| Show lEAVENWORTH PRISON SCANDAl OVER OVE TO TORTURES TURES I ILEA LEA LEAVENWORTH WORTH I- I Kan an May a. 27 27 Tho The question whether the tho buck and andJa gag a stra straitjacket ket and othor o her instruments instruments ments of torture in including ludin the water cure rack have been beon used ou on Kansas i state prisoners at Rt the Lansing penitentiary peni penitentiary and arid by br whoso whose orders order such tortures were carried out promises to I develop into a scandal which will attract attract at at- tract tho the attention of the entire coun coun- try of tb the administration of J. J K Codding g who was warden of the tho prison before tho ho present warden i 1 D. D Brison Botkin was appointed say eay that ifan if an any instrument of ot torture were used usel on prisoners the they were introduced b by Warden Botkin or hi his Mis' subordinates Those now in ebar charge chargo e of the tho prison are quite quito as emphatic in 10 their declarations that such instruments were ore introduced ed edby by previous pre administrations and had been used since Warden Botkin took e ionly only upon orders of those who were held over over from the Coddin Codding re regime ime Former Governor Go Stubbs i who t. t appointed appointed ap ape ap- ap pointed Codding warden arden of the tho prison is 18 convinced that there thero was no lag ing of prisoners luring during the tho Codding administration administration ad ad- ministration while whilo Gov Frank H H. Hodges Hodes is or of the opinion that Warden Botkin woul would not to tolerate erato 51 such c in inhuman lm n tre treatment of ol prisoners in his nis charge Stubbs has gone gono one so far as to offer a substantial reward for proof that tortures worn wore pra practiced on prisoners during durin his term of or office That such instruments as tho the buck and gag tho the straitjacket and the tha water miter cure rack are at the tho prison isa isa is isa a certainty Warden Botkin declares the they tho were there when he took office Although h ho Ito says he never had seen them in use the tho method of oC applying torture to unruly prisoners frequently has hns been explained to him hint bv byte tho few faw officers of the tho Coddin Codding adm administration who who were retained after the change The Tho buck and gag Ilg and their kindred instruments now are arc under lock and key in the office of Warden Botkin who woo says he be is determined to keep them there those as he ho is not in favor or of the tho infliction of inhuman treatment upon any prisoner one Warden Botkin has said that a former former for for- or mer as assistant deputy warden varden who was relieved relie from duty duh several months n ago o frequently ad advocated tho the use uso of the bu buck k and ga gag and the water water cure curo upon prisoners who would not como come across meaning consenting consent in ing to obo obey the rules riles of the tho prison This saino same o officer during d an in esti gation b by the tho st state to board of corrections ions made a statement under oath that ho he er had seen the tho instruments instruments ments ment used mel nor heard of their being used until after tho the coming of the thc present deputy warden arden It is said to be the tho intention to round up tho the majority of prison em eni employees enito to ees under the Codding administration adminis ra rati ion n to te testify at tho the forthcoming official in investigation tion From them it itI itis I is expected to learn positively whether hither thor or not Codding Codding- advocated corporal punishment for unruly unruh prisoners It also is ia the intention to hear bear testimony from those now employed at tho the prison prison in an an effort to learn if tortures ba have been sanctioned by Warden Varden Bot Bat jin rn or any of his officers The buck and ga gag is a steel instrument meat ment which is forced into a prisoners prisoner's s mouth in such a way say that if he attempts attempts at at- tempts to scream his mouth and tonsils ton tou sils ils will win be be badly badh lacerated It is meant to prompt silence and generally is used upon inmates of tho crank house hO or insane ward w of the tho prison Tao mo straitjacket generally is used in conjunction with the gag a and and prevents pre vents the tho wearer from moving an any portion of his body The Tho water cure is l applied by strap trap Mug D a prisoner in a rack and squirting squirt in lag ing water in his face until ho he promises to obey the rules |
