The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-05-04
VIRTUES UNDER TRUTH.


It took five columns of the New Ulm
Review to explain away the charges
made by this paper against the man
agement of the. Brown county Jail.
Five columns of glittering generalities,
personalities, liberated sores that
showed too clearly that the GAZETTE
hit the nail right on the head, and
caused more sudden cleaning up
around that place of confinement than
has occurred in many a year.
This paper has no sympathy for
prize fighters. 1t has more respect
for brute. It is willing that one
should kill another and the law ex-
terminate the successful combatant.
But as a newspaper, bound to secure
all of the news for it's patrons, it will
report all such occurrences in the
neighborhood, and give it a promin-
ence in accordance with it's value as a
news item.
But there are times when prize
fighter, or any other criminal can be
believed. 1t is only through this
class that the true condition of things
in our State reformatories can be
cleaned. And it happened to be
through this medium, in a measure,
that the true condition of things in
the Brown county Jail was made pub
lie. We had other evidence of tive
have it yet, but desiring to avoid pub
licity of this kind the parties request
ed their names to- be withheld and
their requests have been complied
with. Thurber alone signified his
willingness to have his name coupled
with the charges.
We reiterate that the food furnished
was unfit for human use-in nearly
every instance-tha the bed clothing
was unclean and unfit for use. We
care naught for what Sheriff Ander.
son bought; it is what he served. We
care naught for what prisoner now
in the jail says; it is what he says at
ter he has been released, when he has
nothing to fear from torturing sher-
if. That is the story that tells.
A jail ora prison is not a place OF
torture-it is place of confinement
or reformation. This Christian world
insists that prisoners shall be confined
in places of decency, fed material that
will keep up normal condition, and
that health will not be damaged by
reason of filth, and improper santa
ton, and the Christian world would
therefore be startled at the New Ulm
jail-which is far from an Utopia OF
an Elysium--and, much closer to hell
This condition of affairs is a disgrace
to any county, land the statement is nc
insult to the people of Brown county
We defy our contemporary to point
out the insult offered to the people OF
Brown county. Truth, unknown by
"a people, is no insult to them. But il
the photographer was to brand a word
or sentence, or statement an insult, he
would certainly pick out the following
from our contemporary as an insult te
the good people of this county:
"Does the editor know that fully
one-third of the prisoners in our jai
are from Redwood county? Truly he
need not grieve over the decadence Of
western society-his county is al
right. Does the GAZETTE man know
that for the past six months, there ha.
not been a meal sat down to in the jai
but what one or more of Redwood.
citizens answered "here" to roll call
Does he know that by virtue of a lone
observed custom that county's repre-
sentatives in our Jail have seats O
honor at the head of the table, anl
they fill their position with grace
cultivated only by continuous training
in jail-table etiquette?
Brown county needs Jail not half a
badly as does its neighboring county
For several years past it has not had
prisoner from New Ulm or this vicin
ity. and if Redwood county will built
its own Jail a hearty approval therea
will be given by us. We are not a
all anxious to longer harbor such
large proportion of it's people who de
sire to spend their winter month
abroad in search of health, food an,
rest"
We know Of no Redwood count
prisoners in the Brown county jail a
the present time. Even Thurber be
longed to Renville county If the Sout
Side has any prisoners there Count
Attorney Madigan, who by the way
also declares the New Ulm jail to b
a dirty hole. is not aware of II. b,