The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-02-08

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! toWsyAGLE. ~. ASS YoRk ~
what it was for. He was ordered before
/ the warden. He said Charley, YOU have
! been up here enough, and am going to
| give II to you right" He was whipped with
! a buVgy-whip. He was stripped from his
! knees to the back of his neck. Was
whipped on the naked body. Noticed
! stripes on his body nine months alter
ward. Two months ago his mother
came to see him. He told her
! how he had been mistreated. He
the warden was bOisterous toward him
| and his mother. He knew nothing of the
warden's boisterous language TO prisoners
| only through hearsay. He said that he had
] got no letter home for three mon this.
/ Have received two letters from her since
| she had been to visit him. Received one
| from his mother Or week ago last Tues
/ dav. Never wrote an item about the Off
| GERS Of the prison. Gave the letters to a
| convict who ia detailed for that purpose.
| Knew by the letter he received from his
mother that she never got one from him.
ross-examined-Knew Thomas Eaglen.
/ Was sent from RockpOrt Formerly
lived in Madison. Driitej down
/ tie river In shanty boat.
Was arrested for the murder of little
child by drowning it in the river. Testi-
mony for truth, be said, was not i'm
| peached. Was in the prison two
weeks before he was brought before
| the warden. Did not know
the number of times he had been reported.
! If a man is called a sucker he can get
along. Felt as though he tried 10 at
d l. II I'll
that in a number of cases he had
been unjustly punished. He had under
taken to go to the ospital Was drove
! back by the warden. Could not soc the
doctor. Never asked to be excused from
work only when he WAS sick. Had been
excused when his finger was cut Was
working in the saddle tree shop when
/ punished
BY Warden Patten--He was asked If he
was not whipped for melting convicts to
/ riot. He denied this. He had one fight
/ only. Dowden, Hill and 3 num-
3 Der of convicts had fights.
Remember that foreman was assaulted.
Dowdsn did the cutting. AS to the num-
/ Der of fights at the covering roomh he never
/ had any fight. Had acted as peacemaker
/ to keep men from fighting Denied that
/ he was a disturbing element.
| a
! Eighteen years of age. Had been punished.
! Put in the cage and had two whippings.
First was whipped with a buggy whip for
+ telling the foreman to 20 to hi. Fore
man complained about his work in the
brush shop. 1t was difficulty over some
+ wire he used in the performance OF his
work. He was reported and saw ex-
! Deputy Warden Ewing. Put in the cage
with corn bread and water. The next
day took him down to the old
/ cell house. Ordered him to take off
: his clothes and John S. Howard did the
! whipping. Whipped 80 rapid that he did
not have time to count the lsshes. He
was next punished some time tier ward
4 for not pulling over 5000 holes. The task
/ of a man on brstie work is 5000
holes. The punishment was that
he was put in the cage. After the first
whipping he was put back TO work. Slept
in his cell on a board. When he was
next whipped, he said that the punish
/ ment was brought about bv himself
+ and Dan Gordon were ceiling" together,
and thew got in trouble about something
that Gordon had said. He told Guard
Johnson that he was not to blame.
Brought him over and then placed
him in the cage that night and
cage the next night. 1t was that way
until Saturday night. From that time
until Monday morning. He was pulling
a task and on Monday morning he went to
work. Gordon was still mad at him. He
was punished also. He went to the
back end of the shop and Gordon followed
him. Gordon made some remark TO him
and witness turned his back, when Cor
don struck him with a big walking cane.
He was hit over the right
eve. After that fight he was reported and
was given whipping Saw the warden
and attempted to explain. when
the deputy warden came up and
said these men have had trouble be-
/ fore. He was taken to the cell house and
/ given TWENTY-FIVE lashes with whip SIM
| liar to a cat-'o-nine-tails. Took him to the
doctor and had his head sewed up.
Evening Session.
James W. Anderson was next called and
said that he had been confined in the
in the brush shops. Was
whipped on the 2lst of September;
whipped in the "C' cell house. Was cut
| in his right side. On the bare body Tho
eject of the whipping was that when he
| put on his shirt it burned. Was put in a
cell with Tom Jones. Had some
/ words with him over the prize
| fight of Corbett and Sullivan;
witness won a bet on the result and this
fight followed. Jones said he had knife.
! Did not have knife. Jones called him q
/ dam liar and . son of a -. Ander-
son was kept on the stand
some time. but the testimony sdduced by
| him was in keeping with that of per
sons who had testified prior
TO his giving In evidence.
Anderson was punished for assaulsing
| Guard David Gordon with rock. He
stated that he had struck McGeon with
a rock and that the rock was in his
cell when he went in. He struck
him because he wanted to defend his