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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29
COnVictSs Families.

The Chicago Herald calls attention to the
neglect of a certain class of unfOrtunates
very numerous in that city. and compare
lively so here. too-the wives and families
of men confined in the house of correction.
jail or penitentiary.
There is no home, asylum or retreat pro-
vlded for them. The visitors of church So
cieties never call on them. They are often
forsaken by their old friends, and they are
in no condition to make new ones They
are often very anxious to obtain work, but
find it difficult to secure employment either
at home or in shops and factories Like
the poor. the families of cOnvcts 'are al
ways with u.s." Many men who commit
petty offenses or great crimes for which
they are punished are bread winners. Some
of them work hard and make good provis-
ion for their families. A man may be very
bad in spots and still not bad all over.
Good and evil may lie in streaks on man
as fat and lean meat do on pig. The au-
thor OF the ''Seven Curses of London
states that the professional thieves in the
great metropolis often take excellent care of
their families and are greatly attached to
them. They are not accused of beating
their wives or abusing their children. The
family of a criminal is as likely to suffer
when he is sent to penal institution as the
family of an honest workingman is when
he is taken to hospital.
1t seems somewhat strange that no benev-
olent institution. no charity organization
and but few philanthropic individuals have
ever turned their attention to alleviating
the sufferings of the families of convicts.
Shame and modification generally cause
them to live in seclusiOn and to decline to
attend church and visit places of amuse-
ment. The wife and daughters of con-
vict may hesitate about obtaining books
from the public library. visiting the parks,
riding in street cars or even appearing on
the street in parts of the city where they
are known. They would not be likely to
obtain situations as domestics in private
families and would hesitate long before
they would apply for situations in a store,
shop or factory. If they go among stran-
gers they are in constant fear that some one
will connect them with criminal Gener-
ally they have not the means to travel a
long distance. to make home in new
place or to support themselves for any con-
siderable ttme.-Joliet News.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29
LOTTERY WAR.

The good people of Louisiana and the
Louisiana State Lottery are having tough
time of it as may be seen by the following
extract from letter from the scene of the
conflict:
Our legislators are kept busy listening to
the pros and ants of the Lottery PROPOSE
ton. The strongest workers in the antis'
ranks and the ones that will bring victory
to that side are the stockholders of the
Mexican Lottery Co., who live in New
Orleans. These men are capitalists and
many OF them have some political expert
ence and influence. They are putting up
money to buy votes against the Louisiana
Lottery Co., and at the same time they pose
as mOraliSts and hObnOb with preachers,
churchmen. men and women generally, and
are manufacturing for themselves nice rep
utatiOns. They know how to fight the
Louisiana Lottery Co., and they are doing
it; and strange to say, the good people,
who ought not to encourage crooked"
methods. pat these men on the back and
apparently endorse their acts. You see. if
the Louisiana Lottery Co. is knocked out
then the field will be open to the Mexican
and Havana lotteries; therefore the money
OF these two companies and all their agents
and friends are fighting the home company
all they can. All the moral people think
that by refusing new charter to the home
company they will stop the sale of lottery
tickets, and they fight it on principle.
Well, this just suits the Mexicans and Ha-
vanans and they have joined the good peo-
pie in making war on the l.. S. l.. Co., and
gambling in general. They have hired
local politicians, some the most corrupt and
desperate in the state; have started opposi-
ton papers and are doing dirty work such
as the occasions present themselves and the
necessities require. Altogether it is most
disgraceful st ate of affairs all around, and
one crowd tries to Guido the other in cor
rupting the legislator. The ants have the
advantage as the pros require two-thirds of
both branches. which think they won't
get.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29
Successful Escape.

Bob Crawford white convict at the
Pratt mines, Birmingham, Ala, suicided
Saturday May 18th, by blowing himself up
with dynamite while at work in the mines.
Crawford was one of the three men that es-
capped Thursday night. He was recaptured
Friday by Warden Rogers and party with
blOOd-hOundS. Jim Morrison and Carlow
Thrasher, the two men who were with
Crawford when he escaped were never
caught. When taken Crawford was in
terrible condition of mind and BODY, hav-
ing been rendered such by his escape and
the race with the dogs. His hands and
arms were full of thorns and his feet cut by
stones. All his clothes were torn to shreds
In his six miles run through the bushes.
Crawford made desperate resistance.
put was overpowered by the officers. He
then begged Rogers to shoot him. saying he
would never live to go back to the mines.
Rogers slapped his face and took him back
to the mines. This was Friday morning.
Saturday Crawford was sent out to work as
usual. His duty was to mine coal. He
went into the mines. but told the other men
that he intended to kill himself, and the
next load taken out of the mines by the
dump cars would be his dead body. A few
hours afterward fearful explosion was
heard and the mangled body of Crawford
was found in the mine where he had been
at work. He had carried out his desperate
design and had ended his own life. 1t seems
that he laid down and placed a stick of
dynamite under his body, connecting it with
small flame burning few feet away by
fuse. When the fuse was communicated
to the dynamite an explosion followed, and
the unfortunate man was blown to frag-
ments. The sight was terrible one The
other convicts in the mine were near by at
the time. but the explosion occurred before
they approached close to Crawford. The
dead prisoner had been sent up from this
county for burglary. Dispatch to the Min
neapOlis Times
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29

by their blood Memorial Day means re.
membrance day. We should remember on
this day to what great and fearful sacrifices
made by others that we owe our present
peace and prosperity. and not be over vain of
ourselves. Even we in prison are better off
by their having fought and died, for the
victory they won was in behalf of human
ity, and in it's far-reaching effects, all prs-
oners whether slave or convict, were lifted
up. Let Memorial Day ever be observed
as reminder that we owe debt of graft
tude which can only be repaid by our living
up to the principles for which our bene-
factors severed the loving ties of kindred,
crossed the clark river'' and marched away
into the great unknown country beyond.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29
MEMORIAL DAY.

Tomorrow, the 3Oth inst. will be Memo
rial Day. and thousands of people old and
young will visit the cities of the dead to
strew flowers upon the silent houses where
repose the remains of those who sacrificed
their share of earth that future generations
might live better. be better and die better.
They will not see the wreathed flowers nor
hear the eulogiums and solemn symphonies
unless as silent spectators from the spirit
world. They are gone and all this earth.
showis not for them-it is for the living,
for US who reap the rich harvest nourished
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29
TO THE PUBLIC.

THE PRISON MIRROR is a weekly paper pub
lished in the Minnesota state prison. All matter
published in its columns is contributed by the
inmates. except that properly credited. Its sup
port must come from the outside as every inmate
is given paper without cost. 1t is published in
the interest of the prison library and after paying
for the printing outfit, contributed $3.50 to the
library fund the first year. Its objects are to en-
courage individual intellectual effort, provide a
healthy journal for the inmates of this and other
prisons, and. above all, to acquaint the outside
world with the needs of the prison by rejecting
its inner life and thus aid the of moral ad-
vancement and prison reform.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29

Sec. H. H. Hart has issued the fifteenth
quarterly report of the state board of chart
ties and corrections, showing the condition
of the state institutions for the nine months
ending April 80, 1890. The report makes a
very favorable showing. The average pop
ulatiop of the state institutions for the year
ending April 80. 1890. is 1896, against
1891 for the year ending April 80, 1889.
There are fewer inmates in several of the
institutions at the present time than there
was at this time last year. The state
prison population. including the new re-
fOrmatOry. is 80 less than on April 80, 1889.
The expenses of maintaining the state in
situations compare favorabIy in point of
economy with any state in the Union.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29

Welcome to the Saturday Morning Tele-
gram from Fargo. North Dakota. Away
back in the early days of THE MIRROR
when it's knees were weak and it trembled
before stern Public Opinion, the now editor
and publisher of the Telegram, Frank j..
Smith, sent us letter of endorsement and
cheer that caused old Public Opinion to look
with more approving eyes. The Tele-
gram is only beginner, being just month
old. but it contains all that goes to make up
first class weekly newspaper. The Tele-
gram is soon to be made daily afternoon
paper. Success to you, Mr.. Smith.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29

1t is said that the real Sir Roger Itch
borne has been found and the great mys-
terry is about to be cleared up. The story
runs that Sir Roger went to Australia where
he led wild life as the associate of con-
victs and other tough characters. A groom
on the TichbOrne estate stole many letters
and other papers from Lady Tichborne, and
was afterwards transported to Australia for
some crime. He met and recognized young
Sir Roger to whom he was unknown, and in
time he and several companions concocted
scheme to get hold of the vast Tichborne
estate in England. They kidnapped Sir
Roger and held him prisoner somewhere
in the interior of the wild country, and then
the false Sir Roger appeared in England
and the great Tichborne trial began, of
which the whole world has heard. and which
resulted in the claimant receiving a
sentence to long term of imprisonment.
1t is claimed that the conspirators have held
Sir Roger prisoner to this day throwing
off suspicion by representing him as an in
sane man. The discovery came about by
the death of the last of the conspirators.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29

Warden Brush, of Sing Sing prison, New
York. says for every execution in such a
great prison-Sing Sing having one thon-
sand six hundred inmates-ten men are
driven insane. They succumb to the de-
moralizing influences OF confinement ag-
gravated by their own morbid fancies. One
man committed for burglary, went insane
the other day simply from brooding over
the uses of the dynamo wires which he was
stringing in connection with the electrocu-
tional plant of that prison.-Ohio Industrial
School Journal.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29

The plug" hat must 60, or. at least. it
must be restricted. The New York Trib-
une calls the attention of sociolOgists to the
pernicious influence the silk hat has upon
men of limited finances. The charge is
that poor men ruin themselves by attempt
ing to dress and live in keeping with silk
hat, and the Tribune says that "a young
man should be required to make financial
statement to the proper authorities and take
out license before he is allowed to wear a
silk hat" Such law would no doubt save
many an aspiring financial STRIPPING from
embarrassing interviews with the cold
blooded minions of justice. However, it
would practically disbar that numerous
class known as ''tin horn" lawyers, for the
silk hat is their sole ally in the pursuit of
clients.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29

lished by F. S. Verbeck and edited by Maj
T. M. Newson. The Minnesota editors
who have the honor to be presented to the
public. Geographically and ''efigially'
in this number are, Joseph A.
Wheelock. Pioneer Press; Geo. W..
Moore, now in the real estate business;
L. P. Hunt, Free Press, Mankato; E. H.
Dearth. LIE Sueur News; and G. R. McKen-
ney, North st. Paul Sentinel.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29

The PRISON MIRROR published by the
inmates of the Saltwater penitentiary. is
one of the brightest. neatest and most care
fully edited little papers in the whole
Northwest 1t is the reflex of some bright
minds of unfortunate fellowmen who linger
behind the prison walls. 1t is indeed a
credit to that institution and to the State at
large--The Hub, Gaylord.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29

Since we come to think about the matter
the Pioneer Press could not have included
THE MIRROR when abiding to the country
press as ''Pap.fed parasites of county
rings" for the only pap we have had was a
jug of buttermilk which was brought to us
last summer in the slop cart from Hon.
Isaac Staples farm.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29

Mr.. John G. Spencer and Miss Anna
Magdaline BOrdewick are to be married
June 5th, at Granite Falls, the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. Bordewick.
Mr.. Spencer is editor of the Renville Star,
which orb we hope may rise to the zenith
and shed joy and prosperity upon the home
of the soon to be Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29
THE EDITORIAL THREE.

PENCIL:
l am the stub of a faber,
Well worn with labor
That lasts from sun to sun.
1 toll with creation,
With ne'er a vacation:
Pm the all-important one.
PASTE:
o, I'm made of flour,
And used every hour:
I'm so very important you see.
That no EDITORS table
Has ever been able
To prosper at all without me.
SHEARS:
With familiar clatter
I've clipped the best matter
That's come to this Office for years
So when you have read it
Please give me the credit,
I'm the editorial shears.
o, we are the three powers
So important all hours
We're the editorial three.
No one is inferior
But all are superior
To the editorial I'VE"
THE Star.Ney
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29

The Chicago Times. of a recent date,
gives an account of the inner workings of
true, would brand it as a hell on earth
where cruelty and corruption reign SUI
preme. 1t cannot be that such state of
affairs does actually exist.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29

j. S. Vandiver has purchased F. G. Neu-
meir's interest in the Saltwater Democrat
and Van will now proceed to make the po-
litical welkin ring. 1t is needless to say
that the paper will continue disseminatOr
OF democratic orthodoxy.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29
Carl PretZelss Philosophy,

Der behind hand of friend don't got any sym.
pady in dot.
Too plenty brosberity makes Teller foolish.
Nerf und energy. vas bully ingredients. When
MKT togedder, obey could make a poor man
shmile.
Oxberence vas a compass dot tolds you how to
get pooty veil along.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29
An Exciting Time.

Small Boy: Mamma; mamma; there's a mad
dog in the street. and everybody is running into
the houses.
Mamma crushing to the window; Where7
Where?
Small Boy: Look out! Dodge down! Get un-
der the sofa! policeman is going to shoot
Sunshine.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29

BRET HARTE.

And see phantom army come,
With never a sound of fife and drum,
But keeping time to throbbing hum
OF wailing and lamentation.
The martyred heroes of Malvern Hill,
OF Gettysburg and Charlottesville,
The men whose wasted figures fill
The patriot graves of the nation.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29

The May number of The Northwestern
Printer, handsomest of Minnesota publica-
lions. is the most elegant issue yet presented
to the public. That it is such is accounted
tor by mentioning the fact that it is pub.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29

We are personally acquainted with one
editor that will not join the Minnesota
editorial excursion. However, it would not
do for all to 60 and leave the state to the
tender mercies of the "devils." the rings
and the politicians.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29

The illustrated edition of The West Du-
luth Sun does credit to its publishers, and
speaks in the highest terms for the enter
prise of West Duluth's business men.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-29

Liverpool, England, has the largest ork-
house in the world. This institution can
conveniently accommodate 5000 inmates.
Tombstone daily prospector. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-1891, 1890-12-03
NOTICES OF toRFErrURE.
Notice of Forfeiture
IRON CONTACT NINE.

IRON CONTACT NINE.
no WALTER RkNoUF, your heirs OF
Il assigns
You are hereby rotihed by the undersign-
ed, your eo-Owner in the Iron Contact
mining claim, situate In the Ton oetope min
ing district, County Of Coehise, Territory
of Arizona. that he has expended the bum
Of one hundred dollars in the performance
Of the annual work for the year 1859, re-
qsired by the laws % congress 10 be per.
formed upon said claim to hold the same.
Ton have failed TO contribute your pro-
portion OF the Expenditures required by see
Is.- sSal - tA= R-.:-=l s.=...e- :. tsS
United States TO be made upon said claim
for the year 1859. The sum due from you 70
the undersigned, our co-owner in said
elsisa. a. your proportion Of the moneys ex-
pended Nv them apon said claim as above set
forth, 10 80 dollars. for which you are de-
hnquept at the date Of this notice.
You, your heirs aud assigns are hereby
notified that IL you should fail or refuse to
contribute your proportion OF the above eI-
penditure within ninety days after the pub-
liestioh Of this notice once a week for ninety
days, your interest 10 the said Iron Contact
mine will become the property OF your
co-owner, the Undersigned, who resides al
the CITY Of Tombstone, COchise Co, A I.
Dated sept 80. l>9J,
JOSEPH THEAVILGE,
wv BARTHOLOMEW,
Tombstone daily prospector. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-1891, 1890-12-03
NO .ICE OF y RrErrIRE.
COPPER CROWN NIxK.

COPPER CROWN NINE.
TNo JOHN c. TAPPESEIR. HIS HEIRS OR
i assigns:
You are hereby no,ihed By the undersigned, your
co-o~ers in the Copper Cscun mining claim, situate
il tks Warren mining district in the county Of -
chise Territory Of Arizona that they have expended
the sun q one hundred dollars IN the performances
Of the annual work for the year 1855 and the
SUN o. one hundred dollars in the performance Of
the ANIMAL work for the year 1859. required BY
the laws d congress TO be annually expended uPoa
49, S.-..a ~ kosa the same,
You, your heirs assigns have failed con-
tribute your proportion q said expenditures re.
CURED by section 2sa4 q the Revised Statutes a
ths United States. be made upon said claim
for the SAT years 1855 and 1850 The due from
you 70 the undersigned your eoo~ner ia said fainng
clzi= your proportion q the monsys expended BY
IL upoz SAID claim above forth Ia eEfy Eve
dollars, $7S, IN each Of aid years for which you
delinquent AT tbs date Of this notice
You. your heirs and assigns, are hereby notified
you should fail refuse 10 contribute your pro
proportion Sfthe above expenditure 20 at: $50, within
ninety days after the pubhczton q this notice least
once week for ninety days IN this Newspaper. ycuT
interest in said Cooper Crown zine viii become N e
property sf your co-ownerx the Undersigned, whose
place Of bussess Aid post 0ce address IN Tern
tory sf arizona i Bisbee Cochiss County Aroma
and whose oo. and principal place Of business is at
uarseT p John street, in the essys county and state
Of New York
COPPER QUEEN CONSOLIDATED
to--0od MISlSG COMPANY,
Tombstone daily prospector. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-1891, 1890-12-03
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Jack Smith.
NOTICE is hereby sise2 b. :ss aa
dsrsigued administrator of the estate
Of Jack Smith, deceased to the credit
tors Of. aud all persons having claim S
against the said deceased to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers,
within four months after the first pub.
LEGATION of this notice to the said
administrator at his residence in the
City Of Tombstone. Arizona Territory
the same being the place for the tran
saction Of the business of said estate.
ALLEN WALKER,
Administrator Of the estate of Jack
Smith. lO.7.tf
Tombstone daily prospector. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-1891, 1890-12-03
Notice to Creditors.

In the Probate Court Of the County
of Coch:se, Territory of Arizona.
Estate of Felix SIMON, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
designed administrator of the estate
Of Felix Simon, deceased, TO the cred.
itors of and all persons having
claims against the said decesss22, to
exhibit the same wi.L. ae necessary
vouchers within four months after
the first publication of this notice
to the said administrator a, the office
of George w Swain, No. lis
Fourth rect, city of Tombstone,
county of Cochise, territory OF Ari-
IONA, the same being the place for
the transaction of the business o. the
said estate.
THEOPHILE DESJARnINS
Administrator of the estate {, Felix
Simon, deceased.
Dated at Tombstone, Oct 6, 1890.
Tombstone daily prospector. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-1891, 1890-12-03
sHERxFF's SALE.

WHEREAS. BY VIRTUE OF AN exc
w cution issued out Of the District Court Of
the First Judicial District in and for the county
Of Cochisc. Territory Of Arizona, 10 ne direct
I'd and delivered on a judgment rendered IN
said court on the 18th day Of May, IS5q. in
favor Of James Reilly and against Godfrey
TrIbolei and lanes Mexican for the sum oil
s94s IS damages with interest thereon from
date q judgment at the rate Of 7 par cent per
anuum until paid to scther with Gusts and &C,
CT uing costs and to me delivered
did on said 18th day Of January, 1890, levy
upon ali the right, title and interest Of Godfrey
T''E-0i@' q" ~-'' - Il ~ feel
deep of lot No. rs Of block No. IS Of the city
Of Tombstone, in the county Of COchiSe. As de.
scTibed on the maps Of said city, Of record in
the Office OF the Recorder Of the said county Oi
COChise.
Public notice is hereby given that on Friday
the l7Ib day Of October. IsoO al the hour OF
O'Clock p. m. in front Of the court hOuSr Ot
said comfy in the city Of Tombstone. COChise
county Arizona Territory, ! will sell an undi-
yided One-hllf iHierest in the above described
property at public auction, to the highest and
best bidder, for cash. lawful money Of The
L liied States, to satisfy said execution and al
costs {. II. SLAUGH TER,
Sheriff.
+. a. SHATTUCK, Deputy Sheriff.
Dated this the 10th day Of September 1890.
S-2b-td
Tombstone daily prospector. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-1891, 1890-12-03
Notice TO Creditors.

Estate os A c Howell, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned administrator of the
estate of A G Howell, deceased, to
the creditors Of. and all persons
having claims against said deceased
to exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers, within ten months after
the first publication of this notice
to the said administrator at his
office in COchise county court house
and the same being the place for
the transaction of business of said
estate in the City OF Tombstone,
County Of Cocbise.
J. II. SLAUGHTER,
Administrator of the estate of A. c
Howell, deceased lO-S-tf
Tombstone, Oct. s, lsS0.-----