The evening world., 1894-01-09
ALL FOR BROCK WAY.
Witnesses Supply Liberal Coats
Of Whitewash.
Padded Victims, They Say. Smiled
After Punishment.
Tho Dark Cell and Hot Iron
Methods Brought Up.

Ol "IlNtN ASH btlplt Nht 'lN
clal Committee of the state Board of
was begun at 1890 o'clock to-
day at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Mr.,
Litchheld again presided. and Or. ste
phen Smith sat at his right. Judge Gil
bert acted as inqu!sitor.
The usual fictitious names were again
bestowed upor the witnesses who were
ex-inmatcs of the R~eformatory.
Thomas Hunter, witness NO: 10. was
the first one called. He Is Il darkroom
plexioned FrenChman and spoke with q
pronounced accent. lie was sentenced
to the Reformatury in June. 1885, for
IN the second degree, ana was
discharged in May. 1881.
Since mis- release Hunter said he hah
been engaged in the newspaper business
but I'm what capacity he did not reveal.
nor did he tell the name OF the news
paper.
lie had never been punished in the
although he said ne saw II
number Of inmates coming out aitsr
being padded. and some OF them we're
smiling.
This witness WAS reported while in the
institution frequently for intrdction, OF
the rules and was reduced In grade. IFS
chief offenses were for prevaricating. Ills
said he WAS glad to get away from i.l-
mira ard after he got his parole he at
once took train out OF the %wn ,,. -,
Hunter said naively: II was SO fire.
qucntly reported that ] cannot rcmem-
ber."
do YOU mean that you lici SO often
lar lie?' asked Judge Gilbert.
%Ns! exactly that 1t, l u mean being rs re- RE.
ported 1t generally stood against YOU
The gentlemen of the Committee ap-
pearea amused at this, and the impress.
deal Of ''veneering" such as this would
not sres,o the black spots that many
inmates have placed on Supt.
James +. Kelly, an officer in the
Court of General Sessions, was called
mex His brother-in-laW, John Keller,
is now an inmate of E'mlra ana mas
presented to show the Improvement IN
his relatives ply steal and mental condi-
tion as n result of the treatment under
Brockway's direction. .,..,,a,
wreck" Said Keeiiy, when he went
there, and now it is like a transforma-
ton scene to me, His sister cried for
Kelly added that he and his wife
made but one visit to the Reformatory,
and that was a month ago, -.
next witness. He went to Elmira in De
cember. 1890. for grand larceny, anC was
paroled last May. He was "%spanked,
once, he said, and 1T ara me SooH' AND
1ldlt Ilt WANT w AZ"
The record showed that Jacobs was
punished twice receiving Tour bl9"s
bit, and he recalled that once Itrockway
welted him across the stomach with a
strap as he stood facing the wall u,,
He proceeded to plaster the thickest coat
Of ''whltewash" his friend BrockwaS
has thus FAR received from the former III
"in the fourteen months ! was there
never saw a bruised face nor, {
black eye, and ! was guard on me ZOO
leading to the schoolroom,' he said an,
had a chance to come in contact VIII
every inmate in the institution
Later the witness said on an average,
he judged that fourteen men a weer
We're p ,bat sa once or 'P strnns an i innate aa
causing a slight abrasion of the skin.
The Witness was led to refer to the us'
OF a heated iron on the prisoner Gun
his cell. He saw Keeper Mclaughlin
bringing the iron from tho stove" wher,'
II had been heated, and take IT towardt
Cunningham's cell. He did not see tn,
iron applied. but was sure mat II WA
Cunningham testified at the Asto
House that the red-hot iron was appiie,
to different parts Of his body: ana nj,
took fire, and they had to smother it oil
him: TO-, .o.,,s,, ~,
George hODIlllS, No. e, Nir,
two inmates who had been 'paddled'
showed him their backs and he saw tina
the flesh was distigured: more blue thal
rcd. Inese men said they had bee
Harry HAWKINS, the t%wenty,tirst eX
inmate. testified to being .pannienh
once. receiving two blows, which, h
thought did him good: The records shoN
he had been punished often, and he wa
NS "No. indeed" he answered, "if l ha
! should not be alive to-day
When pressed to explain how sever
the blows were, the witness was yer
chary and would not thoroughly et
tighten the Committee, and finally re
The succeeding witness who was callet
Henry Hume, remembered that he ha
been padded. receiving between ten an
thirteen blows at one time. Inc recnr
witness said he was marked on the boh
for two days. He spoke. of n boy wh
failed to do u certain task required. an
being reported frequently tof h's ia!lu,
low some cnrbOlic acid IN the preseh'
of his witness. ~,
The boy, aid not swallow all Of u
Where sh he ]e We recovered.
Tho next witness. Henry Roberts. ~,
said he volunteered to testify If what !
might say was Of any y a,nI h TO h bn =,
} called vividly the punishment ne r.
. ceived for sending a letter on and &c
) ting tobacco and giving 1t to other II
He was put into the dark cell ie
two Jays. ''and 1t was so dark yo
couldn't see your hand before your race,
This statement impressed me ,pinnni
tee forcibly. and they examined me WI
l ness infinitely on the question Of Z,
: dark, cell. As q v]olHnteer %1tnGTS va 81
encouraging to the accused.