The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-18
How the Great Institu-
ton Is Run.
IRA MARLATT QUIET.
Now Allowed Freedom Of the
Halls--Curtis Staub Wants
to Do Prison Bar
bering.

Columbus, OCT. 1O.--There is Still
dearth of prisoners at the Ohio peni-
tentiary as compared with former
months, the population being now
about 1878. Still there are quite
enough to keep the many officials
busy. The commissary fuds that 1t
takes about as much to feed that num-
Der as it does to feed a few more,
hence no change has been made in the
general schedule of supplies: The
storekeeper of the penitentiary is w.
w. Harris, of Ashtabula county,
brother of II. L. Harris, manager of
the Canton News-Democrat and for
mer manager of the East Liverpool
Crisis. acquisitions for the malnte-
nance of the institution, the feed and
clothing of the prisoners, the bedding
and other accessories are made by the
prison officials and honored by the
commissary department which is 10.
Gated in building across the street
from the penal structures proper
This Is
WHOLESOME AND PLEASANT
location, removed from any suspicion
of prison smell, for there is nothing
there that has been within the walls.
The steward has a commodious Office
and a sufficient force. To attend to
the odd jobs about the place there are
several trusty convicts, who are most
willing to work and most anxious to
10 thnir x@ o4c,
their berths. While Mr.. Harris was
going through the pen Monday, sew
eral prisoners stopped him and asked
that he use his influence to get them
across the street to work, for they are
all anxious to get away from the regu.
lar prison atmosphere that teens with
tuberculosis and other deadly diseases.
1--WE have everything SO well sys-
tematized." said Mr.. Harris, Monday
that we have no difficulty filling the
wants. of the institution. In July and
August, however, we had n great deal
of trouble. Food stuffs were scarce
and as we had to have great quanti-
ties we were some, times forced to
draw on all our resources to
SUPPLI TIL WANTS
of the institution. Prisoners must be
fed, and they must have wholesome
and substantial food. Our great diff
Guilty was to get potatoes. We paid,
at wholesale rate, $1.25 bushel for
potatoes at one time. Only recently
have we been able to get as many as
we want for rs cents bushel.
besides many other commodities
the prison requires between and 0
barrels of -four each day. Ten thous-
and pounds of meat is consumed each
day and 1t takes between As and 80
bushels Of potatoes per diem to sat.
isfy the demands Of the culinary de-
partment There are 500 loaves of
bread baked each day."
1t is said that the prisoners are far
ing better and at no greater cost than
they were two or three years ago.
This is claimed to be due 10 the meth,
DDS adopted by Warden Darby and to
the carefulness of the commissary de-
partment.
There is but one prisoner in the pen.
itentiary at present who is
CONDEMNED TO DIE,
and there is some question as to
whether he will be electrocuted, as
there are interests at work that are
powerful and may save him. His
name is Winget and he comes from
Sandusky. He was an inmate of the
soldiers home and, in a fit of anger
and resentment, cut boys abdomen
open and killed him. II was the Sec
ond person he had killed during his
life, and that was evidently taken into
the account though he had proved
that his first crime was committed
In selfdefense. He is an interesting
prisoner and does not require much
attention. He is given every freedom
that Is possible, though constantly at.
tended by a guard who is held respon.
sible for him till the hour of execution
When seen Monday he was in the
prison court room playing checkers
with another guard, and was SO alb.
sorbed in the game that one would i'm
agine his escape from the electric
bolts that are ready TO be sent through
his body depended upon the result of
the game. He seems to be Indifferent
but this is thought to be cansed by :.
belief that he will yet be saved from
the chair and have his sentence COM
muted. A reprleve has been given by
Governor Nash, pending a motion for a
new trial. Being soldier, he has
homes that he will not die till
HIS ALLOTTED TIME,
for there has never been soldier OF
the civil war executed In the Ohio
penitentiary. Their sentences have
always been commuted, some at the
last moment. AS Governor Nash is a
soldier and Col. Kilbourne also sol
dter Niupe "a mot taxing much inter.