The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-30
.|g|Dt Clubs IPPEA.
'0unty Prisoners Object to the
Food Served Them.
,ax THEY ARE BEING STARVED.

pln Of Fare-sheriR Meyer. They
= uaa,tsts, Receives Good Par for
HsYsishipg Them with Food.
q ACIub life In murderers' row at the coun-
] M Of the hom.efie club I'D there Say. It
), = true they are In no iEaniinent danger OF
lsing hanged and the club is kept i3er-
! ony supplied with stationery and playing
+ mrds as OF yore. hat the maabers do OBJ
1et to being staryed and they say that
n<riH Meyer, who acts as steward. Is
/ 1oxly reducing them to the condition OF
Gn1an recommendations by the inferior quail
; ~ and Insufficient quantity of the food
r provides for his charges. Since the
j 6eriff has not needed several pointed hints
= heged To have been given him by the
[ hnb. and. Ii IL asserted, turns deaf ear
I p their grumbliug. the inmates OF the
~ have quietly gone 10 work and APP
4 nsnted committee on publicity and pro-
I 2oscn TO make their demands known 10
! - world outside the bars of the north
: q.
1 1h4 sense of the committees report
mode TO the club al a recent meeting was
!. Hef while the present bili-of-fare was no
I 6u5f ample for Charlie Nordstrom. one
1 Il the charter MANNERS. who doesn't work
y n has quit thinking after seven years
| E club life in the row. II does not come
| = 10 the standard for men with acute
I IDS and active habsss, who have many
l N1fs OF idleness yet TO look forward to.
/ ~ club doesn't want n hot bird and a
! cd bettle at every meal for the men,
M gealize that Sheriff Meyer could not
| CDR such circumstances make anything
1 n C. his contract by giving his wards
Y ~ squares day for twenty cents
l d<1e. but they are emphatieaily and
! mznimoisy OF the opinion that IL Zap
J QkarIey,' In the Tenderloin. had the sher-
~ contract he could set better table
l II the money.
The dill Of Fare.
~ result was that two letters were
] ul5tten to and received By the Post-fn-
eMgsneer few days ago This IL a copy
i n ne FIRST of these letters, and Il states
I - great attention to detail the demands
r King eourty's steady boarders:
) 10 the Editor of the Post-Inteliigencer:
1 m AK enough space I'm the columns
0Your paper 70 riace before the public
r. taxpayers Of King county the facts
I Il the food question Ia the King county
] Ne understand that Sheriff Meyer Is
G4Eed ~ cents per diem for each inmate
~
1 0lIcent to feed any one person and sat
~ his or her hunger The inmates get
II following biil-of-fafe:
4 Hyakfasf-About two ounces of beef
/ ~. small pan Of -four and water
! 10y, about four ounces of bread and
- Of coffee no sugar ar milk.
1 dnnsr-A pan OF extraordinary thin
| Up. couple Of ordinary potatoes. about
/ On SUNDAY the big feed comes of.
Hkn the Inmates get plate Of beans ex-
! - With their dinner. and that is sup
| Pae(d 10 satisfy their appetitcs until the
eN6Ning Sunday
we suppose this magnificent hill-of-fare
: nes Mr. Meyer on an average OF about
fesntA n dav for each person confined IN
I nd fan. Now who has the benefit OF the
cher 81 cents ner day. Mr. Mover or King
| uuntyf Az there are on an average fifty
| Mrsorr confined In said iaii that surely ~
4sTn6s Of 1850 per day for some one. bat
i sAu that we ask In that we have suffi-
| Dat to eat. We do not ask for pie and
/ sake bur good substantial food and enough
Vii. Whv should the inmates so hungry
ia Mr.. Meyer grow fat on their hunger?
4bat Is the question we ask the general
public and the taxpayers of King coun-
TIE second letter sent out Ia an invita-
Nor 10 the paper 10 send A representative
10 the taIt to see for himself that the
statements OF the first letter were no. ex-
agserated
Conversation with presen. and recent
Prisoners az the iai. throws bat little new
light on the food subject except that Il Is
claimed that the food furnished by the
/ sheriff In addition 10 being scant in guam
| NY Ia so poorly cooked a. To he nneat-
able, The murderers. for instance. al
/ fhoagh they ara fond OF blood In the abb
4 straet don't want IL 20 drin from their
meakfast heefateaks and they say that
Eerif Meyers cook often careiesslv al
iews this 10 occur. At times. they say. che
Eees "a the other extreme and fries tho
beef until II shriveis up In disgust and
eets so hard on tho stnmaehs OF the hofni-
tsses that they suffer from heartburn. and
g order 10 have a clear conscience a mur-
esrer. the preverh in murderers' row goes.
rast not he a ayspeptic The hemicdes
Calm also that the soup they have for
0nner Is variable In quality and sometimes
Years a strong res nthlance to 2 carrot
Battling fer l.fe IN pan ~ hot water. and
q others quantity Of melted beef suet.
VI eant Sc in the former case. the pris-
rhsrs say they can Use the SOUP for shaw
hr water and In the latter for hair oil
sai they don't claim Ia he dudes and are
Wiling 20 forego these toilet Injuries
They further claim that under Sheriff
Van Ire Santer. fer two years the meals
Nere really square" aud We'll cooked. and
tAas wAea Sheriff Mover first came In ne
dh the right thing by thgm but that for
iAe last four or Eve n4anths hss poke
eats have been steadily growing worse
AMI worse
iikcd the OLD Cook.
The murieTera were partial ~ The cook
Who resguei 81 tae istl kitchen then. His
aasre was Alexander Crawford they
STATE and he was regular SaVarsn. hut
net economical enough aad was ie; out for
FEEDING hia guests too well
Sheriff Mover was ret around the fan
sesieriay. bat Day JaIler Erisman saws
tasFe Is nothing in the howl from ul3ir-
asTers raw. lie points % the steaainexs
q hts hoardeFs ii the south tank. the