Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-06-25
Jap Clark Gives List of "Poor"
Prison Fare Much Superior
to That of the Ordinary
Workingnnan.
"CUT THAT OUT or
THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Cowboy Admits He Never Did
Like TreIford and Liked Bur-
sum Better Than BurSum'S
Grub.


~ W.
Especial Dispatch to the Morning Journal
SartS Fe, n NJ. June 24.-The Trelford
hearing was resumed shortly after o'clock
this afternoon, when Attorneys Hanna ana
Kelly appeared for Trelford
Jap Clark the cowboy who killed dep
MY sheriff named Chase at Torrance in
April 1905. who is being held In the Santa
Fe county jail upon continuance Of his
trial until the next term Of Torrance coun-
~ court was the only witness who ap-
peared before Attorney General Prichard to
testify during the day. Clark testified that
he had eetlmate named Clarence Hamil-
ton and said he had known Hamilton out
side Of the penitentiary In reply to Il
question .as to whether he knew of any ac-
cident which happened to Hamilton. he
stated that Hamilton had his right arm
broken about month before Trelford be-
superintendent Of the penitentiary
Later the witness stated that Hamiton's
arm was broken some time in March, 1906.
lie stated that this convict was compelled
10 perform manual labor in the summer Of
1906, the witness thought in the month Of
June July. when he put to shov-
cling coal. After he had been shOyeling
coal the witness saw the bandage on Ham
fltons arm and the arm appeared to be
crooked and the skin pushed out bg
something that appeared to be a broken
bone. When questioned as to how long It
was after the arm was broken before he
was required to perform manual labor the
witness stated that il was about ninety
days. on cross-examination by Mr. Hanna
ii was developed that Hamilton had to
shovel coal with a scoop shovel and had to
lift the coal up some -four or five feet on
being closely questioned by Hanna, how
ever as to whether Hamilton shoveled coal
with a scoop shovel with a broken arm.
clark sta,etla a-that one bone OF The arm APP
peared to be broken
lie stated tnat the arm was broken in
March, and that DR. Knapp gave Hamilton
medical attention, and that he heard DR.
Knapp tell Hamilton that it would be six
months before he could do any work In
this connection the records Of the penten-
tiary show that Hamilton sustained frac-
lure Of both bones of the right forearm,
and that he was admitted to the hospital
ON March 10. 1906, and discharged April
H. 1906, after having been in the hospital
a little over month. He was discharged
about the time Captain Trelford took charge
Of the pententiary, DR. Knapp was the
prison physician until the end Of June. 1906,
and therefore was the prison physician for
more than three and a half months after
Hanlllibn = arm WAS blNh'ii - AN''N'ff
stated this afternoon that he did not re
member the particular occurrence referred
to by Clark but that bandages were rarely
used on broken arms for more than thirty
days He appeared TO be incredulous as I"
the story Of the broken bone and the re-
Election on his professional ability to re-
duce fractures.
Another case Of "cruel and inhGnan
treatment" that came under the notit' OF
Mr. Clark was the case Of Claude Dome
whom he said he saw after sixteen days
treatment in a dark cell He said that
Doane complained OF his back hurting him
ON account Of his hands having been
chained up so high "He said that Doane
appeared awful poor and weak and that
he had seen bread and water carried to
Dnanes cell several times Another case
Of "fightful mlstreatment" was that Of
Niger Tony" who had a cell under that
of Clark Clark said that one morning
Just about the time the men were turned
out he heard some one throwing water ana
asked King one Of the keepers, who was
throwing water. and that King replied thal
This d-n Niger has tainted and that
he threw the water and it did not revive
the man. but that he got around after
Trelford got after him with big STICK
which the witness described as being about
thirty inches long and bigger around thah
a broom handle. but as not so big as a hoe
handle.
on cross-examinaton the witness stated
that he could not hear the blows from the
stick. but that he could hear the water be
ing thrown. The cross-exsmination also
developed that Knight another prison
official was going to chain the man
up when he tainted. and that he
was trying to get him up in order to put
the handouts on his wrists. The witness
said that the prison fare was very poor and
that he had heard many of the convic.s
complain about il. He finally stated on
cross s-examination that he had heard as
many as one hundred convicts complain
about the food. but when asked by MI
Hanna who the convicts were. he could only
give two names Before he got through
win the cross-examination he had testified
thar the convicts and Jail prisoners got all
they wanted to eat Of such food as was fur
nished, and this is what ne tes'itie" ""@
Reef Pork Bacon
Weinerwurst. Bologna Sausage
Long Link Sausage
Poems Rice. Potatoes.
Butter Sugar salt
stewed Apples stewed Pruncs.
Stewed Peaches.
Ra.ts Carrots.
Macaronl and Cheese.
Rpt he asserted. while he could smell 4
and taste the cheese with the macaronL ne
could not see it. lie admitted that he
kicked about the fare under Bursum. as
well as under Trelford. and stated that ne
"A said a good many times that IL seemed
"a MIN that he could give better food. al /
.hough he did not like the food under bur
. "A He stated that he liked Bursum'
>.srrett aud Dr. Knapp. but that he did NOT
he he saw .
him Ua added in the most matter II fact
way. ..IIe's not my kind Of man soon
after this he admitted that the first time he