Telegram-herald., 1890-05-31
TWO HOURS IN JAIL
A Telegram Herald" Reporter ;
VISIT 70 the Prisoners.
AZ INNOCENT AlyS COyFESSIOy
BroCksy Qaint Fretsnas Ianoeenes hiis
COnfesssng ITS Guiit-Essry Nan Has
MS P4rtiealsr Grievance " hieA
he waats - Have PRbiished-

day from Brockey Quint. the young
man now awaiting transportation 10
Ionia on conviction OF larceny from
the person Of Matte Gleason, known
among the boys a the midget. Ia ths
letter, BrOckey follows the instinct u
most criminals who ne er felt tne halter
draw With good opinion OF tie law
| In avOWtng ms innocence, he takes Oc-
| casiOn 10 abuse the officials Ot the pO-
lice department, expressing the gave
I opinion that there ale not ten hOheSl
men on the whole force.
The awful charges, while not OF them
| selves deemed lntunsically important:
/ led a reporter 10 stroll penslvely toward
I the Jail, scarcely knowing Why he went,
/ but with a reporter 5 instinct that tiiSt
! was just the place Tor hlm 10 80. Mheh
| he stepped up 20 the bars, the birds on
| the other side Of the grating Hooked up
"llke t!es at the mouth OF a beer Dot
| tie AS one OF them asked u 10 De fe-
ported As soon as II became known
| that BrOckey was going 70 be gwen ihe
/ chance 10 say something IN tue paper,
I such u ciamoriug for recognition TOOK
/ place as would scarcely occur II the re-
| porter was the bearer OF pardon or
/ Two. Each was anxious 10 address tpe
/ public with Il tale OF woe. and each had
/ some phase OF injustice he wished 10
air. IL Was with difficulty that any one
/ statement could he snatched from the
! general din and confusion, for they All
| talked at once, each one having both
/ story OF ms own. and word OF COM
| mcnt on the stores of all the rest.
| BrOckey Qulnt was the ilrst attended
/ 10 on the reporters book.
You may tell the people" SAID he,
"that the Jail never sent happier man
/ over the road than | am" And then
/ he proceeded TO demonstrate his happi-
ness by telling how he had been con-
/ yicted on perjured testimony. He said
| that superintendent Eastman must
| nave got him and BOOresma cOnfounded
when he testified that ne had talk
| with him lQunt) about theatlalr. TOR
/ said Quiut, Il had not talk with East
man about il. But | Will tell YOU list
| how il Is"
To understand fully what the case is,
il IS necessary 10 know who this
midget" IS. She Is n girl a years OF
| age. about feet inch in height, who,
tor the past five or SIX years, has
| sustained the frCest relations with worst
hOOdlum element of the city. The life
that this girl has led Is simply nscru-
| table IN vlleness. The contempt of
! familiarity with her had become such
that the hoodlums had actually begun
to think that even her pockets were
| their legitimate booty. Concerning the
| fracas which has finally sent KNAPP and
Qunt over the road, the latter says:
II had been that day down 10 the
plaster mills looking after my fishing
! nets. On the way home ! was lCined
by four other BOYS and we took u short
cut over the Black Hills. As we reach
ed the brow OF the hill we saw Snyder
sitting with the Midget on the opposite
| brow. Going up 10 them, the fellow
| called cred" drove Snyder off by some
| pretty loud talk about her beng his
wife. Then KNAPP and Red picked her
! up. and, carrying her of few rods,
| threw her down. But she resisted
/ pretty stOutly and III the scuiie knap
| got hold Of her pOWdeT-bOX and some
other trnkets and Sl.G4 i'm money.
/ Then four of us took the money and
bought with 1t a keg of beer and some
stuff to eat. You sec / am innocent,
for ] was not the one to take money.
/ Don't forget 10 soy that Turnkey Lewis
and Deputy sheriff Cook have been
very kind 10 me-"
Next came Francis, the man now on
trial IN the Superior Court for trying To
rob Mrs Uughart. SAID he, Il Ough,
TO remember the TEIEGRAI-H ERALF,
for / am sure II mas convicted me, when
Rodgers couldn't have done 10. Your
Publishing that am wanted n Lansing
has cooked my goose. And what ,.
more, believe it was done Tor tpatsoie
purpose for the fact Is ! lFavcucvcr neeu
mn Lansing IN mv life, and don't know
| where the town ls.'
Francis was stripped TO his underwear
on account 0l the heat, and looks a
very different man thus from what be
appeared IN court. dressed n q nObby
Z sult, and looking tho picture OF inn0
/ Ccncc.
Begoski, tho cable IRON thief, next
broke M. lie has Just served q 90d3ys
term SO Ion n. and was arrested the
moment hls time was up. on another
char2e of stealing Ia extremely bro
7 ken Eagllsh and with a tremul0usncS'
Of voice which SAID plainly that De mad
got his fu OF prison life, he SAID. II
IS very hard o be sent right back oT
tho same charge, when Cook was thf
man that did the stealing. 7 nave livel
in this town four years. and never haf
a0v trouble TIL I met this Cook. t'
vas the one That did il, and I have q
suffer-
Next came scott. whose attempt r.
break jail got him an additoua. ninety
DAYS. THAT police column man 0u tl
TErFeR R,g-HERALp had better Frto ar
f other errogrt. and then 0a tarr E.r