The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-28
IMPRISONED MEN.
COME OUT TO-DAY;
0SS|N|AG N FEAR
What Will Happen When Hun
dreds Leave Cell Confines
No One Knows
NO DISCIPLINE IN
CELLS WHATEVER
Men on Full Rations and Are
Now as Strong and Much
More Surly than When
lncarcerated

OSSINING. N. r., July 27.--what
win happen when Warden Clancy lets
out. Of their cells the $50 men who
have been imprisoned for ive days
and night87 That was the question
everybody in Ossining was putting to-
day. For the village believes that un-
less you deliberately weaken men In
long confinement by = diet of bread
and water--six slices Of bread and .
gill of water day. II the Sing Sing
formuia--the longer they are locked
up the uglier they get
Warden Clancy hasn't resorted to
bread and water. There ID little doubt.
therefore. that ne faces . day full Of
trouble X he turns out the rebels to-
morrow as he has planned.
The condition OF the imprisoned
men Is pitiable. Friday morning found
many OF them in a state OF semi-col-
lapse after the fearful yelling OF the
night before. On men doubled up in
cells the five-day confinement has
been particularly cruel
Warden and Onicer 1T Outs.
Warden Clancy has fallen out with
a chief Officer under him, and in al
most every case has taken the counsel
of the convicts. even OF rebels. against
the word of this officer who is opposed
to be his adviser. This has greatly de-
lighted certain men IN the prison who
have been active in fomenting rebel
lion.
Popular opinion In ossining credits
an official In the prison, an enemy Of
Suizer and, secretly. OF Warden Clan
cy, with being the director Of the con-
yicts revolt. This man is friend
of ex-Warden John s. Kennedy. who
was indicted and removed. However
this may be, the convicts themselves
are terribly in earnest in their revolt.
They say they are putting up their
fight against a Jail that Is making
them worse men.
Freed C0nyic& Talks.
One of the fellows freed recently
said:
IF only the people OF the whole
State could see what they are doing
TO the poor guys i'm there they would
understand the trouble. I've wished
20 God they would take me out and
would care about getting OUT IL they
could get the outside world to look
In
Leon c. weinstock. who investigated
Sing Sing prison for Governor Dix.
and whom Governor Sulxer has made
the New York city member OF the
commission which Is to replace Sing
Sing with farm prison. as early as
possible. told the Sun that he did not
Of State Superintendent Of Prisons
John b.. Riley. As to how the new
prison should be built.
Wants Sanitary Prison.
MY own conception he said,
would be to have not one big cell
block. as Is the case even at 10 en-
lightened and successful prison ms
Great Meadow. at Comstok. N. r..
but a number of cell blocks.
I'm the construction OF the cell
blocks there need be no difference. We
want houses Of steel with half the
wallis in glass. 30 A. to Hood the cells
with sunlight and fresh air. just as II
the case at Great Meadow prison. We
want cells with rounded corners. thin
steel partitions, thin steel gEill doors
that let in lots Of light and air. toilets
and basins with running water. metal
beds. And we want roofny celiss 6nch
cells are easily kept clsnM You can
take the man and the uaae1Eon ont ana
turn on the hose, X nee6 IN an4 dam
age nothing.
Il think Judge Riley " wrong in
advising that the legiDe. knro appro-
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