Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-23
Much Abused Martyr to Whom
TreIford Spoke Unkindly
Makes Vicious and Deadly
Assault.
SAMPLE OF "DISCIPLINE"
IN THE PENITENTIARY
Convict Who Was Held Up as
Victim Of ''Inhumanity" AL
lowed to Secure a Sharp
Knife MAY Be Murder.

Especial Dispatch to the Morning Journal
Santa Fe. July ga slmple-mlnd-
ed Mexican is lying in the hospital al
the territorial penitentiary in dam
gerous condition as result of stab
In the region of the collar bone last
Saturday at the hands of that martyr,
that convict OF the angelic disposition,
who was tortured at the hands Of
the cruel and inhuman Trelford. that
convict named William Meyers, and
numbered 2023.
The two prisoners We're at work,
one wheeling brick, and one wheeling
ashes in wheelbarrows. Meyers in
sisted on having the right of way, and
to convince the Mexican that he was
right. stabbed him in the neck.
1t win be remembered that William
was according to the testimony OF
Timothy Breen, strung up for seven
teen long days by the wrists and that
when he was finally released, after
having been fed on enough bread and
water to keep him alive, and after
having fainted twice, he was very
weak. and that all OF this punishment
was visited on William for practically
nothing. This is the convict Of whom
Timothy stated, on page 10 of his tes-
timony before the referee, the fol-
lowing:
Q.-How did his conduct compare
with the conduct OF the average con
Wet there?
A.-Just as we'll as any Of them.
This gentleman OF angelic disposl-
tion, who never did anything TO merit
punishment In some way became pos
sessed of a knife which he, instead
Of keeping in his pocket, or in his cell
placed In the neck OF fellow pris-
oner. penetrating the lung and jeop-
ardizing his life. Indeed. 1t Is not AZ
all improbable that the victim viii
die as result Of the murderous as
sault by the sweet-tempered and love-
ly Mr. Meyers, who was so severely
punished for nothing. It has not been
reported that William was sent to bed
without his supper last Saturday
night, or that he was given an extra
piece of minee pie and a glass OF lem
onade and cautioned not to be so rash
and inc0nsiderate OF his fellow prls-
Oners and so unmindful OF peniten-
tiary ethics as to stab fellow c0nvlc'
in the lung so that every time ne
breathed the crimson life-givlng tlulu
gushed forth from the gaping wound
IL would seem that Meyers has mer-
tied being placed incommunicado of
''humiIiation" by the more or less
celebrated spanking machine II It does
not turn out that he deserves punish
ment on the gallows.
IL seems that a cruel fate Is pursu-
Ing the innocent victims Of the cruel
and inhuman treatment accorded
them by ex-Superintendent Trelford
II has only been few days since
Bailey Brown, the man whom Trei-
ford so cruelty treated by pouring 9
cup full OF chilly ice water in his race
was buried at Ration in consequence Of
having come in contact with couple
OF bullets from the jaiIer's pistol az
poor Bailey was trying to regain hli
liberty of which the inconslderate offl.
GERS Of the law at Ration had robbed
him. He had the jailer down and wa
IN affair way TO free himself from ths
frksome restraint under which he had
been placed when the jaller placed
two bullets where they would do tbs
most good. and Bailey suddenly ios
interest IN the subsequent proceedings
william, who was one Of the dlstin
guished five who are supposed 70 nave
written the celebrated letter on Grim
inOloRy and prison discipline. only ias
month. seems 10 have fallen down u
trying to put his scientific theories
into effect, and instead Of being tli'
mild and docile creature he Imagined
he would be under kind treatment, h
appears TO have developed a desire q
reduce the population of the peniten
tlary. and thus relieve the taxpayer
Of the territory Of at least a portion
OF the burden Of taxation under which
they are now struggling by reducing
the number Of prisoners which nave Z
be fed and clothed at the penlientiary
Just how william became possease.
of the knife which he used with aucl
disastrous effect on the person OF tn
simple minded Mexican prisoner Wit
appears TO have been d very inoffen
alve person, II not clear. Suffice Il &
say that ho had the knife and that n
used Il with telling effect
II will also be remembered tina
William WIS one Of the nine Witnesses
whom Attorney General prlchard an
nOunced would be heard IN the de
fonse Of Trelferd and Il may Be e.
memhered. too. that Bailey Brown
decreased. was another Of the nine
Some strange things are happening Il
the territorial capital and Il may b
pretty conclualvely shown. II L canuo
be shown IN court that the mon whom
TrcifaFd punished were not al exeHi
plary prisoners.
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Automobile Victim Dies.
New York. July 22.-hisu Heller