Show ST LOUISS PRISON POORHOUSE I 1 lluinmiiiirlil Inn > tls limit I III III Ih 1llrlle1 Jolhh I I1111111 Si Louis Juno 23Ait ntlcniouii inner to < ln publishes n long sensational article which it claims to bo n faithful report of tbo illwllrtI mOllaemellt of Ibo HI Louis work louse hIts Rist of flue publication nn fol lows Nominally a prisoner isnlloucil fifty cents a day for bia work but bj arbitrary dcdactlona Ibis is reduced to tlnrU nine or f IBu cents For instance no uinjlq aien g 301 Wof 1 II 8a for Sunday and one half of Saturdays pay is deducted to sustain tbo expense of the alleged superior food which is furnished on that day Onco a week all tho while prisoners numbering about 200 ocr requested re-quested bathe IN ONE TANK SIX BY FIVE FEET From which tho water is never drawn until Ibo whole number have washed themselves A few of them aro afflicted with a disgusting disease while others are covered with ulcers and running sores which ore by means of the bath communicated to tho unafllicted Fifty lIeroes nro required to bathe in Ibo oslo manner though in a fresh supply of water and Ibo whole 20 aro fnrnislieet with but four towels rite cells III which they are confined when not at work ira lOath feet III Size into which tire crowded light men Incase In-case of sickness patient is placed n cell of inferior accommodations in which nro also conliticel insane patients and those of ltlol nsfowr nlr b the new comers for whom room cannot bo found or mado in other cells The food is inferior innualityaud tnoutitcientttuo bread being too 1 heavy to cat and the coffee too I WCIIJ to taste kite water given the nun to rink while lit work is DIPPED IIIOM A CATTLE inouon ibid the stone workers in the qnnrrs drink rom the Ratio bucket as Clue mules nnd orbcs Una of the worst features of the anagcnicnt m tho laxity of discipline and ho indifference of Ibo arden and guards as In whllt tIn prisoners say aid do salute un niiloud At tbo noon hour for in ancc instead of tho men being returned lu their cells they Ire hustled promiscuously IlIlu Clue corridors wlieio they remain until rllllc l to their work Here huddled to getbcr they eat that portion of their dinner subteli they have been his to consume white nt Hid tnble throw the rcfnso at each other play cards and craps smoke swear nll < light nnd ill l1lo in the uso of diH nst lug language ALL UMIESTllilNtD tiE AM leAnS III iefaid to the punishment of offenders gainst the I workhouse rules Clue writer sajs llh lvlel el r Ii irisoncr may cither bo confined f in the bull > en or d irk cell or htrnng up The liltS tee punishment consists of banging Clue offender of-fender CII lt the wrists and hl keeping him ol in that position until obedience to tho rules is ironmc d |