Morning journal and courier., 1893-03-22
THE STATE PRISON.
Moro of the Worlds Cases of Alleged
Cruelty at the Institution.

nAOEo VI the w OTl0,8 cases OF AuG&e0
Cruelty at the institution.
The New York World yesterday contin-
ued Its exposure of alleged wrong-doing at
the Connecticut state prison and cites four
more cases to sustain its claims, which are
as fellows:
The case Of Patrick, alias Buddy" Cahin,
well known Hartford character, is attracting at
tention here now that the exposure has come.
Cahill was suffering from consumption, aggra-
waited, as usual, by confinement in the damp dun
geons. He repeatedly complained Of being sick.
but was kept at work. He died on November II,
1892; and on November 1, Just eleven days before
his death, he was in the workshop. He was in
his cell, No. 2os. until within day or two Of his
death, when he was finally taken to the hospital
to die.
PATRICK DEIANE.
Patrick Delane Of Waterbury. sent up for q
year, was another consumptive. Deputy War
den Baisden, a deputy after his chiefs own
heart, went to DR.. Fox and told him that Delane
was a confirmed t'dead beat" that the whisky
| was soaking out of him and that he only wanted
| medicine to take Its place. The doctor, acting
give Ielane any more medicine; Delane began
to sink rapidly and in two months was dead De-
lane was put into the hospital just two days be-
| In 1891 a negro named Brewster, whose mind
1
arson. He was suffering from rupture and was
| placed In close confinement. A guard reported
him as "a blanked nuisance" and Brewster was
| hustled of to the dungeon. Brewster became a
| raving lunatic He tore his clothes on ana Tor
nearly six months was In that horrible place
stark naked. He was finally sent to the asylum
| at Middletown, where death soon came to his re
Peter Stone arrived at the prison in january
1890, under sentence for four years. He was suf
ferng at the tin from diabetes. DR.. Warner, the
ea an hd
| in 1891. OF course Stone got no mora -medica
| treatment after that. He was compelled te
was not removed to the hospital until November
IS, when the excitement caused by Culleo's muir
der caused him to be sent there. He died in thu
| hospital nine days afterwards.
The Void gives an % tSs on the suD1es
ported IS saying: CDR Francis Bacon, the brain
Of the Connecticut board of pardons, is not Ia thu
| city to-day. His proteee, DR.. Hawkes., was seei
i tonight and said: I am not at all surprised a
the revelations made in the World. In fact
| had expected that something of tho kind woult
take place While am not in ar. any way direct!
| heard some things not long ago from a gentle
man who is well posted on the subject tina
or later be made. I did not know in what wa
} the exposures would come. but l was not SUI
. | prised when read them in todays World"
stats prison for twelve years, during which tim
s hbo prnted Ne" YORK World
garding the inhuman treatment Of prisoners q
, the state prison believe to be without foundt
. | ton. know of no underground dungeons Q
described in either the new or the old part or tn
pfss enator Jones' ' received dispatch from one
/ his constituents to-day which read
. | medtateiy ali. ut the treatment OF prisoners
/ Copies Of Mondays World were on the desks
{ each member Of the legislature and an interes
L | ing hearing Is looked for when the committees c
state prison meets to-day to consider the a.
] pointment of committee to investigate sta