The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-14

my coat and beat me ten times with the
@. DIV Mr. Hahn)-why did he beat
you? A.-For several bad marks.
The witness said that a crowd in the
corridor had seen Hover strike him, but
he said that no one had seen Mr.. Abb
bolts punishment.
Odd anyone see stripes on you from
this beating? Al think they did. They
must have.
Crater named several inmates who could
be called. He said further that he got
very few bad marks for conduct, but his
poor work in the tailor shop and the like
got his bad marks for him.
| Odd you purposely do bad work?
A.-No, l simply did not get the knack,
and when l got bad marks l got discour-
aged.
Az this point Crater was dismissed, and
Charles Krebs, who was sentenced for
breaking into a house in Newark last year,
was called.
O.-Did YOU ever see any Of the deputies
them hit the fellows with their hsts ana
canes, and they hit me, too. -.
Q.-Who hit you? A.-Mr. Crone. lac
kicked me-, punched me and my
eye coming from chapel one day.
He said that he was later handcuffed
and taken down to the bathroom, where
he was punched and hit again.
Witness could not tell how many times
he had been struck Dy CrOne.
He said, too, that there were many wit
nesses who afterward saw his condition.
He said that while In the bathroom he had
been handcuffed to the pipes to which
Crater had been fastened, and that Crone
and Rowley had struck him with a black
snake whip across the back, legs and
arms. He said that several Of the inmates
saw the stripes on his back as a result of
the whipping and could testify to that
- 10 49, 49, t-4t~-4latAH
Q.-What did they do to you then? A
/ had my hair cat and was put in solitary
confinement for two weeks.
Q.-Dld you get plenty OF bread and
morning and two ut night, and a drink of
water at morning, noon and night.
Q.-Were you chained? Ayes, sir
AZ o.a DAY standing !, naTisg up A SsaInst s sIr. door
Q.-What time did you sleep? A.-Aboui
Q O'Clock they let us down to sleep on the
Krebs admitted that he had been a CO.
cainc flend, and tina he stole principally
to get money to buy the drug. He was
then dismissed.
William Dennis. Of Mt. Holly, VIII,
robbed the railroad station there, was mex
called. He said that he had been due tC
leave on February 10, 1906, but that HI
was reduced for hanging a string out Of {
window with a box oil the end In a spiri
I ~ AaAAf - ~ NaA met no AAatA 4
found with a blackjack. and that he wa:
reduced to the red suit brigade as pun
ishment. and added: Il was stood up foi
four days in the guard house. too
Q.-Were you ever beaten? A.-Yes, sir
Q,-Who beat y0u? A.-Mr. Abbott.
Q.-When was that? Ain September
1906,
: Q.-Where did it happen9 AIN MI
, Abbott's office.
Q.-What led up to It? Al said | wa
sorry for one of two fellows because h
! was caught trying to get away from here
{ Mr.. Abbott heard Il. and called me to hi
: Office, He closed the door and went at me
He came Mt me with a blackjack. hit m
: on the head and all over, knocked m
! around and used me pretty bad.
J Q.-What did he then do3 A.-Put me 1
: solitary confinement
/, He told the same story as Crater abou
the amount of bread and water that
given to the inmate He said that he ha
a scar On his head as a result Of Mr.. All