u
Sheriff don't believe his statement about
icing bruised and hurt, but thinks i, a
use to escape being ironed, or oVher- o.
wise punished for his attempted escape Of
In one cell couple of colored fel lows "
we're busy playing game of cards to y,
lass away the time, and one of them 10
vhen asked what the game was, replied I'll
we's playing seven up, boss, juss to
ill time"
The cells are all neat and clean, and
he prisoners seemed as we'll contented %,
nd happy as it is possible for persons pl
0 be, situated as they are. They are 81
flowed newspapers and other reading az
natter, and one of them remarked 20
now pretty well what ia gong on, as
cad the REPUBLICAN every day"
hey are allowed to exercise in tho cor. fo
idor and yard twice each week, and r.
ave about four hours g ut of their cells p,
ach time. In fact, it is doubtful if there ar
, another Jail in this country where
le inmates are treated with as much Fl
lemency, or allowed as many privi- fo
,ges as they are IN this. TO-
risoners in the Jail, of which number an
'ur are serving life sentence. Two IT, T.,
ave been sentenced to death, but A'
lille it is certain that one of the two
ill never be hung, having been re.
rieved for ninety years, it is equally ~,
,rtsin that the other, who has been re- ~; ~
rieved for a shorter time, will at the :.
lpiration of that time either be par ~.
,ned or again reprieved. "'
Three others are serving terms of five
,ars for manslaug hter, and one of the .
lmber will complete his time in two :. a
three weeks. One of the others has r. ~
little over two years to serve, and the Sa Sn'
lird one something over three. The 90
mainder are In Tor minor offences.