The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-20
WARDEN TAKES A HAND.

the steward 1 told you that nothing occur
red. that l knew of, only this: mat L was
told, instructed, to have everything turned IN
ten minutes before Sunday evening, to
have supper early. This evening O'Meara
came down to the supper table. had every
thing closed In excepting one. He sat at the
table and Forester came in at the same time.
l sat at the corner Of the table and Forester
pulled his watch out and remarked about
the time, and l pulled mine out, and 1t was
quarter Of g. That was all l said, and
O'Meara went up and told the guards that
would not let him have any supper. O'Meara
told you the very same words told YOU
Il said to both of you that this pickering
and quarreling would have to stoy?" You
never did,
You insisted, in the Office, did you not,
that there was only one way in which that
could be adjusted?" II saw that you were
inclined to find some fault
AN EX-CoNvICT's STORY.
An intelligent appearing ex-convict, now
press being asked not to print his name.
You live in this city," asked Mr.. Penny.
eyes, SIR
1T has been your home for how many
you were at one time an inmate of the
prison at Stilwater?" Eyes, sir
You were convicted Of what crime?"
Forgery"
I'm this county," Eyes. sir"
And sent for how many years?" 1.-TWO and
one-half."
You served that term in the prison? ?"
"One year and three MONTHS
While there in the prison, where were
you employed?" First In the store room. -
Where them" 'As editor of the paper,
| the Prison Mirror"
And during all the balance of the time
you continued as editor Of the Prison Mir
ror? For five MONTHS
Where were you after that?" 81 was
sent back to the store room.''
How long did you continue there?" did
! that employment give you any opportunities
| to know of the prison life and the conduct of
me me o1hcers OF the prison, any of them, of the
oncers towards the convicts?" YES SIR
Why did your peculiar employment give
| you such advantages?'' Because could come
and go at all hours when men were not
locked h,e up in the cell house and had access
10 the prisoners for two hours at night
Did you, during that period receive
! or know of complaints made by prisoners
! OF treatment on the part of the officers of
the prison?" Not any cruelties exactly but
| punishments"
:, 'of what nature? "Well, the most Of
them referred to the annoyance in being re-
| ported e
nothing 1oi
Were those frequent occurrences or not?'
Quite frequent"
know" THE officers in charge of them at
the work shops. The guards Also ---
ahoAt tb complaint a., Of food? Know anything
| plant from one man; heard it personally. I
know the food was good, generally speak
ing
times it would be decidedly poor
I'm what respects?" "WeH, sometimes
what we would get for supper was very poor
| what man could not really eat
What was the trouble with the food?''
Very poor quality. Prunes and things that
were often served for supper that a man
O 1e5n MOTTO, not TO- DO without They We're bad They
"Aelthing else you think of? When
were you relased from the PRISON.? 1.-THE
| Nth OF August, 1894
RAN HIM TILL HE FELL
DO you know anything of the death of a
convict named Dunn died of heart disease.
simply know that he died. 1 did not know
| him personally"
Tell how it happened, if you know. that
he died?" He died of heart disease
think it was on Labor day, 1893; on that par
| tcular day we were exercised along the
yard yta,5.o at very rapid gait; I am very fast
| up with the procession. This is hearsay
from prisoners around the dollhouse"
You o., saw saw this man Dunn in the process
sion?' He fell out"
Fell ,where?" "on to one side.''
"On the ground?" II don't know that II
was Dunn, but man fell out.
| sat down.
How long after that did Dunn die? Did
| these convicts who told you of this know
|
get out of the ranks and that they were
| all kept in ranks"
who did he ask?" "He asked to get out;
! I could not tell YOU
Did you learn how soon after this falling
out Of the ranks he died?" About z
| o'clock
| THE same day." 1.-The same day; yes
SIR
did you know the old man, Lawton %
Yes Yes, sir: He Ie,, committed suicide
Did you talk with vd him eyer before he
What did he say about his treatment
there?" He said he could not bear the
| thing much longer
Bear what?" "The annoyances he was
cat the hands of whom?" "Did not speci-
How did he commit suicide?" 81 did not
see it,
BAKER WANTED TO DIE.
"You recall any other cases?' There was
man named Baker,"
IBID you know him." 81 spoke to him
| frequently
what I possessed him to try try to suicide su mn
He attempted to sgiside?" Yes, sir"
admitted that attempt. 1 asked him why he
tried to suicide. He said I had to kill my
! self or kill Parker -
"Why did he say that2' Because he was
| subject to those annoyances."
did he specify Of what they consisted?'
| Eyes, sir.
lis that all?' THAT is all of Baker,
! 'fDid you ever bring any of these affairs to
| the wardens nottce?" mot any specific af-
! fair
I'm a general way?" at went to the war
] den, Wolfer and told him of my own case.
| I told him I had been unwarrantably re-
| ported four or five times within a short
| period for trif1es that were unjust; mainly
| that of wasting bread, wasting food. l told
| him that those annoyances were driving men
| to commit suicide and that they made it i'm
| possible for men to put up with them. And
| to be, and it would ultimately be brought
| back on him."
1.-THE effect Of these reports against you
| or other prisoners would be degrading?' "H
! found substantiated."
"You we're reported how often of these
was there. was reported sixteen to eighteen
| times"
"Were you brought before the court on
these charges?" Yes, sir; every time I had
to appear before Mr.. Lemon
araet think the majority Of ofd hem
were on that nature-wasting food
What is the rule Of the prison regarding
| the wasting of food there?' THAT is more
! than can tell YOU
"Areyou required to eat everything that was
! placed before you?" 1.-THE first night / was
In the prison-the first day-a guard, cannot
! remember who he was, said that there was
one offense here that is severely punished
| don't crumble your bread in the dining
! roonl.' said All right; l am much obliged
| to YOU. From that day forth 1 was most
scrupulous In cutting my bread geometrically,
! and never failed to leave any but a clean
| cut fragment. Yet that was in my case styled
wasting food
"You could not eat it ALL and you cut it
! az carefully as YOU could?'' Yes sir We