New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-26
THE ELMIR4 INTESTIG ITION

MORE CONVrCTS TESTIFY TO HAVING BEEN PAD
DIED by SUPERINTENDENT BRocKwAY
Elmira y y July 2j-The investigation at TIE
Reforrnatory got under way promptly az o'c.ock
,hs morning with Water Conway. an ex-actor and
M present A convict at Auburn Prison, as the frat
witness Conway said he was unable to do h
task in the umbre..a shop. and was punished in the
bathroom until as he described X. he covered
with blood and had hemorrhages afterwari Hs
said he appealed TO Or. Wey. tn Reformaory physI
clan 20 INTERFERE As he under the doctors treat
ue1t but the doctor refused 20 state his cond,Na
to superintendent Brockway and he was punished
four times conway SAID he vas reported .1
,rlHng offences which iel % his punishment, and
was finally transferred 70 the State Prison IN Iarcl
1875 The records showed that he was IN the .owesi
or rea-suit grade. for year before he Was trans
ferrei. and also that operations were perfornsa
upon the witness which were responsible fer The
loss Of hood
TIL second witness william Walters VIE
was transferred . Auburn Prison ,)r alleged IL
csa.iousness. He declared that the charges asanx
HIM were fa.s- and were obtained by p1iiing. Deal
ing AMI choking his accusers unit. they gave 10
q 50 testimony against him Waters swore that
he demanded a trial. and asked to be brought faa
70 face with his accusers, but was not trken "
fore a court-martial or allowed any hearing.
The proceedings frequently interrupted oy
wrangles between counsel Mr.. Wins. OF the as-
fence, objected 10 many ~ eN-Judge Giiberts Qier
tons and at times made remarks which Judge
Gilbert considered personal reflections upon nmse+
He Objected to these remarks. but not getting maca
satisfaction began making retorts himsef. 4, one
time when Mr.. WINS fired Two questions az VI.
nass In onck succession Judge Gilbert remarked
You 20 at him Ike A jumping jack. Mr. WINS r.
;oried: ~WeA | may De- a jui"p'"s 'A'"' '''
Judge Gilbert shouted across the taole, VIZ
Chairman Dsyo hammered the table tor orier.
say you are the greatest scoundre eve, ~ a,
pya oil
both sides we're requested TO direct their remark
20 he Cour, and not to each other, !. ,,,. Nun.
ished by superintendent Brockway In May;a sa.
He said he padded across the kidneys ana ~.
struck five times the right eye. ana MS ssn,,
permanently injured. lie could not remember "na'
he was punished for. Lynch said he did not con,
preferred that prison to the Reformatory lie v"
sent away from Elmira as an lncorrs'ole which
he received in the bathroom. lie said that oesllss
being struck on the back with the pad' b,o cs
and had tooth Knocked out by blow from he Sp,
WINES fist He said he was punished ior , ,I.ss
TO do his tasks and FOR onences sue" a. '"
and threatening an ohcer .. .how rat
The defence produced the records 10 snow vsm ns'
me w,tnTS transrorred 70 prison for failure to I'm;
proye Or Flint. Of the Commission tNi :. ass
Ssrs mouth ana Ssntst make make an exSminao.
and report as 20 the length OF t'ihe 'r ,",,sd h,
neen omu a. he preferred that TO the Reforms.
tory lie was questioned by both siles ~ swoaI
reasons for this. ana sald hrsllS .la. ,,,sn, out
hal he could shorten his term by goop i g ,han
u, nannemora and obtain his release carrier '"''
JoHn Sherman said that he was taken n 10
, '.m in February. 1891. and given hle ~
,aaIa an the back and three over me hea'' VI
III 10 had black eye FOR "ten ,o,s
said his back bled and was pace Cur Other punish
49,, which no said he received for TRIVIA t,sirlnf
The records showed charges agalhs. MN The recorl
In chapel. lying ana hcenuo.u~niT -, eve as Sher.
showed four punshments instead OF "'e' ~
ma rho evening session pr Henry Tr,nch who
- rsnorted his examination OF Johh - - iniurei
claimed that his rlsh, oyS wNs paddie The doctor
pS ,mo' Tho sight Of the boys eye IS i,.,on a
-, oxnressed il as his opinion thar tnr CO.. Or r
,mo owe was not caused by the inluty - rynch
concurred In pr Floods opinion. puI nrnhs sor
s,n,en would swear positively that Lyme"
was false - ..,tad ., tho stand 10 PRO.
~ s',,a statistics which Or. Austin funsta
,ns commission asked for. Mr.. Hoppe waved
ntor IRON, the records az the Reforinatorl ~ Re.
that the total number o, az issS 10 septem6r
90 300 exclusive OF seventyfour eNcep' , c,rt
ch,rped was 1862. OF these Ioi or - -. ~, obN.
we're paroled. The number VINO iillil'' ,ssassd
ra,,ors ON narole and absolutely reirases "a
{ $50 The number doing we'll on paroi" no" are 8
making "a Clio per cent Of the total WIN ~
credit 10 the institution .. ,hs e.
,,rntton of their term: 5l2 sent 10 star
ons. lg5 released when their MAXIMUM ',.,rred 10
pired on parole; 80 were lost sight OF oI,-maory
criminal life. los were returned 70 tnc ~ naroe
Tor further treatment, and died while on sad
Edward Smith. another pannemora cow. Gas
that while 10 IN the ReformatorY' re saA
taken 10 the ia throom for punishment, ~ hin
from moving and then jabbed him in the race W."
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