Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-05-20
THE COLD WATER CURE
In the Oregon state Penitensiary II
Has Proved Effective.

In the Oregon state Penitensiarx II,
Has Proved Effective.
Inc eoid water cure has recently
oeen adopted at the Oregon state mont
Tertiary, with apparently satisfactory
results For all practical purposes
noeging has been abandoned. No rul.
mas been established prohibiting fog
s'ns' ana II case should be presented
in which all other punishment faiIed
the lash might be resorted 10 hnt ,bi.
Is contingency not deemed probable
Inc cold water cure has been found Of.
receive In some very obstinate cases
Inc cold water remedy consists OF
Stripping the prisoner TO the skin md
turning upon him stream OF cold wo.
Ter from an ordinary garden hose. The
innieuon or the punishment is NOT no
brutal as tiogging. it leaves no scars
OF permanent Injuries. and the punish.
ment ends the moment the wafer "a
turned on. a prisoner who has been
subjected TO the punishment once
wants no more of II. though he may
De smiling within n few moments orter
the ordeal Is over. Governor Chamber.
lain and the prison authorities ore
high'y pleased over the result of the
experiments. for they have been de.
slrous of abolishing the whlp.
only one prisoner has been fIorred
during this administration. That man
was trusty and had run AWAY and
upon being captured was given the
penalty always imposed i'm such coses
up TO that time. Since then two prison
ers nave been punished with the cold
Wdter remedy. One of them was n
Dig Durly negro. When he came TO
the prison he was assigned TO work in
the shops. but refused to obey orders
He asserted that he didn't have IN
work and wouldn't work. He was
taken to the bathroom. stripped and
stoou IN corner The first squirt of
water from the hose brought out n
Shrek that was evidence of the effec-
lveness Of the remedy. After trying
Tor half minute to dodge the stream
or cold water the man gave I'M and
began to beg and make promises. The
punishment ended. he went TO work
and has given no further trouble.
The other prisoner subjected TO the
water cure was white man. For soy
eral mouths he had been giving trouble
ana seemed TO find enjoyment i'm dis
obeying rules even when he gained
nothing by II. Small penalties did no
good, and he was finally warned that
another ohense would bring severe
consequences. y few days later he
deliberately violated an important reg
ulation and was sent to the bathroom.
He began TO beg before the water
struck him, and before n pailful of
water had been used he was complete
ly subdued. Before he had dressed
again he was laughing over the punish.
ment but his subsequent conduct has
proved that he doesn't intend receiving
Il second dose OF water cure.
There are men In the Oregon peni-
Tertiary who bear logging scars that
they will carry to their graves. 1t 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 and more desperate be-
cause OF the method OF inaicting pain.
Many prisoner has sworn that II he
ever gets an opportunity he will take
the life OF the officer who laid the lash
across his back. Flogglng was de-
grading TO both the prisoner and the |
man who imposed the punishment.
The prisoner was stripped and bound |
and logged until in many instances |
the blood flowed down his back. Not |
SO with the water cure. The prisoners |
are not bound nor cut and bruised. |
The cold water cure leaves the offend. |
Ing prisoner with cleaner body and |
apparently more peaceful mind |
Portland Oregoninn.