The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-23
CRUELTY IN PRISON
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speaks and apparently cannot hear
when spoken to, but he is perfectly
docile, and when the attendant, by
signs and directions, desires him to do
anything, he obeys.
Across the right side of his forehead,
above the right eye, a livid scar, re-
sembling welt, is conspicuous. 1t is
about an inch and half long and 1t
is mute but unimpeachable evidence
that at some time he must have suf-
fered some injury on his head. re
porter for the G | o b e spoke to the
attendant, calling attention to the scar,
and remarked that Hahn must have
been hurt there at some time.
"Oh, yes" was the answer, "but not
since he was here. He brought that
scar when he came"
The officers of the asylum say that
Hahn has never given any trouble since
his arrival, and that he is perfectly
tractable and free from any violent or
vicious tendencies-but he cannot talk.
GUARD COREY SICK OF HIS JOB.
During the short time was at the
prison, l was always used we'll. SAID
john Corey of Minneapolis, to re-
porter for the G l o b e. "I was guard
there for about six months, leaving
last April, and they even paid me for
the eight days of the month that l had
not completed. But the truth of the
matter is, I got sick of the job and
the things I saw, and made up my
mind on the spur of the moment to
quit, and I did Immediately.
"One thing 1 saw which prejudiced
me against the place. A convict named
Riley was unable to work in the shoe
shop. He said he was willing to work
any place else but the smell of the
leather made him sick. Deputy Lem
on ordered him confined in the solitary
and he was handcuffed to the grating
so long that his wrists sWelled, and
the iron bars cut into them. The otfi-
GERS could not get Riley's hands
through to release him and were oblig-
ed to send for one of the blacksmiths
convict named James DWyer, to pry
the bars apart.
There is a contemplate system of
petty sneaking done there by some of
the c0nVictS who are favored by the
deputy. They act as spies to run and
tell him everything that is going on
and to carry tales about the guards"
EX-CONVICT'S OBSERVATIONS.
Some people are inclined to think
Woffer isn't to blame for the cruelty
perpetrated in the prison. In justice
to Warden Wolfer, | don't think he
knows all that is going on inside his
institution" said an ex-convict,
United States prisoner, who is now
engaged in business in ST. Paul and is
a respected citizen. "He turns the dis
Cipline over to Deputy Warden Lemon,
who is hot tempered and Vindictive by
nature, ard in every way unsuited for
the place. Mr.. Lemon has an apt as
sistant in Assistant Deputy Colligan.
"If these officials get down on man
they can make life a burden to him by
annoying him in numerous petty ways
and by reporting him, so that he Will
lose his grade standing. When l went
to the institution l knew that L had
done wrong and merited the punish
ment, but I held my head UP as though
I was as good as anybody. This didn't
suit Mr. Colligan; l wasn't humble
enough and didn't get down on my
knees. so he reported me four times
for offenses I had never committed
Finally l requested an audience with
Mr. Wolfer and told him about it. L
had some pretty influential friends on
the outside and [ noticed that Mr.. Col
ligan didn't report me any more.
1T really seemed as though MI
Lemon took delight in Furnishing the
convicts There wasn't better guard
in the prison than w. c. Forester, nor
one whose shop was in smoother run
ming order, but if two or three days
passed without his reporting any one,
Mr. Lemon would come around and
find fault, and would tell him that he
was not. doing his duty.
while l was not in a position to see
much of the alleged brutality, recall
one instance where the clrcumstantlal
evidence was pretty strong Deputy
Lemon took man out of the cell house
one night because he was making some
noise, and removed him to the solitary.
4Ioo 7 nd fIoa
cry out, and early the next morning,
as 1 was walking up the yard, picked
up a piece of a. cane which had been
broken and laid on the walk. 1t was
one of those prison canes, a steel bar
and covered with leather.
SAW THE HAHN AFFAIR.
"Yes, I saw the Charles Hahn af-
fair, in the summer or early fall of '95,
1 think it was. 1t occurred in the pris-
on chapel one Sunday morning, and,
as L was in the choir. 1 had good
chance to see it, or at least the first
part of it. Hahn was slightly dement,
ed, not enough to be considered vio-
lent, but to make him irresponsible for
his actions There were usually a
number of towns people at the chap
el, possibly to crafty their curiosity
by look at the convictS. AS we were
being marched out after service, Hahn
spit IN IaQyS lace. he was lmme-
diately seized by Deputy Lemon, AS
sistant Glennon and Guards Parker
and Colligan Parker struck him on
the head with his cane, and then Hahn
was thrown down the stairway. 1
didn't see any more, because was
marched right out, but that evening
Guard Windorph came to my cell and
said that it was awful the way they
had abused the fellow. You see, Hahn
was not mentally responsible for his
actions, and there was no necessity
for any violence, let alone brutality.
He was shortly afterwards sent to the
insane asylum.
ut was the same way with Convict
Joseph Kennedy, who struck Guard
Rush on the head with a hammer,
from which injuries the latter after
wards died. There never was a nicer
man lived than Rush.
INSANE MAN FLOGGED.
Kennedy was insane and the officials
there knew it, long before he had COM
mitted the terrible act, but, after he
had struck the guard, he was locked
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