Bisbee daily review., 1904-05-18

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 That one human being can take an other, and confne him in the hell hole
 called the branch county jail as it is
 maintained in the City of Bisbee i;
 beyond the comprehension Of any civ
 sized being. When an officer mak
 ing an arrest says: q never go in
 side of the place. When arrest a
 man and take him to the county
 branch jail, throw him in and then
 close the door, for I wouldn't care
 so inside of the place." it must be be
 yord all description. And yet the
 County of Cochise is maintaining a
 deadly nuisance within this city, with.
 cut the sanction of humanity. reason
 or law, and against all that is decent, and as the law demands. that nc off
 cer shall treat prisoner with inhu- manity.
 Ii is doubtful If there is CT Gods
 green earth a more abominable hole
 than this filthy. lousy, vermin-infested hovel, into which officers of the law throw" their prisoners when it is a county case. That some good Stout, husky man, who has not yet been con Ticteo of crime, although placed under arrest, has not resisted the officer with his life, rather than submit to be con fined. CT even thrust within the walls of this vile den, and submitted to be killed before he would suffer the in excusable thrusting Of his nose within the walls Of the branch county jail. is beyond comprehension. That they would be absolutely justified in using every effort in making that resistance ther is not jury in the world but would acquit the prisoner.
 Not particle of ventilation enters the place. Not a light pours in it's rays that would drive the pestering and fostering yermin from where they choose to run It is reeking with ref- min. It is worse than a pest house. There isn't an officer in Bisbee but should refuse to take prisoner there. There is not Justice of the Peace that should permit a dog to be sent there. There is not a prisoner taken within the city that should allow him self to be taken there. The law ney- CT made 1t lawful for any person cloth ed with authority Of any kind to con fine human being where it would not eonsign a brute. ! This branch county jail stands on Pythian Avenue, within a few steps o. the passenger station, on one of the best thoroughfares in the city.
 The matter has been reported to the Board of Aldermen. They have stamp cd the floor in indignation, and they had right to. They have threatened condemnation, and they have consult co the City Attorney. At the last meeting of the City Council five days were given the county to remove the nuisance The five days are up. What has the city done in the matter? What is the City Attorney doing to- wards abating this filthy black hole? What do they intend doing fin the mat. ter? What right has Cochfse county to maintain a dirty, filthy nuisance in the City of Bisbee? Why should any more leniency be shown the county than any other individual? Who gave It any special privileges in this city?l What do the Aldermen propose to do with this abomination. which theyl have condemned. The conditions arei about to the point where it would be | a good place to act and arbitrate af- In the meantime, no off, ger has the right in the name of hu- manity to put the dirtiest individual in l he community within the county | branch jail. The city has no right to permit the county to maintain anyl such place within its limits. And I he County of Cochise has no right to subject Bisbee to any such abomina- Ion. & 6f "a SE | - -tss 4