The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-05

stuck to my back with #s
HARD CLOTHED BLOOD,
owing to the skin having been torn
from my back.'' Subsequent to this
DAILY was reported for having bit Of
pencil aud note on his person, and
cot thirteen days. bread and water. A
couple of days later he got two more
days bread and water on a charge Of
talking preferred against him by the
warden, who had got into trouble be
cause of the discovery Of the pencil re-
ferred to above. On March Is. '86, he
applied to see his sister, and the request
beng presumably granted he was re-
ported on April % for talking to his
fellow.prlsoner, Egan, for which he got
two days bread and water, and SUBJ
sequently. asking the governor why he
had not been visited by his sister, he
replied: Y0u see you got into trouble
and had to countermand the order"
That is to say, an order supposed to be
sent to his sister in Limerick on March
Is, was counrermanded, because he got
into trouble SIX weeks later.
During the years of '86 and 81 DAILY,
from the physical suffering he had been
enduring. became very weak in health,
and in March, '87, had an independent.
medical examination granted by the
home secretary in response to state
ment made Mr.. William Abraham,
NIP. On the morning Of the examina-
tion he was in bed in the infrmary, and
sometime before the doctors came the
principal warden brought him a large
pot of hot coffee, which he requested
him to drink. This DAILY declined to
do, stating he would wait till little
later on, ..but ''the warden would have
.him drink it right away" and watched
him till he had drank it, ''Now"'
writes John DAILY, ''''I had been looking
forward to this examination with a view
of making full statement to the
gentlemen Of the treatment [ had re-
ceived, but was not able to say what
I intended, and the only wav can ac-
count for it is that there must have
been something in the coffee which
dul)ed nv intellect for the time being"
After referring at length to the medi-
cal department. and the treatment he
was receiving from the doctors, and
which, according to the statement, was
intermittent and neglectful in charac-
ter, John DAILY states in about Novem-
Der, '89, having complained of his feet,
from which he had been great suf-
ferer, he was treated week after week
one way or another, but got little or no
relief. On Nov. 18, DR.. Visey sa " HIM.
and told him to continue the powder he
had got, and he would also put him on
medicine. and ON that date also, at !
O'Clock. he gave him the first dose.
"The effect Of that" John DAILY says,
twas for nv face to flush.
THEN GREAT THIRST
with slight pain in the stomach. 1
drank a large quantity of water. About
s o'clock Commissioner Durgan opened
the trap door Of the cell, ana said:
sDaly. YOU have enough Of the powder
I said. Yes, thank you, and Mr.. Durgan
will YOU please mention to the doctor
that this medicine has a very strange
effect on me. 1t has caused me most
violent thirst Durgan found fault
with the manner in which he was ad-
dressed when he was not titled Sir
His knowledge of drugs" continues the
narrative, ''should have told him there
must have been something wrong with
the medicine. but Mr.. Durgan did not
convey the message to the Doctor "
Dalv suffered considerably, and taking
a third dose next day experienced the
symptoms described: burning OF the
face, thirst, the intensity of which can
not be described, loss of sight and
shooting pains. The third dose lnten-
slded his condition, leaving him unable
to walk, and with loss of speech, he had
to be taken between two men up stairs
to the infirmarY.
DAILY, for the inquiry, then submitted
the following questions: "Was it bel
ladonna received? Would the sym
toms described be produced by BELLA
donna. and if so, what quantitv must
the eight ounce bottle have contained,
and if that quantity was likely to be
put IN 8 mistake by proper compound or
OtherWise?" Having referred in detail
to the general prison treatment, John
DAILY mentions the following facts.
which, he says. will serve to throw
light on the dangers he is exposed to-:
On Feb. 19 a prisoner in the workshop
put small bit Of newspaper cutting
into his hand cut so clean that a pri-
soner could not have done it. He had
only a bare glimpse Of it. but could see
Sir Henry James, M. r., at Bury, and
the names Of Parnell and j Davltt. no
date, and he DESTROYED it immediately.
as he believed It was q trap. On the
following Thursday the same prisoner
gave him another portion OF a news
paper, remarking to be careful TT.
ssrhls man he knew wanted to betray
him. ssS ....
sEEI Speaking of the visitors he had re.
ceiyed, DAILY mentio ioned a man who re-
presented the Times, who offered him
freedom If he would give DAMAGING 2
'eyldence AGAINST Parnell befOre the
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