The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-12
LITER FROM HENNEPIN.

would not like to live anv place eIsa >
Inc Oldest prisoner was found in the same
pulIolng, and is engaged as general utiIitv
man; to do light chore work and carry wood
70 the wall guards He is Henry Ross -
ldty-seven years old, and was imprisoned for
having shot the contents of both barrels of
shotgun into the body of a contractor nv
whom he had been discharged He was .
member OF the First Minnesota artillery. and
tence iiho sell
When Judge Willis visited the place lately
ana was tolc Rose was a useful fellow. the
Judge remarked that Rose ought to learn tn
pray Wnerupon the aged prisoner remarked.
mats all right Judge; but if we ali
learn to pray, who is going to do the rough
-, Mr. Rose talked freely, and said: az am
me pioneer prisoner. l have no work in par
n no3li, | have fought in the war and am
paying the penalty for bad mistake. am
getting pretty old, and my time viii soon 1l,I,
come for being released
IA, a Duluth criminal is J. w. Fowler, who is
Just through his term, and will be set free
as soon as he can be found a position. Tho
authorltles say there will be no trouble about
InIs, owing to the fact that Fowler is an ex-
pert machinist and draughtsman. He saws
ne means to explain the facts connected Viii
ms MS trl9I and Imprisonment from the plat
form when released. F
An exceptionally bright young fellow who
mas developed into an expert electrician dir
ing his five years Incarceration is Lewis
HOLDS, United States prisoner, who was
brought here from Oklahoma. Hobbs 8urinp
mis-, term, which expires this fall has pn+te9
! up a wonderful four-cylinder cross engine
/ MhIch IS USED az the prison on Sunday. or
| When the other engines are being overbanIad
! ms engine, which is ten-horse power af-
1 Ialr, was run yesterday for the benefit of the
! VISITORS who complimented the fellow for his
! genius. He is twenty-three wears old and
! the prison electrician.
! nave never been anything but a cowboy -
ne said. Il have been allowed to exneri-
meht here and have been encouraged until
| have finished this I expect I viii ba abin - -
40 Wen with the idea after leaving the prison.
VIII go back to Oklahoma
BLIXT A CURIOSITY.
Mucn Of the interest centered about tba
PERSON OF Claus Blixt the accomplice of
Harry Hayward in the murder of Kate Cling
IN minneapolis. Blixt, who it will be remem-
DeTeu, was an engineer is employed as as
slstaht engineer of the prison plant and has
! earned the name of avoiding any attempt
maze 70 speak to him. He was approached
! by reporter for the G / b e. and although
| at disadvantage spoke slowly and deIiher-
ately about himself
, VI course you will understand" he said
! lnat TINS Is not very good pleasant ulace
TO be happy in but | am doing work which
| understand, and am getting on fairly we'll
] l 90 not care to discuss my thoughts II Fas
Deen said that / am serving ont the nenaItH,
Ior another mans crime, but 1 have nothing
i 10 say about that" He stood the gaze of the
/ curious spectators fairly we'll and seemed
| renewed when allowed to go back to his work
! some pathetic sights met the gaze OF those
! VINO were admitted to the prison hospitaI
! soon aIter entering the corridor on the right
one saw IN a cell marked 1889 Ed Smith
| convict NO. 3, a poor lunatic who recently
! gashed the arteries in his left hand in an
| attempt at suicide. The poor fellow recognized
IN one OF the house committee room keep
ers Lieut.. Gov. Gibbs and put forth q nitaoTs
| plea for aid. Said he: 'All | want ia n ba
| brought before a specialist. l came in here
! proken down and had TO work. | was taken
rom my sick bed and prosecuted. They
I throw open my windows at night and allow
the hight to come in. l want an examina
ton, and # ] am not in the condition I
say III IN am satisfied to stay here"
! When the visitors moved past his cell he
! looked Wisfully after them and said: IF
they would only stay and listen"
rFurther along is poor chap named Albert
blanz, who imagines himself ILL., He keeps
/ saying that he feels bad and that it is owing
/ 70 ms failure to be admitted to the lodge of
ouu FeIioWs He knows he is going down
/ Eeiy last "A man who really is DYING is Harry
! Wilson, Hennepin county robber who is
suffering from consumption, which keeps him
on MS marrow cot He is reduced TO a mere
! skeleton and the board Of pardons has set
/ MIN free. He will be taken to Texas where
! his folks reside
| SAM BALTIMORE. sab!
| Working in the Irvine fact--y IS Sam RaIti-
/ more, the powerful looking negro formerly
! employed as coachman by DR.. Alex. j.
| stone Of this city. Sam" is a hard worker
ana well liked by the keepers who say he Is
entirely trustworthy. 1t will be remembered
! thal ne was sent to prison for having cruelty
/ beaten a co.ored woman Sam Is engag ad &C
a utility man and says that he viii return
mere when released He allows ne is moi
ashamed Of what he did and points to mis-
war record as showing that he did nothing
unlawful or cOwardly
Much disappointment was expressed OWING
70 the fact that the boys Soular and VerrfIi
! ned for the murder on the Iron Range of the
man De Mars, were not at the nrfson a
much has been said and printed about the
boys their youth, etc, that much svmpathv
has been created and the statement of the
authorities that the unfortunate lads woud
probaiy not arrive until today was disappoint-
ing. The boys have Just had their death
sentences committed by the board of pardons
ana are now 'lifers."
MEIGGs MADE A BREAK.
II want to tell you that | was uniustlv
convicted by packed jury, and that was
sent here to this prison on trumped-uD evil
dence, and l am now paving the nena'tv
Ter crime which somebody else committed
l wa want to see the visiting committee. I
want TO see the examining committee"
~ II was in this sensational manner that
Tom Fleury, convicted and sent to prison
thrGe years ago, as stated heretofore with
j. j. Meiggs, James Howard anC Ben Miller
fer robbing a Merchants National hank
messenger of $4,000, interrupted the proceed
ihgs at the state prison Yesterday and as
the result of which he will be punished
FIeury, who is pretty wise chap of Eng
Ilsh descent, broke every rule of prison eti-
quette. and that, too before members of the
state legislature. When the legislators and
their ladies went to the big dining room an
the top floor of the big institution to see
ever 400 Of the first and second grades Of
convicts eat their dinner, Senator Wyman.
of Hennepin spoke briefly to the convicts aft
er dinner was over. Senator Wyman had
barely finished his talk when Fleury rose
to his feet and succeeded in saying what
Is given above before the guards succeeded
In conveying him out Of the dining hall to
the solitary"
There was no excitement at all among the
other prisoners, who looked at their fellow
convicts with much surprise, bat the ladies
present were for the instant somewhat per
turbed. The guards went after Fleury who
struggled in vain to free himself from their
grasp. He is 1.-THE fellow Of good physical
development, and it some minutes be-
fore he was dragged away. Even while he
was being hauled across the corridor to his
cell he shouted at the top of his lungs:
81 want to the examining committee
I have been wronged You have sent me
here fimsy testimony, ard the crime
shame and disgrace of it is on you ALL
The Incident had a tendency to mar the
pleasure Of the day. although It was wit
messed but by small proportion of the Wis
ftors
Being visited in his cell by the prison com
mittee, Fleury explained that his grievance
was by no means against the prison manage
ment, but against the court, lawyers and
jury by which he was convicted Of a crime
OF which he says he Is guiltless.