The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-23


 "clearing." By this time the other pris-
 oners have disengaged themselves iron l their blankets. some grudgingly and wltx
 the assistance of the guard. Powers ana
 Howard have exchanged their long night<
 robes-never ending objects of curiosity td their jail companions-for full street attire including hats. M
 Beds are stacked along the walls. Spac&
 Is scarce in the jail Silently Powers and
 Howard raise a narrow window at each
 end of the room and silently they fall into
 step and begin to walk from one window to the other. At every thirteenth step
 they whirl in perfect unison and start
 back, the one with the erect military car-
 riage and stride of the West Pointer, ths
 other with tread so light 1t seems to bella
 his sturdy frame.
 Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, about face" Hundreds of times a day this same
 step lands in the same holes in the worn
 wooden floor, almost on the same second
 of each day. On they plod, heads thrown
 back, timing even their respiration so that
 they inhale the blessed fresh air at each
 window, the stills of which are even with
 their heads. A striking pair they make. | A black criminals face appears at tha
 heavy steel door. --t
 "Line up-coffee cups." it bellows | During the apportionment of corn bread
 and black coffee the steady drill of the
 two men continues. Sweeping is the next
 thing on the days programme and durins
 this operation the parade ground Is grad
 ua1ly narrowed to the length Of cot. | A negro prisoner from the jail kitchen
 appears in custody of guard and deposits
 tray containing a simple breakfast on
 the small table near Powers bed. Two or
 three prisoners hover near. casting ex-
 pectant glances over the shoulders of the
 pair to see what the residue is likely 10
 consist of. More than once has the writer
 seen Powers and Howard stint themSeives
 that it might be sufficient to reward the lexpectant ones for some light service of a
 m menial nature.
 Huddled about a steam radiator are half
 n dozen prisoners endeavoring to distil
 coffee in a can by shooting steam into it I from the escape valve. Harsh language is called for by tine operation. An endless game of cards has started in anotner cor
 ner and presently it terminates Tn nss
 fight and the removal Of one or the coiii-
 batants to a cell.
 Il From seven o'clock to quarter past
 seven the papers are read Thence until
 nine o'clock walking, exercise, shaving ana rest consume the time. From nine ociock : until twelve in the study period; rom twelve until one is the hour dViaeu pe, tween playing 'catch'' with baseball and 'I walking. Until three o'clock. when the principal one of the two meals of the day ,Iis eaten. the men spend at their desks | Then there is more walking and nap ,i At six o'clock study again and at nah- Ipast eight the final exercise with Indian -Iclubs, and pulley weights for Powers and lthe nightly bath and rub for Howard. T During this last half hour of the jail . day the piles of iron cots and mattresses } are torn down and when the clock strikes nine every prisoner is under the blue army ) blankets.
 Il Powers and Howard place their shoes 7 and socks on newspapers. their clothes on s chairs, which they arrange so as to shleic r the light from their eyes. An ncanoes- : cent lamp hangs in the centre of the ) room. From ten o'clock F. M. until seven | the next morning it is against tho rules D to extinguish 1t or dim it in any way by the use of shades. The guard sits under = it throughout the entire night his keen v eye on the alert for the slightest move l ment in any of the beds.
 f Should Powers or Howard grow restless r in the night, which is rarely the case. the f guard creeps close to see that nothing IA b wrong"
 e One morning recently Mir. Powers arose
 before the prescribed time to visit the - bathroom. The guard followed him ex- t citedly and stammered something in the s way of an apology when he discovered t that the prisoner was not attempting to @ plunge through an eighteen-inch brick l. wall. The room in which Powers and s Howard are confined is in the "old Jall. y Great patches of bare laths show on the s- ceiling, and the window easements are so s loose that killing draughts enter day and @ night. In two parts of tho walls daylight If may be seen through cracks reaching al- e most from the ceiling to the floor. Old
 rags and papers only partly keep out the ,- chilling winter blasts. However. John V Phanz, the jailer. Is one of the most kind
 and humane of men, and does all for the Y comfort of his charges that circumstances s permit.
 '- Guarding the Prison.
 . Taking up more than one-quarter of the s floor space is a grim black cage. doubly t barred with steel mesh and heavy timbers. s which was erected in November, 190s es- ,t pecially for the two recently convicted ,S men. Into this they were compelled to n nr retire at night and remain until morning. - The coop Is fit to stop a Japanese regt- n z ment. The inside cage is formed of stout Io wood posts vertically connected by thick ~ ~ Iron bars The outer cage is formed oi . . heavy steel wire, so closely interwoven s as scarcely to admit a lead pencil between 'i them, and is set two feet from the bars. ~ After returning from their third trials . Powers and Howard were locked in thi1 's nightly until the following May.
 They have not enjoyed a second of prf-
 vacy in the five years of their confinement
 Often while they bathe there is standing ! room only" behind the partition where the  S to wash dishes, clothes and rinse mops ,d If the men strip to swing clubs their every z movement is watched by a gawking par ar eel of curious prisoners. The visit of q Id doctor evolves itself into veritable clinic
 On Tuesdays the routine is somewhat f. varied by horde of visitors. Some come l. on business bent, others to bring words o
 cheer, and many merely through morbiC a curiosity. as they would visit the hyens III cage at the zoo. But all are genially re. ,s ceived. Often one cannot but be impressed
 by the difference in demeanor and appear ,- ance between these gentlemen and soms sd of the visitors.
 rs When occasionally through the yea sd their families come to Louisville, the noted .i- prisoners are allowed to step out into ths se barred corridor. Generally they gree
 their callers through the big iron door, bu IT always in the presence of special glart tn sent up from the office with the visitors. T. Great emotion is shown at times by sym
 pathizers. Recently two of a party of cit
 izens from the mountains gave way t'
 tears while shaking the hands of thes' ly men upon seeing them for the first time ,,, Church folk are particularly attentiv' 1ISs lto them. Flowers and small comforts ar -t loften sent. Each Christmas Day the dis sa ltine1IIshed prisoners are the recipients o "a many remembrances.
 = V Powers and Howard have bankrupte' ',o io +bemselves and their families in their ex ie 1e nenslve legal fights. Howard was enables 'iS 10 +o carry his case to the United States Su ID nreme Court only by the generosity O Ue svrnnathIzers, rich and poor. in Kentuck. IS, LA oIsauhere. who subscribed to a fun