Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-20
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ton of the Juvenile court instead of
In n,or.aI custory of the police had had
on his way to the so-called toilet: that
De Mars low shoes were CRACKED
around the sides, the soles were worn
through to the ground. and his feet
were freezing. De Mar did not have
q coat or glove. He Was quite sick and
could hardly speak because of bad
cold. Harris. the prisoners say, rode up
TO the fire. where De Mar was
trying TO warm his feet. and ordered
De Mar to get out and run back to
the chain gang De Mar, his fellow
prisoners aver. showed Harris his
broken soleless shoes. and pressed the
water out OF them. and begged to be
allowed to warm himself for few
minutes. Harris they say. deliberately
rode De Mar down, and beat him with
a long leather strap with which he
ties his horse. clear from the cook
ing fire to the chain gang working on
+ street. De Mar. his friends say was
sitting by the stove in the Volunteers
of America hall on east First South
street last Tuesday night. whom the
clerk went across the street 10 the
police station and returned with an
officer. who arrested > unfortunates
who had sought refuge from the Bit
by Judge John NJ. Bowman. The
prisoners said that young man. who
Is a nephew of Officer Heath. SAW
Harris beat De Mar
NEWS MAKES INVESTIGATION
Last Saturday morning. when a rep
resentative of The News investigated
the chain gang, in response to numer-
GUS complaints from the people living
in that neighborhood, one OF the most
pathetic figures was a young fellow by
the name of Upton. IL years of age.
| His family lives in Seattle, but he has
not been allowed to communicate with
them. He was arrested for vagrancy
two weeks ago, and sentenced to serve
so days. He was placed on the chain
gang and sent out in zero weather,
with snow storms raging. to work on
the chain gang. without gloves or over
coat. Last Saturday. he had on q
thin. black summer suit. of very light
texture. His shoes were good shoes,
| and looked new, but they were not the
kind of shoes given to members of the
chain gang. and they did not look like
shoes usually worn by ''vags." He has
pneumonia. and both lungs are con-
gested He has had absolutely no
medical attention. and unless he Is
speedily sent to the hospital, he GER
tainly Will die from pneumonia.
one OF the worst cases of mistreat-
ment on the chain gang Is that of Frank
Schlesinger, who was given a 90-day
hoater last April. The history of his
case is typical. He was not a vaRrant
. He had been working for Mrs. Latham,
4 well known and highly respected
lady. who has lived here for 81 years
at Third South and Fourth West
streets. He had also been working for
her son. William Latham, of 81 west
Sixth South street. Schiesinger was
picked up week ago last Monday, and
the police never even gave him q hear
Ing. but put him on the chain gang to
serve the 80 days to which he had been
unjustly sentenced last April. Schles-
inger was working when he was given
this outrageous sentence. Mr.. Latham
had given him a job. and he should
have worked on the day he was arrest
ed week ago last Monday. The police
did not let him go into court and tell
his side of the case, but put him right
on the chain gang. Schlesinger is very
sick. He is afflicted with a double rup-
ture. This he showed to DR.. Frank B.
Steele. who is paid large salary by the
city to attend TO such work, and DR..
Steele he says, told him to send out
and get truss Schlesinger told
Dr. Steele that he had no money
with which to send out and
buy a truss, whereupon DR.. Steele re-
Piled: "Well, we don't buy trusses for
every ruptured bum" Schlesinger bog
ged and pleaded not TO be taken cut
on the chain gang, but he was forced to
go. Thursday morning. he laid for four
hours in the snow, with both ruptureS
torturing him. and Harris kicked him
time and again and told him to get to
work. The treatment of Schleslngcr
almost caused a mutiny among the
other prisoners, who had been driver
to desperation by the abuse of Ander
son and De Mar.
The conditions in the city prison are
the worst In the history of that home
of hate. When Chief of Police Barlow
Dragged In The Tribune that he had
broken the record by cramming 10o
prisoners some of whom were women,
in the black hole" where there were
men, Just 63 prisoners had been jam
med. The 16 hunks accommodated that
many men. The others were forced TO
sleep on the damp cement floor with
out any covering whatsoever. The air
in the city prison Is vile. and the stencil
is frtghtful The place is not fit for
a hog to stay in.
DYING OF BLOOD POISONING.
One of the worst cases in the city
prison is that of John Bland, 62 years
OF age. who had been there already for
two months on Dec. IL. He was kicked
by a horse. a short time before being
sent to jail. and DIR. Sharp treated him.
He was on the way to recovering the
use of his right leg, when he was