The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-12
ST. LAZARE Is
JAIL OF HORRORS
EX-Inmate Describes Prison
Where Nine. CaillauX
Is Confined.
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in such place? Is it not rather an add
, ton to tho horror;
For in the ristole there arc reasons
for terror the first and perhaps the worst
OF all being the twilight. the undecided
hour when the light OF day has gone. al
though il il not We, night. when every
thing in n place already dismal assumes
an aspect sad enough to drive one TO tears
and the outlines 81 the chapel. which alone
during tho day give some relief TO tho
horizon Of the pisto ole. fade away.
| Under the window Is the courtyard where
women of every kind march around. II heart e
breaking focl.. Some wash their linen.
a scanty supply; others move round and
round. talking in high tones. Some fight
with each other or sing filthy songs until
they are stopped by "Bostock. officially
known a. Sister Lconide. that admirable
veteran who can compel the most incor-
rigible 10 quit by one look. For thirty
years she mas accomplished her uncuualled
task with strong, even coarse. language
suited to her clients comprehension. but
with kindness of heart at the same time.
| And this il the only sccne tho inhabitant
of the pistole can gaze upon. at n time TOO
! when she has the greatest need of some
/ thing soothing to calm her nerves. The
dag dies away and doeful thoughts come
pressing on her deep melancholy. If only
| there were light, An inplacable rcgr'a-
ton uthoriZes only candle. and II the
/ luxury of more than one can be Obtained
! by special favor II Is impossible to escape
I the thought OF death. OF collins with candles
placed around.
Than with nightfall begins the chief tor
turc OI the pisto ole. Enormous rats can lie
| seen eating beside the cats. which are th"rc
in numbers also but apparently only for
.-,.l. n, mud h., .,.rr ia
now deserted. the rats can brsheard run
ming about in Joyous fcte. IL is rare that
\ one cnt ers the pistolc at night. but all night
long they can bo heard above the ceiling
below the flooring and seemingly every
where.
Another trouble which no one escapes
Is the six hour malaria. special kind oi
sick headache accompanied by fever
which scizes the temples.
Preceding All Year Round.
Then there IL the cold. tho invinciblt
cold. II IL cold in the pis'oc even in III,
hcgh, of summer, cold seems TO ooze
Il from the old walls and thcprehistoric stov,
in the middle OF the pisi ole IL never In work
ing order The idea Of obtaining the nee
many offices to be set IN motion. TOO mucl
red tap" 10 cut through. No occupau
OF tlr pistoIe has ever seen that stove IT
The hours pass in sad desperation vii houl
! the right 10 writ" or receive IA letter which l.
not read by the Jail officials. The noises 81
The prison do not reach one. save the cluInoI
of the omen during the hours for rxercis,
in the court yard. when the occupant of IA,
plstoie can an,,iss herself by pushing choco
late Or biscuits through the wircwork out
sid" - window : 10 her unhappy fellow priI
oners, until "boStocks" voice ~ heard
Inside, Al in"
rWi'r "a DAY one j. allowed to take he All
IN u second court yard, apart from III" Other
prisoners. u court Yard that rrrks with pes
. iiIentlal odors, aud CONTAINS tho out let's %
all the drains OF the prison, The on o'hr
p"rnisslpiis TO leave thr pistol" ar" to No t'
the cant cen IN the morning or the dispciSur,
in the evening. The sanitary condition,
OF the prison cannot be- truhfully describe,
here.