The evening world., 1894-07-27
THE WORLD: FRIDAY EvEN,NG: JULY -: 1894

my beating then. DR.. Rand, OF the
prison, asked me where I got the marks
and told him in the prison here"
been punished s on the day stated a and and
that his general conduct had been good.
Quinn swore that another convict took
placed 1t where he could find It,
SAW A VICTIM CARRIED OUT.
.One afternoon" said quinn, Il was
taking bath, when the hall-kecper or
dered me to GO to my cell. l knew
something was going to happen, so
went TO the top tier gallery and looked
over.
Il saw a mans body carried from the
bathroom; There, was coat over the
head and ,9nld not see who , it was;
from II and left long trail l went to
the bathroom afterwards and convict
named Rooney was cleaning up the
Max Smith. now of Clinton Prison.
had an abscess IN mis- groin, but that aid
not prevent Brockway from padding
just after he R' had been opera,ed t upon
for the abscrss. The lads back bled for
three days. Brockway had also struck
him him over The head with his weapon.
answered, Don't talk to me; you
Smith addec: .Brockway once pun.
because reported TO him that "a keeper
had called me vile names
John Sochia, now in Clinton Prison,
SAID that he had been padded as often
! as five or six times In one month, and
had received as high as eighteen blows
at padding. Sochia said he was pad.
dled because he did not do the amount
The work there was terribly hard" he
said, and the food was insufficient.
The paddle Icft black and blue welts on
my, my back S,sR, bruised my head, made by
The institution conduct register proved
the truth of this boys story. His pad
dlings had all beef, for not doing his
task. and in three months alone he had
! received ten paddlnRs with an agYre-
gate of ninety EIGHT blows
BROCKWAY AT HIS BEST.
| Jacob LiHman. n bright looking young
hoy. came here March 2. 1880, and was
transferred to Clinton Prison July 10. 1892.
In telling his story to-day he would at
times grow. pathetic; then the ridiculous
ness of his treatment at Brockway' S
hands would make him and everybody
else laugh; then he would again grow
| Il think | was padded fully twenty
FIVE times" he said. Every time the
blows given by, Brockway would pain
them. I never thought of counting the
blows. but know that ! often got more
than twenty Brockway would give me
fearfully."
why did he strike you over the
head?' asked Judge Gilbert.
"Why ?" shouted the boy; "why, sim
ply because would fall to my knees. like
this"-and he suited the action to the
! woodland pray to him to have mercy
| upon me and / would try to do as he
! wanted. That paddle used to leave a
great black-and-blue blotch or take of
the skin wherever It struck.
when l was going into the bathroom
Brockway used to have a way of step
ping forward and pinning my foot under
/ his own. Then l could not move. Then
he would grab me by the shirt-collar
| smile on his face-just such a cold smile
as he is wearing now (pointing at the
paddler).
HE always had sort OF foxy
sneaking way. He would be looking al
you and smiling. and the first thing you
knew he would let you have his fist full
in the face. or he would give you side
swinging blow in the neck.
SAYS DROCKWAY IS CRAZY.
.'One day in the bathroom Brockwa,
told me to go over and put my hand.
up on the window-ledge while he pad
there. it seemed, fully five minutes.
wondered what he was doing that h,
did not touch me. l thought he must b,
getting absent-minded, you know. So
took my hands down and turned arount
to see him.
There was Brockway. standing ove
the bath-tub, rubbing the paddle in
friendly sort OF way, smashing Il arount
in the water and talking to himself an,