Daily Republican., 1890-02-10
| REPORTER IN JAIL.
LIslr TO THE INSTITUTION
AT NEW CASTLE.

...dA Need Oi Wor& ""~ 49,
,.,om,nendatlon oi the Grand
Jury should bo Com
rited with.
IA =. ,he hort Ia q gloomy place,
4. H. n.tliullon at New Castle for the
4 msnt Of offenders Is no exception
~ mile There 10 a monotony about
n sarh a place that one unAccus-
"a N /, would naturally suppoie II
II II nj @auspiurable, and even the great
!, a yhich surround Institutions OF this
N, have \ forbidden appearance. And
rotvithstandiug these surroundings,
\ men spend years oil their life In
mrh plscss. and seom 10 , certain
Ia haopy some Of the inmates oi
1 Cs,ie IaA seem contonted with
I,st and 10 csre but little for what
hk,pg place in tho outside world,
4, olher,, who read every newspaper
I come, within reach, are keenly
!, 10 everything that happens outsidc.
N hr.y.r, is no doubt the case In
X rtral Institution In the country,
n tko inmates are permitted 10 read
5.psIes or see visitors.
Z ptssen, there arc about ono hundred
| fa, prisoners In New Castle jaIl, q
hbeI entirely too great for the capacity
|he in.tlsud.p, consequently each coll
I,a,p. ,.yeIal inmates. Among the
|u,btr ave several who have bcen zen.
led ior life, aud several Others who
. been condemned to death but re-
Issd for terms vsying from three 10
eiJ yeln. The majority Of tho other
psea are Ia fer but . lew months,
le . IN He serving for . term OF
\. The majority Of tho prisoners
@uien'ed, and as happy % II 10
ths Tor human bcings 10 bs under
circumstances.
my Hsrrigau was one OF the fret met
Pu the reporter visited the jail lust
Edsy. lie Ia much stouter than when
" frst committed, over eight years
tDd always has a smilc on his lace.
uu convicted Of the killing Of Dennis
=, 10 1851, aud sentenced to 10 hang.
but as ii was shown that ho had great
)Vosas'on and was also just on the
he Of delirium tremens from u pro-
Ned tsbsuch at the time the homicide
Eecmmitted, the Governor, almost on
s', Of He day cot for bis execution,
lnlei him a reprieye.
The has been repeated several times
CO, snd something over q year ago,
rernoI Blggs granted him a reprieye
ihIte years, which leaves him in the
ndA oil the next Governor, wb0eyer he
y BE-. When this laAt reprieve was
Inltd strong effort was made by
Ne oil JerIys friends 10 have him
'doned, as 1t was known that he had
oaer CT live years steady work at the
faloh pottefies, and consel luently
lld leave the state as soon as he could
lie up bis busin'ss at Ilocke,sin. For
pc cause the Governor did rot deem il
\ 10 lberate him, and virtually con-
Pdejb bin to three more years of inn.
annsut. What will be- done Al Tic
saOf OF tia, 'isVssit is I'm possible 10
k4gs
" Davis. the slayer of Officer
hl Is young man deserving Of
ayoung life wrecked and
otd bH rum and base woman, Tns
lls'ances Of hls case are too well
w 70 need repeating, but 1t Is certain
y le bad been possessed Of the
ft h',d oil a wife he would not be
ie te htow. This woman, although b
. leW weeks his wife, provoked iii
'uuiy " hef attention to other men Al
Sulr, aud he, to drown his feelipqs.
usea 10 an excess in drink.
CiAiel WITH rum he started with tbs
-,u loi 'helI homc, aud On the way
aAsely occurred which has con :
Aea uln 70 spend tie remainder OF
,,. ha'u'ai liie In jail. He is an cx.
pa! uaslsorthy prisoner aud /,
p'o,eu III light work about the iaii.
Nv. .sshas 10 his duties in a mechanical
.uel sai seldom seen TO smile.
sm.s MA !, Llst Is another young man
rea 70 spend hts liia within tbs
!. 1l walsol New Cattle jail unless
H.,ti S.'s'loi 10 the future should de-
a il, W. lsd been sufficiently pun.
s,ca S' w o''ette ard tell him te a. a
ss'n .ll " no more" In his case
bces s., ,s1i. ,ss1.,.a'h!y e1tenuating cireum.
|, w. S,, "alei, however, II does no,
NJ ,h. w.. Asen into consideration.
or,, Hs i.cls Of the matter were a.
t,li.d Niece OF the man TAYLOR who
el n. n'g. 'g,llel honss with List, aud
n. ny ~ Undertook to remove her good,
tse .U,I "a plla'ion OF the lease, leav.
[lb.,,ao,, o,.e rent TO be borne by him
,sgs. i'e'ed and declared tiley ,bonla % nv,
aAsh away until lie had soun. nv nv
Il IN NJ, ,,o ost share Of The rent, sh,
,@ 10 Tue iounlry where her "pno,. nn.
"a ployed, and upon her t,lI,na ahen, ht,,
g,1 l''. would not permit her ~ M. M,
i,, it9sl', lie quit Ills work and AZ s,or, s, =. :,
! of d,i, nouss win the avowed intsn.
~. y, uolng him bodily harm 'n'en'
n, ,yu ,'l wire answering t,..ru
Ri.s %, :, 'as "a, door Taylor called him % oa,
MI ~ wa, 10 wished to talk shon, .o' ou'
M ,' they luey stood by the curb snvsn ,v'
N .up .,uOp",'gfsalIon for few minn,ss.
wv Taylor, who was a muc,
hnN 'iehger man than List atrnci
,, . terrific blow, kno"i, T. y ". ~
pio.,,a,. ,',s slteet He then sprsue uno, mo,
b,ay, bsIta man aud commeuced rain
hh H. 1.oAs on his head and face
bn ,hs "e ,"s L'sts aged father cam,
lta stiast ne =, ana l seeing hls son beiu,
h .ueS lied h Taylor with a club an,
ls.I ,r, 1vaYy blows that he was force,
i ro,. ~, .ln run. The younger IL.
|ct Of ,lols 10 ms iect, sinartipp from III ~
pi; reseS',.!e a aud almost blinded viii
lyoly,r +, { 10 his hip pocket he drsv
bg QUE oa "aa started after his asss,lant
Joined !, more shots. The elder Ia
fung ,ho', ~ tl' = chase. but Taylor, ate
b stone" "o'' e' distance, picked up tw,
wLIsb L' ,, aud started to run to a. M h,
tight yy, Ws' lying Dear the sceus q
PES til, l,.,. !" neh Taylor picked up III
ls,,'nd LISA retreatsd, tho vonns y. :.
.lam'Iss 'aIough the yard and hons
stere ba named Ford, nsIghbors :
Ii dooo,ne ne remained lust 1nsids IN
lewis ho1.. oul , his father passed d
Gt.n T,ylse TVuse a lew doors distaut.
hsd win ,h ,ol reached the main stree,
|, spd s,,, me stones, he saw ths H' s,d.
p.. a, ",.n t an oath threw ons Of IN