The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-13
HERE ARE TWO SHARPLY CONTRASTING PICTURES.
The Rhode Island and the Massachusetts
State Prisons.
DISCIPLINE COMPARED.
Warden Wall Of Our Prison Talks to the
Point on the Prevailing Troubles at
Observation-Disclosures and the Wardens
Lack Of Authority the Chief Cause of
Trouble

| tne rl'er were III more reDelllouS stat,
yesterday than they have been since tn,
shooting of week ago Saturday
| Throughout the morning and Afternoon
there was considerable yipping and yell
ing on the part of those prisoners who oc
cupy cells in the extreme ends of the
north and west wings ibut the real tumult
did not begin until Night Officer Hyde
came on for tae night
Ever since that officer gave out for publ
cation the condition of things at the insti-
tuition the convicts' rage has known no
bounds and frequently throughout the
night they have made matters noisily un-
pleasant for him. The return Of Warden
Lowering, however, seemed to have a
quleting effect upon the trouble breeders
Tor their demonstrations since Thursday
have been weak and spasmodic and SEEM
ingly confined 70 only few men evidently
not in sympathy with the warden
But yesterday the presence of the war
den did not in the least have any tendency
toward efiecting peace among the men,
and the LONG term men who have always
been supposed to be favorable to the war
den were
More Demonstrative Than Ever.
About o'clock, while Officer Hyde
was sitting at the big round table he was
saluted by a prolonged yell coming from
tn north wing, which was followed by
loud-voiced demand to the effect that Hyde
should be thrown into the sewer.
Immediately the entire prison chorus
roared the name of Hyde through the cor
ridors, the noise of which startled residents
on the adSoiping streets to the prison and
drew crowds of people TO the vicinity.
Many OF the day prison officers, who We're
eating their evening meal at the time. al
though thoroughly accustomed TO the
usual noise made by the prisoners, rushed
to their windows which look out on the
north wing, half expecting that something
had broken and waited for the bell TO ring,
the signal for help and the necessity for
their presence at the institution at once.
1t did not take long for crowd TO gather
and In a few minutes large crowd stood
on the sidewalks and in the streets
near the entrance to the prison. By this
time the prison was
In n Perfect Uproar,
the spark had kindled into good sized
blaze, and many of the residents of the
vicinity OF the prison began to fear that the
men might succeed in breaking away and
streets would soon be swarming with jail
birds.
The convicts had evidently worked them
selves up into high state of excitement.
for added TO the vocal disturbances was the
noise of tin dippers and pans upon the
lron-grated cell doors. To cap the climax.
iippers went crashing through the big
windows OF the north wing and glass kept
ialling in fragments into the narrow alley
between the prison and the brick wall
which divides the prison proper from the
officers' quarters.
1t was no use TO try to stop the men, for
Is soon as an officer located prisoner in
be act of creating a noise another one
would break out at the other end of the
wing.
As was expected, the noise reached its |
leight at o o'clock when Night Officer |
Iyde turned out the gas in the various |
ellis, the usual signal for the men to turn |
n and to preserve quiet.
Bang, bang, bang, and prolonged bangs |
or several minutes came from almost
very cell in the lower portion of the north
ying. Then was given the stereotyped
ell which the prisoners have adopted since
hey
Learned of the Hyde Interviews.
The yell is something to this effect:
Hyde, Hyde, Hyde, put him out, put him
Mt, Hyde, Hyde, Hyde" Following it is
cries of cat calls, yells and shrill
'histles.
About 10 o'clock rumor got abroad
hat three inmates of the west wing had
icceeded in escaping from the prison by
,aling the Rutherford avenue wall. Re
orters came tearing over in herdics and
arriages eager 20 get something that was
ally sensational from that of late, more
ian sensational institution.
They were doomed 10 disappointment,
owever, for few rings of the office door
ell brought Officer Hyde TO the door, and
'om him was elected the information
lat the men were safely lodged in their
,spective cells.
OfRcer Hyde Talks.
They have been abusing me again."
Id Mr. Hyde, land want me to be taken
IT OF the octagon What for | don't
1ow.n
The reporter advanced the opinion that
erhaps they are displeased with what he
I'd said regarding the existing trouble
We'll perhaps they are" replied Mr..
yde, "but how should they come TO know
these newspaper talks of miner They
I'VE been locked up in their cells since the
ticles began TO be published. and it
ems decidedly peculiar that they should
informed about the matter"
Have you made any attempt 20 punish
G offenders of tonightS" asked the re-
rter. Not a thing, nor there hasn't
EN- since they first began TO yell"
lt was quite apparent that the night
icer had all he could handle last night, {
he was unable TO stop at the door but
" minutes, and hastened back TO the
tagon. (
Other reporters came afterwards and not
I'll they had rung five or six times did
respond 10 the summons. and when he
as hastily closed his interview as with 9
E first.
The tumnlt was kept up until after 1
lock this morning. nc which hour the
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