Evening journal., 1896-05-22

4 - nv" ciobo0od III Gull NO. II again II
irons for attempting TO break jan an
has had an experience that Will haun
him to the grave.
Two Wardons as Losgerheada.
That things were not moving alonI
all right dawDed on the mind of al
EVENING JOURNAL reporter Oh avlet t,
the jail last November. Investigation
proved that affairs in the county prisoi
were even worse than at FIRST suspected.
Two or three instances Of gross mis-.
management, to say the least. wer,
traced and published
Then the trouble began The two
| night wardens we're accused Of insub,rd
nation, and 'peaching' Night Warder
Arthur Wilson was finally attacked and !
personal encounter WAS a5out to ensue
between him and his larger brother
Chief Warden Lindsay wilson, but the
sheriff Interferred
Then Night Warden Wilson id
peach. He stated to an EVENING
JOURNAL reporter, IN the presence OF q
well-known citizen Of New Castle, the
following:
MY brother wanted Night Warden
Foster, and myself 70 submit to unjust
requirements and b1sslsm Ia our duties
in jail. Mr.. Foster aud myself both re
| fused to be parties to any such m can
work, and told him that we had never
yet starved and guessed we could get
along out Of job for q while
Then we were first deprived OF all
the room keys until persons coming with
bonds or bail at night could not eat out
their friends. To make matters worse.
bad man William Gibbons was ordered
to be turned loose on the corridor aud
then the keys were handed TO Daniel
Brown, late Of FarDhurst.
Brown crossed my path but once. In
reply to his insultiug remarks / said
Remember, you white livered convict
you, Im no damned Italian, and you
can't give me no asylum trip
We were frequently compelled, for
humsnitys sake, TO open up the dark
cell door. where white men were being
auffocsted and tortured alive. Mr.. Foster
told the sheriff once that IL was crime
to blast a man's health Ike that. Re-
portsrs who recently visited the jail had
the effect Of causing thugs to improve
very much. "
Some Things MnIikIn Saw.
Thomas r Mlllikin, who has lust
completed a three years term, and who
wac for awhile entrusted with the keep
Ing Of the books. was interviewed by
reporter In order to prove the state
ments that have appeared in the EvEN-
ING JOURNAL la brief form, Mr.. Millikin's 8
affidavit was taken to some pertinent
facts. as follows:
Samuel Gurley, the fugitive prisoner,
when brought back to jail, was placed ia
dark cell No. 10. with neavy ga ponnde)
leg irons, and kept there In close confine-
ment for sixty days. or until an editorial
appeared In the Wilmington EVENING
JOURNAL.
Moreover, Samuel Gurley Is again In
leg irons, this punishment having begun
on the 9Th day of April. His irons are
lighter, but those of his companion.
Thomas Dsvlne, are Of the heavy order.
This punishment is for attempting TO
break Jail on April 8
When they placed Gurlsy and Dsvine
In dark cell No. 19, William Gibbons was
detailed TO board up the only two ventl
lating windows opening into the kitchen.
Then the blind door wss closed. not.
withstsnding the fact that spell Of hot
weather had come on.
Every night the men, almost
suffocated. begged piteously for the two
night wardens-G. W. Foster and Arthur
Wilson--to give them a breath OF air
Ont Of sheer pity for the wretched fel-
lows, Wilson opsned the door. and he will
bear me out, that when he opened the
door each night, steam actually escaped
The odor from this sweat box was sitting
even In tho corridors.
The Fight with the Two Night Mon
THE two night wardens Incurred the
displeasure of Chief Warden Lindsay
Wilson and all the keys and books, except
the cell door keys we're taken from them.
Daniel Bcown, one Of the convict Farm
hurst attendants-who BY the way, we're
never compelled to put on the stripes
now has the custody OF all the KEYS.
except the outer door, and does all the
locking up during the dsY time. Glib
bons DUPONT couvicl) did this until be
was charged with being implicated IN
assisting these people to escape.
Often the DemI-MoDds Cans.
Woman, and even those of the dsmi-
monde type, often visit the all and are
accorded full privileges, even to going
into curtaired cell alone with a pris-
oner OF tbe opposite sex William
Andrews Daniel Brown, James Fleming,
A1AA An1n ' hulnMcll huu DAnlcl NllltE
are visited by women, whom they enter
tain slone IN their cells. Many OF these
privileged visitors bring intoxicating
liquor.
warden Lindsay Wilton, upon one
occasion, laid Opsn the head Of Frank
johnson, colored, With blackjack
and then locked him 10 the dark cell
johnson bad communicated some informa
tlon to the sheriff shout mails prisoners
lounging in the women's department,
which was then wide open.
Two weeks ago a county official |
called me into No / cell and asked II |
to roast him Rpon beiug re
leased. Later another official appeared |
aud offered noe free ticket to Cincinnati.
sosting SIC 90. saying that Mr. Mc1on
rell (day wardeI) would accompany me /
to Wilmington and get irst class passage.
| refused with thanks"
State of Delaware,
New Castle County.
On this eleventh day Of May, 1898. ba
fore me the Subscriber, Lewis sasse, ].
p and Notary Public for the State OF
Delaware. personally appeared Thomss
R AlAikin, who being duly sworn &C
cording to law, doth depose aud say
= So