Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-05

pardon Is now before the Depart =
ment of Justice, runs the Office Of
the Hayden contract.
Uncle Sans prisoners present
all phases OF national character. In
the chair Gaming shop there were
quite a mum ber of them, including
an Indian from Arizona, severa |
counterfeIters, and pension con.
spirators from Southern States. It
was in this shop that the Apache
band, recently returned to their
reservation at San Carlos, Arizona,
were employed. The guard in
charge related many interesting
"reminiscences of their imprisOn-
ment. In the hospital there are
two OF the most DOted counterfeit.
ers in the country, John Brown
aud George Ross, alias Hamilton
Brown is in the last stages OF con.
sumption, and IIamil ton, who is a
chemist of unusual ability, com.
pounds the medicines which allay
the suilerings of his brothers IN
crime. Browns career would make
a good novel; He is an old man
now and serving his fourth term,
which is ten years, and in all prob.
ability he will pass to the judg-
ment of a higher tribunal before
the foliage takes on its autumnal
hue. Hamilton, who is serving his
second term, will be released in
few days, and says he will return
to the prosecution of his netarious
schemes, but in new pastures.
Even in the female department,
Uncle Sam is not without repre-
sentation. There was found MOllie
Sullivan, convicted Of counterfeit.
ing IN Cincinnati in April, 1886,
and sentenced to serve FIVE years.
She came here with Jack Magnire
and his gang OF "shovers Of the
queer Mcguire is somewhat of a
mystery. lie is wonderfully ln-
genlous man and first.class me-
chanic. He Is welI.educated, and
at one period of his life it Is sup
posed he occupied a prominent
position among river men. lie has
procured several valuable patents
since his Imprisonment, which he
hopes to make the basis Of rev
fortune when his term expires.
While writing OF cOunterfeiters
Pete Mccartney must not be for
gotten. In that peculiar field of
crOokedness he has no superior.
He, too, IS getting on in years, and
will die before his present term OF
ten years expires, His propensity
TO increase the circulation Of paper
money, however, is so strong that
he cannot resist 1t even in c0nfine-
ment. Some weeks ago a number
of shin.plaster bills of various de-
nominations were found secreted
under his bed. Being pressed fol-
a reason tor having them in he
possession he admitted that he
hoped to counterfeit them. Wheth
er he intended to do so at once, or
in the event of his pardon, is
matter for conjecture
The wild West and prairie cOun
tries have their quota OF represen
tatiyes. Bob McKinnie, the famous
Black Hill stage rObber, is here
Like all daring and desperate men
he has wormed himself into th'
good gtaces of his officers. He il
a manly, sturdy looking fellow anC
has the reputation of being truthful
and square with his fellow prison
ers. This man is best known ou
on the prairies as "Reddy," thu
companion of Wall and Blackburn
whose daring stage robberies made
travel in the Northwestern risk,
business in pioneer days. 1t l
rumored that he will be rearreste'
= at the expiration of his presen
term for completely IN the robber,
in connection with which Johnn.
Slaughter, the stage messenger
was killed.
Al the present time there arr
something in the neighborho0d O
3 two hundred and fifty Fedora
. prisoners IN the institutions. The
Q are to be found in all the depart
} ments, but one to which the curloS
e ity of the visitors is sure to Iea'
{ him. This was the annex, whic
is situated in the eastern end G
}. the east cell-block. 1t has accom-
: modations for twenty-five prison
ers.
/ The first room reached IS the IT
K ception room, where all visitors ar
+, required to register their names
:, A heavy IRON door leads INFO tn
2. execution room. When the ga
lows IS not IN use the floor IS coz
cred with mating. 1t is aOou
o twenty by fifteen feet i'll diner
r, sions. Eight feet above the hoo
;. runs a gallery, looking tor all th
world like TIE bridge of an ocea
steamship. In the exact center
Z the gallery is the fatal trap. ADov
II this is a small space in the ceilln
n where an attaching apparatus 10
>. the rope is fastened. The trap
, composed of two shutters, Tx
:, doors, that drop downward whe
IL the lever is pulled. They al
l. furnished with cushions to deade
the noise, and are fastened int
4 position, when the drop IS mad'
. by means of springs. The la'
u room is the annex proper, wher
8 the unfortunate wretches spend III