The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-10
SAW Them PADDED.
E1-Head Keeper Halpin Tells Of
tile Practices in Elmira,
One Inmate, He Admits, Wss
Hauled Up with a Pulley.
or Course, There Were No Crueltics
Only Discipline.

The hearing OF witnesses In defense OF
Supt. Brockway, OF the Elmira Reform
atory, was resumed at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel this morning. The proceedings
did not begin as early as on the prev
iods days, as the Commissioners, with
the exception OF Chairman Learned.
were late in arriving
The first witness called was luke II.
Halpin. who was acting head keeper
in the reformatory until 1892. RE was
employed as an officer OF the institu-
ton from November, 1888, until May,
1892
He knew a man named Arthur Manly,
who was employed In the Reformatory,
and the witness denied that he had
ever struck or kicked any inmate in the
presence of Manly. He knew inmates
Harrigan and Lumsden, and had seen
them punished in the bathroom. Lums-
den did not exactly resist punishment,
but he shifted his position frequently.
Halpin said that the Superintendent
did not exhibit any signs OF passion
ishment. He knew an inmate named
James Joseph Reilly. He had never
told keeper to put Reilly In one OF the
hottest cells In the prison.
Reilly had confessed to him that he
was guilty OF bad conduct. He never
threatened Reilly with punishment In
order to induce him to make these ad-
missions.
He could not recall being in the bath
room when John J. Hogan was punished:
| He was there when colored man named
k ksTs % o1 S the su
or Mr.. sample kick him. He said the
same thing when questioned about In
mate Pierce, who had assaulted HAL;
not strike Pierce any other place than
across the buttocks with the paddle
strap
named Shortell, nor did he direct
Keeper Whine to do so. He never saw
the skin broken or blood coming from
the back OF Inmate Broadhead when
punished in the bathroom, and he did
not remember having ever seen Inmate
Colclough punished.
Halpin said that he never remembered
| visiting an inmate who was suffering
| from IA bruised eye, or having given
orders for him to remain In the cell
until the eye had healed.
| He had seen Charles Hoffman pun
ished, but the inmate did not become
unconscious. Neither the witness. the
| Superintendent, nor any other officer
struck or kicked Hoffman In the bath
| room. He only remembered seeing this
| inmate punished once.
| He saw Simon Beaman In the bath
| room, and ISeamun refused 10 tHke MS
| place at the window when the Superin-
| tendent told him. The officers then
| threw him to the floor In a "scutfle" and
placed the handouts on him. after which
ne was pulleyed up into position and
| spanked.
| In describing how Inmate Facey was
| insolent, Judge Gilbert objected to the
manner in which the witness was testi-
| flying and a hot war of words between
| the opposing counsel which followed was
| uuellea by the Chairman.
| Halpin was asked II II was not fact
that inmates heads have bled from the
strap.
Yes, very rarely. though" he replied
| What else drew blood?' asked MIR
Gilbert.
IT have seen an inmate slapped across
the face with the handle OF the strap.
admitted the witness.
Recalling the case OF Inmate Johnson
| Judge Gilbert asked:
Did you strike Johnson
| Eyes"
How many times?"
| IT couldn't say"
| 1.-TWO or more"
| More"
"And Mr.. Sample struck him, too?"
| yes"
Did you strike after he was down.?
| "Yes"
Yes"
A recess WAS then taken.