The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-02
NOTED PEOPL
MAKING BRICK k
A Chief Industry Of the North '''
Carolina State
Penitcntiary.
RICHMOND MAN AMONG THEM
Nell Cropsy's Slayer and Widely
Known Forgers in the
Ranks.
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8 RALEIGH, N. G., April 1.-The manu-
facture of brick Is the principal work to
which tho convicts confined within the
nrison walls of tho State pentcntiary
arousubjected,J the capacity of the kiihs
being abottt forty thousandtp per day, al
though from one cause and another me
full capacity record is rarely, II ever
made.
these bricks besides being of very
excellent quality ure made, many OF
them, by exceptionally noted people,
since among tie convicts who work III
this department much Of tho time arg
such prisoners as jim WHcoA serving
twenty years for the killing of Nell crop,
sey at Elizabeth City. the most hoteu
criminal case IN this state IN src cccegi :
wears; xy:.sII. i13ishtao, the Richmond travel
insr man whom Governor Glenn u few
weeks ago declined to pardon from y
sentence Of five years tor shooting ~
death THOMAS Wilson ut IN nome III
Charlottee when Bishop was, IN COM
many with a woman Of the neighborhoou,
ldnIalng with Wilson'S daughter ana
would not obey an order from wilson tor
him to leave tho house; Ed. Utfey, or
Fayetteville, who Is serving u iiitee'
year sentence for killing Clark Hollngs-
worth In tho lobby OIL fiotel A ''aS 5e'-'
Fayetteville.
Thcso men do not work In the brio;
Nnrd constantly, but spend much OF
their timo there. The fact Is oil the co1l-
victs arc assigned to different work from
time to time so that there may not pe
too much monotony in their prison llle. !,
Referring to noted prisoners u - ~
"a M
Is serving Il sIx-year sentence Tor en'-
,hozzlement. while he was cashier or the
FARMERS and Merchants Bank, OF New
Rorn is lust now devoting his time 70
work in the prison hospital. The past
several months there has been right
tnuoh sickness among tho conyicts, es,
pecIully cnses OF ln grippe ana klhdreu
sickness incident to the roush weather
conditions Deweys hcnth has been very
srond ~ fcw months chat Ne has been IN
tho prison.
Major w. H, Martin, who IS serving
ten Years for tho embozzcmcnt' or slb,-
0OO from the state treasury whi!o nc
was institutional clerk under stare
Treasurer w. II. Worth, has been tot
quito q while. In fact for the past year
or two, doing service on the state iarih,
much Of the time us steward " ''''
convict camp there.
There arc less than $50 convicts con-
signed to the penitentlary now and not
more than 100 are In tho central prison.
the others being at work on mo STATE
farm ana on the Ralelgll and Pamllco
Sound railroad and other works OF that
kind, There are about - women inc
great majority bclng negroes. The lat
ter ara kept at tho farm, the work OF
those ON the farm. as we'll MS those kept
In tho prison being principally the max
Ing and repairing Of the clothes worn
by tho convicts. ~
Getting bnck TO the matter OF the
manufacture of brick In tho prison stock
nde It Is interesting to note that during
tho past two or three months not less
than 900 bricks have been lost by
being damaged by freezing and by tho
heavy rains. These are, of course. not
total loss, since the spoiled bricks are
reground and remolded. making thereby
ali tho better brick when they are finally
successfully burned,
SUPERINTENDENT Mann has stacked away
on the yard for use In the brick kllhs
aud in tho prison the biggest lot OF WOOD
ever gotten together IN these parts, q
has five thousand cords mostly Of eight
foot split pine, and estimates that ms
will carry tho prison through the SUM
mer months in burning the brick Nilnsr