Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-04-24
HARD ON THE TRAMPs.


Pounding stone is More Than They Have
been Accustomed To-Body Found.
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL
NEW CASTLE, April 24.-The first
days enforcement of the Ball Convict
Labor law will not soon be forgotten
The din of falling sledges and hammers,
that arose over the tall walls of the
eastern Jail yard could be heard for
squares away from the old building all
day. Passers- by would frequently stop
to listen to the work on the inside.
The convicts were more than doubly
punished. Soon after noon large blisters
began TO develop on their tender hands,
and they would have to cease work long
enough to have their hands bandagsd.
In addition to this, nearly every man bore
q cut or bruise. somewhere on his body,
that had been made by flying stone.
They worked along nicely, however.
| many of the white men laughing and
| Joking with each other, ana the colored
men singing in unison.
The roster Of convicts who began work
In the morning was as follows: Hageny,
| Connolly, HessIon, Gibson, Smith, Daley,
| Collins, Matthew'S, Reynolds, Heck,
Dougherty, Mc6linchy, Mclaughlin. At
| II 25 o'clock four recruits from the VIII.
mington Municipal Court arrived and
were at once given hammers and placed
at work. They were Peter Dougherty,
Murphy, August and Scott White, the
! colored man who had his eye nearly put
out by flying stone in the morning, is
| getting all right again.
Most OF the prisoners were very sore
and stiff this morning when the hour
arrived for them to resume work. They
slept better last night than they have foI
years. 1t was a sober and refreshing
sleep, earned by hard work on the pre-
vious dGy. At 8 o'clock the fellows
moved slowly out OF the big cell to the
stone pile. and soon the hammers wer'
being welded with will and the stonl
was flying In every direction again.
The EnRinser's Body Found.
The body OF the man John Wetherby
second engineer OF the Ericsson steame
Josephine Thompson. who was drowned
at the BLACK Buoy, was found near tn
identical spot by Joseph Schilling,
fisherman from this city. Schilling wa
. drifting down on low water last nlgh
and when passing the red buoy" b
resolved to boat" his net When h
had nearly half of the net on, tn
drowned mans body came up TO tn
surface and struck against the boat
Both Schilling and his partner wer
dumbfounded for a moment, but the
soon grssped the situation and fastene
, a line about the body.
as soon as this was done they com
menced to get the body out of the net
1t had been lying In the bottom of th
river and the fingers had become en-
tangled in the meshes Of the net. I'll
work Of releasing the body was by i
means pleasant one, at that hour Of u
night, especially.
? On account OF the strong ehb It'd
Schilling concluded that they won
2 never be able to get the heavy body
this city, so they towed ii down to De
aware city, where the coroner was not
fed. Schilling will receive $50, enoug
to pay his boat hire for the season, 81
purchase a fine suit OF clothes. for re
cuing the body. 1t was at the bottom
the Delaware nine days
Harding's Cornet Band Of Whining
& ton, gave a concert in the Red Men
y Hall last evening, under the auspices
i the Mount Vernon Band.
Joseph e Vantine returned last evel
ing from Philadelphia where he partic
psted in the annual banquet Of the Fa
ragut Naval Association.
Joseph /, Taggart, the well-knos
real estate and insurance agent,
). dangerously i'll.
Mrs r. A. Porter of Orange stree
is confined to her home with serious Il
ness
Mrs. G. q. Barto and Miss Lau
p Barto Of Marcus Hook, are the guests
d the family of Postmaster ]. B. Ma
love.
A number Of New Castle people q
= tended the reception held by Mr. q
n Mrs William J. Fisher in Wilmingtc
- last evening