The sun., 1903-02-15
4 NOBLE LORDS LIFE IN JAIL.
PRISON NOOK or THE NAR0UIS
or ABERGAVENNY'S son.
Lord william Ne>ille's Account OF His
Experiences Whine Undergoing Penal
ser,iiude-M Accurate Description
Or Modern English Prison Lifo--Lttue
Fanlt Tound WIN the Existing system.

Seryitude-Ar Accurate Description
st Modern English Prison Lifo--Little
Fanit Tound WIN the Existing system.
IospoN, Jan SIN November 1897,
Lord Wi!,iam Neville. scn Of the Marquis
of Ab,rsi sivrnny, pleaded guilty a. the
Old Bailey 20 two indictments for !rcudu-
!.f,!y obtaining Capt. SpeEder Clay's name
70 docuiErn.s to DO used as valuable &C.
cnritl.-. The case created much excito-
ncn' =, The tine. Lord William was sen
need to FIVE yrsrs penal scrvitude. tho
maximum punishment; fer his ohcrce.
On Nov. 4. 1901. IN wing oa,nsd the maxi
mum number Of marks .or good conduc, ,
h. was 60, free After completing ,hrce years
AMI nine nonths miutsor.s.nt; a.. by
good conduct. rrfnissiDn of one-.ourti
oi the norn.nal torn. san be gained.
Sine. HE 'ibc'A.ior. lord william hAR
employed hitnsoN !. writing his prison
eyr.ria.o-s "a 4 .o.uins which lss beon
ruhll.ri his wesk uni.r .hs ,i,ie o! Penal
S."y,';,ir.' Ills look. - far ~ I; describes
the act ml'xT--ti.o~o o: n convict; 10 written
h. h"roughly temperate spirit. II bears
=, imrr"ss Il: ti1:;A, tnd IA probably to
!i.rs, aii trtrs' description o. modern
English prison ifc n "Sistcnce.
4 rrpih rua through this vo'uns OF JOS
pagrs gives cpar 'iea ci what five years
renal sc-vi'ud. in this country ru-hn.
S,rtti.r' pro,.ounc"d. tho ernyi.t was
rcrov.j to cell and there allowed TO
or,l,I wia, h. liked &" lu,,rh>on, "tho last
doc,l.' n.al was 80 nav. for .hr'" urs
srd ,.;,c 'nrnhs" lhn followed Il f;"-
uut" nlrrv'rr. il. t,r prsr.co Of thr
C,r,r'. co., viii ON" q lis ;-iativcs.
A''.r h,. Lord william felt the first
tor,h q! :cai cl,ri", dom IIc was hand
cur"i a:,d t'y,r 30 Wornw' cd Scr,b,
Prison Her" - a>-urmd convict Gayb.
lad III. hg,r ciil-'d .Hd wes 'aS,r - the
hospital ward. - u" was suffering from
troublesome md rai,ifil internal COM
rla!nt HIS :wu comra:.i,ns In tho ward
were . POLICEMAN. vic had vic!oytly as
saultrd a superior officer, and man who
had murdered liz wife and thcn cut hi,
own throat $50 nadir that he was 'r.y able
10 breath" through = tnle. AID lived en-
,r " ~ louiis.' Lord William describes
lin ~ n vc'v o'.ic; iror rilvc man. hut
T. was rather rcvoi,lng 10 10 near him al
r"al,imos
tt" sCve7, weeks passed IN Wcrmwood
s.TuSa. Lord William declares seemed
slsc sever wears. '. was the worst part
~ tha wEolc impriSoam"n..' This was
no doubt due 20 the fac; thai he was for
tie frs, 'imc coUNict 40. l3l. and no longer
Lord William Nc,iic, for hc speaks in high
terms Of the kindn"ss 4 'hA ah.cals snd
even savs, "for some reasons vas sorry
to leave"
Thr ne-f stage was removal to parkhurst
ist fk.. l. = -
Of he two Ensish convict prisons in which
frst offenders serve their terms Here
he served what every Convict h..s to do.
nine months az what s called separate
confinement He SAYS "Ihlr means that
out OF the twen'y-:our hours he has one
hours exercise, and for the other twenty
three hours he 10 -hut up alone in his cell
working for eish, hours at any occupation
that Is considered suitab @ for him
The work generally given TO the men
is making mail-bags or rough sewing Of
some kind or other But owing 10 my h1v-
ins cot vNrv much run down | was set 10
knitting stockings. wicl, almost Iny
one can learn in a few lessons and which
after while becomes rather absorbing
There il just enough thought required to
kco1 the mind partly engaged. and, rs the
init'or can walk or sit. or work IN almost
any lt'tr,de be gc.s a certain amount OF
clur-c"
Iori Wil'am speaks strongly against
III -v-tem Of Separate confinement.
t-yng that The solitude and the hope
lr>- monotony. with nothing to thirh Of but
'tr lprG years of suffering and disgrace
ahead ?rodlcc unryous irritation ap-
liuac.i.s in some cases 20 frenzy and
fstngi nf -oftcniu- the man. ring out
a. g. evil there Is in him " Since his
tim" IA, 'eriod has been reduced from
Lin" tp five months
4 The end of these nnc months Lord
William, who ~ Ia says had ava 70
leon slender and light for INV height
Weighing about /? stone, t,ss pound'l and
sanding G feet =. inches in my stockings.
nov Weighed no moro than ai,ort o stone
J" pounds 30 rouhdsl
IN Lis state of health Lord William from
y reryer. 1892. to May. saS. acted "a an
assistant orderly in tho inhrmary This
ilrant "Ec.ns out OF my cell good dca l..
cean!ny staircase going rouna with break
fsst, dinner AMI supper. helping To dis
trinu.c medicine and attending TO til" men
who were confined TO bed through illness.
Twas obliged Ia do some rather dirty work,
yet looked on it AZ a godsend. as the MOI "
ono has . 10 tine batter II /, for ones mind
IN Nay he was able 90 join the able
bodied star" class The star men are
those vino are firs, Offenders.
Here" he SAYS, "the work | did was
hgymaking, digging potatoes and cart
Ing manure. and other kinds Of farm work
In the carting, as q rule. no horses are cm-
ployod, but the men draw the cart, har-
Messed two by two TO a long rope. frankly
say this was the part liked best.
the open-ar exercise and the variety
we're n positive delight after the inonotony
Ct crawling along with the hospital party,
and rs for the supposed degradation OF
drawing q cart. II made no earthly difference
10 mo, since had to serve my sentence,
whether pulled OF the rope or whether
] ~ on tho tor and drove the horse. as
free farm laborer does. Why should 1t
- more degrading TO pull cart than 1t
t. to push a barrow' I never felt any rs
pulaicn from any kind OF prison work.
bu, from the beginning ! made up my
mimi "a do v.bot 4 told do and To