Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-02

opon air treatment. The convicts In
this placc---and there MO always at
east twenty-nrc supposed I, get a
specially prepared diet which they do
not get by any means.
"Whcn ! came out there were twenty.
one men in the tubcrculnr hospital.
Five got milk and five others we're al
lowed eggs. They are not fed sutii-
ciently. For breakfast they are given
two ounces Of oatmeal sweetene'. but
no milk; two slices OF bread with no
butter, and n cup Of tea. The five who
got milk receive it at 10 4. NJ. For
their dinner they arc given n small piece
"i mutton or beef. one potato and two
Slices Of bread. They get nothing to
drink. At 3 o'clock they ct a pudding
and at night they are given the same
as the workin: men.
'Of course it is only natural that n
I sick man will fare better than those
who are not. but before man is sent
TO the hospital he has to be very sick
md in many cases h" lies in his cen
for many days before hc is finally
taken to the hospital. The prison
doctor believes that all convirts fake.
Was Denied Treatment
Il know that because he told me one
time when | was laid up in my cell
that I was taking. when as matter Of
fact I had severe case Of tons!lltis.
when he came to my cell he opencl
! III" wooden door and asked me what
( th" trouble was. ] told him that at one
time ! had an attack Of diphlhorin,
and that feared was getting another.
lie did not come into my cell to examine
my throat. Instead he stood II, the
wooden door fully two feet away from
the lockqd iron door leading into my
or temperature, although ] Lad fever,
but turned to the Negro nurse who ac-
companied him and told him to give
me some pills.
"Thc next day ! was worse and again
] was put down for the doctor. When
he came to my cell pointed out To him
rhnt ! was the cook that prepared al
the food for the prison and that il
was suffering from some mallgnan,
disease | should be isolated at once
Even then he did not examine me. bu,
told the Negro convict nurse to give m'
more pills. Fortunately ] had salt nnc
gnrgled my throat. and warded off wha
might have been real sickness.
II contend that the doctor. for tn,
sake Of the hundreds Of others there
should have examined me as pre-,
cautiOnary measure. However, ] wa
only on" Of hundreds allowed to com
plain day in and day out without an!
attention being paid.
II recall man who was doing soil
tary confinement and who compliance
that he was splitting blood. When III
doctor looked 1T him through the grat"'
door Of his cell h" told this cOnvic
that he was sucking his teeth to max
them bleed. and IL he did it again h
would be punished by hcing placed Il
dark cell. The next day this ma
, complained again and in an effort Z
prove that he was II faker II negro con
vct was celled with him over night (
catch him taking.
''The next day the crlmato reporte
that the man had bad hcmorrhag
during the night, but even then tn
man was not sent to hospital.
Later he was. but il was too late
for he died three days after being place
in the hospital You don't have I
take my word for this---I undcrstoo
that complaint about this brutalit
: was filed with the big Sisters Societ
BY II former convict. Joseph Davis"
/ In connection with Talbot's st0r
, about the prison, the hospital and treat
. ment In general of men suffering frOl