The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-14
TIE STATE PRISON.
An ACCESSION OF BoARDERs
Received by SUPERINTENDENT. Peek Yesterday.
Berkeley County sends up Nine New Con.
vic s-somo Readable Notes of Life
Uudor the Pro.sn. Regime.

Colonel Peck, the Superintendent OF the
States big boarding house al MoundsVille,
received nine new boarders yesterday
from Berkeley county, swelling the num-
Der in his charge to 2so. The new arrivals
were: Charles Merritt, convicted Of lar
ceny. who will remain at this resort for
three years; Albert Pitcher, who stole
some harness and was givenR sentence OF
three years and three months: Walter
Burns, colored, who stole watch and was
given three years lar it, Charles Hetzel,
who helped Burns in getting away with
the time piece, and got two years for his
share in the transaction; Laura Mil
Ter, colored. who stole a $50 note
from the Master Mechanic OF the BGlti-
more & Ohio road, ard got two years;
Mamie Hill, colored, who stole variety
OF articles, amounting in all to about $3.50,
and got a light doae Of Que year; George
Washington Perkins, Colored, who got SIX
years for stealing; DR.. E. Z. Erie, a ousck,
who, for forgery, Was sentenced to the
"pen," and Robert Thompson, who stole
some copper from the Baltimore & Ohio
road, and got three years. Perkins got
out Of the penitentiary only short time
ago. which accounts in part for the Sc
verify ot4iis sentence. Thisis also Burns
second visit TO the establishment.
The prisoners were brought TO Mounds.
vile from Martinsburg by Deputy shoriffs
G. R. Hollis and George G. Senceudiver
and Messrs ]. A. Blondel, Joseph P.
Kline, F. S. F&rnsSorth, George W.
Schill, G. l.. Rice, G. A. Hamill and @. A..
Young, WHO served rs guards. These
gentlemen all came up 10 the city yesteT-
DAY and registered at the Stamm House.
At this falls terms Of court in the vari-
GUS counties OF the Sats, there have been
an unusual number OF convictions, and the
result Is that the quarters ia the peniten.
tlary are becoming cramped. The time is
not far of when the wing now used as a
dining hall, bat originally built to be used
as cell room, will have TO be put to the
purpose for which 1t was design.
ed and the cells built In the
center as in the south wing at present.
Col. Peck, the new fuoerntendent, &C.
cording 10 all reports and appearances, is
making an efficient official. Right at the
start he ASSUMED his authority in such a
manner Us to demonstrate 10 the men that
he was the head OF the place and intended
to remain such. Everything is nea. and
clean about the place and in the yards
needed work is being done. In the shops
everything is busy. A mistaken idea
prevails among many that the prisoners
are worked unnecessarily hard. This is
not the case; each has task" that he
IN nst perform each day, or be punished
for not doing it, 1t Is said that there
is not one prisoner in the place who isnot
able 10 do his task" easily inside the
time allowed. And in support Of this is
the fact that along in the afternoon OF al
most any day prisoners may bs seen sit.
ting about doing nothing, having finished
their work. Otherd do extra work, for
which they are paid by the contractors at
the same rate they pay the State. One
man does so much extra work in the
broom factory that the contractors have
made q regular monthly contract with
him.
Little Bill Kinney, sent up for ten years
for being an accessory to the murder OF
Barney Doyle and daughter, OF Doddrige
county (of which crime strange to relate
Big Bill was acquitted is working in the
whip factory. While ut Pennsbono few
days since, as a witness against Big Bill,
he complained about the length OF time
he was kept there, saying that he was los
ing money every day. He is one Of those
making extra time.
The great trouble experienced with
prisoners received ia at first They usual
iy come from jail, where they have been
tlyiug idle awaiting trial, and in conse-
quence have become lazy and inso!ent.
This spirit has to be broken early in the
game. Hardly week passes but what
there are visitors at the "psh." They
are always courteously received by Col.
Peck, Clerk Brown and the force generally