The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-15

the fall of 1896 he heard Forester, whom he
did not know at that time, say in the wash
room and barber shop III knife that man
Lemon if 1 ever have an opportunity I've
worked for this institution ABBOTT as
long as l intended to. 1 won't put up with
this stuff any longer"
JACK GLENNoN's RECORD.
]. S. Glennon, now chief of police of Still
at the prison from May %, 1890 to Jan, ~
1897, told OF the incident in chapel, Wnich
was followed by the assault on Hahn. Glen-
non said he was standing at the door, 10
watch the line Of prisoners as they passed
the citizens gallery, to see that no eommunl-
cation was had with outsiders, and ne sa"
Hahn lean over toward a lady who sat there
Glennon hurried over to him and marched
him to the door, intending to lock him IN
one of the cells near by until the excitement
ended. AS they went down the short night
of steps at the chapel door. Hahn poked him,
Glennon, in the breast with his head and
Glennon threw him down on the gallery,
toward the elevator shaft. Hahn, he SAID.
was trying to grab his stick. and they got
into each other.' When he threw ham
down the latter tried to kick him. ana nnally
did kick him on the knee cap. Meanwhile,
Parker came along. Hahn also tried TO plte
him, and get him by the throat. Coillgan
also came and put his foot an Hahn,s breast
and held him down. Glennon said the DioW
on his kneecap made him kind of SICK at MS
stomach, and he was pretty we'll winded any,
way, and he left Lemon and Colltgan ana
PafRer TO care IOr QlIu. There WAC hAN.A
ing of Hahn by the other officers, that ne
saw, although he left soon as the others
relieved him. Hahn, he said, had been re- re-
ported several times for walking slow IN the
ranks and keeping back the procession. II
untrue, he said, that Colllgan broke the
toes of his shoes kicking Hahn. Glennon
said he broke the patent leather toes or MS
own tocthpicks while he was jabbtng his toes
into the gallery while holding Hahn down.
Glennon believed he had heard from old For
roster that Hahns brother had come to see
hl1t nnt that a
his brother. After that assault ne had seen
Hahn in the corner Of the twine snop UNITY
ing knots
who, Ewing had testified, collapsed under the
burden of a heavy bale of sacks, Giennon
said Smith had been in the crank cell ana
was ordered out for light work. Glennon
said he told the guard to throw four gunny
sacks over Smiths shoulder and have MN
carry them in. and Smith did so, put nnaily
fell down with some of them, ana Glehhon
said he took Smith away.
Witness denied ever having torn up a slip
which Guard Ewing gave him. nor did ne
ever pound man chained up in the solitary.
Glennon also related the case OF convict
named James Robinson, otherwise known as
"Pop-Eyed Jim,'' who was ordered TO the
solitary. Robinson had the halt Oh caor pa.
were taking him to the solitary one sunday.
He resisted. and White hit him WIN the
stick but did not subdue him, and Glenhon
ran after him and hit him, also knocking hlh
down.
Glennon said that the Labor day when Dunn
died from heart disease, the men were Deing
exercised under Warden VOTERS orders, puI
they were not walked especially fast
Mcdonald, Glennon said, up to about a
year and half before he was released hau
been good prisoner, but he hao an atil 5Sai
which kept him In the hospital great deal.
Glennon denied that he had ever kicked Nc
Donald as testified to by the colored con-
Wet examined in Minneapolis. On the occa-
sion referred to Mcdonald had run out OF the
fV, hic
to the third story of the shop. Glenhon,
after him. was badly winded and when, on
the yyay back to the solitary, Mcdonald pc
came obstreperous; he had to tnro" Tue dei-
low down and wait until assistance arrived.
The Heen case according to Glennon stofy'
did not appear in as bad light as in O'Meara
narrative Glennon said Heen one morning
lay in his cell and was reported by the cen Ge,i-
room guard Alexander, for sick call Glen
non found Heen in filthy condition ana re
ported him to the deputy who ordered MIN
TO be bathed. Fifteen minutes later he saw
Heen at the solitary and did not see any
marks or bruises on him.
Asked as to his adventure with a convict
named Ferris Glennon said he did not KICK
him, but did use considerable force IN con-
trolling him.
Olson's case. Glennon said, he had reported
to Lemon He seized him by the collar but
did not kick him. .o
The incident with the Indian IN inc STORE
room over the shoe shop Glennon said, arose
over the Indians complaint as to MS shoes.
when it looked as though the convict had
cut them in violation OF the prison rules;
The Indian got obstreperous ana ne oTuer s
him hack to work. Glennon denied that ne
had ever punched or sworn at convict
named BURDEN, and was Just about TO take
IN the case of Jerry Thompson when
through the window, Deputy Le sn1l esp IN
the ESCAPED Baltimore alighting from an IN
coming train and the session was broken up
until the prodigal had been returned
Thompson was the man who, 1t had 9eeh
creyrnn
as it seemed, by Deputy Lemon IN a sc, scunle
on the ice. Glennon said that he hit Ihomp-
son with his cane to make him get OF Lem
on. on whom he had partially fallen' put
Mr.. Lemon had not choked the Nc ha nod once
Convict Robinson, Glennon said ne hao once nee
struck a convict named La Chance on the
head with a heavy iron bolt. bis MS STORY Oh
the Maresch affair developed nothing 1 ne Siar
On cross examination by Mr.. Penney, Gien-
non said he did not consider Hahn very
smart. but thought he knew right from
wrong. Hahn could speak English put W %',ud1
not. He was quiet and peaceable enough,
hut stubborn. Was frequently reported for
dragging in the line and witness thougnt
he was vicious Did not see the cut n hiI1e
in ,Jabn's forehead. Had never heard him
saw anv thing since the assault that SUNDAY
except once and that was on the tram 'en
route to the Rochester asylum. Mltness Haa
fo, ssnother. Glennon said he considered the
ex-puard Austin. who testlhed at one VI
the St. Paul sessions, an hon9raple man:
a feeble prisoner. Maresch might nave Deen
insane. He was not an expert in insanity,
hut he thought Maresch was sharp rather
GIennon said he had once struck prisoner;
the time he had previously testified TO-, ana
had seen Lemon strike Rice, but no ot1ers.
FIannery and Ewing, witness thought, pore
him some grudge, but not so ForresteT ana
McCracken nor the citizen workman, bepg+.
gren. He once put BURDEN IN punishment
for crowding the others IN tne llne' aS was
custom of the fellow. a.
Mr., Harrison revived interest IN the
revelations of the secret session by pointeo
question as to one P. X. Larson, now In
tbe asylum who had not figured in any OF
the previous public testimony. Glennon aia
not know anything about TINS man oelns
beaten one night in the solitary, ne said: ne
Vas asked further in regard to disputed de-
tails In the Hahn affair and also as to
whether or not the club was broken at the
time NJ the scuffle with Jerry Thompson In
the slippery street. NothlhS ne" was N0Ne1'
oT Fred ed N. Bordwell said he had been guard
in the prison for twenty years. t tbe incidenf
in which convict named Cole mad peen
said to have been struck by Lemon IN the
Nv the arms. Bordwell said that there was
some disturbance and that three conVlcts
were holding Cole when Deputy Warden
Lemon rushed up and asked: What are you
doineq" hut he said they had let go OF Cole
before Lemons attack seized him. Robert
Wilson was one of the convicts who had been
holding Cole. lie cOula NOT PleNo InO me-
dent dertin about the indian being, thrown down
stairs. There had been some discussion, pos s,3.
sShv about a shoe in the store room, but
ceTty he had never known of Assistant
Deputy Giennon throwing any, Indian down
stairs. He had once seen him scott a
he d did not throw him down.
'ie In response to inquiries by Judge Flandrau,
Bordweil said he was appointed from Nc
ieod county twenty-five years ago. he was
80 carried man and lived with his family,
not in the institution