The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-24
LIFE At THE JAIL.
4. d. Hubbard Tells What 1t
Means to Be Locked Up.
Some Inside History About
Things That Happen in Jail.
How the Officers Act When There Is
q Lynching Scare-The z. n G.
- Dong a Good WORK

A D. Hubbard, who is awaiting sen
tence for embezzlenent, spends almost
his entire time in writing The 1oi-
lowing notes on jail life were written
by him for the Journal:
Boarding at Hotel BastiIe becomes AT
times somewhat monotonous, yet the
pressing request of r B. kepfey, the
proprietor, TO remain is so evidently
sincere that but few leave him In
fact. the moment a guest of this fam
Gus boarding house has properly regis
tered and Is assigned to his neat little
room he becomes at once so fascinated
by the beauty OF his surroundings that
ne has no desire TO leave even the con-
fines Of his own room
1t IS : very curious fact, that of the
many men and women confined in the
county Jail not one of them is guilty OF
any crime, so We conclude that they
are kept here for fear bhey may become
contaminated by association with the
The kepIey household believes in the
saying that Cleanliness is next to God
Illness" and every Saturday night the
little kepleyS are dropped into the
bathtub one at time The first howl
goes up promptly at O'Clock and is
continued with variations until 10. This
is not done because the children's
health demands it so much as it is TO
notify all the inmates that the next
day viii be Sunday, and prepare them
as much as possible to meet the dele
cation from the Y. NJ Q. A
The 7. NJ. c. A. people who hold
services in the county jail every Sun
day are doing a good work and they
should receive encouragement from all
Christian people One thing they can
compliment themselves on. and that is
that ne matter how much the congre-
cation may dislike the preacher. the
prayer or the singing, no one goes out
during the service.
The declaration of a young man re-
Gently TO the inmates of the county iaiI
that You all free American Ciri-
zens'' calls to mind what a Topeka pO-
HtiCiau said in a speech out at the
insane asylum some time ago. when he
declared Looking into the inteIH-
gent faces before me, realize that you
represent the brain and sinew of this
country"
little rurnor that someone in the
county Jail was to be Iynched stroIIed
down Kansas avenue recently. As it
strolled il grew in magnitude with each
stroll It turned down Fifth street TO
the city prison and there assumed gi-
gantic proportions. BY the time it
crossed the alley 10 the county jail it
OvershadOwed the entire capital city.
Sheriff kepley recognized at once the
necessity OF calling a meeting of the
advisory board, which was done O.
F. Huugate was the last man to come.
reaching the council chamber about 10
o clock As Otis locked at the black
cloud Of calamity which hung over
them. great drops Of cold tea stood on
his massive forehead Something must
be done, and at OncAthe text books
all agreed on that proposition Larry
Sneehan suggested that someone be
dressed up in imitation of the intended
victim and fool the mob by giving them
the wrong man when they came It
was strongly suspected that Larry
wanted an opportunity to get even with
someone Huugate then suggested that
they turn him loose and let the mob
catch him if they could This was vio-
1entIy opposed by Bert Lucas. because
Bert knew that If the mob failed to get
the man he would be under the painful
necessity Of hunting him Up when the
court should want him
Finding them unable to agree Mrs
k6pIey came to the front with q sug-
gestion that they take the man out and 1
hang him themselves They would /
then Illustrate the intention of the mob /
and at the same time keep the prisoner
from getting away. Then they all |
wondered why they had not thought Of 1
50 simple a plan before About this !
time they discovered it was daylight /
and the council adjourned without ac- |
ton
Mr.. Clam Chowder the Journal car |
rIer q am not sure that is his name
but that is what it sounds Hka) has
customers on every floor of the Jail |
ana De 1t known much to his credit he
GeuVers the paper strictly on time
The ghost still makes nightly visits !
70 the jail but has made friends with !
everyone except Jerry Merryweat her
1t chases him around at a lively pace |
some times