The evening world., 1894-01-09
Worth Information for Is CSHE WORLD ALMANAC for 9A Newsstand
WH|TEWAsH FOR BROcaWAY.
Witness Hunter Says He Saw
Padded Victims Smiling.
He Was Frequently Punished for
Prevarication.

Supt. Brockway's second days appli-
cation Of "whiteyash" before the spe-
cial Committee of the State Board of
Charities was begun at 1890 o'clock to-
day at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Mr..
Litchfield again presided, and DR.. Ste
phen Smith sat at his right Judge Gil
bert acted as inquisitor.
The usual fictitious names were again
bestowed upon the witnesses who were
eliminates of the Reformatory.
Thomas Hunter. witness No. 49," was
the first one called. He is a dark COM
plexioned Frenchman and spoke with a
pronounced accent. He was sentenced
to the Reformatory in June, 1885. for
burglary in the second degree, and was
discharged in May, 1887.
Since his release Hunter said he had
been engaged in the newspaper business,
but in what capacity he did not reveal,
nor did he tell the name Of the news
paper.
Bathroom" although ne said he saw a
number Of inmates coming out after
being padded. and some Of them were
This witness was reported while in the
institution frequently for infraction of
the rules and was reduced in grade. His
chief offenses were for prevaricating His
said he was glad to get away from Ell
once took train out Of the town.
to being reported for lying about knife,
quently reported that cannot remem-
ber;"
ar r e y" ASKED s 5adse ssesf Gbert saa' paF'''u
Not exactly that. / mean being re-
ported so often. and when you're re-
ported it generally stood against you"
peareo amused at this, and the impress
sion was created that surely a great
deal of 'veneerlng" such as this would
not .res,o the black spots that many
James r. Kelly. an officer in the
Court q General Sessions Sn was called s,Iss
is now an inmate Of Elmira and has
been there since 1887. His testimony was
presented to show the Improvement In
tion as a result Of the treatment Under
Brockway's direction,
wreck" said Kelly H., %wheT he hs,ovm,n went
tion scene to me-, His sister cried for
Kelly added that he and his wife
aHa rhomas aon. saS jacobs, o1 No. Is" was the
next witness. He went to Eimira in De
cember. 1880. for grand larceny. and; was was
once, he said, and sit did me good, and
made me want to behave myself and
get home" said he.
The. record showed that Jacobs was
each time His memory was logged a
bit, and he recalled that once Brockway
welted him across the stomach with
stiP as Rs f5S9a Ro6arts tserS No the %a
He proceeded to piaste the thickest coat
of "whitewash" his friend Brockway
has thus far received from the former In
mates. 49, =,
"ln the fourteen months l was there !
never saw bruised face nor
black eye, and was guard on the floor
leading to the schoolroom." ne SAID, anS ,aS
every inmate in the institution
Later the witness said on an average.
he Judged that fourteen 1,,I1 men n a. q week oa
were pIhnishssa p,has sa once or parncf an innate
causing a slight abrasion of the skin.
The witness was led to refer to the use
of heated iron on the prisoner, Gun
his cell. He saw Keeper Mclaughlin
bringing the iron from the stove, where
It had been heated. and take towards
Cunningham's cell. He did not see tne
' Cunningham testified at the Astor
House that the red-hot iron was applied
different parts OF MS Po1y Ssdyv ana that his Il
took fire. and they had to smother 1t on
him.
showed him their backs and he saw that
the flesh was dlsfgured: more blue than
red. these men said they had been
severely punished.
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