Telegram-herald., 1889-10-09
WARDEN WATKINS
expert and Other Evidence IN Be-
hAlf OF the Defense.
IOHSSOyS LAAESESS VAS 4 SHAN
H2Dp1sa kieh a Approved the PaHfshmsAl
OF Prissasr.-AB EE-eoasiet fsstinss
- me Alleges Conspiracy with Do.
WAy-OEhsr Testimony.

81 tae absence of some III lhe plry, VINO
were delayed by reason ot tae distance
they bad 10 travel.
hoa- Hampton k.c1. president Of the
board "a managers, vas the nrst VII
ness called aaa he was asked 20 verify
certain cases Of punishment on the
recorts of tAe PRISON, and vas asked by
Donaldson n each ease Z he approved
of the punishment lie replied thar he
dll, aud tne evhence elcited from tna
witness seemed very unimpJr -1nt- the
efforts of Donaldson wele. apparently.
70 convey tle ldes to the jury that
prisoners were strapped for tuvHl
Otenses. and the witness was allowed
% maze no explanation as 70 the CIR
cumsuac., of the ease.
Charles Daerng. OF Hersey, OsceOia
county. was next called. lie had
knowa Johnson for several years and
he was himself a former inmate Of tne
prison, ne was employed ia tae PRISON
cigar saop az the time of the fsht b.
tween Basler ana Johnson, and saw
Graham klck Johnson IN the s.de.
Johnson came back INTO the shop two
or three week, aftcrvar1 aud worked
part of two days; Johnson met lam a
few days after sad when asked now ne
was getting along, replied that he was
getting along we'll enough; he saw
Johnson n the prison yard afterwIrd
aad be was trying nis muscle on
al IRON weight; he also saw HIM
on MemOr. al Day in tha prison yard.
lie asked Johnson how he was getting
along ard he replied Not very fast. -
Hc asked nm when he was gong TO
work and he replied Not while he wa,
In the prison. that some felOWs would
be- working but that he would not; hc
SAID that they had no right % strip him
and ue was going 90 make them pay for
lt; that he hAd friend, in the prison
vino were gong 10 help hun; DeerIng
next saw INN on June ., IN the prison
vtrd and talked with hm, whea ne
asked Johnson he had done anything
toward getting damages; he replied that
has friend had gone To Gran Rapids
and had found out shat they mad nOright
% strap nlm. Inc defense endeavOred
o. introduce some evidence IN gard TO
the disgusting habits OF the prisoner,
that were too much for the endurance
Of thc court, Johnson atterward told
w w.tness that Dr. Way wds one of his
Friends, aud he had o.ru 60 Grand Rap
l.i, lo -ec a lawyer ABOUT the case; thAt
br. Way gave nm medicine to retard
hls recovery. that he WAS keeping it
out IN tne yard rs he did not want Il
found lu his cell, he also SAID ne was
not SD badly hurt as me pretended To
bc, when the doctor went away ne lett
HIM enough OF this medicine 10 last
three cor four months. two Orthree days
before Johnson left ne SAID Or. Way
was going 20 help hlm get damages,
and that tne doctor repOrtsw were made
with a view 20 this purpose. Upon
illumination the witness sad he
was sent tO Iona tor two years, plead
ing guilty to tae charge OF forgery.
tie made good time So that ne WAS dis
charged at tne end OF twenty months.
Had once been punished by strapplng.
Captain Joseph Nicholson, suDern-
tendcnt of the Detroit House of COrrec-
ton, was the next witness. IIctcstitied
that the strap was used rs q means OF
punishment, and he never knew blood
to ue drawn 0c any permanent injury
tO follow los use.
Dr. Nathan IL. Williams, Of Jackson,
physician ot the state PRISON for three
years, was then called. H. haj super
Intended corpora. punishment in tnat
prison. had never seen drop of blood
drawn ny tne strap. tine injury inflicted
fr-r I.r. f-. a d
appearing after twcuty-four or forty
egnt hours had given much study 10
the subject of corporal punishment in
penal institutions. The court sustained
Donaldson IS objection as % his 0p Mon
of tne best modc OF punishment. IIc
hat examined many persons bv meas
urement. and had found q general diff
ference of from 0ne-haIf % one inch IN
tho circumference 0f the limos OF Diff
tcrent individuals. and that the limb
most used would bc the largest. and the
fayorug ot d particular lmb for any
length ot time would result in muscu-
Jar atrophv ot that lmb
Blair. of Baton Rapids. formerly
deputy warden and n1ll master of t.ie
I1n.s PRISON. SAID she man who ln-
HCtcd lue punishment upon Johnson
testified that nr. Wav. Mr. rr4mbull
aud Mrs. Davis were present when the
punishment was a,lmu -tCred re
said tnat johnson bounded around and
<rkrl at hfm and one ame swung
around so that the blow went srounI
hrs leg fa bad to stop blows several
times on account of h.s jumping. hut
could not stop quick enough HC
ssatsd that he thought hc had Hcted
about thirty uln.sluents with tHe