The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-11-09


q necessary 70 hunt down some great
criminal. hire . house In the sus-
pocted nelghborhood and live there
One u these men loses caste very
much In his oliicc. II he does not suffer
an actual degradation Of position. BY
failing 20 return with information he
Il dispatched 70 secure Besides these.
however. there Is q regular stan Of
private police correspondents In all
parts Of the country. and one whole
bureau at the Department OF Police y
devoted 70 receiving. ordering. classi-
flying these and taking action upon
them. A good deal Of information
must be picked up from the tea-houses.
each OF which Il q center Of gossip.
and In one or other Of which almost
every male wcll-to-do inhabitant Of
Tokyo Is nm habitue. The Yoshiwara.
again, Is OF course = police hunting
ground. and the most interesting hour
! spent In the Police Department was
In conversation with the officials Of the
bureau which controls this. and In
watching the sad and secret spectacle
OF young girls coming up for permits
sion TO enter IL as recruits. In the
"rogucs' gallery Of Tokyo alone. !
may add, are the dossiers. or complete
records, OF 10000 criminals. admir-
ably arranged as = card catalogue,
like the latest device Of American H.
brary cataloguing.
With the exception OF the Yoshi-
wara the two prisons Of Tokyo are the
most interesting things have seen In
Japan. These are. first. the great
prison upon the island Of Ishikawa, at
the south OF the city. and second. tho
convict and female prison Of lchi-
gawa, in the center Of the city itself.
The former Is completely isolated. all
communication with the mainland be-
ing by pelice-ferry and contains 1859
men and boys. all Of whom are serv-
ing terms OF ten years or les& The
latter contains 400 men and 100
women. among whom are many serv-
ing life sentences. There Is = convict
farm attached. and IL IL here that cap
ital punishment y inflicted. Other
wise the two prisons resemble each
other 80 closely that il Is not necessary
to distinguish between them in de-
scription. Mr.. Suzuki. vice-president
Of the prison. did me the honors at
Ishikawa. and Mr.. Adachi. the d.
rector. at Ichigawa
The entrance Is through a massive
wooden gateway, into q gnard-room.
adjoining which are the Offices OF the
Director and officials. The prison
itself consists Of score or more Of de-
tached one-story buildings. all Of wood
and some OF them merely substantial
sheds under which the rougher labor.
like stone-brcaking, Is performed
The dormitories are enormous wooden
cages. the front and part OF the back
formed Of bars as thick as ones arm.
before which again Is narrow COW
cred passage where the varder on
guard walks at night There is not a
particle Of furniture or a single article
OF any kind upon the door. which Is
polished till II reflects your body like a
mirror NO boot. OF course. ever
'cucncs ~ Inc tnick quits o. iu.on'
wnicn cons''tuse everywhere tne Jap
anese Deo. are roi'ed up ana s'ackeu
On = oroaa shell running around tne
room overhead Aacn oorm'.ory hoios
n'nety-six prisoners ana tnere - =
'onR 70" q 'nem. me SANITARY ar
judgements are sisua.ea Ia = niue az
ul''on - 'ne oack' ana was assured
.nae 'nese nau nos oeen maze peasant
'or my inspection- - NOT can only
say INA, - TINS most Important re-
sPec' = Sapanese prison could moi well
- improved An TACT tne whole DOR
mi'ory' WIN ~ perfect ventiiation. rs
construction 81 sold. higniy-Tciisned
WOOD. IN which there u no chance Tor
vermin 20 harbor, and its combined
simplicity and security. = an almost
ideal prison structure VI course the
TACT that every japanese. from the
Mikado 70 the coolie. sleeps upon quilts
spread Out on the hoor. greatly simpli-
fies the task OF the prison architect in