Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-25

| reau as 1OliOWS:
| In the Supreme Court of the District of Column
bia, April %, 1885.
United States } NJ
agt Mrrdor
The President of the United States to the war
den of the United States Jail Of the District of
Columbia, greeting:
Whereas ---has been indicted of felony .
and murder by him done and committed, and
has been thereupon arraigned, and upon such
arraignment has pleaded not guilty, and has
been lawfully convicted thereof: and, whereas
judgment of said court has been given that the
said ---shall be hanged by the neck until
he be dead:
Therefore, you are hereby commanded that
upon Friday, the first Qst) day of May, in the
year OF our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-five "a. d. 1883, between the hours
of eight ~ o'clock and ten 1Ol o'clock ante me-
| ridian, of the same day, him. the said - -.
now being in your custody in the common Jail
the place prepared for his execution, within the
walls OF the said Jail of the District of Column
bia, and that you cause execution to be done
upon the said -, in your custody, so being
in all things according to said Judgment And
| this You axe by no means to omit ut your peril;
| and do you return this writ unto the clerks
office of said court, endorsed as to show how
you have obeyed the same.
Witness:-D K CARTIER,
Chief Justice of said Court.
SEAL r. j. MEIGS, Clerk.
BY w. T.. WILLIAMS, Asst. Clerk.
In compliance with the terms of the warrants
the warden Will, OF course, make returns setting
forth the dispositions of the cases by him. and
these returns will be entered on the books of the
court
MINORS GOOD BEHAVIOR.
| There probably never was confined in the
| prison two persons SO entirely unlike as the two
! prisoners named. The good conduct of Minor
| doubtless had much to do with securing the
earnest sympathy of his counsel, Messrs. T. F.
Miller and E. d. Wright, and other friends, who
| finally succeeded in obtaining for him a
Communication of sentence after he had been
| twice tried, convicted and sentenced. He
committed to Jail few days after his crime
was committed, October IL, 1882, and during
| his long incarceration, about d., years, he has
| given the officers no trouble whatever, always
obeying the rules, never complaining of his
| treatment and having a grateful word for every
| attention shown him. He has spent most of his
time in reading his Bible and in religious con-
| versatiOn. During all this time he has occupied
| cell on the first floor in the south wing of the
| building, below that first occupied by Guiteau.
LANGsTER's SAVAGE CONDUCT.
| On the opposite side of this wing, in cell No.
2, which Guiteau occupied a long time prior to
| his execution, is located John Langster alias
Lancaster, alias George D. Hudson. Langsters
conduct has been just the reverse of that of
| Minor. The officers say that he has shown him
selfto be more of brute than any one they
| since he has been confined he has shown a most
savage disposition and has been exceedingly
hard TO manage. The most trifling annoyance
brings paroxisms of rage, in which he APP
| pears to be a perfect mailman. When first
locked up he amused himself by tearing up his
| bed and clothing. and it was thought for u time
| that he was feigning insanity. In the early
part of the winter, when the weather was get
| ting cold and after he had repeated his tearing
operations several times he was warned. In a
little time, however, he had torn up his cloth
ing, the bedding and blankets into pieces not
alone was adopted by the Jail officials The
following two nights being chilly he suffered
senses in a measure. Since then he has
kept his clothing, &c, intact. With the
| Other prisoners he is so disagreeabie and
de hot al,
safe ia allow him outside the cell to take exer-
else III the corridors. When allowed the privi-
leges accorded to others he is carefully watched
and continually wears leg, irons. He is appar-
emily Indifferent as to whether the sentence
will be carried out or not, and talks lightly
about it us if it was the most triflng matter
Although he listens attentively to Rev. Father
O'Sullivan. of st. Peters, in whose parish the
Jail is located, he is apparently unconcerned as
to religion and makes no manifestation of re-
pentance or remorse for his act He has hang
ing on the door of his cell placard which in
yites the visitor to invest ten cents to get him
cigars He has not among the prisoners any
one he can call a friend. There are but few OF
for some atfront. There is little doubt
that Langster has been afflicted with
epileptic fits and that he had one or two such
attacks in the early part Of his confinement.
In addition to this, 1t is claimed that when a
boy he was injured by the fall of a brick on his
enlisted in the army he was sent therefrom by
a board of survey to st. ElizaDeth's Insane asy
Mr.. B. P. Davis and some others, believing
that there Is reason to doubt Langster's sanity,
are working to secure combination of sen.
making thereugh indary and there e'f is an on
impression that the execution will be delayed
if the sentence is not commuted.
A Protest for the Letter Carriers.
THEY SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO WEAR THE
HOT, HEAVY, HATEFUL HELMET HAT.
To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
If there is any class of men in this District
harder worked than any other class it is the
letter carriers. Early and late, in all kinds of
weather, and at all seasons of the year, they are
obliged to be at their post Of duty. No matter
| how hard it may rain or snow, how low the
| thermometer, or how hot the sun, the letter
carrier must go the rounds of his route at the
| regular hour. Weighed down with heavy
| pouch suspended from his shoulders, with both
hands required to distribute the mail, he cam
rain or the scorching rays of the sun. There
fore every favor possible should be shown him
in lessening. rather than increasing, his bur-
| dens.
1t is reported from reliable source that the
city postmaster has, or is about to ISSUE an Or
hardship upon these overwOrked men, by re-
curing them to purchase and wear the heavy,
mer months. The Postmaster General lis IS alone
authorized by law to prescribe a uniform for the
carriers. This power cannot be delegated. 1t
| Is prescribed In section 32S OF postal laws and
regulations-one for summer and one for winter
wear There is no regulation as to how often
| THESE unlIOTIuS shall De reQeWeU. 1ue CarFlerS
are required to purchase and pay for their own
uniforms. The city postmaster has no discre-
ton in the matter, the power to contract for the
uniforms resting with the party that pays for
| them. 1t is, however, made the pOstmaster's
| duty, in the interest of the carriers, to invite
competition from the trade, and his duty,
| in the interest of the government, to see
| that the carriers wear their uniforms when
| on duty. There his power as to uni
| forms ends. But for some reason which
| does not appear he has taken the whole matter
| lations ordered just such uniforms as may suit
| his within for the time being. Last year sum-
| mer uniforms did not conform to regulation in
| braid trimming. The regulations call for a
| panama hat In summer. Postmaster COnger
prescribed Prussian army helmet for Ameri-
can citizen letter carriers to wear. He cOntrac-
ted fOrthese helmets without consulting the car
riers, who were ordered to wear them, and were
required to pay for them against their protest.
! General, and then the order was modified, al
| lowing them to wear q straw hat. The heavy
helmet was laid aside, but the money the Car.
riers had been required to pay for these useless
| articles was not refunded
For winter the carriers were compelled to
wear "the dome with vintilated cupola, though
the regulation calls for cap. For summer
| for a panama hat. Some. of these
carriers have done faithful service from the
time the present system was introduced. They
have reared families and have children nearly
as old as MIR. Conger. Is 1t to be wondered at
that they demur at being obliged to wear any
uniform this young man may from the caprice
OF the moment choose to order, whether 1t is
agreeable to them or not, or conforms to the
regulations or not?
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