Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-07
ARCHER.S PRISON LIFE.
Tho Ex.Stste Treasurer's Health Sale
70 Have Been Recovered.

Tho Ex.State Treasurer's Health Said
to Have Been Recovered.
Quiet, regular life in the penitentiary, says
the Baltimore Sun today, with careful, but
plain diet, has completely restored the health
Of Stevenson Archer, the ex-treasurer of Mary
land, which was SO badly shattered BY the dis
covery OF his stealings and the death OF his
son-in-law, State Senator Silver, which came
soon afterward. He is no longer troubled with
weakness and nervous depression, but his
cheeks have filled out and his form 10 now
erect and vigorous for q man over sixty. In
prison dress Archer can be recognized by those
who once knew him, but his appearance ID
greatly changed His long, iron gray beard,
which made him SO venerable in appearance, il
missing, for the rules require clean shaven
face to be presented by every inmate of the
place. HIS hair is cut so close that it il difficult
to distinguish its color, but it is not shorn
with q razor. double-breasted sack coat
vest and PAIR OF trousers with prison stripes,
make mp Archer's outer dress. Tho former
state treasurer's work is done in the hospital
department., on the west side Of the huge stone
building. In il are beds for the sick, q dis
pensary and complete appliances such as are
provided in more pretentious places for the
care OF the sick. Archer rs assistant steward
Is the third person in authority. The first 10
DR.: W. w. White, the penitentiary physician,
and the second is Solomon T. Buck. who is
serving three-years' sentence for false pre-.
lenses. Buck will be free next May if he be-
HAYES himself, and then the man who once
had charge Of the states funds will direct
the hospital when DIR. White il absent.
Archer's particular task is nursing tho sick,
and he enters into it with such intelligence
and absolute self-sacrifce that he is regarded
as one OF the most efficient prisoners for that
service ever in the institution. short time
ago one Of the inmates was desperately ill
and the assistant steward sat up with him night
and day until he was restored to health,
Archer ia permitted to see his friends occa-
sionally. He is not permitted to read the
newspapers, in which he once delighted, and
his knowledge Of the election results last We'd
nesday morning was only such as the general
run of men behind the bars got by hearsay
He took great interest in the composition Of
Congress, where he once sat as a Represent
alive from Maryland, and when told that the
House was safely democratic showed genuine
pleasure. He is not permitted to talk or laugh
with the other prisoners except on special hol-
idays, such as Christmas and Thanksgiving, and
obeys every regulation with painstaking dill
gence. Not single mark for misconduct has
yet been made against him. and if he continues
to do as well his tive years term will be up
September 6, 1893. Two months Communication
can be earned each year by good conduct All
who associate with the once honored and re-
specsed treasurer say his courtesy and self
possession are as noticeable as ever. The
other prisoners he treats with the same con-
which it was his habit to show to all
alike. To the resigned prisoner, WAC admits
that he deserves all the punishment that has
been given him, there seems to be no past or
future, it is said. He does not generally talk
Of his crime or plans after liberation to any
one, but drops q word now and then indicating
that when pressed suddenly by unusual de-
mands from trust estates he used the states
money to satisfy them because it was within
easy reach.