The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-25


is35 an object supefs tssioIi
bySt tlicials. she III oish
who was sent Siii Sfof stea linz ABOUT
fortS:tise Years Of tase, s.ie sas 4 facg q
which On splteSo III nlafts 81 HE IL y
otous3 life. bears signs of limits ye
tinement and clevefne she IS
hundred anu requentls ytss Eaas
Which giyesthe Official ttfenble
An exception To tue ptIhlesome
ones Is Bill Jenkins 1; Sshi tsSisiait who
is up for a year for knbck ine man
down. the mans death res ting from
his head striking The spayefaent op
The street, All the guar slilss fl,itl.
and he has the Job of putf ing Iii WIN
dow panes and attending 70 ssach lii:
tie things rs need mendi liz opt The
premises He Will I be Smlssea Sfea
his year Is up this summer
Most Of the District con4ic work
In the shops, and In most eases, The
whites and colored people work side
by side. There are N ave shops III
which the conyiets work. u They ars
the tailor, skirt whip broom and
Kitchen s,ltensll shops scont tracts
throughout the conntry furnish the
material to Worke " OH inI these
shops and the eonsicts a he S8orlssoa
a contract made between tile outside
contractor and the warie of III
prison, Each convict has do
certain amount OF work and anyhl
does beyond the set amount for d tiay
he Is paid for at the Sreg tilar tai 'rhf
money the conyicts ma IKE III ills MAY
is generally sent home 40 thsir Styes
or some members Of their families
The Life at Moundsallles
There are about l 100 prisoners ID
the Mopndsvlles penlte ntiary, and Of
these only thirty-seyen are women.
The Women and the men never fpeei
each other Their nearest approaeh
to each other IS on Sunday mornings
when the men are seat ed sinS the body
Of the chapel and the women me
placed In thegallery They have sep
arato wording places. separate aiiar
ters and q separate dining room.
Life In q penitentiary Is d crnel Ell
lstence UNDER any conditl II IL Il
grind immutable and routine on
changeable The men are walked eL
a fixed 5hoursand. the lights are plli
4 out at night sat a fixed time. Ihes
work nine hours d day and they sd
!. to their meals ion the minute every
! day They arcS Kept III strict sllener
!, practically all the times and their
! sentence Of hard labor ii enforced
to the limit ofS the unde Outstanding Of
J, the statute TX
/. Warden q. 7. sHaddox, of thr
!: Monndsyllle prison however, slsl.s.
= all he can to improve the prisoners I'M.
b der his charge He has might:
school from s 70 otcloet seYery ais
. ternoont it being Ills RUE 10 let ND
$ prisoner SO from the institution ~
i literatcs NotSlong ago he taugnt ne
!. alphabet ID man sfx tyinine years
t old. The bright conyicts ME delaiIris
I as teachers In this school
!, Services are held Iii the pris1lI
!: chapel every SUM morn Ing some
Q times BY the prison chaplain, ann
S sometimes by Byistt ting ministers. The
8 singing IS an especial feature 1T tllesc
+ services.
4 A musical hour is Allowed eysy5I
i evening including Sunday and iins
s ing this time the men, sit ting In yI!.ssr
n cells, bring out $mandolin hanios ana
i. vlolins, many playing in unison, lie
II conylcts are also flowed 10 core
spond with their families and cs,s
receive little gifts from their friends
s and relatives.
ell & Besides 3 ,Il the hops mentioned, con
d yGlctslabor runs Ia phi tograph shop ii,
l. the prison q printing press also. MD
the he s. c'oFnyicts care for the gropnds 4
4 District smaniFis now the head d ',he
's photograph shot; n name ii Rich
e ard Hamilton and tn was senl up
II for Tor being q TOO clever with de.
illres on al chez h N ~ q
g y iis EVIDENT therefore, fhat tffs
prison, which com ains Tie Distrssl
%; Offenders and the ostofiee ( gfafs.
n ers ~ y run On humane principles. hi;
q men are punished bnt they are nbs
# tortured red They labor hard b,it slSss 1
le aregnot injured sin health of s1;ais Il
'g mind. ~ They are made hungry ii
work y't but they are fed Wen and gss,s
II erously.8s IN az cases tlislr Isliile i
e: stimulated sinE every S W.T. ,i,,ssitj !.
" They 5 are lsno8nS name IN and lid 10,
IN subjected ITO TIL T igno,b jtS3 M