New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-20
HOW "KID" WENT TO PRISON.


lust as we reached the door little knky nead
was ,brust in and quickly Withdrawn. Come mere
L<id =" said the CAPTAIN, and little fellow, pach
and fat and smiling stepped out and stood irreso-
lutey on the threshold. That's the paDy OF inc
camp" the captain explained. Hes only tnr 'ee'''
and his father, who is also with us, mas tne us
,ncton Of being the oldest here, eighty
seven The father is in for arson. Ana this poy
I injured kid tell the lady how you came
here" the captain said kindly. The youngster
rolled his eyer around until only the shining WHITES
were visible and twisted one foot behind the othei
in evident embarrassment before he answered.
"Paps heah" he said at last, AN / jess cou'u'
git along without him. / made up my mhd 10
S seeeahs an stuff an they cotch me. at it.
needn't a-et em cotch me. nuther' ei ha pnod
a-wanted 'em to-" he explained but wnats goo.
nun TO paps good nuff 70 me, an don want
to be nowhare he amt .o,,, 81,
relief and. as we declined enter the white men
quarters we had just reached the gate Wneh W" :,
heard the sound of bell That means me up,
the chains are all examined to see If they nave a..
tempted to file them off during the week Win tne
opposing lines and guard carefully exaineu ea t
az IL anxious to show they were acting IN goou
faith while others stood with sto.d inn.ile.en,ce
until he had passed them by. As they broke ranks
we were the topic OF conversation and as negro
is very close observer some OF their cri''ois"'S
%GspsEsa bs Sns tho s0 wa at dat e1 @T
seq a. sh o mmst have money continued the first
speaker lease deyse mighty fine. | spec uey
cost most s., and den he had 10 have MS toes
trimmed down"
ESCAPES FROM THE PRISON.
"Do Won have many escapes?" asked the captain
"a we stood in the outer Enclosure with the gate
securely locked behind rs. mot many. and they
are TRUSTEES who are missed at first. AS soon
as we find out that one is gone we put bloodhounds
IN his track and It is long before we catch
him OF course If a man not trusty starts to rum
the guard orders him to halt. and II he doesn
obey the order is quickly enforced by load or
shot We could after capturing an escape, m
crease his sentence. II we would go 10 me trQupie
him about twenty-five lashes | find that mas a
potent effect in quelling the desire for liberty 10
feilow-prisoners Last year transferred some con-,
victs from here to another camp IN the state. ana
had only three months longer to serve, had made
his escape. despite the fact that he was hred az
thirty-fve times. In three days, TO my anazemeIt;
ne walked in here and, coming up 10 me- SAID
Mornn'. Capn.' Good morning Bili" I re.
a plug OF tobacco. bit off good-sized mouthful
and Commenced apologeticaily: Il had TO sprint to
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tlnued in a patronizing manner; you Sc wnat car.
squar man. an don mind ma st n do VIVA ~ you da
camp WHARF dey got country nggahs, what
wusser'n po white trash amt gwine TO hoSnoS
WHARF It's cityfied.' And here he stayed his time
out" the captain finished with a smile
is furnished by the State and required to preach at
the camp tnder his charge twice on sunday and
on Wednesday, slowly making his way along; Bble
breeze. He glanced at us over ms spectacles;
smiled beningantly as we wished him eodspeed
and disappeared down the hillside patient plod-