The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-14

term III. the inst1tnti lion. " zne Are1
I time, he stole something and got 9
short sentence. The life was TO hie
tliking He was used better thar
The had ever been used before. He
had no sooner gotten out than he
deliberately walked up In front of 8
store in Grand Forks and con
Ifiscatei a dummy and q coat This
i was in broad daylight He was ar
rested as he desired, and given
i three years for the crime. When
|he had served his time, he went
back to Grand Forks, and deliber
ately stole another coat. The
warden wanted him to plead guilty
Ito petit larceny and take jail
i sentence. Murphy said .''No, ! won't
do it. I'm going back 70 the pen
III like IT there. That's the only
home have. I would rather DC
i there than at the poor farm And
he was sent up for seven years
He was out in the woods that day
We visited the institution, oversee
ling the cutting of posts and poles
liz he lives until he serves his time
Inc will DO something that wild en-
able him to draw another term
He likes it.
| We visited the penitentiary the
next afternoon, being shown every
courtesy bv the efficient warden, Mr.
Hellstrom. Mr.. Hellstrom took Us
Thru the institution spending -four
Ihours in doing SO. Mr.. Hellstro n
showed us murh OF the furniture
made by Robinson, one OF the Saw
yer bank robbers. who is serving
I21 years behind the bars. Robinson
II will be remembered, is the fellow
who was shot thru the ankle. He Is
A first class cabinet maker and has
made several beautiful weathered
oak desks, chairs, Mission furniture
of all kinds, round dining tables
side boards, etc. Much of the fuf
niture can be seen in the beal'tltn
home of the warden and 1T is per
Ifectlv done. Robinson made little
dining room set of furniture fer 'he
warden's little girl for her Christmas
nresent. Robinson's cell is the
model of neatness. He is quite
reader. ana several Of the best peri
|odicals appeared on his table. ROD
;nco, had a sweetheart before ne
,,os,bed thu Sawyer bank, and SHE
&c stuck right to him. She lives
in Bismarck, where she sees 1'la'
,.s n,entv of Injuries. AIthc
che is not allowed to visit him. sue
FOOLS that she is near, ana ''S''
helps some.
WARDEN Heastrom has adop'e" q
~, ,rison record. which is reriee'
IN construction. 1t is the 'oose
,,afod system. When a pr'so'e'
hoe served his time. the leai =
t.Len. out of the book, and caret"''.
s,od awav, A very careful recor'
=, +he deoortment Of each prisoner 81
- kent n the record The work o.
tr,nscribing the record, was cone
y. on,;s the former book keeper o.
~, - Grand Forks Mercantile co.
.,,ho served some years for emoez
element. Lewis writes a pe'A
hand. .<>,.ae
We noticed several OF the reeo'as
A,fred WOODEN, who escaped "N'n
possanalla last spring, but VINO NDs
o,ntnred. lost all OF his good mars
and will have to serve MS compis's
time.
| -, Remington is the oldest prls
oner in the institution in polnt o.
wears. having been confined the'e
since Dec. %, 1891. He was only =
wears Of age when he was sent W
from Cass county for murder, ano
must serve the remainder OF ms
life there. He became infatuated
with a woman, who spent AN the
money Remington could give hef
anil wanted more. The young man
lay in walt in an elevator all day
long and at night killed the proprie
tor He got no money but was
given Life sentence. Remdn gton
lis at the head of the tailoring de
partment and has an absolutely
clean record. He 10 also good
barber, and shaves the warden. He
does all the cutting for the prison