The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27
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Hevess % oessel Ce0nuasest1oa
.HossssoeA ~ Saa1o1e1A
r FORMER sovernsr ~ he IN at
"A Afmley, neor Leeds. once caused :
WeIl-nonductsd psisonss. b1s IN old
gauGor u tn presence 01 the writer. Tho
aan savs 70 n'nuts fractions 81 IN ounos
che Nssghts u various oh3sess II he once
Inst he hapeisd. and h regard 70 prison
Satjons, intonttonA1ly short n weteht that
were brought IA. NJ Judgment Was Gm-
Diy wo0deffsl Tne wsifer aftsrwsfd In
lspendsntiy tT5sd the powers u . nan
tout o. l.cense." and ~ vas Just - clever
n saugsng weight where The proviaona
were coucerned.
Mona but thoes Who hsye % deal regu-
lasiy with old prison birds know what nns
pantonimists-ustne The word pantoanlns IN
tes bettnr ooneo ok "oumb ohoW"-Ato 70 -
found among the class: 1neeed, the mast
WodeSn and progressive ct eli our prsgon
governors declares that no cIass, not even
the professaooal theatrical one. poasessas
greater powssS Of dumb shew than does
that cons.sting Of regular Jailbirds. and he
thieves that he had met were admirable
actorA Long practices and the necsssitisa
Of the case have no coubt given this pow
e. o. dumb show pretty generally to old
cony:cts, but there are many cases IN
which man can not only convey % an
other few sentencea. but whole histories,
gwen the dine. b. he minutsst signs.
either during church services OF working
hours Or q exercise, and no plan prevent
lns this has ever bssn found.
prison chaplain az vast experience.
who Vas committed by the writer on this
subject. sayD: ''Old jailbirds can defy the
vigilance q al the warders IN Europe.
With mouths half open they can speak to
q companion hard BY with Absolute Inn
punity, Tho Hips and lower Jaws never even
boing aaovod II tho companion falls 70
hear b. Indicates tho fact by putting hia
Singer Into ono ear. ~ though u were Itch
Ing. Thelr dumb alphabet h marvelously
compaote n psieon1e wants 70 say that
his nn9srs. then rests his head upon his
hands and stamps on the ground; so-and-
- n leaA and buried Some ora II impris-
oned Tor - many years. and this y con-
veysd frum oas rs1soues u another By tho
former putttne - many fingers - cosre-
spoud 70 the years across hls ear-ths man
has eot. ~. three 'eaS:' Tor months . sim
Mar Sign - made On the mouth. Coughs
and aneeses cS different kinds indicate al
cough means listen he prisoner who
gives Il has rscsiysd letter; hs looks At
the palm e one hand and pretenAs 60
scstbbae with he other. II ~ has got
neWnpapef- psloeners Do receive such
things someeimes. ! can assure you--he pre-
tsnds to - reading the palm u the hand
veFy intGatly. He peetends 10 whip 70 In
dictate that Ae has bssA 1ogesd: 10 puts
HE hand 70 his stomach 70 denote short
allowance: he has written = letter. % no
Dretends 70 write on hls hand and then
throws he words Into tho air. And thus Il
ooos theuugh ne entire chADtef absolutely
genuine dumb show. who're no code has
been agreed upon beforehand. telling whole
Historical
A large bask from Nvsspool. called the
Dsomsd. WA IN ~ wAils trading. wreck
"a On oae q ne smaller Islands - the Pa
ctfc. \ great number Of savagse, who
'seemed Quits friendly. surrounded the ship
Wred1sd msas but none Of tho latter knew
. scFep e language that the natives could
undsrstand Dut ono Of the crew, . mid
dls-agsA man. known - Mao the con-
vict's-he WaD . man who had turned over
. new ieaf-lntimaasd to the captain that
he coaala make the natives understand
anything and Ae actually succeeded In
making commnnication sasy On every sub
sect required, solely By means a. signs and
acting Tho captain Of tho Doomed was
the writer's informant, and ~ gave q Sec
end amiiar instance that was told to him
By another shtpmastsr. Saturday
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