The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-23
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en- 1 respectfully suggest that you
send your check to Chaplain Harmon
Allen. custodian OF the Chauteau re-
lief fund, used for the needy families
Of our prisoners. Should additional
proof be required 1t will be Forth
coming. Yours truly,
~. D. BOTKIN, Warden"
Boiled down, the substance of the at
fldavits is as given below:
]. B. Robertson, officer at the pen1-
Tertiary for eight years, saw the gag
placed on Gus Thomas, a prisoner, In
the month of January, 1912. as punish-
ment for disorderly' conduct. Assisted
Captain Cravens. another officer. in
did know who issued the order for
it. Says he knows no attempt was
made to disguise the fact that gags
and straightjackets were used.
Lee Starbuck, officer at the peniten-
tiary since December. 1901. Remembers
seeing the gag applied to Prisoner Will
liam Hodge for disorderly conduct and
yelling. Gag was administered by Cap
tain Cravens and Charles Hoffman
Use of gag and straightjacket was
commonly known both to officers and
prisoners. Doesn't remember date Of
while Codding was warden.
j Frank Smith, officer at the penften-
tiary for more than seven years. says
that he saw strafghtjacket and gag
used once. which was in April, 1912,
and was placed on Jess Robinson. COL
say; that he saw the said Robinson
seated in a chair, his legs tied to the
legs Of the chair, a straightjacket on
him and a gag in his mouth; that the
offense for which he was punished was
assaulting an officer; that he also
heard through what he considered rep
utable parties that the gag and
straightjacket were used several times
and that the water cure had been adj
ministered once during Warden Cod
ding's administration
Mary Fitzpatrick. assistant matron
at the penitentiary from February.
1910. until July 1, 1913, under ]. K.
Codding. then warden. Mrs. Fitzpat-
rick says:
THAT to my certain knowledge and
Of the penitentiary and with the know
ledge of ]. K Codding the straight
jackets and gags were used on the
following prisoners in the female
ward: Ada Cross. Bessie Gregory and
Florence Miller. discharged prisoners
and that today there are in the female
ward three more prisoners to whom
this punishment was administered.
She says she will furnish the names Of
the others to a committee appointed
to investigate, il desired to. She adds
that the punishment was administered
by B. D. Jones in the three cases men
toned, assisted by q prisoner. land in
the other cases Record Clerk Duckett,
Assistant Deputy Crouch and Officer
Hutchins and Deputy Warden Lind
say: the deponent further recalls the
fact that In the case Of Ada Cross.
DR.. AFFORD, prisoner physician at that
time. in order to hold the gag in the
| mouth of the said Ada Cross bandaged
her head SO she would not work the
same out of her mouth
| Mrs. Fitzpatrick says she remem-
bers that Ada Cross was further pun
| ished by having her arms fastened in
| a ring in the wall SO that her arms
! were extended above her head. She
says the rings are still there but that
| they have not been used since Warden
! Botkin took charge.
John Bedwell, officer at penitenti-
airy for nearly fifteen years, says:
| 'J remember distinctly of seeing a
gag used on a prisoner to the best of
my recollection in 1910 but am posi-
tive 1t was while J. K. Codding was
warden. The prisoner was hand
4 cuffed with hands behind him and
:, the gag was, to the best of my recol-
lection. placed in the prisoners
mouth by Officer, Mcmillan. have
1 CAAll1ACu tAC 806 +1AOW III the u&AuQS
OF Warden Botkin; and 1t is the same
as was used under Warden Coddins
with the exception that it was
wrapped with CLOTH
Fred Murray, makes affidavit that
during the seven years he has been
an officer at the penitentiary he was
conveIsant with the methods of pun
ishment as used by J.. K Codding and
says:
THE gag and stralshtjacket wers
used by him as q method OF punish
ment for fragrant. violation Of the
rules Of the prison. know this to b<
q fact for helped use them three
times myself. Once / was ordered t.
do 80 by Warden Codding and twic<
by Deputy Warden Codding. In al
three cases the gag and straight
jacket were used"
\ Elizabeth G. Simpson. matron Of
the female ward under J. K Coddinl
and at present under J. D. Botkin. say,
that to her own knowledge the gag,
and straightjackets were used in thu
punishment Of women prisoners dur
ing the term Of J. K Codding'' Sh1
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