The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-28
in the article is the photograph Of the peni-
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.

The st. Paul G. OBJ this morning prints
an eight column article on the brutality well
especially among those formerly employed in
the prison by the thresher company, and the
guards The stories as published by the
the o tell all that might have been
told. This man Lemon should have been
tried for murder long ago. We notice that
the G carefully refrained from saying
anything about his relations with the female
prisoners under his charge, we'll as some
in this town that are not inmates of the
Lemon try his hand at law with the Daily
Times as he did with the Sunday Sun when
he worked a packed jury on the editor.
the statement in court. The time has come
when this man must show his hand. He has
not friends enough to get out of the way of
the avalanche of testimony that has accumu-
lated against him, and will act as a sure
avenger for his foul misdeeds of the past.
The b e establishes the fact that he is
murderer He is such, and 1t can be prov
en-. The o e has proven it, Had John
Lind been elected governor of this state a
more humane man would have Lemons job
now. He holds his position because Of in
huental political friends. A legislative COM
mittee once gave the prison a ive-o clock in
the-morning call and found in the solitaire
one OF Lemons victims, and the committee
tried to get the legislature to bounce Lemon.
The Republican party thought 1t could not
afford to do it, and so by reason Of his polit-
ical influence and the supremacy Of the Re-
is allowed to rule the prison. Compared with
Lemon, Harry Hayward was a saint, If the
stories as published in the G o b e are true,
and we believe them to be the exact truth.
Warden Wolfer is not aware of the misdeeds
Of this man Lemon. is he able to remove
Lemon If he Is. Wolfer is one Of the best
wardens in the country, If not the best, but
he is powerless to remove Lemon for rea-
sons above stated. If the people of this state
were aware of the exact condition Of things
at the prison they would wipe the Republican
n "a "a
place in the next state election.--Daily Times,
Saltwater.
The st. Paul G O e, noted more for its
sensationalism than for it's conservatism, to
say the least, is still pegging away at the
management of the state prison. situated at
adroit manipulation of the language, leads its
readers to believe that the prison at Still
water is veritable hell-hole, and that its
management is composed of men who are
worse than beasts. If the Glob e will pre-
fer formal charges, or will procure some re-
sponsible party to do so, we have no doubt
but full and fair investigation of all the
charges will be made, and, if the charges
are as serious as the G o e intimates and
are proven true, this paper will join 1t, and
all other good citizens of the state, in as
sisting to clean out the management of that
institution, from the board of managers clear
down the line Unless the G e, or some
one equally responsible, files specific charges,
we think that the people of this state Will
be slow to believe the sensational stories pub
lished against the management of the insti-
tuition that has gained the reputation through
out the country of being the best and most
successfully managed of any in the land
saltwater Gazette.
Warden Wolfer calls for an investigation
of the charges of cruel and inhuman treat
ment of convicts. That is unquestionably
the proper position for him to take. While
the charges, coming from the sources from
which they have emanated, do not fill the
public mind with much Apprehension, it would
be worth good deal to the institution to
have all the facts brought out and to have it
demonstrated, as we believe it would be. how
efficient and wise is the management Of that
institution under Mr.. Wolfer, whose reputa-
ton as a penologist places him among the
first in this country.-Minneapolis Journal.
The st. Paul G o comes out this morn
ing in an alleged startling exposure of cruelty
on the part of Deputy Warden Lemon to
his charges. While Warden Wolfer, who has
instituted so many reforms and improve
ments in the prison, is not personally at
tackled, except by implication, he owes it in
justice to himself and to the institution to
demand thorough observation-disclosures
Messenger.