Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-04

| that everything is rosy by the time Dr.
Reeves arrives at the rotunda.
| II have watched DR.. Reeves out 0ii
the corner Of my eye many times. anu
once saw him 20 to n cell where there
| was Il young fellow who had just arrived
to do n five .ycnr bit
" When did you arrive? How long
| did you gct| the doctor asked this boy.
Told five years, the doctor said to the
lad. We'll, you'd better observe our
rules II you waat to get the benefit OF
tho communication.
"ln other words. DR.. Reeves gave
| this boy TO understand that II he was
caught talking or smoking he would 90
GO down in the punishment book nni
get n foodlcss stretch of twenty. four
! hours, and that II his name appeared on
the punishment book when the inspec-
tors met to pass on communication ne
might lOSe his chance to reduce his sen.
tcncr of five years. This chance is his
by right of an act Of the Legislature.
II want to call your attention TO
something ! saw happen TO one OF tiie
convicts who was locked up IN the
dark cell. known as 357. This fellow.
Mood Randolph. was partly demented.
lfc had been locked in this chamber
cf horror for weeks. and one day III
one Of his insane moments. he turned
on the water nn,l flooded the cell.
This attracted the Keeper in the
block. and he opcncd tho door. after
first arming himself with a blackjack.
lie went in and beat Randolph urmrr-
cifully. Tho mans head was 4 II ass
Of cuts. and he did not receive any
medical attention. The wounds were
allowed 10 heal Of their own accord
and the hnir on the fellows head grew
into the wounds. I saw this with my
own eyes. Even now l can hear the
poor follow pleading for mercy that he
did not ger. -.
MY experience while in the hospital
was another thing I will not forgot for
vears to como. 1t isn't for myself tho
! complain il is for those poor dcvils
who ar" helpless ana some of thcn'
bcdrdden.
"On" fellow I remember. suffering
| from acute gnstrilis. co,lldn't cnt IN"
| food that was served. 1Ic wasted away
almost to nothing. ani would have died
, if it hadn't been for til" cook who pre-.
pared the food for US. This fellow real.
lied that something had to be done. and
h" deliberately went into the truck
patch that Is kept up by convicts for
! 'hr captain and stole greens and tomn.
. toes and mad" ;ip dishes for the poor
| fellows who couldn't ent tho food pre-.
I ivT NY III" HTlSpIl Npi'pI'
! "1hiS cook was moro than Il friend
T." the sick. Why. have seen that
fellow take rhanc, It going into .ol-
/ tary by .tralin: mill; that should have
gone OH the table for III" koeurr's din.
ner nnl civ" il TO tho sick That fellow
did far moro good in tho hospital than
the doctor did.
! Keepers Are Hardened
''Onc fellow whose name | cannot
| i"ii"nber was in the hospital while I
waH there. lie was taken away in a
| d. Ing condition when his time was up.
| II" told me that when hr came into
tho prison he weighed 14S pounds. and
whom they took him away he weighed
l0f.
1T would be w"ll to mention an old
i"l,cw. who is past s"v"nty-siX years
, old AMI who locks solitary in cell No
3ll. Thi? old man. | believe. was sent
mp from MnynmrnSirG To bo put IN
the HOSPITAL nt ll"lmcSburg. Itc WASH,
in III" hospital long. because they salt!
he WIS an old crank and should be
locked no.
'Thrn there was another fellow
who preferred being locked in rather
| than rnnirart u s';in disease. This con.
virt was assigned to nurse duty and
one Of hi. daily tasks was to rub an
ointment on another convict who had
n severe case Of skin disease.
This convict asked for 4 pair u.