The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-04-17
THE TWO YOUNGEST CONNECTS.


years of age, the other not yet 20 ycal
old. They hail from that section of til
city still ailectionately called Old Tow
and they We're, previous to their incal
cerati0n, bright and shining examples {
the genus hoodlum. They lived in th
vicinity of the Belair market. One da
they got into quarrel with white DO
with whom they We're playing in til
street nlar the market
One Of the Evans boys handed HI
brother penknife, and told him to Gu
the white boy with it. His brother 70
lowed his advice, and stabbed the boy
who died from the result of his iniurie,
The trial of the Evans boys excited grea
attention, from the extreme youth of til
prisoners, and it was considered doubt
fui whether it were wise to send them /
the penitentiary. Their character, how
ever, and the nature Of their crime turne,
the balance against them.
They have proven to be well-behave,
convicts. and they 90 their fair share 0
the work assigned to them. They ar
intelligent boys, aud do not look at al
vicious.
THE IEHEpEESSI BLE WOMAN.
NEARLY every convict in tue peniten
tiary, says General IIJrn, the etficien
warden, begins to develop a tendenc
to chiidishness after a years confine
ment. If he escapes this tendency it i
because he has tremendous will-powel
or has the courage, fortltudc and patti
ence to look at his imprisonment in
strictly philosophical light. | believe
however that the plan of work and con
iinement adopted in our prison reduce
the danger from this source to the mini
mum. Most couyicts never get beyont
this pronounced childishness. This
however, is largely dependent on tn,
prisoners mind.
Some cOnyicts have clearer minds a
the end of 10 years than others have u
the end Of six months. \ good man,
prisoners come to US weak minded, o
with ili-mental balance. | am aston
lshed at the actions of some women wht
visit the prison. They exhibit genera
tie tcncy 10 'slobber' over the convicts
and the more villainouS the convict thu
greater the amount of sloober. | thinl
there ought to be law passed prevent
IN. women from visiting such institu
tons. fail to see what good irtluenc,
they can derive from gazing on scenes o
wickedness and human misery
THEY BECOME CHILDISH.
There are very few of those OF til,
white couyicts who have been some year
IN the prison who have not lapsed int
more or less pronounced
Bell, the forger; c. IL. Gogel, Deerink
and i dozen others whose names nigh
be mentioned, are Unaffected to a create
Dr smaller extent, while most of then
have managed to preserve their actua
mental balance. c. p. Barnes, VIII,
killed his brother-iu law and his sol
near Port Deposit last summer, and VIII,
is employed in the new shoe department
is said to be breaking down very rapidly
He broods much over his troubles, ant
has habit of sitting with his hea,
buried in his hands. lie is becomin.
Gilbert W. llazetipe, who shot ant
killed his mistress in the house 10.
North street, kept by Pearl Snow, is a
present laid up in the hospital. His at
lection is not serious. He is one of tn,
most sensitive men i'll the prison. II,
carefully avoids visitors, and when the,
enter his shop he will dodge into close
or hide his face behind towel, or adop
any pretext that will serve his purpose
Bell and iIaZeltine have the two pref
test cells in the prison. The walls al,
covered with pictures, and there is every
where evidence of taste and refinement
Gogel is an Industrious worker al,
bravely faces visitors.
HOW CAPTAIN WILLIAMS HAS CHANGED
There is one convict in the stove sho>
l,s oil al F,,l
might easily fail to recognize, so grea
has been the change N his appearance
since his confinement. Captain John II
Of Princess Anne, who w.
last year of the murder b,
slow torture Of the German dredger Ottt
Mayher, has been etfectually disguiset
by his prison life. His upper lip ha
been robbed Of the red mustache that h
fingered nevously during his trial. tn
have disappeared from hi
forehead, his checks have filled out an,
he looks more, much more, like
healthy, contentcd Irish lad of IS year
than Il middle-aged, weather. beaten sea
man. His slight figure heightens thi
illusion. lie moves about his tasl
briskly, and there is no more orderl,
convict in the shop.
IN THE FEMALE WAHDS.
The female dormitory is a sort of mt
scum of female misfortune. 1t is a col
lection of almost every kind of petty of
Tense. There are 81 women cOnfinc,
there, of whom only four are white
There is one murderesS- lIundert
white woman. She is about u
years of age and is afflicted with attack
Of hysteria. Ter case will be. well re
Several years since sh;
shot and killed man who was crosSiu!
her farm, in Baltimore county. lie
husband wasa person very much younge
than herself aud it is said that since he
C Dntinement he has kept aloof from her
Size loved him ardently, and his eS
has exercised upon her
most depressing effect. She is employc,
in nursing III the prison hospital, and i
sick a good bit of The time.
MORE RELIGIOUS GRAMS.
There are n number of Su-calle,
''crankS' in the penitentlary. Almos
exception they are crazy on tn
Su hirct oi rnljJjrp Ono wnD j. 81, tvr
of the rest, is employed in the sho