The Socorro chieftain., 1907-06-29
SLUMGULLIONlS lSSERVED
To COnvicts in the Territory Peni-
tentiary under the Recent Re-
form Management.
CHARGES OF BRUTALITY MADE
Stated That One Convict with a
Broken Arm Was Forced to
Shovel Coal

The investigation into Super.
intendent Arthur Trelford'S CON
duct of the territorial prnitrn-
tiary came To a sudden rnding
Wednesday afternoon When Il
difference of opinion arnS,. c"n-
cerning payment for The services
of stenographer. Attorney
General Prichard caused liral
entry to be made in the official
proceedings as follows:
THE attorney general here
announces that the testimony on
behalf of the Territory is closed
and states that the fullest latitude
will be given to the attorney for
the management of the Terri
torial penitentiary to introduce
witnesses for the purpose of dis
proving or denying the points
brought out in the testimony of
the witnesses for the territory,
whereupon the attorney for the
management of the Territorial
penitentiary announces that the
attorney general may make his
report and he will take his
branch of the matter up in
another way"
Tuesdays proceedings i'll the
investigation are commented
upon by the Santa Fe New Mex
lean as follows:
Taking of testimony was re-
sumed this afternoon by Attorney
General George w. Prichard in
the investigation of charges of
inhuman treatment of cOnvictS
in the penitentiary filed against
Superintendent Arthur Trelford.
Jap l.. Clark, who was confined
in the prison there as Jail
prisoner awaiting trial from
February :, 1906, to February
II, 1907, was placed upon the
stand and related instances of
abuse to convicts, and also testi-
fled as to the poor quality of the
food served to inmates of the
penal institution.
sHoVELs COAL WITH BROKEN ARM.
Clark told of a case of a con-
vict named Clarence Hamilton,
who had been put to work
shoYeling coal, who had met
with an accident about three
months previous in which he
sustained fracture of the right
arm. The witness stated that
this cOnvict'S arm had apparent
w not yet healed, as it was still
kept tightly bandaged. Upon
crOss-examination later by At
torney X. II. Hanna, counsel for
Superintendent Trelford, Clark
stated that DIR. David Knapp who
had been treating Hamilton,
said the latter would not be
able to perform manual labor or
use the injured arm for at least
six months. Clark testified that
he had occasion to examine
Hamilton's Injured arm one day
in the bath room after lie had
been compelled to go to work
shoyeling coal and he said that
il appeared to him that it was
still broken.
SIXTEEN DAYS STRUNG UP IN DARK
CELL.
Another instance was re-
lated of punishment of convict
by the name of Claud Doan.
Witness said lie saw the assistant
superintendent Samuel Sample
taking this convict Doan to a
dark cell where he was confined
for sixteen days. When Clark
saw the prisoner after the latter
had been released from solitary
confinement, Doan looked awful
poor and seemed awfully weak
he said. Clark said the convict
told him his hands had been
chained so high in dark cell
that it almost broke his back.
He seemed weak. knight had
to hold him for support. | was
told they fed him on bread and
water and saw them taking
bread and water down To the
cell several times"
CLUB TO REvIvE PAINTING NEGRO,
Clark told of still another
instance of cruelty to a negro
convict called Tony. He said he
heard water thrown one day and
asked Knight who had charge
of the kitchen, what was the
natter
Knight told him, he said, by