The sun., 1916-12-10

In your prison instead Of sending him 70
the asylum Did you not know that
Rogers kept q tenpenny nall imbedded
In his side. that he pressed pieces OF
glass In the wound to keep II open and
that he made jagged wounds In his own
throat because Of his peculiar mania?
Was II an example Of your humAni.
tarianism that Black. No. 30s. was kept
In the solitary two or three weeks
chained to the wall until his legs were
swollen twice or three times their nat
ural size and 1t was necessary to brins
him out on a litter?
Did you know that q guard was
reprimanded for having enough human
ity to lift Black. who was lying helpless
on the concrete floor. on to his bunk?
DO you wish to parade the case Of
Young. No. 1870. as another example OF
your consideration for the convicts In
your care?
DO you regard the fact that he went
into the dungeon as nne q specimen OF
manhood as one could wish to see and
came out n wreck. and died soon AFTER.
a pleasing commentary on your treat
ment OF prisoners? DO you defend the
claiming OF Young to the wall for twelve
hours a day-fourteen or fifteen hours
when he was acknowledgement the
forty-five days that he was In the DUN
geon'
And how about Lang. No. 6si. from
South Carolina. who was hung up TO the
wall for las days and emerged from
his terrible torture brokn down men,
tally and physically Were you trying
for a new record. warden. or did you
really believe thai such Middle Age bar
barity was no violation Of your humani-
tartan principles? Please explain why
men have been SO punished during your
administration!
DO you recall the case Of the prisoner
who was made to stand all day with his
face 10 the wall and of the guard who.
seeing him waver n fall to the moor.
was touched with pity and went to raise
him up and give him a cup OF water!
Did you know that this guard was
threatened with dismissal for his kindly
act and later was one of those dis
charged?
Only 10 of 8 voted for Meyer.
rs 1. not a fact that out OF the $50
prisoners there at the time the petition
was passed among them asking Presi-
dent Wilson TO retain o as Warden OF
the p~enitentiary only thirty-fve pu'
their signatures to the document. this
IN spite OF tne ClTCuHlSthfSS thfN u Hou
been published abroad that every con-
Wet would vote for your retention?
You had advertised Sam Moore as
a reformed criminal and a mode pris-
oner. but Is 1t not true that Moore had
lost caste with you and was being pun
ishcd since he discouraged the petition
and remarked In so doing that his hor-
ror OF hell lay in his fear that you
would he there also?
III the seven guards that you dis
charged were guilty OF melting 10
mutiny. as you alleged. why did you not
prosecute them. this being a prison Of
fence? Why has there been no investi-
CATION Of their case, as they have de-
manded? Was their dismissal due more
to the fact that they were among those
h discouraged the petition circulated
among the prison attaches asking for
your retention"
Ridicale Denial Of "Hole."
The guards ridiculed Meyers dsnial
OF the existence of a "hole" at the Fed
eral prison. and declared that there were
1000 persons In and out Of prison who
could be found TO give personal testi-
mony that II was there and in use a,
that time.
J. II. Archer. who explained his res.g.
nation as guard vas due to his unwili.
ingness longer to witness the acts OF
cruelty against the convicts. gave fur.
ther testimony OF the conditions in the
penltentlary.
You never hear OF the hole when
you visit the prison" he said. THE
first instruction that a guard gets 1.
that he must moi talk Of the hole and
the prisoners can't talk until h are
I released and than pn ma hatta.,a. ,Ax..
! believe every word OF the men who
have been telling these almost incredible
tales. for I've been there and I've helped
chain the poor devils to the wall. ",
unlocked the shackles and seen then
drop to the floor dead asleep from ex.
haust!on."
Air Terribly Foul In Dungeon.
Archer said the air was 50 foul within
that five minutes inside the hoe" CAV,
Che a splitting headache. llandcun,
we're fastened by rusty staples to tn,
wall at a height a few inches above III.
head OF an average man, according I,
his description. The prisoners hand,
were clamped in these throughout hi!
Imprisonment In the hole"
"A visitor couldn't even fnd til.
hole, Archer asserted. "Its away of
~ ~ WI VI Nv easement or INT
ISOLATED building where no visitors ar,
allowed. When you inspect the prison
YOU are shown the clean dining room
the chapel where they pray for men.
souls on Sunday. on Monday those VII,
did the praying the day before lake tn,
prisoners into the hole and subjec
them TO the tortures OF the damned.
"a solid door more han a foot thicl
shuts the hole from the rest of tn,
building. You could stand outside tn,
door and discharge a revolver and |
hardly could he heard inside. EnterinJ
the pace. you find yourself in a marrow
p~assageway banked on each side by {
half dozen narrow cells not more tina
1--WE by seven feet and hardly higl
enough TO allow a man to stand erect.
Attempts to Dust Meyer Failed.
Several attempts to procure the re
moval OF Meyer failed. A description o
conditions at the Atlanta %penitentiar,