Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-05-06

fever, or other serious ailments, re-
sulting some times in the final death
of the unfortunate convict.
Convicts must retire at 9 at night
and arise at a. m. If the guards on
duty at night finds convict out of
his bed, which is often the case, he
reports the fact that he violated the
rules, and the convict is sent before
Joe Bloyd, who metes out different
kinds of punishment. The convict
may be out of his bed performing the
duties of nature, but just the fact that
the guard reported him is sufficient,
and he is accordingly punished When
convict gets sick in his cell or in
the shop, and succeeds. in getting the
prison doctor to exuse him from work,
he is in most instances ordered by the
prison doctor to be locked in his cell,
some times the hall guard will induce
the doctor to issue such an order just
to have little private punishment
meted out to some convict that he
may have grudge against.
They put a sick convict in his cell
treat him literally like dog, feed
him through the bars of his cell; they
will not even open the cell door sc
that he can get his food inside; he
must get down on his knees and reach
his hand through the bars and get as
much of the good as he possibly car
in this manner.
Many of the convicts are afflicted
with rheumatism, this ailment being
brought on by living in cold, danny
and unsanitary cells, the prison doc
tor will order a rheumatic convict ito
his cell, he will not permit him the
freedom of the yard, so that he will
get well soon, and then when the
convict remains on the sick list fol
two, or say three days, and is not any
better, thed octor will order him back
to the shop, often telling the convict
that he is trying to beat the con
| tract"
l remember we'll another case Of
neglect" It was the case of FREQ
Fizer; he committed suicide in the
dungeon; he workd in the shirt shoI
and was daily prosecuted by Guarc
Carpenter This guard will report 9
convict for nothing if he takes dis
like to him. In Fizer's case, Carpen
ter reported him time and again fol
not making the task" for turning
out bad work, and other small infrac
lions Of the rules. He would be pun
ished every time by Joe Bloyd
Bloyd would have the hall guard loci
him in his cell, hand cuff him to the
door, and Carpenter kept on report
ing him, and finally Bloyd had hin
locked in the dungeon. There he was
hand cuffed to ring in the ceiling
of the cell with his hands up ovei
his head and was compelled to remain
lin that position all day long. At feed
ing time the hall guard would let hin
down long enough to eat the piece-o1
bread and drink a cup of water, ther
The would lock him up again. They
simply tortured him until he could no
stand it any longer. He then tore
UP his underclothes, made a rope, ant
hung himself by the neck. from thu
Irfng in the ceiling He did this a
might.
The only bed in the dungeon was
plank board, about wide enough to h'
down on. Here. again was neglect
the night hall guard should hav'
looked into the dungeon; maybe b
Icould have prevented him from tax
ling his life. This is the cardinal sil
of the prison, neglect; it existe'
under the management of Wardel
Brown, and most of the worst punish
tmeTt was during his administration
But it is still there, this same neglec'
and it will only be matter of tim
before some poor convict win b
found dead in his cell or comm
suicide to escape the prosecutions Z
Joe Bloyd and his bunch Of cruel an
linhuman guards.