The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-10-03
,,,,c,r rcH WRITER TELLS TALES
EN"D' OF PRISON HORRORS

,,ct1SH WRITER TELLS TALES
ENOD'0 OF PRISON HORRORS
rhoro is Sheridan County boy, a
dn;ant;ous obiector being tortured
st't ~ the Alcatraz prison, in the military
q, arison on the Island OF Alcatraz' IN
can Francisco harbor.
''I1 This Young man was once a nome
.oodor do at Archer, be fore the dark
So 9"r1c If the war settled over this fair
land Of ours.
i"iIo Tobn A Harderson was known
ond loved by all of his neighbors. lie
%os ~~c honest, clean, conscientious, low
MI JJo Christian gentleman, loved
auli auJ respected by all OF his friends
and I neighbors. In happier times he
w ~as considered an example, an ideal
Young man. 49,
BTf the war came on-thls young
man believed in the teachings OF
m Jesns Christine refused to raise his
hand to srnite a brother, he decided
tbat he would die before he would
have have the blood of fellow man upon
bis bands-he refused to put on a
uniform, he refused to obey military
orders.
IN short, he is a conscientious OBJ
jectOr. a.
Alcatraz Military Prison, IN San
Francisco; that brings back to our
own times and before our own eyes
the scenes of the horrors OF the tor
hrer of the dark ages; brings back
the mind to the days when the circus
was lighted with the bewitched and
burning bodies of the Christian mar,
rs-unfortunates, who so loved Goc
and their religion and were so true
to their ideals, that they died fol
them, though their walls called doW1
the curse of doom upon the ancient
city.
Today young man from our midst
man whose religious scruples 1of
bid him to become soldier, is peln'
tortured at Alcatraz.
Read the following letter from
lady investigator of the torture o
John A. Hardersen at Alcrataz prls
on:
Letter
2115 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, Cal.
Dear Mr. Henderson:
Your brother is again in solltar
confinement on Alcatraz lslanc
While he is not in the dungeon, he
in dark cell with none or little a
on bread and water. He was put
Saturday, Sept. 13, and will be kel
there until the 14-day period expire
He has no bed and has to sleep on
concrete floor. His offense is ST
the original one of refusing to Wol
for military commands. They puni!'
by solitary and courts martlals WI
increased sentences. Though the DO,
do not expect to have to serve
creased terms, the whole unreaso
able and illogical process is madoe
ing.
Your brother has now spent
days in 14-day periods in solltal
According to army laws they c
only make him serve AZ more da
this year in solitary. That IS
man may serve more than l4-o
periods in solitary in one year.
You had better telegraph Go
mandant Alcatraz Island, Col. Jose
Garrard, politely letting HIM an
that he holds your brothers lie
his hands and that you are VIII
Washington to Secretary Baker.
would also wire johnson and "
own State Senators and stir up
many as you can in Washington.
know that copies of these are S
to Garrard with requests for lnve
cations Of particular cases.
Yours truly,
ANNA COGGlNs
Just consider the above, and {
reflect on the manner in which
Huns" have been denounced IN
country, for atrocities in Belgium
Can anything be more horrible
The sufferings of this young
should move a demon to tears
pity-and this being here In
shadow of "old glory"
This Christian young man o.
treated worse than, yes, many u
worse, than the humane offlcer W
allow a hardened wretch to treat
dog.
A thousand times better that
young man should have been dil
in pitch and burned at the $,
that his misery might be enoeo
thousand times better that ne
been thrown to the hungry beas
the circus.
What are you going to do 9
this, that this stain may be v
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