Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-07-11

in the ladder of crime, and one but
on the first few steps, il given mental
medicine conjugent with the mental
sickness, can easily be cured. Club
bing will never cure anyone.
"The extensiveness of the brutality
of Mr.. Trelford and Mr.. Sample is al
most unbelievable, but if anyone
doubts the truthfulness of our accu-
sations and will take the trouble to
come down here and investigate his
incredulousness will be quickly and
fully eliminated
Charge Trelford With Assault.
"Mr. Trelford has even taken men
who were guilty of but some trivial
offence out into his Office and aim
ing a revolver at their heads had
pugilistic Mr.. Sample, his able assist
ant, numerically punch them about
the head and body until they were
covered with blood.
"A man was put into the hole for
breaking some little rule and kept
there until he became so weak he
could hardly stand up. One morning
when one Of the guards started to
chain him up he tainted. The super
intendent was called, who immed.
lately proceeded to strenuously kick
the unconscious man. After approx.
mately ten minutes Of this brutal and
unsuccessful attempt at revivifying
his shirt was opened and ice placed
next TO his flesh which soon revived
him, and weak and sick he was i'm
mediately hung up
'Two men were hung up in the
hole for twenty-three days and then
taken out and put in solitary confine-
ment. They stoutly assert innocence
of the small offence which they were
accused of and punished so severely
for
1--WE will not try TO enumerate all
the cases of cruelty, for to do so it
would require a block of paper. We
will cite one more and then we are
done. Mr.. Breen, the former
cell house captain can verify it.
Describe Case Of Wanton Brutality.
"One Of the coolest and most dis
agreeable days we had last winter the
men who were wheeling clay to the
crusher would quit work quite often
and go over to some steam pipes
close by and get warm. 1t was ap-
parently too cold---it was showing
for the yardmaster to venture away
from the fire, for he had not been
seen by the wheelbarrow men all
morning. but at last he showed up,
and as there were some men standing
around the pipes he ordered them
back to work. Some distance away
from the rest was a man who the
yardmaster for no just reason what
ever was biased against Well, he
takes this man over to the deputy
office and Mr.. Sample being the judge
jury and executioner, only a few min
utes elapsed before the man was
chained to the wall in the dungeon
Seventeen days he was kept there
The night of the sixteenth day he was
so exhausted that he tainted three
times inside of an hour The after
noon of the seventeenth day Mr.. Trel
ford the superintendent, went down
to the hole to see the man, and at
ter calling him all the vile names i'm
aginable, brutally assaulted him
The man suffered some time after
wards from the blows received, and
has been kept in solitary confinement
| ever since.
We respectfully remain,
WILLIAM B. MEARS, 2023;
"CLAUD DOANE, 1860;
81. S. BACA, 2O64;
DAVID A. THOMAS, 2O24;
"A. M. ARCHULETA, 1900.
"P. S.--We will not try to get any
more names for we find that a great
many of the prisoners have been in
timidated and others being doubtful
of our success in getting the letter
out. think it would be imprudent tt
sign"
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