The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-18

and that Guard Ewing saw Glennon,
| the then assistant deputy warden, tear
up a convict's application for an au-
| dience with Henry Wolfer.
That a new convict, who accident
ally got into the wrong squad and
shop was kicked by the deputy war
| den, Lemon.
That a deaf convict had his leg
broken by two other convtcts rolling
over him bale of sisal, and that While
the man was Writhing in pain from the
injury Deputy Warden Lemon tried
to lift him to his feet and compel him
to go back to work.
That Deputy Warden Lemon and his
assistant, Glennon, asked Witness EW-
ing to go out of the solitary, shortly
before shrieks of pain and sounds as
Of an assault were heard issuing from
the solitary.
So much for the charges of physical
cruelty to the individuals.
The testimony developed something
more yesterday. In the testimony OF
ex-Guard Ewing it was brought out
that on one occasion mutton, which
was served to the convicts, smelled so
that 1t IMPRESSED the conVictS it was
unfit to eat, and convictS who refused
to eat it were confined in the solitary.
Some revelations, not exactly in the
nature of charges, but of news, were
made, among which were the allega-
lions that the pay rolls did not show
actual conditions, and that Steward
Benner had once been bulletined in
the prison as discharged for drunk
enness."
These, it may be remarked, were the
revelations of but two men-men whom
the prison officials and their friends
have been Boosting would not dare
face the official inquisitorS.
tbnIr told pnf1-
sistent and apparently truthful stories.
| except as to slight mixing up of Wit
ness Ewing to what he did with GER
| tain keys at the time of one Of the in
cidents to which he testified.
This was following a merciless cross
examination, in which Attorney Meth
away, representing the deputy warden,
| ious threats as to what the commits
| sioners were going to be told about
! him.
| The witness, Forester, was a guard
| in the prison for over four years, ter
minating Aug. Z, last,and he was there
| fore unable to give the dates in some
| of his narratives at all specifically, but
! his descriptions of the circumstances
| CT the assaults he testified to were
very graphic and apparently accurate.
The lines of Impeachment indicated
| by the counsel for Lemon in his cross
Of hatred red and Forester ad d.
mitted he did not like Lemon;
the insinuatfon that if witness
had been attending to his own bust
ness he would not have seen the Incl
dents, which the commission is as able
to weigh, as we'll as the readers Of the
| G. b e; the fact that the witness was
fred for keeping late hours, the rel
| evancy of which has not yet been dem
onstrated; and, lastly, the still further
| inSinuation that the eX-guard was re-
miss in his duty in not reporting the
| alleged abuses to his superior officers,
the warden and board of managers.
Against this was adduced in testi-
| mony that when Forester was dis
charged the warden had offered him a
letter of recommendation, and had
also offered to help him get a position
with j. B. TarboX & Co., St. Paul
ExGuard Ewing's term of service
was shorter. less than a year in fact,
and he was thus enabled to get his
dates closer together His familiarity
with the institution was much less,
| however, and some confusion as to
different DOORS stairways to the num-
| Der of exits to buildings, and the like,
| were apparent. The cross examination
! in his case, left unfinished as it was, so
far as pursued indicated more or less
malignant endeavor to discredit his in
! telligence and honesty and competency
| and as in this case of Forester, to i'm
pute a remiSsness in not reporting these
! abuses to the warden.
The inquiry was adjourned at 5
o'clock last evening until this morning.
at which time the cross-examination of
! Witness Ewing will be resumed and
other witnesses will be present to tes-
| tify