Sunday morning globe., 1901-10-20

Thus succeeded politically as ! had,
socially 100 autaRoniziug the influential or
political leaders with the pull" ON both
sides, but ! controlled their followings as ]
secured the confidence of the masses by the
opcnhouesty of my course and the apparent
sacrifices I had made of my individual in-
tcrcsls.
These facts borne To miudby my readers,
will partially enlighten them on the struggle
of the prison contractors to secure me as the
prize freak for their particular contract
One of the revenues of the prison being
the charge for admission TO visitors of
twenty-five cents each, the peuitentiary re-
Ceipts from this source began 90 increase ON
the day of my confinement and for years /
was the principal drawing card--in fact the
stellar rattractiou--fo all the morbidly.
ed male and female crauks, shallow Drained
and sensational mongers iuthe entire state.
There Is hardly kodak icud I'm Ohio who
has not my picture II some shape or form.
To al this unspeakably horrible and infa-
nous humiliation submitted with philos-
ophy which paralyled the malice of my cue-
mics and pleasingy surprised my friends.
II my spirit suffered no cye--but the All
Seeing ouc-saw IL and no ear ever heard
moan or complaint from my lips. When,
Therefore, was confronted by the supern-
tendent of the Hiuman factory and greeted
with, well, Elliott, how are youF ]
promptly resented the discourtesy intended
by replying
"Weu, - -, how are you2' iu cx-
actly the intonation Of voice and emphasis
with which I was saluted you viii work
in this portion of the shop at present and
this man viii show you what to do, and
the superintendent turned me over TO
negro prisoner who was vanishing snaths
as his uuderstudy or assistant. Being the
first white man he ever had the pleasure of
'bossiug the negro made the most Of the
pleasing assignment and promptly gave me
the most laborious and dirticst portion Of
the work to perform. Never having worked
at manual labor / was confessedly awkward
and inefficient The duty consisted in put
ting on the snath the first coat of varnish or
glue with a sheepskingloye which wore on
my left hand the right being used to dip
the swab in the liquid varnish and transfer
glove full to the left hand.
In performing this labor there was no
opportunity to wipe the beads of perspira-
ton from the faSe, as the gloved hand was
full of varnish and the right was daubed
from the drippings of the swab By the
cold-blooded design of my enemies / was
thus assigned the flthiest job they thought
my physical strength could stand without a
collapse, lnl to rub 1t in, as 1t were, was
put under negro prisoner boss to remind
me / suppose Of having deserted to the
negro party" and fought for their Liberation
from a slavery much more eudurable than
that which was now called upon to endure.
glanced at the clock over the guards desk
and to my astonishment perceived that it
was but o'clock p m. had thought that
il must be certainly near o O'Clock, the hour
to return to the cells. had not yet been
even given cell.
The guard under whom / now labored
was noted among the officials for his hos
tility to me personally and his condemna-
ton Of my acts Every contingency it will
be perceived, was thus provided for to make
II interesting" But in this case, as in so
many others malice overleaped itself and
the physical tortures TO which ] was sub
iected mercifully kept my mind from the
contemplation of the home, the wife, the
family, the position, the fortune, and last
but not least the liberty had lost The
guard kept his eye constantly on me and
took occasion TO repeat several times during
the afternoon the rules against talking,
idleness, etc. and the penalty a convict
must pay for their violation. OF this pen
atty will write further along. Six O'Clock
arrived at last and utterly played out physi-
cally and completely dumbed mentally and
happily incapable of further tortured ] was
marched in the infamous lock step between
two negroes TO the dining room. The place
was purposcly selected for me in the com
pany between the two negroes, one of whom
had the disgusting habit of masticaung a
mouthiul of food taking 1t from his mouth
and laying il on the table while he masti-
Gated another mouthful. He then removed
the second supply from his mouth and
placing it likewise on the table bolted the
FIRST quantity he had masticated and rolled
into ball with his fingers ! noticed this
in dreamy sort of a way and on the tap of
the bell rose with the other fifteen hundred
unhappy wretches from the table, and again
joined in the lock step through the prison
campus to the cell block.
The prison yard was packed with visitors
to see the Convicts march in the lock step
and incidentally to get view Of the 'Tyrant
Of Columbus" in his zebra suit The kodak
was numerous, and as the sun was shining
glorously, Il being IN the early portion of
August (the Ioth), several pictures were
Obtained OF my ngure as / marched past;
being located for my enemies by the accom-
modating and now thoroughly cowed
officials of the prison. Arrived at last in
the seclusion Of my cell inwardly thanked
Providence the terrible ordeal of this first
day was over and that carried myself
through it without the collapse which was
tugging at my brain and heart and whose
premonitory symptoms were the only fear
which inspired my breast Presently the
soft and musical voice Of a tear-stained face
said falterngly: Colonel, 1 hope you are
WE'LL feel so sorry for you"
glanced up, my head being bowed on
my hands, and beheld handsome and to
me angelic looking lady gazing mournfully
at me through the bars, the tears streaming
down her cheeks. / instantly arose and
bowing thanked her for her sympathy,
which saw was genuine, and politely asked
her to whom I was indebted for such kind
ness, iuasmuch as l never had the pleasure
of meeting her before.
ALAS no, " she sobbingly replied, "and
/ wish you had never seen me in such a
place My name is Miss Conklin. am
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