The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-24
THE COLD WATER CURE.
In the Oregon state Penitcnfinry ID
Has Proved Elective.

The cold water cure has recently
t'cn adopted at the Oregon state pcn.-
Tertiary. with apparently satisfactory
results, For all practical purposes
logging has been abandoned. 40 rule
has been established prohibiting tlog
ging. and If case should be presented
in which all other punishment failed
the lash might be reSortcd to. but this
is Il contingency not deemed probable.
The cold water cure has been found Of
fcctive in some very obstinate eases.
The cold water remedy consists Of
stripping the prisoner to the skin and
turning upon him stream of cold wa
ter from an ordinary garden hose. The
iniliction Of the punishment Is not as
brutal as logging, it leaves no sears
or permanent injuries, and the punish
ment ends the moment the water is
turned off A prisoner who has been
subjected 10 the punishment once
wants no more of 1t, though he may
be smiling within few moments after
the ordeal is over. Governor Chambcr
lain and the prison authorities are
highly pleased over the result of the
experiments. for they have been de
slrous Of abolIshing the whip.
Only one prisoner has been logged
during this administration That man
was a trusty and had run away ana
upon being captured was given the
penalty always imposed IN such eases
up to that time Since then two prison
crs have been punished with the cold
water remedy. One Of them was
biz, burly negro When he came to
the prison he was assigned TO work In
the shops. but refused to oboy orders
He asserted that he didn't have TO
work and wouldn't work. He was
taken to the bathroom, stripped and
stood In corner. The first squirt of
water from the hose brought ont
uvcness of the remedy. After trying
for half minute to dodge the stream
of cold water the man gave up and
began TO beg and make promises. The
ended, he went TO work
and has given no further trouble
The other prisoner subjected to the
water cure was white man. For sew
eral months he had been giving trouble
and seemed TO find enjoyment In dis
Obcying rules even when he gained /
nothing by it. Small penalties did no
good, and he was finally warned that |
another Offcnse would bring severe |
A few days later he /
deliberately violated an important reg |
ulation ana was sent TO the bathroom, |
He began to beg before the water
struck him. and before pailful Of
water had been used he was complete
~ Subducd Before he had dressed !
again he was laughing over the punish
mcnt. but his subsequent conduct has |
proved that he doesn't intend receiving |
n second dose of water cure
There are men in the oregon peni- !
Tertiary who bear hogging scars that !
they will carry to their graves. II Is |
but fair to say that the scars were not |
received during this administration. |
Some Of the men thus punished are |
still unconquered and are perhaps
more vicious aud more desperate be |
cause of the method of inlictlng pain.
Many a prisoner has sworn that II he !
over gets m opportunity he will take
The life Of the officer who laid the lash /
across his back. Flogging was de-
grading to both the prisoner and the
man who imposed the punishment.
The prisoner was stripped and bound
md logged until In many instances
he blood flowed down his back. Not
80 with the water cure. The prisoners
ire not bound nor cut and bruised.
rhe cold water cure leaves the offend
ng prisoner with cleaner body and