The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-01-19
W0RKH0USE
INVESTIGATION
Former Inmate Tells Story
Of III Treatment.
MORGAN on THE STAND
Tell, Of Businsn Relations siih
Lincoln Iron hofk, ard
r. Neodfn.
MORGAN on THE STAND

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o. marble saops.
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sosshi considerable marble from Ihs
hops isiof. and since hs becsms =
iirocior. Nr Noodle deals In pisnb /
- suppiies ard has bought . larTs
samissr ~ plunbsrs' slabs from our
,hops."
"Dis yos ever bus anything from
ur Woodan's Stray
''Yes cir. ell our plumbing supplies.
q. vc can e., goods from this conocrn .
a. ubolcssie prices"
Ia speaking ~ the manner ~ punish
neat ior anraiy prisoners the supcrin-
Isndcui stated that ibcy took = man 10
= room 10 solitary conf usmcnt and
fastened his urisis 81 rings 10 the
salls and loit him there tao or three
hours or perhaps four hours until he
sas upon the point Of swooning from
sheer exhaustion a. the rcsul, 81 hold
ng his arms ouisircichcd.
The superintendent vigorously den
I'd iha, be had ever received any graf,
,r commission from purchases etc. Mr
Morgan said iha, the marble shops
we're greatly over crowded. that as
nuch could be accomplished with ~
ess men. Since be has been In charge
u the institution over $500 prisoners
ave been committed.
Frank Hobart OF st Adams, who
erved a sentence of ll5 days, from
april to August 1905, told story OF
alleged IN treatment. He Is one
ided man and he told several things
bout his treatment while serving his
entence. He said he was made 10
tand at rubbing bed and polish
marble for 10 hours every day with his
me arm. the other prisoners having OF
curse, a chance To rest one arm by
sing the other. He said he Weighed
45 pounds when he entered the place
md when he came out he had lost
light pounds. He thought he could
ot have weighed over 10 pounds at
ne time. The meat. some times served
e said, was In his estimation rotten,
nd unfit for any person to eat. he
ad fresh vegetables not more than
nee or twice while incarcerated.
He suffered from floating kidney
nd brought to the institution letter
rom a physician TO that ehect put
hen he was in serious condition he
-as often refused permission to remain
a his cell. He was put on the sick list
ut during that time was made to
.ork on the farm. He said that vege-
ables we're allowed to spoil in the
arden instead Of being given to the
risoners. lie said he was given the
hoice of going to work on the rub
ing beds when he was sick In his cell
r going to the dungeon. Hobart
,stifed that in order to keep alive IL
us necessary to purchase practicaiiy