The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-17

the matches and tobacco, but pleaded with
him not to have the guard fired The
guard was Lester Bordwell
Mr. Lemon said the records showed that
there were only nine men confined in the
solitary during the time that Flannery was
on duty there.
BURDEN of whose case so much had been
made, Mr.. Lemon said was prison crank"
He was celed in the solitary building al
though he was worked days. He did not con-
slider BURDEN safe man to turn at large in
the community. BURDEN was prisoner on
the reformatory plan. He denied ever having
sworn at or beaten BURDEN.
AS to the case alleged of convict named
Connors crying when he was reported to
Lemon, Mr.. Lemon said this witness re-
ferred to man named Carey, who was silly.
This man never resisted him or any one else,
and was never beaten or assaulted.
AS to the scufle in the snow with Jerry
Thompson, Mr.. Lemon said he did not think
that Glennon hit Thompson with the cane
but as Glennon had tod him he had, it
must be true. That the only violence
used on him save the force necessary to take
him to the solitary The grip by which he
put prisoners in the crank cell was demon
strated on Mr.. Nethaway, consisting of a
grip on the collar with one hand and the
pinioning of one hand behind the back with
the captor's other.
The Fleury incident at the time of the
legislative visit was then gone into, and Mr..
Lemon said that, instead Of Fleury being
taken out of the solitary to work until after
the legislators went away, he had at first
sent him back to work, and then reported to
the warden, who had himself ordered that
Fleury be put in the solitary.
AS to Shoemaker Berggren's testimony, that
Lemon had once told him not to interfere
If he saw a convict's head being severed
from his body, Mr.. Lemon said the fighting
convicts were Hennessy and Ballinger, who
has since been shot while trying to get away
from the penitentiary. He did not see the
ARRAY himself, but Glennon told him that
and he told Berggren that was no part of
his work, and that he should let the guards
take care of their prisoners. He did not say
anything about cutting their heads off.
The incident about the convict and the dog,
testified to at the morning session, Mr.. Lemon
said, had no foundation in fact.
In response to questions from Mr.. Harri-
son, Mr. Lemon said that Larson was taken
out of the cell block for a disturbance one
night by the witness, assisted by Guards
Hall and o. B. johnson. Larson was struck
or beaten
Mr. Lemon did not know how Reeds finger
was broken. He remarked parenthetical.y
that when he, the witness, got through, he
was all over whitewash but he did not 1nti-
mate whether he thought that would be his
condition at the end of the investigation or
not.
On crosse examination, Mr.. Penney asked:
1.-The sum and substance of your testimony,
Mr.. Lemon, then is, that all these ex-guards
and ex-convicts who have testified rejecting
on you have sworn falsely?"
with the exception of the time I struck
Rice, and the Rogan affair and the Maresch
been brought out here. At the time Maresch
assaulted McFall with a hand ak, | went
in and took him out of the shop. He had
driven McFall onto his stand, and he had
Ratchet around but 1 ducked under it and
hit him on the arm, and then pulled the
tool away l think l would have been just-
fed in knocking him right out then for 1t was
at the serious risk of my own life that l
went within reach Of that AZ.
On redirect Mr. Lemon said that during
his service as deputy warden he had handled
between 1900 and 1000 convicts, and OF these
less than 10 per cent would make any trouble.
There were, perhaps eight or ten of the pres
ent population who could be looked for to
make trouble, and when he received a call
to certain shop he knew just about who
thresher works from March, 1875, until ne
was appointed deputy, and he ran convict
crew practically all that time. The other
foremen usually had large numbers OF clu-
Zens in their shifts.
McCracken's story about CrandaI was
stricken out, with Mr.. Penneys consent;
In the evening Mr.. Penney recalled Dr..
Merrill to ask him how many autopstes he
had held on prisoners during his service.
Perhaps one a year.
Did you hold one ON Julia Beam, who died
in October last?
"No, sir. She died of phosphorus poison
ing. Soaked matches in water, and drank
it."
Deputy Warden Lemon, recalled, said he
had never sent Ewing after two sacks of
-four. Mrs. Lemon was away when this was
said to have been done.
Abe Hall, connected with the prison for
a quarter of a century and captain OF the
night watch, since 1891, testified concerning the
Larson incident. He said he and the deputy
warden took Larson out OF the cell block,
although Guard Johnson was present. He
also saw Ryan asleep in the solitary the
night that DIR. Hedbeck thought he was
going to die, On cross-exanination he tesd-
fed that he had the only key to the solitary
at night, but the warden contradicted this,
declaring that both he and the deputy cor
ried keys to the blind doors.
Guard White who was with Deputy Lemon
when Robinson, the colored convict, was
taken to- the solitary. White said Robinson
was assaultng Lemon when witness hit him
with the cane, and knocked him down. On
cross-examination Hall said Robinson was
quiet enough until he got outside. the cell
house. Then he resisted, and used profane
language to the deputy .. White o. was as sure
o. B. Johnson, night cell house guard, was
asked about the sen affair. He said Lar,
sen was making a disturbance after taps"
He did not see either Hall or Deputy warden
Lemon strike Larsen.
Lester Bordwell guard, denied ever hav-
ing told McCracken about seeing Lemon beat
Heen on the gallery. He did hear Mr..
Lemon order a man several times to go
down stairs, and little later Lemon and
Heen came down together.
On cross examination ne dQmlIteQ LndJ NC
Cracker might have been near the cell house
keepers desk as McCracken testified. He
did not remember ever mentioning the cir
cumstances to any one Could not say that
he did not. Could not say whether Heen
was hanging to the baluster or to the door.
Couldsnot say he heard any sound OF scuf-
fe except foot steps on the gallery; He
guard to the match incident any matches.
Warden Wolfer then called. He told
the story of the Ryan case, JUS. as 1t was
told by DR.. Hedbeck.
The warden said to Lemon the report of the
physician was such that 1t demanded his i'm
mediate removal from the solitary. Warden
Wolfer said he had seen Ryan the Friday
preceding, and Ryan said he would die be-
fore he go back to the shop. After he was
sent back to work, Ryan apologized to him
for his actions, and explained that he did
not want to work over the burnisher was
because there alcohol used in 1t and the
fumes made his head ache. His work was
then changed and he had given no trouble
since Warden Wolfer explained the circum-
stances surrounding the leaving of the prison
by Forester, OMeara and Meehan. Forrest
er wrote a rather insulting letter to the depu-
ty, which the warden opened by mistake
Meehan was fined because he refused to serve
a meal to O'Meara one night, and OMeara
because he was getting behind machines and
spying on convicts. 0Meara had frequently
talked with him. but never said anything
about the Heen case, or other abuses now
reported
Dunn's case the warden knew little about
except that the autopsy showed that death
was due to heart disease. The Prison Mirror
editor, Mr.. Wolfer said. excited some of the
prisoners by his religious ideas and exhorta-
lions.
DR.. Beebe, the warden said, told him he
had not been interview by the G e, had
not said anything and did not know of any
cases of the inhuman treatment Then Beebe
told him what he thought Of Lemon In Ian
guage that indicated a strong prejudice.
Beebe he said, had once reported to him that
the deputy was interfering with convalescents
in the park. who had been put to work cut