The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-11

Calling his orderly, who was in at
tendance, 1 was committed TO his
charge, conducted to the guardhouse,
stripped and thoroughly searched
again. was then thrown into dun
geon, beneath the earthwOrk of the
fort, heavily ironed, hand and foot,
where not a ray of light could pene-
trate, and left to muse with myself IN
total darkness, no place to lie, but the
damp, Shiny floor, void of covering OF
any description beneath or above.
Looking upon the rough Visage of my
guardian or iailer as the door opened,
ATTEMPTED to read his heart by the ex-
preston of his face, but found it as cal
Ious and as cold as sthe other, from
which but little could be expected.
He was a soldier every inch. l re-
duested a blanket be furnished me, to
keep myself warm, which request was
UNEXPECTEDLY complied with in the
course of half an hour or so. The mas
sive doors of iron creaked on their rus
! ty hinges, as it was again closed
shutting out every ray of light, leaving
a feeling like unto one buried in a
I grave. Food soon after, in the shape
of bread and coffee, was brought, as re-
ported by the sergeant, it being impos-
sible to penetrate the darkness, ana L
was then left alone, a sentinel, like I'M
to a bronze statue, keeping guard be-
fore my iron-doored cell.
REPTILES FOR BEDFELLOWS.
Covering my person, head and foot,
to prevent rats and poisonous reptiles
from coming in contact with my body
1 soon was wrapped in sleep, out OF
which, at midnight, l was rudely
aroused, brought again to the guard
house and ordered to dress myself IN
quick haste. Surprised at such move
ments and utterly COMPOUNDED, at
tempted to fathom the surroundings
as to these mysterious actions.
thought the days of the French Revo
luton, with it's hideous and barbarouS
murders, were go~<@ to be re-enaetet
in the republic, and that l was thus
taken out to be either shot or hung
Callous and Indifferent to my fate, will
my usual haste, dressed myself as IN
structed.
AS soon as I was in readiness an am
bulance was driven up to the door o
the guardhouse and was placed with
in it, weighted down with heavy iron
and, with an armed escort, was driver
to the Camden Street Depot, where
was turned over again to Marshal Nc
Phall and his accompanying detectives
who transferred me (after the weight.
. irons had been removed and those o
lighter materials placed upon M
wrists to a special car in attendance
: when was transported to Washington
MAINTAINED SILENCE.
During my trip there my lips wer
: sealed to those by whom 1 was sur
Z rounded, I being determined not to lie
l them manufacture testimony agains
me. On arrival in Washington l wa
} placed in hack and driven to the nav
= yard, where 1 was in the hands of tn
5 United States government. They con
fined me in a narrow and limited apart
Y ment, used as closet, aboard an iron
= clad monitor and irons of torturou
t manufacture were placed upon m
wrists, and l had nothing but the hare
= uneven surface Of the closet to lie upol
4 The irons were. so tightly fitted tha
t the blood could not circulate, and m
f hands became fearfully swollen, tn
= outward skin changing it's appearance
h to mixture Of black, red and purp
I color This fact was reported to Car
= tain Munroe. who kindly had thel
= changed and a pair that fitted easie
placed upon me. The heat was il
r, tense The atmosphere breathed we
: obtained through a register, as it WE
e puffed up by fans used for this purpos
e It more frequently happened than OIL
/, erwise that the machine was not 1
If work. which caused suffocating SCI
sation to creep over me. To sleep WI
Y, an impossibility on account of the e.
e IRENE pain accruing from the torturo'
y irons used.