New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-26
THE CHARMS OF LUDLOW-ST. JAIL
APLACE FOR REST AND REFLECTION.

THE CHAR OF LUDLOW-ST. JAIL.
APLACE FOR REST AND REFLECTION.
no DYSPEPSIA. GOVT or APoPLExY THERE-How
-, TINE PASSES QUIETLY.
Ludlow Street Jail Is a nice place to live in.
1t Is great deal this purpose than tenement
house In the Tenth Ward 1t is and Its appoint
perfect to tho iron bars In ront OF the
windows which do not serve mosquito Noting. 1t lie
safe place live In Also for Its walls are not con-
struced Of Buddensek mud Its bricks are genuine and
its cement will last long debtors notes. even II
not longer As this jail has been the home OF Ferdinand
Ward indefinite PERIOD and will probably DO SO for
uncertain future period; James d. Fish played the
mposedupon banker here for some time. thonce going
TO q 90; tho elder Boyd has only with
difficulty left the place for the less wholesome atnos-
phere OF Kings County this jail has become centre OF
good deal of interest 1t has had other prisoners net I'M
known fame. Delinquent debtors and dishonest men
generally apt to find wayfarng place here Yet In
spite its attractions they often hasten from 1t with
pleasure.
One of the strong points Of Ludlow Street jail is its
thick walls. Although the heart OF the Tenth
Ward those walls are alike mpcnetrable to masma and
expectan ocnvcts from the outside the other from
within. The early rising hour at the Jail contributes
largely tn the good health Of tho inmates This NJ
The inhabtant of cell has then from two and half
to three hours dsvoons and dressing for breakfast
At his morning meals The has much to tempt his
appetite Beef pork. potatoes vegetables gener-
ally mutton cofee and cakes and hot rolls are at
his disposal II lie eats nationally he cannot well get
dyspepsia; and govt Is said to DO stranger to him
assed much timo In the Jail The diet Is not
conducive apopexy ana inmate can truthfully say
that he has victim to alcoholism while living
with Warden Herman. II he had any trouble OF
that kind 1t when he out with special escort
After breakfast the man with coll all his own can
thther and read the morning or parsus any
seientary occupation which may for the moment suggest
ITSELF Faro and like pursuits sre however. among the
fol- hidden avocatons The prisoner can read dime
novels however. or he can become second st. Simeon
Stylites. II he Ind pole long enough to stand on
Meditation his sins Is put down as possible con-
tingency with young man Infeei, this amusement
attributed large measure TO Ferdinand Ward II ia
said that he really imagnes that he Is living too
luxurousiy 800 week for special fsvors and two
large parlors and that he Is touched with mel
ancholy because his former friend and adviser Fish has
met different fate from his Hence Mr. Ward has
fallen into state OF meditation and meanchoa which
now Keeps him In secuson from his fellows.
Othor transient and permsne bosriers at the fail
prefer the light OF day rs much as possible; so they
patronize yara Hero four solid walls rise to height
OF thirty feet grass plot within lends rustic air to
the scene and winds laa,n with doors more or less
reio,5n OF rotten fruit from Hester A. watt cooling
influences upon the prisoners Here and there seats
which be- hal for nothing ON application provided
u
no walters here To upurn tho chairs aud that they
are engagel-until a half dollar Is handed over. Tho
never think OF stealing the seats nor the towels ana soap
In their cells elsewhere. does the common convict Of
Sing sing Prison. sunshiny day great day for the
prisoner OF the Ludlow street Jai lie bask the
sunshine for nothing while bis creditors or prosecutors
are working hard "a they can outsd, ~ serdpe
together few assets lie can alnuse hini.ei'. ~ Mr.
Fish did recently in getting mp an mprompin bank.
issuing bills turning them over i nDaiy as Mr. Fish
did not do In the mock business pocseng the proceeds
Then again do. IA Mr. fsn did daily receive his
add
cent anecdotes. until there arrives the fsioiu hour OF
p M, when al visitors must DEPART rhsi, be can
again the dssk OF the summer evening" and at 80
IT, ss mind 10 h h f@ %n the ' prisoner y so
bed aud he is deprived OF gas AM cec!ric lisht OF
Kerosene aud OF sperm OIL II lac be rich enough he
can have PLATA taliow candle aud by ts light lac can
read all nig1t to broad daylight u 80 nc choose All is
affords oDportuny for mental drill and Improvement.
that again ia tho stil hour Of night The prisoner may
read OF the wickol and Kaleidoscope word Without aid
grow thankful that be can no more be , %sssa l" tat
20 it is that he passes peacefully anu happily IN La
the prisoners and hop. appr,ciates
the value OF this social confinement, AMI 10 s1ow tue
ont in the gnarreI.ome wori The waricr. too gets
used to 1t aud likes d. 30 do ihe keepers aud tnsy
bcc,rne capital renis OF tbs prisoners, AMI also fio
doorman OF years sianding, John Maoh. grows iarad
hearty and he IA sorry To SEQ prisoner depart Tor
vanished prisoner leaves temporary Vo'i III Ln'iow
DoorInan MalioD opens the gate every other minute.
sonetI mes twice minute during the day. either 10 lot
an Inmate or caller out or let "A caller oicia In.
lie receives the little girls who bring deicaces O.
relative who prisoner H. opens tue door u more or
lass an xio.s friends and lets out those who having called
to visit relative go away more or less dcicsse! III
n,rit over tho con iitiOn of family affairs Mr. Nal Jon
used to turn heavy KEY daily tor Colonel Jerome H.
Fellows Jerome BOnaparte, as Mr. FISH called MN.
who dropped for chats with the ex-presidcnt or the
Marine Bank. lie saw Irving fish ani Mr.. fisTs
daughter daily, and twice a week SIN tue doorman
opens the gste for Mrs Ferdinand Ward lie sees some
oerr sights To-day he sTeaks rs sianch adnrer OF
James d. fshs stoical hearing aftsr his sentences ana ne
refers with shake OF The head 10 the piiliul break
down OF Edward A. BOYD, sixiy-f0r years old, VINO mas
iust left Mr. Malon and the Warden TO cross over the
river All this part aud parcel OF the history Of Iud
low JAIL and 1t all goes 10 prove that TINS place of
resort Is a or health since 1t Il death 10 dys-
nepsa: a ssuarum for IL produces relaxation OF mud
and tones up he stomach: mission school, Tor leads
fo reflection upon iniqutes past; university, Tor IL
affords interchange OF thought In various nelds o.
Idyidal and develops an understanding OF
COLLEGIATE trail in the various departments of phys
illogical and scientific stealing; house OF refuge for
thnse who plead the baby act well for those who
seek relief from their own iniqty; and finally theatre
Wherein every still plays that he II honest before
an audience OF those who well disposed toward him
an long as he has left enough Df his stolen property To
make worth while for him TO pose a. martyr Ia the
cause OF honesty.