New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01

breakfast furnished to the paying prisoners and
stripes? A.-Good wholesome substantial coffee
Q-Good, wholesome. substantial conee what 40
you mean by that? A.-The average coffee.
Q-You mean ordinary coffee? Ayes ,,
coffee you mean 1t Is not made Of burnt beans?
Al mean that; yes
bread that can be obtained for institutions oaken
10 the island every day. fresh.
NOT HEAVY BREAKFAST
o-what else? A.-sugar and milk In their
Q-rhat goes into the good and wholesome snd
substantial coffee? A.-That ia what the breakfast
Q-What else Is there with the bread and coffee?
Q.-That is the meal for the person that Is pre-
sumaby innocent as well as the stripes-a piece OF
bread and a cup OF good wholesome. substantial
coffee? A.-The stripes might add when tney
cure something a little more substantial as little
Cruel or a little rice. something If their health
Q-Does that take the place of bread? Ain con-
Q-How many of the prisoners are eating gruel'
A oIH R5EHi m say several xnss Of sfm
Q.-SIx? Ayes say half dozen.
Q.-How is that bread and coffee served to these
ing-room in one Of the corridors which is set aside
for dnlng-room. what We call the main corridor
coffee brought on by men from the Kitchen. Then
the stripes lift up their Different pannkns and aa
portion OF bread for each one-they set the taDle
and the bell rings. and the guests assemble at the
oEDo the stripes eat with the innocent persons?
A@No; we have a separate dinins-room. A,.,
AC-On. the table, alongside the coffee.
,.Q-Now there IS table. a wooden table? A.
Q.-,And'a piece Of bread laid on the table beside
Q-And that is BREAKFAST A.-That Is bres sfast.
,.Q.-And tina; is breakfast for everybody? A
Q-And ANYBODY that don't care for it can go to
to the restaurant the restaurant-keeper comes
20
have he sfy Rf!'o%s1ey e M "
Q-Who runs the restaurant? "A man named
Q.-Who Is Mr.. Biggs? Al don't know; he was
o.-Don't YOU Know anything about him? A.-No.
DINNER MORE SUBSTANTIAL.
Wha dinner? ADnnsr .t consists nSs 5oS of n al
! beef stew. another day # is made into soup, ana
bread and plenty of potatoes and vegetables Of all
Q.-Now. let us see. You nave dish with the
soup in It, or stew? Ayes sir ana separate
o.LSnd a separate dish for the meat7 Ayes.
9.-FoT everybody? Yes s-o5Ss v.. .,r
Q.-TrRia IS the anfaillng dinner from one end of
to The t ghe5 AN ST. Koh is fridays
have boiled fish for them. fish chowder bread; that
KIND Of change in he 2wtS Knife and fork?
! A'%No sir: there is no knife and fork; furnished
oG o T' there sp3G Spoon turnshed AYes. sir
8g0-ss If t4 iSa PTs0 TPosve Ges suTe sir
! Q.-This good. wholesome bread does not have
any eTf5sr S dnn 5 might add that
the holidays. such as Easter Ghrstm p1t5 tStee
| 10 four eggs apiece and Christmas we furnish mem
with little fried chicken Last Cnrsrh d 1osst
PG o"Those are the special holidays' Avery
| holiday s recognized
! SUPPER LIGHT AS BREAKFAST
and
! Q-served in the same way az the morning NEAR
oTh@t, is foT the ST.. innocent persons as wei as
Q1And ali laid on the table in the same way
Ao1No fxings other than you have mentioned d?
A.-No. sir; wouldn't scrupie 10 eat ." '"'' Jaw
H0of course not At is as white as snow. y
would be a pity il it wasn't clean Now: the walt
| ers are the stripes are they A-fes slr ,r three
9AR And s go six Of m thsis STRIPES sire
we have had any-oh the stripes ;od as eSn,i, the
sir. sometimes six months that Is S0ou' '''
i0 Q@Do these stripes battle? A-They are COM
peoeGT bey are where? An theIhere Is 6 Dda
e c on [ one SIDE the and the other side
the court side. There Is oathIoo!n III ,asb them-
rdor The stripes raS5d ge1 sfds nave 10 was"
| Do you mean 10 say that me women u ga,d Hr
| hofhe9 I mean 10 say just what sdlu va \;
Moss that the women stripes bathe anu SnS d. -
! we find that they neglect TO keep themselves ''a
"" con there running hot water in that bathroom?
/ A-There is not running hot wa'er' laundry imme-
. diatey back OF It. from when thes ca" p''01'e
oThese women have to battle In cold water g6 Pr
A-No sir: they do not Ihey can ca nd barrels
W III they desire II they do not desire, c1Id
water ample facilities fGT s frnsces and
they furnish hot water enough 70 iurhisn .T
prison for day might adG ha Every S ' saturday
afternoon to take bath and 10 put on cied" ui'ue
clothing, which we furnish
WHITE AND BLACK TOGETHER.
o-Ino THIS corridor the women Irs ss 0 eyey
ana SGCoIored and white? A.Yes, sir. We are not
| very select with our guests. -..os ., che
! O'-And those who have been arrested on the
| o.EAnd women who have been arrested IN ds
orderly house, Semen A who have been arrested for
ba9rering? A.~Yes, sir. ,,,,.u
o.3And women who have been arrested IN opium
de 6women fS Of all these kinds and the decent
Women or Indecent women. We classify them all
as persons awaiting the action OF the court No
s,I ONLY might add in cases where-there are
cases / will state that where "1lIaa ca
there and from her manner or from h bad d
refinement and probably It was hnya nf now sI
TO do-to remain on the upper ters alo no. mn 10
WIN Inc e have done that on three occasions
three persons since my administration nav , Tee
e ca Tb no made Application and that they
apparently were sick and were Httie ABOVE tue
! average class OF the women 49,,
Mr. Moss-You realize II would be a hardship on
a decent woman to have TO associate dally ana
hourly with that crowd OF personsIyou dld Teaihe
that didn't you? A-No, sir. | did not realize IT,.
ANXIOUS TO GIVE NO OFFENCE.
Qwhy did rem9ye the three Two wSmsn{ h
Because they made appGaon ana s sney stip tbey
cells and lie down and pass the time away by
themselves. -, -
O.-You removed those women because they were
sick? A-Yes sir Two OF them. - .
/ o-What about the third? A.-She made applca-
ton from the fact that she expected 10 go out In
couple OF days and she wanted TO lie down, and
she did not like 20 get acquainted with any others
O-You know a who may have been
charged with shopliftng. will say, coming from
a respectable home. who has been accused OF shop.