The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-10
HOW DAVIS GETS FAT.
The Daily Bill of Fare
Which He Sets Before
the Unfortunate
Prisoners.
FOOD UNFIT FOR HUMAN BEINGS.
Immense Profits Made Out of
the Common Necessities
Of Life.
FOOD UNFIT FOR HUMAN BEINGS.
A Prisoner Can Have Almost Any
thing de Wants If He Can
Pay For 1t.

cents per day Ior eaon prisoner entrusted
to his care, having yiyidly before him the
fact that that sum will scarcely pay for
the most modest lunch in a moderate
priced restaurant, he wonders how it is
possible for the Little Onev to make the
enormous profits out OF the transaction
which it is we'll known he is doing. Not
until the manner in which the poor un-
fortunates who are thrust upon the ten
der mercies ~ OF the Jailer are fed Is the
seeming mystery explained.
Those who are confined in the Jail upon
criminal processes have two meals served
TO thenl each day. one in the morning
and the other in the afternoon.
CHEF DAVIS MENU.
The morning meal consists of coffee
aud bread. At first blush that DOES not
seem so bad, as wholesome coffee aud
bread is considered q good meal by many
persons; but the stuff which masquera1es
as coffee in the Hudson Couuty Jail is
far from wholesome, unless 1t be tor dys-
re.ics who are undergoing the hot water
treatment 1t is made out of burnt rye
and is served without milk or sugar The
bread is small loaf four inches square
aud is more or less palateabIe acco cling
10 the ssnsitiyeness Of the partaksrs
palate.
The appearance of the aft ernoon meal
is liable to cheer tho drooDing spirits OF
the poor wretch. who has been trying all
the morning to rid himself OF the de-
pressing effects of Chef Dlyls' cafs noir.
II consists of bowl of soup and another
four-inch loaf OF bread. A steam arises
from the soup when it is hot enough, in
which hungry man can detect linger-
ings of savoriness. But what q change
comes over the spirit of his dreams wnen
he tastes the concoctiou, which only Il
eat with relish. Itcousists of l.qdf1
produced by boiling sheep fat, the trim :
mings from haslets. coramsal, hominy
aud few slices of potatoes together in
most liberal allowance of water.
MEAT WHICH is MEET FOR BuZzARDs ALONE.
There are legends liugsr, AZ about the
jail that prisoners have found bones IN
their seup. which resemble the bones of
peefsteaks, but so Innocent of all pra.
tensions of meat are they that tho sus-
picion gained ground that they had done
service at other tables upon previous oc
casions. In addition 10 this discourag :
ing compound. twice week each prfs-
oner receives q tin or meat wlich Is
usually in the lust stages of dissolution
and which only man who is on the
verge of caunibalism would think of
eating. In fact, it is said By those who
have occupied cells in the jail that the
first thing many Of the prisensrs do upon
receiving their meat is to throw it into
the sink and get rid of all traces of it as
rapidly as possible.
For eaon witness co Mined in the Jail
Davis Is paid 81 per day for board. They
are fed much better apparently. Many
of those who are now at liberty make
complaints OF the quality Of the food
served TO them. For breakfast they ara
given one cup'of coffee, with milk and
sugar; bread. with butter, aud meat aud
potatoes. Their dinner is much the same
as their breakfast, while for the evening
meal they are given tea, canned pre-
serves, bread butter and piece Of cake.
INTERESTING PRICE LISTS.
The large profits which Davis makes
out OF what the county pays him can thus
be readily seen. Sill the rapacity of tha
arrogant little would.be dictator is not
satisfied. Knowing that this method Of
feeding the prisoners Will soon forcs
those VINO have money to give it up for
something to eat he has established a.
price list for common nessities within
the jail, which the word extortiou but
mildly designates. He will not allow the
friends of a prisoner to bring him milk,
butter. sugar or tea. II those commodi-
ties are wanted they must be bought
from him at these rates: