The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-27
FACTORY.


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There are other watch houses midway
between and others scattered through
out the vast Enclosure, keeping prison
ers under surveillance both day and
night. a squad Of soldiers was drill
Ing In front OF the entrance when
drove up to 1t this morning. and In
side the Jail I found guards every
where.
was able to visit the institution
through a note OF introduction from the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of Burma. and
Captain Knapp, the superintendent,
gave orders that I was to be shown
every part of 1t and allowed to make
such Photographs as 1 wished.
II was accompanied by one OF the
Burmese clerks of the main office. a
bright young fellow with yellow face.
brown eyes and black hair bout which
! pink turban was tied. He wore
! Khaki jacket and below this a silk
shirt, wound tightly about the; legs
from waist to ankles. He was known
to all the officials and, at his word all
doors We're opened and allScells unlock
ed. We walked together through
ward after ward and visited the work.
shops, where more than 1000 criminals
labor from IS in the morning until in
the afternoon. as they serve out the
sentences.
Among the IncorrigtbleS.
The first division we entered was the
one devoted to the incorrigib1es. The
most Of the prisoners. as shall show
| later, labor In companies. side by side,
Nm great shops of various kinds. In
this ward every man worked alone in
! his CELL shut in BY thick walls. He
could not see nor hear anything but
1.-The sorrowful shrek of the machinery
which himself and his fellows We're
operating. and these noises sounded to
me like the walls Of the damned. Ina
/ CINE long hall fifteen feet wide, upon
(which perhaps threescore cells opened.
Each cell is about the size Of a hall
bedroom, lighted BY q grated window
Iup under the roof, so high that the
man cannot see out. The cell is wall
\ ed and fioored with cement. and Its
| only furniture is a low bench about
two feet wide and eight inches high.
/ with a course blanket upon 1t. This is
the prisoners bed. His pillow is log
OF wood Of about the size OF five
4 cent loaf of bread.
Did I say the only furniture? lam
4 Wrong! Theres,is also a great crank
lin the cell. attached 10 bar which
i extends through the walls, and which
by an arrangement of#cog wheels turns
4 a mill In the hall outside. This mill
i contains raw peanuts. and the prison.
1! er within must grind them to oil. The
4 crank is such that 1t exercises tho
whole upper part of the body. It is
turned with both hands, and the man
keeps 1t moving throughout the day.
4 The mill first inspected was that
q OF Pc Sa, Burmese, who had been
i convicted Of an assault with intent to
lkill. He was bare to the waist, en-
|cepting a light iron collar q bout his
4 neck, on which was a. metal tag giving
Ibis number. From waist downward he
wore only a breech cloth. and I could
4 see his muscles rise and fall Il as he
II strained at5Sthe crank. He acted so !
I Thought he was shamminE, and ask
ed the guards to let me try 1t myself
Y lThereupon the door was unlocked and
J III took his place. The crank moved
d easily at first, but after hundred re-
-lvolutions every cord In my arms ana
4 chest was sore, and at two. hundred !
Il was ready to drop, Neverthele ass. tnls
man was condemned to HARD Ia Dols5 - -
three months, and that to tho screen
ling Of the sixty other mill 5conhecteu
d with the cells III this ward
Twenty Thousand Convicts.
4 With the other kinds of WORK car,
ried on In such cells IS the ma Kills y
slcolr. IN this the prisoners sit tint on
s|tRe noor and pound upon eo g, ]. Y
4 fibre to reduce it to the consistency 7;
needed for rope. They keep ,u = the !
y ters flay. and If they stop are urged Or
u ~ he guards S. Such punishment a. arc li
tor men sentsnesd g hard I'd labor ts are
arc erhaps 1000 in a Burma e a'a
U year. Ifhaye before me q report r g ct thu
}oils. II shows that there are nov
somethlng like $4,000 cohY!eta n. ith'
\ various prisons, and that 10000 ha y,
+ baen On their rolls this year, OF these
q lie,o0s were sent nced to Rigorous I'm
& prssonment ana 81 We're VIII ppedl Al
Il addition. asked my guide Y. tile
NEAogging g was com mon. II az rep lied
II q, hut 1T Is q one now and then "
keep the con tcts - org
Y ING Coavicts ISnecl to Our Core
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