New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01
MRS uowARD's STORY.
MRS. HUWAKDS oIVN1'
SAYS SHE WAS INsULTED BY DEPUTIES IN
THE TOMBS.

Mr. Mo s Howard. YOU have recently been
discharged from the Tombs. have YOU Al 5aVs
o The City Prison Is the correct tue OF t' A
a5'@How long we're you there7 Eight or nine
" 9HEisht or nine months? ANO: weeks
0TAnd r al OF %er that xou not? S%T was
aT oYeu we" We're not at any time resident of the
To w rs yOa rs @eT Vent to the 0S
nine weeks ago, where were you taken} Al was
IS Place Sea about S broad ana JUDGED
about from sixty 70 eighty feet long ana , st
There is place where you can get eoia " doSn
there is at the y, g int sS you there sG is
bathroom and a combination tub that couia DE
'sea Ths combination Tub be used for bathing
washing eothesx Ayes SIT Inc "0'
di@Then there IS no hot water running in that
rom 9r6st is the room where the prisoners ' tSs
through the day? AvYes sir ot taeSS ARE sir
in stripes that attends upon the prisoners at night
goes around in the morning from to S:S Pf hey
o mn and dress and take all Of their belongings
his oordGr or P76sonk Rsa The table al
Consists Of two long two benches Sfsad es S6
side of the table, and there Is piece o inches thick
from one and half to two inches thick ana
there is coffee cup for each one Oh tue pe'P''
WALTERS IN STRIPES.
o.-Yes? A-This coffee is brought In by d twS9
eS it. holding about eight 10 ten ga9ns Ate, S,r
breakfast they all sent back ana iockeo III '"iS
Corridor or pen until dinner time.
Mr. osuvanW You keep Ise your STe T gSed S opt
urday they have their dinner at o'clock rhev
have SCUM IlT Consisting Of beef mutton. and In
this soup Is potatoes. sometimes carrots. someumss
turnips-potatoes and one vese'aoie' soi''o'''"e'
'rc'-Are all these vegetables in the soup? AIN
o@In the soup and not separate DISH A
No and this meat is brought ~ on that each one
has piece of in this pan. one vegea i anu
the soup That is served five days-SM oo'' III
'o-How is that eaten? A-With , spoon; e @ea
one nS ooS I never tasted the coffee The tea Is
very good and the soup-someumes !. Wa .nr ,Inoas
impossible for one to eat It, ana al o'ner ""'e'
SON it is good and sometimes IT is not
A A, taste it. and and Would not taste ii.
OIL suppose you patronized tne f v nome
hS The BIN Of fare as you e fSqnd daE t fSe
eight nine weeks tneTe; beA thew had what they
called hsh chowder .,.aor,r,,o, % tho Ash
Q-You need not 90 1 mo a e sey hen
coWait moment. Mrs Howard Is this food
handed there by i tbS same sy pam holding
eight ten gallons ana perhaps rtn these little
dished out with large tin upper INTO ''eSe "''''
rV oWhat is the personal condition of many Of
.hxsa strines as they called. VINO Drlng inns
fnoS and handle 1t? A.-Most Of the stripes that
are, there are women that are drunkaros' taken /"
there Tor CTlnhlhS'
INSULT FROM OSULLlNAN.
oAs IN their cleanliness that is what ! speak
Of? A.-one Of them told me that she had not hao
ha,h for three months. and from the looks of
her judged that was So
o-Are there facilities there for these women 10
hathe regularly? A--Well now. l couldht swear
10 that. as was never in the dormitory where the
women or girls in stripes occupy cannot say
If they are TO battle in that bathroom OH the gem
here
o-Are there facilities for bathing with cold ana
warm water for the inmates who are awaiting
trial? A-There are not.
O-You are sure Of that, are your Al am very
sure 1 was there two weeks, and hao taken
sponge bath in cold water, and felt that must
have n hath as was quite broken in health ana
gave quarter TO girl in stripes. ana asked her
to get me a bucket Of hot water
Mr. Osullivan-I wish you would speak little
louder. Mrs. Guy.
The witness continued to speak In low zone
whereupon Mr. O'Sulvan repeated the queSuoIh
twice saying: II wish you Wou w. sp Kraus Mrs
Howard"
Mr.. Moss-This gentleman knows that none Of
the names that he has applied to this laoy nave
ever been given 10 her The vulgar appeiiations
are simply something out OF his own conscience
Mr. O'sulvan-That is absolutely untrue ana IL
IS very ungentlemanly to state It,
The Chairman-We have had enough OF THIS.
Mr. o'sullivan-This lady has got record from
San Francisco TO New-York
The Chairman-The stenographer will strike all
This from the record; leave it out bodily
The Witness-I never was in San francisco in
my life
Mr. Clarke-I think the privileges Of the com
mittee should be denied TO DR. OSulivan as to that
statement 1t seems TO me that is an outrage the
like of which has never occurred during this in
vestgation.
\ The Chairman-It was entirely uncaed for, and
direct the stenographer strike the entire mat
ter from his minutes
ONE WEEK TO GET HOT WATER
The witness-May be allowed to state
Mr. Moss-Wait a moment. You were saying 1t
was two weeks before you secured the water that
was necessary TO take a bath. Alt was two
weeks that did without IT, before making the re-
quest to get 1t. Then ] could not procure the hot
water and l then sent down and asked for the
water gave the girl quarter to bring 1t to me.
and the matron. by name Mrs. Stone said, Let
her do without H."
Q.-wait a moment The matron said let her
do without it,? Ayes. sir.
Q.-That when the request was made for the
hot water? A-That was when the request was
made for the hot water. l said: Mrs. Stone, why
is II that cannot have hot water, 81 other women
here can have II? ! have some rights and 1t Is
absolutely necessary that l should have this hot
water" She told that was prisoner there.
TO get upstairs. and IL l did not she would lock
me up. l said: Mrs Stone. you will not do II.
] want my just rights and / am going to stand
here until get them" She said Very well. Go
I'M on your tier where you belong will lock
YOU up" She an older woman than l was,
and / thought being a prisoner there and she
matron and because one Of the other matrons said
''You had better CO." l went She said to her.
'You had better let her have it, the hot water she
viii make a report to the Commissioner. IL you
don't get it," week after that the hot water was
brought by a lady that was there in stripes.
o.-That Is Mrs. Van Buskirk who is here!
A-she brought me the hot water.
HOT WATER FOR OTHERS.
Q-You did not then get the water you asked
forY Al did not
Odd you notice that other persons. confined
as you were had the same trouble about getting
not water or did not get Il? A-There were two