The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-23


asked the guard what was wanted,
| and the guard said the man wanted
| water. Beebe asked why it was
not given him, and the guard said
it was contrary to, the orders.
What is the longest time at one stretch
you have known of prisoners being kept in
the solitary?'' asked Mr.. Penney.
Twelve days"
Have you ever ordered prisoners released
from the solitary?'
"Yes, sir; there was negro. Jackson by
name. The guard called me at o'clock in
the morning to attend him. The man was
| lying the floor in the solitary cell in great
agony from an inflammation which was due
partly, l think to the cold where he was
| sleeping which had affected an organic all
ment.''
"Have you ever dressed wounds there
which were the result Of violence used on
Yes, SIR
"Who?"
There were Philip Rice and James Rogan.
l won't say there were not others
! Il took six or seven stitches in Rice's head.
have seen prisoners whose faces were badly
| discolored. They told me, and l think Coli
| gan told me, that this was due to being
| beaten with wet towels"
Attorney Penney called the at
tentiOn of DR.. Reebe, whose !re1uc-
tance to testify was apparent, to
the case of Miede, who was the
rheumatic prisoner that the convict
witness in the morning had been
asked about.
! DR.. Beebe said Miede, who was
had been sent for by the deputy
! warden to come down TO c0urt.
/ Miede sat down at the top Of the
stairs, and the negro runner, whose
name DR.. Reebe could not reniem-
! Der, had pulled Miede down stairs
by the feet. He did not see this,
but heard SO.
/ these struggles, nor had he ever seen Deputy
! Warden Lemon assault any of the convicts,
! but evidences of them were apparent right
| along.
What was the deputy warden's manner
/ of treating the prisoners asked Mr.. Penney.
/ He was brusQue and decided and he and
Assistant Cell gan required instant obedience
to their suggestions. He was quick tempered,
! and should say that Mr.. Co.ligan was quick
/ tempered also"
Asked if he had ever heard Colligan's and
! Lemon s voices in the solitary during scuf-
I fies Dr. Beebe recalled the incident of a
! Swede convict named Erickson, who was
| in trouble a coed deal, and spent a great
! deal of his time in the solitary. He was
] brought in one afternoon. He heard Coli
| gan tell the man to put down his arms, and
| he heard sounds of struggle. Afterwards
he saw part of Lemons cane which was
! broken. He did not know whether it had
/ been broken on Erickson or not.
IVAN WAS A MANIAC.
He had thrice communicated to Warden
! Weller concerning some matters inside the
! prison. Once he had protested against the
/ deputy warden making convalescent prison
| ers, whom witness assigned to the park work.
| On another occasion he had asked for a
particular nurse and the deputy warden re
! fused to let him have the man. When Warden
! Wolfer, who was away, returned, he got his
man. He had also reported to the warden
| in the of a convict named John Ivan.
/ He came into the solitary one morning and
found Ivan maniac in OF the crank
cells He was tearing up the bedding and
wire mattresses and was using the wire to
| iniure himself.
On examination, DR.. Beebe testified
that the night cell guard, Parent, had told
him about man who was chained up in
| the solitary at night and who had been
working in the shops all day. Witness did
| not the man.
He admitted that in a conversation with
| Warden Wolfer he had told him he did not
! like Lemon, and he did not like him a bit
| better now. He believed that Lemon fire.
| cuently acted hastily and injudicously, and
! he thought he was an inefficient deputy war
; den.
Judge FIandrau interrupted a somewhat
i acrimonious colloquy between attorney and
witness as to his duty to prisoners in the
solitary, with a question as to the punish
! ments beside the solitary recognized by the
! prison rules. Witness said the degrading
and consequent loss Of privileges was the
only other one. Asked as to his opinion OF
| the humanity of the solitary punishment, DR..
Beebe said the men were chained in an easy
position, and he believed 1t the most hui
| name punishment that could be had, al
| though it was capable Of being used so ex-
tremely as to result in injury to the health
OF the prisoners.
Judge Nethaway tried to get DR.. Beebe
to admit having said he wished he was a
| Catholic so that he might pray Lemon into
perdition, but this was not admitted. Some
splitting, sparring. Commissioner Har-
rison termed it, impelled the latter gentleman
| to interrupt the cross-fre, and the attorney
for the deputy warden then relented and the
witness was let go.
Attorney Penney explained that w. E. Nc
Cracker, an ex-guard, who lived several
miles out of Minneapolis, and who had been
| expected in the morning, had not arrived
and he asked an adjournment. Both attor-
neys having other business to occupy them
today. the inquiry was adjourned until
/ Wednesday.