New-York tribune., 1885-07-18
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
PRISONERS WANT HASH FOR BREAKFAST.
rHwA ARrrNG AN OUTBREAK IN A PENITENTIARY-

PRISONERS WANT HASH FOR BkEAkfASI'
fHwARTING AN OUTBREAK IN A PENiIENriAn1-
THEY WILL LIVE ON BREAD AND WATER.
What oame near being dangerous outbreak ,.s was
fiary Yesterday. The prisoners. most OF whom
work In the shoe shops, have complained that the
not sufficiently hearty. for hard labor, and they
nave sought to have hash as WELL An effort has
been made to induce the commissioners OF Cbarit,es
and Correction to make this change, but only one
Of the three Commissioners favors the plan.
Shortly after the prisoners had gone to work yes
tsy Ssy ed by and Riley
who said that they were too weak to work. AS soon
as they went out from the shop into the Penlten-
S the shops
could JOIN in the outbreak the shop doors were
secured, and an armed guard under tne tha
Of Warden Green took positions commanding e tne
mutlnous men. The eighteen rlngeaders were were
placed in the dark cells without trouble ana ma the me
Locked et m Of Sread snd
Mr.. Green said in the afternoon: Z" think II was
al put job and regard / as P"oner n wbo
lad charge of Shop No. 2. went on his VACATION and
Keeper Helmns as put in charge OF H. i tnink the
men have been tampered WIN Mmy ,na hash now
the next they would want would be shorter hours
of work. and who knows but that they would soon
pay hHsIy ua peaty S Vegetables at dinner
1--WE days in the week. and the rest OF their iare Is
good Instead of getting hash the strikers VIII now
and | will keep them at 1t until they are properly
punished All OF these men will lose the allowance
Of time ON shsr sna the will not be allowed
To see them. The Penitentiary physician, Jr. H. Il.
Bartlett, will see that no one is punisned 700 700
severely for the incpent riot. fortunaaely was
warned of the trouble and thus was forearmed."
GETTING A CHANCE TO REFORM HERE.
CONVICTED OF MIsAPPRoPRIATING MONEY IN
GERMANY.
There arrived yesterday from Bremen by the
steamer Main q German named FREDERICK August
Heinrich Behncke who has been serving term III
a German prison. and two months ,,sY ago was Vas
commissioners of Emigration were informen Dy
Collector Hedden that such person was passen-
ger on board the Main. The information came & IN,
Directly from the American Consul at Bremen. who
sent word the State Depart OF the departure
of Behncke. AS soon as the Main arrived BenncKe
was taken IKE unto Sa;Ssy o Of Emigration should
decide what course to pursue III the matter 10y inc
Act Of August 8. 1ss2, all foreign convcts except
those convicted of political offences, upon ARRIVAL
sre to be sent back to the country to which they
belong Captain Hentzmann the assistant super per
nsndsnt Of Castle Garden VI s bsor
He is forty-one years old. and was born IN
Schwern. For ten years no was an attorney AZ
Bremen, and while practising there " as also con-
nected with the press. His crime consisted IN the
inisappropriaton of some moneys which had been
committed to his charge His ~ Sst h% haa
out of his difficulties. He was arrested IN bremen
in june 1880 tried CONVICTED and sentenced t TO
inn,aie of the prison at Oslefshausen In May OF
this year he was pardoned, and after spending two
months in Hanover he determined to come to TINS
country and begin life anew During his imprlson-
Inent he wrote numerous articles for the H.scr
Zeifuno and has letter from that paper expressing
eatisfaction with his work. Lieders Wichers VINO
lives at No 654 Thrd-ave., Brooklyn. was once his
chief clerk. while he was an attorney. .,.
When Captain Hentzmann returned 10 Castle
Garden with Behncke's statement, Commissioners
Forrest Stephenson and Hauset were there; and at
once decided that his case is not covered by the
law and that there exists reason for preventing
h;s landing. This decision was Immediately COM
municated to Collector Hedden. and by him to
Secretary Manning Behncke spent the night on
the Main in charge of Custom House officers. but
will probably be set at liberty as soon as orders
arrive from Washington.