The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-31

by means of a mac lie was sea.
10 the hospital and was not padded
on that occasion. There were a mum
/ Der OF cuts on his head. but ne wa
rot permanently tnjured nor was ne
I unconscious. After keeping him
| locked up for some time ne was
again put 10 work and some timr
thereafter. without cause or proyocd-
! ton. he struck another convict with
large hambm"r. fracturing MS
, skull. Since that time he has been
I confined in his cell
Harry Howard. TIE ''ifer." whom
I Splnks alleges was so terribly beaten.
/ was convicted on charge Of rrst
| degree murder in Wetzel county IN
4 May p. 1907. and sentenced TO ME
: imprisonment At the time of ~
arrest he killed one man ana
wounded another. who later c'ed. n
| Is claimed he had u very bad rec
ord, established Under the alias q;
I Kid" Raymond
Howard was connected with "A plot
I TO escape during the funeral Of ex-
. Warden HadtOx and ne has since
that timc been carefully watched lie
l. said to have always showed q re-
J bellious spirit. but has kept within the
rules and was never punished previ-
/ Gus TO his recent attempt to make IFS
/ escape. After his second escape seN.
eral weeks ago. when he was brought
b back into the prison h. was very def
ant, and said that IL he was padded
he would kill the man who did f. lie
was ordered sent to his cell. and after
! conference between Captain BlCyd
. and the warden 10 was decided Il
/ would not be safe 10 permit this chal-
3 lenge 10 stand II was also agreed
between the captain and the warden
that ne should be taken into the cap
tain's ONCE the day following and the
matter talked over with him 20 see if
he still held TO this defiant attitude.
3 When the officers unlocked his door
TO direct him TO the captains Office 10
is said he absolutely refused 10 20.
and when they sought tu bring him.
he offered resistance and the mace
was used
Howard Not Unnecessarily Punished.
lie was then taken TO the tower
| and given q padding i'm the presence
. OF Or Beam. who afterwards stated
, that he was not cruelty or unnecessa-
2 rily punished \ few days afterward
! Or. Ashworth assumed charge Of tho
institution. and he was requested 20
} make an examination. His statement
7 10 the warden was also to the effect
/ that he was not seriously Injured.
and he has long since entirely recov-
/ cred
Al MoundsviUe the cells IN which
. the prisoners are confined at night
and when not at work occupy two en-
. tire sections OF the main building.
They are built four tiers high in the
4 center OF the room. with wide. airy
and we'll lighted corridors on each
side The cells are provided with
everything possible TO add 10 the COM
fort OF the inmates Aside from the
bed. which is we'll equipped with mat
tress, blankets and pillow there is
table and "a chair Most OF the cells
are well Carpeted. and everywherc
absolute cleanliness prevails One OF
q the most progressive and most neces-
sary Of AN the couveuieuces IS the
running water In the cells This
greatly improves the sanitary coudi-
tions. and is most essential 20 the
health OF all OF the prisoners
The prison occupies plot OF
ground five acres in extent. around
which has been erected a high stone
wall on which are stationed guard
who maintain constant v.-il over the
movements Of the men within tho
ward. Confined within thpse narrow
boundaries are Lac prisoners. for tho
care and guarding OF which there are
provided So guards
Working System for convicts.
The institution is entirely sollsus-
tanning and yearly net good profit
20 the state. To provide Worl, for the
prisoners there are several shoD-
which manufacture clothing Of va-i.
GUS kinds. hrooms and whips. under
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