The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-16

utensils are Identical. The only liter
allure allowed the debtor, like the GRIM
inal, in the early days of his conffne-
ment is the Bible, the prayer and hymn
books, and little volume called The
Narrow Way"
1t is merely in regard to bedding that
the debtor, within his cell, is better off
than the convict. While the latter at
the commencement of his Incarceration
Is compelled to rest on bare boards,
the former, at all times, is provided
with cocoanut fibre mattress and pillow,
as well as with two coarse linen sheets,
a p1llOWcase and couple of blankets.
Before the debtor is finally locked up
for the night on the day of his arrival
at the prison. he receives q circular
yellow cloth badge, bearing the number
of his cell inscribed in black on both
sides, which makes him look something
like a cabman. This badge-the badge
of infamy, for it is identically the same
in color and all other respects for con-
Wet and debtor alike-he is compelled to
wear fastened to the left hand side OF
his coat whenever he leaves his cell.
1t Is absolutely Illegal to brand him
in this fashion, because in the abstract
from the regulations exhibited in his
cell, it is set forth that a debtor shall
be allowed to wear his own clothes, I'M
less they are unfit for wear, and that
even then the clothes supplied him shall
not be of the same color as those worn
by convicted prisoners. But this badge
of the criminal attached to the DEBTORS
coat becomes part Of his attire. II un-
der the regulations in force he can leg
! ally be made to wear any badge a all,
it seems evident that It should be of
| different color to that worn by con-
/ vlcts
] The prison bell tolls at 6 a. m, and
the day begins. The cell floor must be
I swept, the white metal utensils clean
ed and furnished uD SO that you can
see your face in them, the plank bed
stead set leaning against the wall ON
end, with mattress dangling over the
back, bedclothes made to hang in front,
and pillow browning the whole
All at once you hear a Changing of
keys The door flies open. A canvas
bag bearing the cell number is flung
on the floor, accompanied by an in
quiry In an unsympathetic tone as to
whether you are "all right" and an or
tel " pAl Jul yOui pCtE etiit PeAhS' AiiC
bag contains your work-some pieces
of canvas, some samples Of button
holes, a stout needle, a skeln of white !
thread, lump Of wax, knife. You
have been deprived of your penknife /
downstairs only to be placed in pos
session of a much more dangerous l
weapon in your cell.
AT a. m. you get your breakfast
six ounces of whole bread, badly baked
and sticky, and one pint of Cruel or |
half-pint of cocoa, in accordance with
the choice you have made on your ar
rival. An hour later your cell door flies
open again, and you are conducted TO
one Of the workrooms Here a COM
panion in misfortune, who has already
the art, elbows you now to ha.n
and make buttonholes on canvas bags
for the postof1ice.g You are at liberty
to talk in an ordinary mariner while
plying your needle, and when the gov
ernor or his deputy comes round on
his daily morning visit you are not re-
CURED to move.
AT 10 a. m. you leave your work for
exercise in a sort of kitchen garden In
closed by high walls and surrounded by
u pain, Wiitlt yDu may VAIN Ill CouDito. |
Here new arrivals make their first APP
and relate their stories.
At IL a. m. you return to work, and
at noon to your cell and dinner which
on Sunday and Wednesday eompr ,ses
four ounces Of whole-meal bread, six
ounces of potatoes and elk ounces of
suet pudding. On Monday and Friday
you get six ounces Of bread eight
ounces Of potatoes and three ounces of
cooked beef without bone, which is
simply the bully" article On Tues
lay, Thursday and Saturday the menu
of six ounces of bread six
ounces of potatoes and three-quarters
If a pint of soup. On Monday haricot
beans and fat bacon may be substitut-
d for beef, and then the puzzle is to
ind the bacon concealed under one of
he beans. The suet pudding is vile,
greasy mess, and should be discontin-
led. frequently some Of the potatoes
ire too bad to be eaten and the debtor
s then deprived Of his full ration, which
8 small enough at best. And he Is no
onger permitted to board himself. The
cup, which is the famous "skilly," is
decidedly good and might with adj
be introduced into homes
where there are children and where
economy Is first consideration.
Dinner over. you roll UP your sheets
nd blankets and place the bundle on
nd at the top of your corner shelves.
You are then at liberty to read Bible,
prayer book, hymn book, or THE Mar
ow Way" or to resume hemming and
uttonhole making.
The afternoon Is almost a repetition
f the morning. AT 2 o'clock you leave
our cell for exercise till 4, and then
20 to the workroom. An hour later
on repair to the cell for o'clock tea,
1hich is precisely the same as break
asst, and you are not let out again be-
ore morning. At you hear the
Black Marias'' runlbling into the yard
ne after another with their loads of
and debtors. At you go to In
ed, after a jailer has taken your work. II
ag an double locked you up for the
light. And so it goes on from day to
az. i
ON Friday morning and morning and | -
fternoon on Sunday, you go to chapel, .
hich helps to kill time, walking in sim A
lie file under charge of a warder. On
lie way a good view is obtained of the
ouse where the gallows stands, of the
rick hut where the condemned pass
lie last night, and of the place where
lev lie buried at the base of high