New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-21

water to wash with and that his room was hlthy'
He said that three other witnesses 10 his KNOW
edge were confined in the res, cure" cells Al the
end Of the six days the witness said he was pu'
back a: work in the shop. He asked the pro'ec-
ton Of the Commission in order that TINS eNPrr'-
ence may not be repeated
Lawyer SiaEchnoli interrupted the witness ana
said that Mr.. Raihb5ne was acting superintendent
az that time and that neither Mr.. Brook"ay nor
the Board Of Managers should be he'd resPot@'p,S
for that The Commission tod me wines 70 - -
on. however. When he had finished ne was TAKE"
back behind the bars ,.., W. Twins
asked that the defence be- allowed 10 cal witnesses
to dsprove the statements OF the last Wines ne
said with much earnestness. that the reputation GA
nr l,,' rstituiion viii be- seriously affected il
without the evidence WhGh me ieIrnJhe ny nro
hand refre hen H efa i"2 81 ' csae up
fore the next one was taken up. ana in mat way
' INV ~ %iT not be destroyed.
jude Learned denied this request, stating thai
the Commission was not appointed to reEu,ats
what the newspapers publish. but 70 determine a.
TO the charges which have been made against ~
managers. and that the charges 40 not sptoi ~
individual cases OF cruelty. bat make the claim
that Mr. Brockway was UNANIMOUSLY cruel. re sa 80
that legal rules OF producing eylence .hou't W., ~
followed ana the prosecution allowed to put III
The next witness was Thomas J. Iumsden, an in
mate who was sent from New-York city IN ~.
for larceny in the second degree lie testned ,h1'
ne was taken 10 the bathroom on september }.
1892 for taking While there he sail ne was
p Itrcf in on The face Win the pa lie by r Brock
way and punched and kickei by Keepers t Sam n
eve and another on his wrist which he said was
caused by the handouts which were used - sfhS
He described the blows received IN the face a.
murierous blows ana sad II, 'nat , M Nm ssc,n
experience in the bathroom in October. 1892 when
he said his left eye was entirely closed am ~
wore hat he cot six days solitary c,nnnemc nj
after giving his testimony before the first invest!
The ntIn
purga;ory. and that man who has not expert
enced solitary confinement can understand us
The next witness was James Joseph RILEY an
inmate who was fr sGnt 20 .nT lis 6f
fence was forging the name OF p'nhiS rtcl'"m ,. ~
ished in the bathroom six times. and had been con
''' R;iov said hat Immediately after tesufyng in
the first investigation H. placed IN solitary
confinement and kept there from Tuesday 10 fri-
Gay nri % him from telling the othcr inmate.
about the proceedings at ne inVrS'isaIi'n, ,,s
convicted Of burglary in New-York city in De
cember 1890 He was eighteen years old Al me
crinber - 1892 His offence was smoking IN Ms
room He said that the blows from The palI'r
drew blood on his back. and red marks rename
for TWO weeks afterwarl. lie was punished a
second time for stealing bottle OF a,ono. "I h
was Struck across the forehead with N" strap nt
NJ Rrockway. After giving his testimony ~ me
first invcsuEation he was put i'll so''iI! '''''''
Waiter r. Lewis. q culorrl boy. siil lidt We
! ,oker =, he bathroom seventeen times AMI pun
ishnj twelve times between February. 1872 AM
January 1898 The recoris showed only nine pun,
fsbn1nn;s Lewis was charged with ali sorts 81
offences. ana his punishments were for the acci-
mutation ~ bad marks some - -" most SERIOUS
-. Ms offences were talking IN ~" shop. c1iinS
onions in his room. and swallowing HON WE ?
,e,oI ., uv. them up having un'dy Clothes AZ
d-sss ro-,,le and refusing 90 work Tho boy al
that he has been Prominently injured ty me
r,d l,ings he received H. said b" struck ahou'
In. loins ana hit the head thre" different tiIe'
hv NIr Rrcckway. and that once after Trc"NinS
siv,een bows on the back and getting black eye.
Mr. Rrockway kicked him toward no 1'or an
iod him - got out. on the way oni ne "h~ kch'
nv Keepers Sample ami ~ LQin II" 9'd ne "HN'r'
With pain for Two weeks after hat, and vas man
lame by the repeated paddlirgs.