The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-30
LOOKS LIKE HEEN's CASE.

There was an old man In the cell house
l don't know his name, but I think he was
be about sixty-eight or seventy years Of
age and was quite feeble, so he could not
keep up with the rank he was in. The dep
uty warden grabbed him by the collar and
end Of the cell room.''
What are the working hours over there?'
"Ten hours in summer"
"What about over time?"
"The men in the twine shop get 10 cents
a day, their good time money, and then in
the busy season they used to get so cents a
night for the extra time they put in then
two hours and half at night and a half
hour extra at noon. When they cut this
extra down from 80 cents to 20 cents the
prisoners refused to work, nearly all of them
those who would not work in the solitary
One man was put in the solitary. 1 refused
to work for 20 cents, but when l was told
l had nv choice between working for the
twenty cents and the solitary again 1 worked
On cross-eXamination by Judge Nethaway,
the witness could not fix the date of the
dining room incident accurately, although it
was shortly before one Of the winter holi-
days in the winter Of 1891 and 1892. The
next time he talked with Maresch, which
was on this holiday, Maresch showed him
Christmas New Years, or Washington's
birthday. There was snow on the ground.
He had been confined with Maresch in the
Ramsey county Jail. and knew he was not in
Maresch was sent up for stabbing man.
The witness was not very specific either
as to the date of the assault on the old
man from Red Wing.
He said he had been sent to the solitary
four times in his first term, one of the oc-
casions being for cutting pair of shoes
which he had himself when he went to the
prison, and which he cut to make a little
latitude for a corn he had on his foot
Witness had worked under number Of
guards at the prison, including ,Is1 BordWell; rel
nearly ali reported him although there was
one gray-headed man there under whom he
had worked, but whose name he could not
remember, who had not reported him.
Asked as how he knew it was u O'Clock
when he was let down in the solitary that
night. he said that he had asked the night
guard who said the orders were to leave
him up till midnight.
THIS WAS BREEZY.
This witness had been very indistinct and
quiet even to the verge of unintelligibility,
but the next man was not in the least BASH
full about speaking up. He was sent up from
Minneapolis for counterfeiting and was in
the prison from March l, 1895 to April 7,
of everything which went on at the prison
within his observation, much after the man
ner of ex-Guard O'Meara. With the deputy
warden he was almost colloquial, while he
and Judge Nethway might almost have be-
longed to the same lodge, so excellent did
they get along in the cross s-examination.
DtQ you ever see any brutal treatment
of prisoners?'' asked Mr.. Penney.
Yes replied the prisoner. Twice
t'Tell about one instance
"It was in 1896, the day after holiday.
Labor day, the 7th or Sth of September, I
think. You see, on holidays they have extra
meals and then the prisoners have to make
up for it during the week. Holidays they
have plenty to eat but the next day is always
bad. This day we had horsemeat and a
little cabbage"
HORSEMEAT AT TABLE?
'tHorsemeat?'' calculated Mr.. Penney.
The members OF the commission were equal
Chopped beef, wasn't it?" asked Judge
Nethaway, coming to the rescue.
mo it wasn't Clipped beef. 1t was horse
meat Corned horse meat. That's what it
was. Rogan refused to eat it and Powers,
the guard, reached for him with the cane.
Rogan thought he was going to. be hit and
threw the vinegar bottle at Powers.
Then they clinched and rolled around On
the floor, and Lemon came up with his cane
and struck Rogan.
what was the other case?'
''I don't remember the fellows name. There
was two of them and the guard and Lemon
were after them. Lemon fetches one Of the