The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-28

quite we'll at the prison, but that some
of the convicts who came under
Lemons displeasure were made to feel
the full weight of the rod. He recalled
the Heen incident but his only
knowledge of it was what ne had heard
at the time and as his memory Of other
events which might have come under
dates, is impaired owing to the causes
above mentioned, his testimony in an
investigation would avail little.
1--WE used to know that Mr.. Lemon
punished some Of the boys pretty Sc
verely," said Mr.. Rose, "bat he was
very cute about it. He would get
them in the solitary so nobody could
see him, and then there would be no
witnesses to his beating them except
perhaps, the guard on duty there. 1t
would be impossible for any convict to
inform the outside world Of how he
was being used, for all the letters were
read before they went out Of the
prison"
MADE OTHERS MISERABLE.
Another ex-convict living in st.
Paul, respected citizen and a hard
and steady worker at his trade, will
ingly adds his information to that al
ready published. He says that Lemon
seemed to get down on some of the
convicts and it appeared to be his one
object in life to make their existence
miserable. He would punish them Sc
verely for petty offenses, such as look
ing around. Others of them would
have a more easy time Of 1.-THE had
his pets.
On one occasion a convict was rough
ly used for an offense so light that 1t
would be ludicrous did it not illustrate
the deputy's tyrannical ways. The con-
-I.s1 = a in In6 ~
complained that he didn't get enough
to eat, whereupon Lemon and a guard
dumped on him." jerked him out Of
lis seat, shook him and then marched
hum off to the solitary.
The man telling this said that other
convicts had told him of the way
Lemon had used them He himself
had been reported a number of times
for little lnfringementS of the rules,
but in no case was he guilty Of them,
and he convinced Deputy Lemon Of
this and also of the fact that the per-
secution against him must cease; he
had some influential friends on the
outside and after that he was not
troubled, during the rest of his years
term.
He was in the prison chapel the time
that Hahn was assaulted, as the result
of which the latter is now in the
1tOcn6SICE dSNIuIu. he nSdIu the IdCh-
ct but was not in a position to ses
what was going on, but he did know
that by reason of the injuries Hahn
received the unfortunate victim was
laid up in the hospital for some time
afterwards. He describes Hahn as be-
ing a very quiet, we'll prison
er before this time.
WHERE WOLFER COMES IN.
Nearly every one of the nersOns in
terviewed by the G o e, have ex-
pressed a belief that Mr.. Wolfer was
actually aware Of little that transpired
within the walls of that institution.
One witness, indeed, offers the state
ment that he overheard a conversa-
ton between WoIfer and Lemon, when
the former first came to assume
! charge of the prison, in which Lemon
said that he should expect to continue
| to have full charge of the discipline
and inside workings Of the prison as
/ he had in the past.
Be this as it may, a statement is
sent in to the wardens office every
evening of the punishments inflicted
| by the deputy during the day; that is,
| the names of the convicts who were
reduced in grade rank or who were
! locked up in the solitary. It is per-
l haps unnecessary to add, however
that Deputy Lemon does not make