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
his notice, especially as to names and
dates, is impaired owing to the causes
above mentioned, his testimony in an
investigation would avail little.
I'VE used to know that Mr.. Lemon
punished some of the boys pretty Sc
verely," said Mr.. Rose, bit 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. It
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 a 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 convict was rough
~ used for an offense so light that it
would be Iudicrous did it not illustrate
the deputy's tyran1iical ways. The con-
Wet. while at dinner in the dining hall,
complained that he didn't get enough
to eat, whereupon Lemon and guard
Jumped on him." jerked him out Of
lis seat, shook him and then marched
hum off to the solitary.
The ma 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 infringements 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
Rochester asylum. He heard the rack
ct but was not in a position to see
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, well-behaved prison
er before this time.
WHERE wOLFER COMES IN.
Nearly every one of the persons in
terviewed by the Globe, 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 Wolfer 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 warden's 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. 1t is per
haps unnecessary to add, however,
that Deputy Lemon does not make