The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-08
CONVICTMOST KEPT BUSY.
The Anarchist Begins Work ON
BiackwelFs Island.


IL a man in the penitentiary could
only get enough beer q drink. anarch-
ist John Nests lot on RlackwslTs Island
would not be very uncomfortable. lie
dropped into the routine Of prison life
Yesterday In a comfortable NAY that
showed how well he had prOfited by his
experience in the prisons Of European
despots. He tumbled out OF his cot IN
cell 10 on the first tier Of the penlten-
tiary promptly az $50 o'clock IN the
morning. Half an hour later Keeper
Kennedy marshaled him in line with
nineteen other convicts, and he tramped
down 10 breakfast. At ~ O'Clock he
marched in line up 10 the long low build
ing OF gray stone to the nOrthward oil
the penitentiary that does duty "a a
blacksmith shop. Their keel-r Ken
needy turned him over 10 Foreman tonk-
lin. who has charge If the twenty-five
blacksmiihs who work free fnr thi, great
city.
Mr.. Conklin he'd Most over Ia low
framework on which a lot of wheels
and gearing were arranged. n little.
sharp tocthei bit stuck out at the n"rth
end IL the machine. and when a twen.
ty-ysar-old New York boy in front If it
turned wheel the bit revolved rapidly,
II waS for boring holes In iron. Fore
man Conklin explained to the anarchist
that he would have To help put bits Of
iron i'm Position SO that the hat could jab
into them, and then turn a small wheel
that would guide II through. Must asked
few questions, but silently went to work.
The first thing he tackled was long
strip u iron that was going to form one
side u new fire escape at the lunatic
asylum. lie bent low over his work
and locked ticklel when he saw how
nicely the blt bored through.
Every other man in the shop watched
Most. He is the lneerest looking bit Of
humanity that ever tinated ashore on
Blackweiis Island. Ills silvery gray
hair was cut short ami clearly show ed
the shape of his head. From the tip 81
his long nose u the sharp peak at the
top Of his head is pretty nearly a straigh,
line. Another straight line could be ca
silly drawn from his thick upper lip t.
his throat. lie has no chin, and. as one
of his fellow convicts remarked Ia til.
| man at his elbow, "his face looks like an
! ice pick" The entire left side of his
jaw il knotted and gnarled like an old
oak tree. lie says the bone was cut ont
long ago. The mouth is half way be
| tween his nose and his left ear. and tiier,
is n shining bony lump under ms left eye
| John Must got along ~ well with the
straight iron strips that presently he wa
put N 3Oring holes in the tires Of biz
red wheels that will carry ash cart,
around the island. Later he tried hi
hand on bucket ears, and altogether III
had fine time at his new job. Ills soft
white hands were blistercd when b,
quit work mt $50 o'clock in the evening
| Craunschweig AMI Schenck, the othe
two anarchists, spent fine day in theil
new quarters. Braunschweig was pu
To work making tables in the carpenter
shop. AMI Schenck pegged away all ia,
making shoes.
Freileit came out on time yesterda,
afternoon. There were only tive com
positors in the stuify little room on vii
liam street where it is printed. freihci
contains nothing from Most's pen thi
week. All the editorial matter in it !
written by the compositors themselves
A heavily loaded appeal heads the frs
column, begging delinquent subscriber
tn pay up what they owe. 50 that Joh
Most may get back the $50 he says til
pJlice stole from him.
In a CORY editorial headed "Brutus
Sleepest Thou:' the compositors say
"American liberty is sham. AMI til
American people stand and stare like
lot Of moon cows when one speaks {
them Of the social revolution. Til
bourgeoise has proclaimed war agains
the proletariat. The middle class I'LL
the jury box and judges bench. VIII
hopes for the continuance Of freedom /,
the press IL blind and foolish. N. \
Star.