Telegram-herald., 1889-10-05

ron of the muscles and prevent hlm
strs gntenlng as leg
Attorney Donaldson endeaY0red %
tsngle the doctor ID az examination
upon the anatomy 0I the Injured parts,
blt Has not successful. Tie doctor
vas excused u 20 home - hls 81 4
family.
Warden Watkins Was then recalled
aud various records Of punishment
during nls term VI OIhce we're offered
IN evidence.
Ex-Governor Jerome was the next
witness. lie said be was Governor ia
lssl and 1852, and that he vas an ex-
Othc.O member OF the Board 0f COrrec-
IONS and Charities and Was aware OF the
Use OF the strap upon the bare body
and knew that Z was applied by man.
tie approved OF tPe acton Of the var
den and relied upon their discretion IA
the matter OF punlshments.
Governor Luce followed him. lie
stated that he was the present Governor
II the state and hai visited and ex-
am.ned ali the penal institutions OF the
state. and especially a. 20 punshmeuts
and the Instruments OF punishment
used upon the prisoners He had full
~
approved If lt. lie examined the law
and ID not consider the strap 90 be
prohibited by the state. The latter
part WAS struck out on motion OF Dom
ald-Ou. He SAID he had examined the
straps both IA Jackson anu lOuia prs
0us and they were similar 10 the one
produced IA evidence. he was a mem-
ter Ot the Legislature i'm 800. 1860 and
ls0l. He nrst examined the stTapln April
ls,l. lie Sald IN reply 70 DOnaldson's
question that he had driven oxen long
years. He did not consider the strap a
whip. " Do YOU appear as Governor OF
the state OF Michigan, or as private
individual? asked Donaldson. " am
Governor OF Michigan, and am here, y
he replied. Donaldson asked him II
one of MS boys was IN prison, and was
refractory, II he would like TO have
/ hm punished by such an instrument?
q" Ii he deserved 1t and the warden
/ thought 1t necessary" replied the Gov
I ernOr Donaldson then had spasm of
virtuOus indignation and delivered q
brief and spirited grafton. You are
not making q plea, are you? inquired
EgglestOn. " lie IS probably trying TO
get the witness into proper frame of
mind,' said the court. The Governor
i quick As lightning at repartee and
Donaldson got the worst of trying 10
banter and bulldoze him, and the court
was nearly cOnvulsed.
Philander l.. Alden, a keeper at the
Jackson prison since May, 1872, was
next put upon the stand. lie knew the
lasn was employed as an instrument of
punishment. The lash was last used in
1874, as we'll as he could recOllect. the
strap WAS also used prior to this time
and ever since. The stretcher was also
used for a short time. He had seen
the lash used upon the prisoners. The
| ordinary effect OF the lash was that the
culprlt's back would be cut so that a
man would carry the marks as long as
/ he lived. The strap would draw no
I blood, and he never knew Of its draw
/ ing blood or producing any serious or
permanent injury. Never saw a man
struck in the private parts, and he had
witnessed about one hundred strap
pings.
James D. Hinkley, the next witness,
said that for nine years he was deputy
warden IN the Jackson prison. He had
ping and had probably seen 200 fog
glngs IN the nine years. He did not
/ think a man who was strapped upcOuld
| turn half around so that he could re-
celve Il very serious injury.
The court adjourned at half-past 3,
and the judge said that it would ad-
jOurn at noon today until Tuesday
morning.