New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-07
scented a paper on The Importance OF interna-
tional Regulations by Law and Treaty 70 GoV-
the Migration OF Large Bodies Of People
1T FELT LIKE 10000 NEEDLES.
SAMPLE TELLS THE INVESTIGATING COMMISSION
HOW HE GOT ANOTHER KEEPER TO PAD

SAMPLE TELLS THE INVESTIGATING COMMISSION
HOW HE GOT ANOTHER KEEPER TO PAD
DIE HIN. JUST AS AN EXPERIMENT
The commission appointed by Governor Flower
to inquire into the alleged abuses at the Elrpira
Reformatory met at the Fifth Avenue Hotter
promptly yesterday morning The first witness
called Keeper Sample. who was placed on the
stand for further oross-examination by Judge Gil
bert After giving long array OF evidence. and
declaring that the inmates the Reformatory
had been punished only when they deserved II.
Sample detailed how he and Keeper Whine went
through the whipping process. He said that there
WAS great doubt in his and WINES mind as 10
whether the inmates who received a course or
treatment with the paddle suffered much pain
as they pretended to- They determined to try II on
each other. and stripped themselves The witness
allowed Whine 10 hit him first. The strap did
not hurt him great deal at the first blow. The
second whack made him vince and the third
made him feel as II loo needles had been run into
him. The fourth blow felt "a II 10000 needles had
been stuck in hin. He gave Whine a little OF
the same medicine and that keeper went through
about the experience They were both sur
prised at the physical suffering which the strap
inflicted
An ex-convict. who called Robinson. next
testified He said that he thought the treatment
OF the inmates at Elmira was excellent When
prisoners punished. 80 far as he knew, they
richly deserved IL. Alter TINS, EuWdru Nel"'"s'
an Inspector OF police OF Elmra. and for a couple
OF years a keeper in the Reformatory. testnea
thar he any OF the inmates with bacK
eyes bruises their faces although ne had
seen many hundred Of the convicts daily.
Pyletus O. Hickey. had been a Keeper Tor
five ak years denied tina, he had ever struck an
inmate. al previously testified. He had been pres
cnt at some fifteen to twenty punlshments In the
bathroom. He had known OF inmates being con,
fined In the SOLITARY and they had been chaiheI
To- the floor. oscar II. Thompson; builder OF
Elmrs. gave similar testimony Thomas Murphy;
Il Keeper at the Reformatory. who has been accused
of having beaten and kicked inmates. denied mat
he had eyer done Fe had seen inmates that re-
sisted when ciSlei to the bathroom for punishment
forced down the floor of the room. but tney Were
not struck brually. Their noses did not bleed nor
lid blood come from their ears.
James ". I4Zenbry who has been Keeper a..
the R.fOrmatory for six years. was examined
briefly by Mr.. WINS but 1t took Judge Gilbert over
two hours 10 get through with him on cross-e1-
animation In this line there were numerous 1lts
between Judge Gilbert and Mr.. Stanchhed The
witness had many Inmates punished. but ga
no, remember thcl- names He rather thought that
h. had been In the bathroom when Flynn. Johnson
, AMI Cunningham were spanked. H. knew nothing
about cunnlnaham.s being hit about his Kidneys
gray hair He said. after being sworn. that he
was James r. Monks, and that he was a professor
OF English literature languages and ethics Z; the
Flmra Reformatory. Before his examination De
gan the commission adjourned Ill this morning