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Show Sins King Trlson at Night. ' As one rushes by Sing Sing in a Cen-i Cen-i tral Hudson train a glance can be had of ; Hie main prison building. At night : rows of lights can be seen, lights that illumine the l ing galleries upon which I are the cells in which the convicts sleep, j and the thought at once arises that the ; tug building is alive with moving figures, ' keepers with loaded rifles guarding each gallery, on the alert for any outbreak. Alter 9 o'clock at night not a sound is heard. The "all right" bell is sounded at r:20 every night, the day keepers are replaced by a few night men, the convicts con-victs are lucked in their cells, iron en-; en-; trance doors take the place of the wood- eu ones during the day, and the prison ; is closed for the night. Even to the warden's residence, where dinner is sta ved at 6, the influence of the quiet of ; the prison exten Is, and about !l o'clock : every one is ashi'p or apparently so. j Willi l,M9 peop'e in that vast inclosure ! not a sound is heard except the tread of the night guards or the plashing of the river against the bulkheads. New York World. |