The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-11
tending them and at meal hours NOR. liberty


Early Sunday morning, at the, breakfast
Like a fash word went about the place that
the girls In the prison were ''smashing out y.
Every cottage was In sympatheuo ehe'e"sn'
u M. "H n. May. tn. new superintendent,
ants aic was Wa Erscied in the prison BY !, hair;
raising chorus Of yells She went in and found
that only two OF The six.yor moro girls In tho
Two moro were actively. engaged in thrash
inv around and working themselves up to the
tsfinS The two IL sexual revolt had smashed
all the doors. windows. furniture AID bed,
Th.y lad h torn '0T tSor S a
into strips; had ripped open mattrsssss and
e e9 sns PS the S sDpse fh c'n rsrs
shrieking the vilest obscenities.
Miss May and the attendants marched upon
afraid Of NO woman that walks, though she
looks as though she we're the mildsst person
This four most disorderly girls were cornersd,
foot w.r. 4 Fst ont t and then hsndeuIsd
not gagged. The place continued in al up.
building until noon. While She stayed there
was 10 determined effort at smashinE out.
The fire hose had been attached and turned
on The floor was an inch deep in water.
Ia nall an hour more the water would have
| been six inches deem and the battle would
have been more nsSa t1am mi,ny Tms
"smashing- out girls with the effect OF cooling
their passions Tth the .tm9.t GHlsry ,oo,
Tor Il tho rest II the day. "''''' "' W. ''N "
Ton minutes after she returned to the main
building she, was summoned back. With the
idea that order had been rc-esteblished. few
srd had Hs.n Let sa' Ae s s reached Th Gs ss
dining room before giving way to their frenzy.
The dining room wasss howiag devastation
cufed and put in their cells after u hard fight.
While the girls were at large Just after
SoW TEsy took IN he shoe. and
m s The doors Of their their cells ..
% ss q" Il. k yafou 81 oess. eG Ss
mate destination Of the entire, establishment
Girls smashed out" In rapid succession.
Miss May teephoasd to police Headquarters
handouts. ~ Chief Of Police Lane took several
pairs over himself. The racket at tho insttu-
ton had been so great that may MAJ people in tho
The chief reached the House OF, Refuge with
two OF his men Just in time to assist in putting
mi. Chief Lane was Just receiving Miss Mays
when the familiar siam-6ane vhan ging and
unearthly warwhoops resounded again from
Miss May telephoned for more andcuffs and
went back again Somehow. ten or more Of
| the herdeat characters in the place had got out
and tables, and every one OF them was armed
with chair runG and table runGj .
and isathsrs At the end Of one Of these alleys
SassE; %sssea s"' Thsy 't .sd ISst H.!
tH.@m KY By way way on 'h .hoW nS 't sRst tSsy
meant it. they relted one OF the men guards
fragments OF once substantial furniture and
with broken G. ass and crocksry.
s THu p Sof efF IKE HisH Sf:a
He he sx,rs Of ss ndt9
dared ss fs 70 near The put the
The racket In the prison was spreading and in
creasing In crescendo outburstE
the conta gious effect OF the days disorder and
unquenchsd license on the more psacsable
that smashing out had begun there. w.
lneoherent hoTls and scream. from the
realized. somethinG lad to b. done Quick.
sergsnu, STa.e .. Gpsd out HI: rsEoxer
Of the corridor. Some OF them were on the
floor. some wore standing on the steam
THE first girl that throws anything, he
said delermhh et Eo'RE to e. S SHOT You
weapons. They saw he meant business. In
the moment OF confusion the matrons and
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cleared 10 the walls and floors and every girl
The noise continued but there was no ore
smashing. out" Nothing was left to he
| smashed. Water pipes and gas pipsa hadh cen
| wrsnched of and broken. What little wood
| work there was had been ripped from the
| walls
Disordsrly girls were brought In from the
cottages until half past O'Clock in the m orn :
| ing, by that time simple exhaustion ended
| the outbreak for the night.
| On Monday Attorney General Davies came
| down from Albany after q consultation with
| Gov. Roosevelt He went straight to sheriff
Jessups office On his advice the She riff swore
| in twenty deputies for duty on the House OF
| Refuge grounds.
Mr.. Davies went away last night sure that
| the rlotng was over. Some OF the old Board OF
| Managers were not SO sure. Neither are the
girls II remarks yelled at THE Sun man as he
| was crossing the grounds Yesterday indicate
| anything Of their frame Of mind.
| Fulton Paul. the only mem Der Of the former
| Board OF Trustees who did not resign, says
| frankly that II women OF the sort now sent to
the, House OF Refuge are TO be kept there.
| and IL the prison is to remain as it 10. the
Legislature must change the laws regarding
corporal punishment SO that the beneficial
| part OF the last adm mi stration a systsm may
he established as clearly legal. DR. Thomas
| Nelson, another trustee, thinks the only
practical rslie 10 the sending Of all but mild
| cases to other Institutions Miss May says
| nothing: She ia confronted BY q condition
rather than theory. Everybo agrees that
Everybody agrees to that when relief com Q
| it will not come from the weepy newspapers
| and the sentmentalists who have encouraged
the girls up to their present state of rebellion