Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-15
OESERET EVENING NEWS.
December rs. 1890.
A WONAS,s JAIL LIFE.
PEN PICTURE or THE DoISGs oy
MRS. LIPPIScoTT.

A wONlN'S JAIL LIFE.
PEN PICTURE or THE DoINGs os
MRS. LIPPINcoTr.
SIrs. Julia Lippincott. the lormel
manager Of Hsauon Hail, Atlantic
City--a modern female Napoleon
% Finance" aud the alleged forge,
of about 100000 worth OF paper
has been arraigned for trial
in Camden. Among the almost
innumerable charges, both wild and
In good faith, that Were made
against her at the time Of her riight
from her home in Meiford were
that she had ruined both her hus-
band and her sister, Mrs. Hsires.
These charges were verified by both
husband and sister.
Since her arrest and imprison-
meni in Camden Jail her husband
has diei, AMI she never saw him
after the flight. Since her imprison-
ment. i've months ago, she has
never ssen tine outside walls OF
Camden jail. During that long
period she has never broken down
or shown a tremor Of fear or trepida-
ton. Her remarkable composure
has been variously described as
-.nerye,'' conscious innocence
aud s'stolid Indifference" She has
never protested entire innocence
for publication, hut has intiniated
that Il would Ice shown at the trial
that most OF the alleged forgeries
would be proved to be genuine.
Yesterday Mrs. Lippincott was AZ
composed and mildly cheerful as al
any time since her arrest, and be-
trsyed no fear Of the approaching
trial.
When Mrs. Lippincott was frs!
locked up in Camden jail she was
placed in the common hearding.
room for female prisoners. II Is q
room about .0x.D feet in dincn.
siOns and is frequently crowded al
most to suffocatIon. Here are herd
ed ali Of the most abandoned OF
Camden's female population, Of all
c0lcr- and conditions. The ''beds''
are strirs of canvas suspended 8
few Inches from the fioor from iron
frames. Fights among the drunken
creatures are of almost hourly oc-
currence.
1t WAS in this atmosK here that
Mrs. Lippincott, a refined, educated
woman. accustomed 10 all luxuries,
WAS introduced. But here again
that wonderful "nerve" of hers
stood her in a good stead. She ex-
erted an influence over those wild
creatures that was absolute. They
treated her with tine utmost defer
ence and respect. and on the first
night the queen OF the Jail" relin-
pushed the solitary wooden settee
TO Mrs. Lippincott, where she slept
as long a. she Was in that room OF
horrors room that would have
sent q woman Of less "nerve" to An
insane aeylum. The inmates became
her willing slaves. They would moi
allow her 20 do her share OF the
work, but guarded with each other
as 10 who should do il.
she remained in that room for
three or four weeks, and then.
through pity or influence, she WAS
given a neat little room TO herself nj
the end Of the corridor. This room
had window only covered with
heavy wire netting that gave view
down Federal Street and of little
park with trees in IL. IL contained
= cot, a table, O couple Of chairs,
and, above all, solitude. In q short
time an important addition came in
the shape OF a sewing machine, that
has been the greatest solace during
the long months Of imprisonment.
Tine bold stock Spectator had be-
come an enthusiastic sewing wo-
man. She made necessary clothes
for herself, for her wardrobe was
seriously depleted when she came TO
the Jail.
linen she took in sewing from the
outside, and when she learned Of
some poor outcast that had been
brought into the woniaR's he,ding-
room who was in need Of clothing
she made those clothes. For hours
every day the merry click OF her
machine could be heard throughout
that end If the Jail. Then she is an
omnivorous reader, and during most
of the hours of the day, when the
machine it not running she il de-
vOuring some novel or magazine.
These are sent 10 her often in great
buadles 10y friends on the outside.
Then she frequently sends out anu
buys books Of ner fancy.
Probably IL is a touch Of gratitude
for the consideration shown her
when she was In the general room.
but Whatever the motive, she has
taken a deep interest in the welfare
of the abandoned creatures that are
brought into the jail. She has the
liberty of the corridor into which
her room opens, and the barred door
OF the beruiDg-roo.n also opens into
this corridor.
Whenever n new prisoner Il ac-
Knitted she hears the ciang Of the
outside doors, aud Is Immediately
In the corridor. She talks with the
newcomer kindly, finds out all she
can OF her history, and cheers her
up. During her stay shs gives the
prisoners good advice, and when the
prisoner goes out she sats good by
kindly, and urges her to live a bet
ter life.
III the offender returns most Of
such prisoners are only in Tor few
aaysi, she receives her With a mild
lecture and again gives her good
advice. So II has come TO be that
these abandoned women ofCamden
look on Mis-. LippiDcott as little less
than a saint, anu watch nj the barred
door for her coming all day, and are
never disappointed.
Many Of MIR. Lippincott's old
friends have come lack TO her and
she has found many new. ones since
her imprisonment. Bundles oil
books, clothing, food, fruit and dain.
ties come to her frequently, and there
is hardly day passes but that she
mas one or more callers. She re-
ceives the same food that is sup
piled the other prisoners, but as
taller Lee said yesterday, "some-
rimes she takes II and sometimes she
don't.o
Both JaIler Johntra and Lee say
that everyone about the institution
has the highest regard and respect
far the prisoner a NJ, were 1t not for
her sake, would be sorry to see her
20. She has lost some fesh since
She entered the jail, but looks the