New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-01
TALES OF Conflicts Confines.
FURTHER TESTIMONY HEARD BY TIE FImeA
RFFORMATORy INVESTIGATORS.

FURTH"V TESTIMONY HEARD BY TIE FrmpA
REroRMAToRy INVESTIGATORS.
Elmlra y y July M.-Commrsone'. Israel T.
Deyo and Dr. Austin Flint resumed the hearing -
the evidence the charges Of cruel ana !nhunah
treatment at the Reformatory this morning. tx
Judge Learned. chairman Of the commission owing
70 Illness was still absent The prosecution *
pee, 20 close their this week. Their witnesses
today were ex-nmates. who said they ma" De'h
El-reaied by Mr.. Brockway ana the Keepers Inc
first witness requested tina, his name be om'''e'.
He was formerly employed a, SherTys pace u"
Flf,h-ave New York. and Was sent % he Reform
atorv for stealing from the guests. He said he was
sb,ckled strung 10 and padded twice by Mr.
BrOckway IN 1891 He has since mad Brghts DIS
ease and attributes the origin OF his trouble 10 the
punishment he received. He said ne was punished
once on d charge Of stealing butter. when NJ 'e
MED and once for having writer note 20 aho'he'
inmate He said that on the second occasion ne
,yas nuncbed in the head BY Mr. Brockway. and re-
ce.v4d eleven blows Oh his back the marks OF
which ne said still remain. A: another tine. ne
said Superintendent Brockway Knocked TWO Oh "s
teeth on; by a blow with hts hs.
DR. Film, examined the back OF the witness ana
announced that there marks there tn"
record. OF the institution failed 20 sho" any i'i
erence 20 the boy being punished
The second witness David j Moses said he was
an inmate OF the Reformatory for 1--WE years lie
u.,s sent from New-York city for receiving a par
Of diamond earrings which had ben n sio:en. ne
aging laughing and similar Violations OF the ru'"s
William Parks, inmate. described the treatment
r.btch he received and which drOV" him 10 an a.
tempt at suicide while In the RefornatoIy lie was
seni here In March. 1855. and was assigned 10 work
ic thr foundry He said he unah" 20 do hir
work and had interview, with Superintendent
Brockyay in reshT1 II rb,er work G and M' struck I'm
,n he lace Then he said Keeper Beach threw him
dov,n a flight OF iron stairs and kicked him oil the
way the bathroom where ne wa puhiShel D! Mi.
Brockway. After that Park@ sad ne was taken
back 10 work. and few days later he was chalked
in for punishment again he SAID ne was also
threatened by the keepers. and becoming desperate.
h. hroke from the line when the men were marching
in TO dinner He ran up 20 the third tier OF cells
and Jumped off. falling upon The flags below. and
breaking both legs ,,, ,,
brothers who have been in jail and 10 having served
terms in Sing Sing and the New-York Penitentiary
for grand larceny before ne was sent to Elmira
Reforrnatory In 1887 His first work running "A
circular saw He sad that nc knew nothing about
lost three fingers from his lef, hand in the first
minutes He said that while his hand In a
sling Mr. Brockway struck him In the mouth with
his fist. drawing blood
Eugene Kelly said he strung up in the bath
room in 1885 and given twelve to fifteen blows He
said that handouts placed on MS wrists and he
inches from the floor. lie said he told Mr. Brock
way 'It would be better 70 take ou your pistol and
shoot me- dead. than to xii me by inches" He
said his back was like a piece Of raw beef Kelly
rtid he was head ha!lkeeper when Maloney died in
his cell and that he carried message from Maloney
70 the hospital steward This was In the afternoon.
The steward told him he had given Maoney sleep
Ing potion The next morning the witness found
Maloney dead In his cell
The defence put In number OF letters which Kelly
wrote Mr. Rrockway while on parole. In which he
spoke in favorable terms Of the institution. Kelly
SAID the letters were only Jolly. and that he
wrote none after his final release.