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Show desist front such ungodly puiNiiils." C3 Now-that tlioe disturbiiijr intliieiici's have been removed from Ilie institution flood feclinjr and harmony ntf-aiii prevails, pre-vails, and the.ISS prisoners are us contented as their positions will permit ul'. Their' s is a lazy,' imcveiill'ul life as they are not compelled to work, as is the rule in other penitentiaries. They are well led and well treated, and the prison is clean, healthy and in the liesl, of sanitary sani-tary condition. Then are l'.'O cells, rainged in three tiers, and of the Pauley make. The prison is of brick, w asliuil t three years ago and is surrounded by a w all of adobe, twenty-four feet high, anil upon which arc perched the houses for the lookouts or guards. Meals, which consist of meat, vegetables, collee and the sweetest of bread, made by 11 life convict, are served as follows: Breakfast, 7:110 a. m; dinner, 12.0(1 m.; supper, 4 -.30 p. m. The only diversion the convicts have is a chance to work on a forty-acre farm well under cultivation, the products pro-ducts of which are used in the prison. Onlvtho most trustworthy, however, are granted this privilege, and as a consequence, con-sequence, there are but lew- escapes. The prisoners are locked in their cells at sundown daily, and on Sundays they are compelled to attend divine services w hich are conducted by the dill'erent religious denominations. Visitors are admitted the first Thursday and Friday of each month, hut admission can be gained on other days upon receipt of permission faom the United States marshal. mar-shal. There are some pretty hard characters charac-ters among the inmates, the most noticeable not-iceable being Parley McKarlaml. Charley Char-ley Lung, n Chinaman, Wilfred II. Holiday, Hol-iday, Tom Williams and a man named Doiison, w ho are serving out life sentences sen-tences for murder. The majority of prisoners aro in for adultery, i:nfawful cohabitation and bigamy. One young man, who is undergoing a year's sentence, sen-tence, is highly educated, and is well connected in the east. He docs nil of the ollice work, w rites a beautiful hand and is an adept at figures. Appended is a list of the crimes for which prisoners prison-ers are detained: Adultery !W Polymimy and aUul- Unlawful cohablta- tery 1 tion K! Manslaughter .1 Bui-Klarv 1 Grand larceny 41 Attempt to rape 3 Hnbttery Forfjory W Murder, second de- Polytramy 3 una :.. IS Assault to kill Highway rohliery.... 8 Ansault and tottery. H Train robbery 3 Rape 4 Fornication 'J False pretenses a Mallrtoun Bus'.-lilt't.. 1 Arson 3 Perjury I Houso breaking S Mayhem I Incest S Hnamy Felony 1 Abortion J Crime against na- M order o ture 1 Digamy and grand larceny 1 11V AMOS HAD TO GO : Truth Oouceming the Eetirement of the Warden of the Penitentiary. Peniten-tiary. WAS A HOLY TEEE05. il He and His Boy Billy Made Life a Burden for Almost Every- . one, m HK twelve guards at the peni-lcnliary peni-lcnliary and the 181 prisoners incarcerated behind the bars are beside themselves with jnv, and submitting themselves them-selves as subjects for congratulation, congrat-ulation, as they are now at peace with the world and the disturber of their tranquility drifted hack lo his Ohio home. A I of gondriddaiice-to-bad-rubbish as-t as-t is visible on all sides, and not a ii is to he found around "the ranch" II is Dot ready to say that Marshal -ous was more than justilied iu ing Captain Amos, late warden, his Iking papers. I what is said of the captain is true, ich seems to be so, as every word qipi d iulo the ears of Times repre-latives repre-latives yesterday afternoon was niiinoHsfy substantiated, he must re a very unpleasant temper, and ranical nature and a very slim con-I'tion con-I'tion of the . duties of warden of a iteattary. Last August he came to city from Columbus, and on the 'iijlth ot having been a comrade of filial Parsons iu the last rebellion iiieilthe position of Warden. He s thrown into the society of gentle- II who have acted as guards at the litution for a number of years, and '1! served tinder " different 11 who from time to time been wardens. Their long cxper- 10 fully fitted tliem to their duties, tlieir relations were of the m jst isant and friendly order. Further-re Further-re they had the eonlidence and re- 1 1 of the prisoners. Soon after the nt of Captain Amos, however, tur-I tur-I and trouble took the place of so-ity so-ity and harmony and t he guards and mere becamo objects of brutality hands of the Ohio importation, Ins son Hilly Amos, and also Mrs. j:uti Amos, so it is lightly tptain Amos, it appears, was some-it some-it under the thumb of his better w ho posed as a sort of warden "If, aud when she applied, the ml) screws the doty captain seemed understand what it meant ol'eyt'd all commands eminating !i Mrs. Amos with promptness and itch. Billy was also some on the order himself, and from all ac-ls ac-ls was a lirst class nuisance aud '"'lung factor of the first order. It dot bim that he ruled the family ami having influence with his "r, he enlisted her into the service w lie made bad breaks, which 'IJ'ito frequently, or wanted some "l a concession from tbo male head family. ijiUy acted for awhile '" capacity of warden, aud he made ' wnilen for his associates and by "oiiiinty and bullyragging brought pa-oners to bate him ? 'hun a rattle snake. His '"nary of swear words are de-"'las de-"'las being filled to the brim and laying, and notwithstanding the Ji'.t Kuhi iu 0f the prison rules aud ' Mion.s distinctly say "The use of or immoral language is strictly mid any violation of this be severelv dealt with," Billy ntially ignored it bv showering the "' epithets on prisoners and iu-;;;!' iu-;;;!' ,lle ,g"ards. The unfortunate . istood his abuse uutil patience ; wasetl to be a virtue, and they announced that there would be ; ivitliii, the walls and Billy drubbed if he did not desist ,jf, "way from the cell depart-'; depart-'; 1"-,so threats had a salutory ',;,i01,' t'10 young man aud . , The cturgel of dissen-nnsery dissen-nnsery for au concerned was ' I'l'vAmos, Sr., aud Mrs. Cap-,7S Cap-,7S ,-She thought she knew how sl ight to be conducted about the j, Adders that. were issued not ' lyr taste were promptly conned conn-ed al her bidding. -jja Amos, it js claimed, was only l"? cell department a few times wtgu, a,id failed to make any , , LnsPeetion of tho iustittition. "itluct is described by prison ,e , as bcing contrary to good dis-inrn? dis-inrn? a. Wal'"Jon is expected to make - i'gh , examination at least ,U,ree times a week. tmed to livo in holy fear tm1,ni!ouers. on one : 1 ? parked to one of the guards, i. Ja lnt0 the Prison if tho pf W on me, you begin shooting.-" 1 .'H no more thanuttefed the Words, "ht?rew white in the face and "ml- ."ou'tgo into the prison." Tiihf, 10 an interview printed in ne a feW davs a(J0 ade as- d ti, lmental to Marshal Par- vi guards at the penitentiary. 4 f! , ot Citing at the bottom of on v TlMJEs men visited the in-jesterday in-jesterday afternoon, and were presented to Captain Amos' successor, 1 Oscar Vandeeook w ho has been United a States marshal for sixteen years. He has also had considerable experience iu prison management, and he gave il as his opinion that Parsons was f nil v justified in releasing Amos, who was referred to as being careless in the management of prisoners, lacked discipline, disci-pline, had a bad temper and was cross and abusive to the guards. The following follow-ing expressions were volunteered by some ot the gentlemen: K. Ward, who is assistant lo Mr. Van-dercook, Van-dercook, was a turnkey under Captain Amos, remarked : "Amos had no discipline, dis-cipline, and lacked all the elements required re-quired of a warden. Besides he bad a bad temper, was violent at times and had a cruel disposition which he vented on tho guards. Besides he was very loose in the handling of prisoners, and he used no judgment in their selection to do work on the forty-acre farm. I lived continually in for least some of the more hardened.of the prisoners would escape, and as it was two fellows who were in for grand larceny escaped through his stupidity. He also told the Tribune reporter re-porter that he cut down the expenses of the institution, but while he was doing this, if he did, ho was feeding twenty-seven twenty-seven lusty trusties from the same table set apart for the guards. Amos also made a great blow last winter and claimed the credit for having ferreted out a well laid plan for a delivery from the penitentiary. It was myseif who first became cognizant of the intention, and I in turn notified Ainos. His wife had considerable influence over him, and if she was not suited with orders he might give she would make him countermand coun-termand them. That boy of his, Billy, was also a hard customer." W.l Evans, who is serving a year's sentence for adultery, condemned Warden Amos, and said: "He was better to the prisoners thad the guards, who were treated shamefully by him. Billy Amos was the trouble maker, and Amos was ruled by his wife, and did exactly as she dictated." , "F. J. Stark, who has been a guard since 1888, stated that Amos was overbearing over-bearing towards the guards, ungentle-manly ungentle-manly aud profane. On more than one occasion Amos had called Stark a rebel for tho reason that he was a native of Tennessee, and told him how many rebels he had shot during the war. He also worked hard to get him out of his job that he might give it to his son Billy, aud complained of him to Marshal Mar-shal Parsons for.hangiug up a picture of Jeff Davis alongside with other notable people. Stark says that Amos' discipline disci-pline was very bad, and considered Ins release a good thing for all concerned. Anios was known to have incarcerated a man for 72 hours in the dark cell cu bread and water for au insignificant violation of the rules, while prisoners guilty of more flagrant deeds were allowed al-lowed to go unpunished. . "As far as discipline went, Amos showed none,' was the recommendation recommenda-tion given by W. H. Mouohan. a guard.. "4.mos " continued Mr. Monohau,"was of a very crabbed disposition, and was continually behaving outlandishly toward the guards who regarded him as a bully and a bom. The captain was never m tho cell department de-partment more than twice or three times while he was warden, and he gave as his reason for this negligence that he was afraid the prisoners had it in forhim. lie used 110 judgment in the punishment of prisoners, and punished men on hear-say evidence while actual offenders were let off." -, ., After declaring as untruthful t o statement made by Cap am Amos 0 tho Tribune, that tho ian.il.es ot tl . g ; u were livintt at the expense of the peni-tenvJry, peni-tenvJry, Mr. Mouohan touched on the veracity of the Amos' in general and Mid ho would not believe then, under '"q'1 C Wright, an assistant turnkey, said". "I didn't consider that Amos had any discipline while he was warden. He dlinot treat tho guards as gjMi 1 emen always insulting them, and tteated ti e prisoners better than tne guards He Sow nothing of the inside rking; 1 f the nrisou, as he seldom visited l.. u, Swas-all wrong. On .one on when something was needed 1 o ti e m-isouers, I reported to Amos, and I, blurted out that he had all ho could at lrAblM Kaudolph denounced Amos I Tl e son BillV was also upbraided KispiXitnnd his desire .0 raise mSuesfA.I)ovlehasbeena tun. key sincS, W hasrved u,i. or Jou, than the nios t j it uat toufc present spoke of Amos' A SunUV, Y.,rsh'l Parsons as not be-reference be-reference to .M.usna i n, ked lh, iDg a christian- A""'-,. tju, gentleman shouia 1 fhri-liau businex-. M .inn died a short time ago he . oyer Wank to allow a , piajei t ( hiltBVenione o" Sunday It wMfrsh'lBrsons who made h.m |