New-York tribune., 1914-11-16
rood Horrible and Other
CConditions as Bad, Miss
Halstead Declares.
GIRL INMATES
HERDED TOGETHER
n, Davis Sees Tammany Plot
in Report of State Com
missioner.

fardiNoNN i" ''
=. women. al Bedford, \. Y, was
~, ~ last night by Miss Florence
v.,,.ss6. Of 25S Riverside Drive, who
rs.s mstron at Bedford from June Y
y. Sep,ember 1, when nerves shat
...,s by her experience in the institu-
-, compelled her 20 give up the work
80 had undertaken purely from hu-
rsnitarau motives.
Irss Halstead. who is OF indcpen-
-. -,oans. d.sapproyes certain Of the
.tor-es against the rcformatory made
-16~ Pudolph L. Diedlng, Of the
PRISON Commission, but she goes
80" ssencr detail Of features she re-
80 as o. greater Importance than
70 stories Of alleged cruelty IN the
NssO~iv a rerscu who has lived within
81. reformatory for some time Miss
yJ..esd said. "is able 20 learn and
..-.,stert 20 describe the wrongs OF
~t;cb the unfortunate inmates are
--sSe the victims.
Tse abom.na5,y poor food and the
~. of segregation arc the principal
ute IN Miss Halstead'S protest
.-sirs- continuance OF present con
3.;ors as she details them.
,gss Halsteau. daughter OF the late
r5~sr6 I. Ha'stcad. who won distlnc-
..,- in the Civil War. passed the civil
..--;.s examination for the place OF
s,..-or uvdcr a riScouceptiOn OF con
l.,.srs AZ Bedford The reformatory
~, 5sscr,bed to her by a friend as an
,,citution where the soft voice OF a
sr~psthetic woman would quiet the
trs,erics of discousolate girls VINO had
accidentally stepped down instead
N M.
Conditions i'm Nursery.
-. 80, .b.o ,,,rs-
Her 1isl "etA " "S - ~. ,-- s'. a,5
Uy mere ".' ".1s'u ne - cosos
aadfcn' "''0, ''.s.l -'. ~ ,,ore4 &c
altered uIo' ..-s wv nv ~. Az.
rcral handl,aps. .,eu Np0.' p..I..o1 -. ''S
i'ror Nas ,he .''. ,'t'' ...a 49, fror,
Stances disease '"" I"'s'"
rCther 90 enid
d had oeen H'sF %,.n q ,1i.4..J -'1,'lo,
o. incse cH-0i'', ~"'" -''' ~
'beiore ! was told TO be careful no no
efor, had o'tH maze 20 NeeI wy
healthy cnhdren away rom l,i. o.Ie.I .L
After ieN oaf "Ss ".I..T ~ 'Ioo,' 49,,
lryt.me tAa- -.aie" I''. -, .'',N S O''''
tndleo oE o.t I'd. NJ: U,al-.oad
The mex, '"o "yvNS ..-J,,. ,,.SS i'o-SSS Tbore
Fas ~ cnafet %. l"S .a.'l'ui -
Le eH''"I..' C:-I- LooltL,.
ee' ,.,,.- To,$D' | Cot criv r,i1gled freely
I, ,bs ls,rdrv. but were permitted to
,,s, and iron the clothes without con-
.ser..ior of the strong probability
.,.- -.-..a'e infection would follow.
p.,.r.. of her efficiency Miss Hal
,..,l t',rrr lacking I'm long expert
,-e. wa. promoted 10 the prison. and
.sr-s sFo was Given charge OF fifteen
esr- Wto. .re heard and saw on that
s,.,~-rer- ursser+ad the nursery and
lvTdry in tIa I...rt Of a Utopia.
srbc r,--. %ar4ared i'm crime were
,s.ooie-ef with first offenders: white
ri4'. mive-.d vi+b negro GIRLS and
sts "'- 'lU ~. ,,or~, f++o6 10 com
n.,r of -tose -rro had cone wrong
orly in the fact that they had stolen
tirrs urder sruereut to them-stress
Of recessitv.
a0p one side Of the reception house,
wherein was the prison. were cells; on
,ts other rooms. where two girls were
bsrmi.,e6 ro room together. There had
be-, ro care exercised i'm selecting
The girls Who were TO room together
and ] wa, told bv the matron who
had charge Of series Of these rooms
what the results were.
C,us FooJ "UorribIe"
.o.. -
V..,e as iI.potl"ns as 'na' "IoI
important, probably IS the iact that
1e leoa was so hoII PIE ne Hlea
,es frequently talileo' ana "neI, !
.al occasion lo pas. lne IeLI Se'aloI
ny GooT was po"eiiUI enough 10 I@@e
~, gs,s'G- l-.''s-- -o' l.. -..r- u.o-o river,
,,t,i - l...f.. go N.,,.,' aUd
e-s.S.lf ~ 90 ..tio.noeS@f,,,lS of .,U co-
r.,l r-.l ,"o ,1'''' pgO..- ;-. -.' - ~
,,J, 9--n-' @"" - Il?ii
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b.t,5' D.''.''' o..l''l " sIll"-- ," ". VI
\, T.. ''..'' .,"O-. Se"soili"e 2, ''V"
fosoe o1| DL1 oG Lo "a ol
Mill 80 .l. .''.es .lo slliS pOuioN ~ ~
,.s.. -ss o. 'her cereal put u mo the
saved the coffee for the noon meal. Mr..
Delaney saws there was always a good
meal at noon. i say there was not a
s2oo meal at any time.
A tiny piece of butter was the first
alg that made its appearance on the
supper table. il was the only butter
sEen during the day. Bread that was
...t4lehily mou.dy was the next ar
..5e' ihen either hash, stew or beans
ana Sloppy tea
All the three meals together did
~. constitute the layout at one meal
ssi.ea 70 the officers or matrons OF the
~. .ss.''te'on' and ] could not eat even
ia. 1000 Time and time again have
80, syyA me girls rise from the table,
,s.st as-ayte' though very hungry to take
vac s1l lVGa G set before them.
mo-. sla' sort OF treatment an lnGuceo
~. TOT glTl 20 1--we the rlght nc :!