Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-05-28

'C'i'O 'hc pullSnIncnJ Oh tnc laSn
for certain oflenses. Flogging has been
found SO effective as this for wife-beat-
ers and garroters. All of our prisons
are much better conducted than they
were few years ago, but whether this
has had the effect of lessening crime is
open to grave doubt. Punishment
should be swift and severe in order to
be effective. This thing of dawdling
around in the prisons does no good,
and there is class of military offend
ers that go in and out of the place of
confinement about so often--men with
a dozen aliases, who have never done
days faithful duty in their lives, and
who do not intend to, out keep good
soldiers and their officers constantly at
work looking after them. Some of
them take an absolute delight in see
ing how far they can outwit their Off
GERS, and cause them as much trouble
as possible. They are lost to all sense
of shame
THE NUMBER OF PRISONERS
averages about $50, who are kept at
work making harness, boots, shoes,
chairs, etc, and much of the work is
well done. The prisoners have the
advantage of library which, as yet,
does not amount to great deal, though
furnishing Il considerable amount of
instruction and amusement. The con
yicts are allowed to take the books and
pamphlets as they require them, and
they are generally well cared for A
chaplain breaches on the Sabbath, and
it is to be hoped that the prisoners de-
rive great deal of benefit therefrom.
They are attentive listeners and very
respectful, due, perhaps, to their mill
tary training. A guard of about a
hundred men is kept for the purpose
of maintaining discipline and keeping
order in and around the prison, which
seems to perform its duties in a salts
factory manner. In addition to the
articles already mentioned the prison.
ers manufacture brooms and make III
II good deal of army clothing, which i:
distributed at the various military
posts. The prisoners also cultivate ;
garden of considerable extent, anC
raise good deal in the way of vege
tables and articles for table consump
, ton.
+ AS may be imagined, there are man,
a peculiar things connected with this in
, stitution; and not infrequently mel
, boast of having served out their tim
I there. 1t seems an eXtraordinar.
. thing to boast about, but men are yer
| differently constituted, and the fac
that person has served his time in
, pententiarv makes him n kind of
hero in the minds of many individuals
=. Strong drink has a great deal to d
f with making this prison necessity
Il and many iirst-ClasS men are sent ther
- who can trace their troubles directl
to the use of spirituous liquors. Man
:, men enter the army who have becom
;, addicted to the use of liquor, thinkin
the restraints of military life may er
! able them to overcome the habit, an
> at the expiration of their term of er
. listment they may return to civil Iii
q totally reformed and good citizens. !
:, many instances this is the case, Will
in others they desert or commit som
; crime while under the influence OF !
. ouor and are sent to this reformator
= institution and become gradually WorS
;. and worse These are the men WI
= attribute all their woes to military dl
! cipline. If they were not soldiers the
" would belong to the noble order
* 'tramps. y
e | can recall the case of n young ma
If of bright intellect who enlisted an
e after having been out short time wa
it detailed as teacher of the post schoo
) He went on well enough until afto
J. pay day, when he had a severe att4c
IS of delirium tremens, and, while i'm thu
d condition. smashed the windows
If the school-house with club. Hayin
= recovered from this he was sent to al
o. other post. near frontier town, an