The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-21

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almost every offense In the catalogue
Of crime. None of. them ever was his
equal officially. socially, intellectually.
or financially, yet 1t is with this class
OF persons that he must mess, work and
mingle until the expiration OF his five
years term of imprisonment.
sThere Is a graduated scale OF time of
Tor good behavior at Lenvenworth.
Each convict. except the life prisoners,
whether serving for one or twenty
years. Is entitled to an allowance of
five days for each month for proper
conduct. This viii shorten Carriers
sentence by three hundred days, ana
make his period of service In the prison
aSlittle more than four years and two
months. gta.gt m
Head Gardener of Hospital.
AS Carriers wealth and influence did
not avail to keep him out OF prison, so
they, can do little toward alternating his
hardshlps. His former standing has,
however, secured for him position in
the prison less odious than that OF
majority OF his fellow convlcts. When
he first entered Leavenworth Carter
was assigned as bookkcspcr In the re-
pair shops, but rs there was Very little
work TO do in this capacity he was, af-
ter n short time, transferred to the
prison hospital and made head gardener
OF the place. Surrounding this building
Is n pretty lawn studded with flower
beds, and 1t is this former engineer
captains duty TO keep these and the
other grass plots within the prison In
closure In good condition. He performs
his duly, faithfully and we'll. his MILL
tary training having thoroughly taught
discipline, and the hospital lawn Is q
beautiful oasts within these ircar and
barren walls. His helpers are two cat
tie thieves from Indian Territory, and.
with them, he is required to. perform
the manual labor OF cutting the grass
and sprlnkling, It and attending to the
shrubs and plants. There are some cas-
Ter. tasks ut Lcavenworth than this. but
other prisoners nrc assigned to them.
prisoners whoEe standing before they
became. convicts was not as high as
was Carriers. The majority, however
are more arduous, for n new prison 10
being erected about two and onc-hnlf
miles from the old one, and n large
portion of the coRvlcts are employed In
its construction. Being connected with
the hospital, Chrier Is allowed n ward.
This is one degree removed from the
ordinary cell, which IL In reality n cage,
with great iron bars, within which each
prisoner has his own narrow bunk.
Carteriis under guard atnight the same
| Rs the other c6Rvfets In the long tiers OF
cells. His ward Is adorned with sew
cra photographs and pictures and n
few pieces Of ihric-a-brnc such as the
superintendent has seen lit to allow
him to have TO hide the barren walls
and cheer the lonely occupant.
Visitors Try to SEQ Carter.
Hospital work issmore agreeable 10
Carter than any other at the prison, for
the reason TINT visitors IRE seldom
granted the privilege. of entering the
building. and never except by special
permission, rarely given. by the super
| ntcndent. Mondays md Thursdays are
lvIsitors' days, and every person who
| goes to Fort Lcuvenwortft to curious to
see Carter. and the guards are piled
with questions concerning him. Few,
however have their morbid curiosity to
sec the man grntiiled, He socks to
avoid being seen and on visitors days
keeps we'll within doors, and the people
CONWAY disappointed. Il.
7Thc rule OF Eiicncc prevails nj Leaven-
worthNand thiD is perhaps tho greatest
| OF all the hardshlps which the convlcts
endure. Sometimes days mud weeks
pass during which, a prisoner has no
opportunity to hear the sound OF his
own voice, Occasionally. when q guard
ts not observing, n prisoner may OK