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Inch cord la used. There aro no open
IngB for tho annB,
How the Straltjacket la Used.
Tho jacket la placed on tho victim
over hlo clothing. Ho 1b then laid
faco downward upon tho floor, and
tho lacing Is dono by men kneeling
upon tho prlsouor and pulling tho cord'
as tight ob It possibly can bo dono,
When lacod tho poor victim Is utterly
unablo to move either hand or foot.
In this condition ho Is carried Into a
cell, laid upon tho floor, and tho coll
door Is closed and locked. If tho prln
oner bo subjected to this torturo
happened to bo small man, blanket?
would be placed, insido tho straltjacl
et bo that tho holllah machine might
bo laced moro tightly. At Folsora, a
smaller straltjacket wao made by
Warden Wilkinson, so that tho pun
ishment might bo moro severe.
Brutal and Inhumen Guards.
Thrt mnn ih 1(1 V.r lnnM a.i.
A commit, torn tho California lcS-.olBhod ," "',,, "
WORSE
THAN
LIBERIA
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Legislative Committee I
Condemns
Prisoners Locked in Strait
Jacket for 50 Hours
' Convicts Crippled for Life
and One Killed By It
Islnturo has been examining Into tho
rannnor In which prisoners aro treat
ed in tho Folsom penitentiary. Tho
report they mado shows a condition of
affairs that mako "ti Siberian prison
pen seem liko a. section of paradise.
Hero Is part of tho repert:
Tho committee visited this placo on
tho 11th lnst., and also carefully in
spected tho entire prison. From a
mechanical and sanitary standpoint,
everything was found to bo in -a first
tlnss condition, tho prison clean,
Iroughout, though in tho sleeping
quarters very cold, occasioned by tho
water used upon tho comont floors,
which does not dry nt this tlmo of tho
year.
Senator George Williams, a mombcr
of the commltte, having In his pos
session considerable data regarding
tho uso of the ntraitjackot at this In
stitution, which, If true, would reveal
a horrlblo condition of affairs, your
committee decided to Invostignto tho
same; and for that purpose 'wont Into
executivo sossion at 8 p, m. and re
ninlned In such sossion continuously
until 3:15 a. m.
Horrlblo Disclosures Made.
During this timo ovor twonty-oight
prisoners woro oxnmluod, also tho
guards, Captain of Guards, Genoral
Ovorsoor and Wardon. Tho facts
gleaned fiom this Investigation woro
horrible Indeed, as resulting from tho
uso of tho straltjaakot, soma of Uio
prlsonors bolng malmod for llfo and
unablo to follow tho pursuit of ovon
, manual labor, much less sklllod labor.
In ordor that somo idea may be had
of this instrument of torturo, it is
thus described: f
Tho Btraltjackot Is made of vory
B heavy tarpaulin or sail cloth; a. o;.a
heavy, closoly woven mntcrlal similar
to tho heaviest tarpaulin or sail cloth.
It Is mado in ono pleco, open at tho
back for tho ontlro length. It fits
I) loseiy nt mo necK, vnicn is bounu
with leathor, as aro tho edges alond
tho oponlng In tho back. Ovor each
of theso edges in doubled for tho en
tiro length a heavy pleco of leather
extending back on outor and Inner
sides for about four or five inches, in
which aro set hoavy oyoluts about ono
Inch apart, for tho purposo of lacing
tho Instrument on tho bady. For tills
purpose a stout, closoly woven half
NERVY
OMAHA
WOMAN
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Held up on Her Way
Home at Night
they could not pull the cord tight
enough to suit them they would take
a stick about two feet long, and, using
it as a '.'Spanish windlass," would
tighton tho Jaokot to tho highest
degree possible by this hellish means.
While lacing a prisonor, tho brutal
tools of Thomas Wilkinson would
wnich tho prisonor, and when ho
would exhalo his bionth, thdy would
Shoots a Negro Who
tempts to Rob Her
At-
Aud Then Runs Him in-He
Will Probably Die
tho chatter of tho Jay and the cooing
of tho turtle dove.
Ho united all thlB and formed wo
man. Then ho mado a prcsont of hor
to man.
Eigtit days later man como to
Twashtrl and seld: "My Lord, tho
creaturo you gavo mo poisons my ex
istence. Bho chatters without rest,
Bho takes all my tlmo. Bho lamonts for
nothing at all, and Is always ill."
And Twashtrl recoived tho woman
ngaln.
But eight days later tho man came
ngaln to the god and said: "My Lord,
my ilfo is very solitary slnco I return
ed this creature. I romombor Bhe
danced boforo mo singing. I remem
ber how sho glanced at mo from the
corner of her oyo, that Bho played
with me, clung to me." And Twash-
TILLMAN
REFUSED
BAIL
Had
Threatened
Kill Gonzales
AffidavfTy Made on
Sides of the Case
Both
Throo days only passed and Twash
trl saw tho man coming to him ngaln.
"My Lord," said ho, "I do not under-
Lato Wednesday night Miss Lillian trI returned tho woman to him
Wilson was held up In Omaha by Goo.
Wlllams, a colored footpad, who do
manded her money. Sho drew a re
volver and shot him, inflicting a
wound that crippled him and a fow
hours later ho was located and ar
rested. Miss Wilson had been out to a fam
ily gathering. Williams mot hor as
sho was going homo and told her to
hnlt. Ho domanded that oho deliver
Must Remain in Jail Until
His Trial Comes Off
Chief Justlco Popo Thursday re
fused tho application for ball for Jos.
H. Tillman, who recently shot and
killed Editor Gonzales. It was tho
rulo of tho court," ho said, In such
1. U nM .nta MtMM Mini t IlllA ilt.1 Mnf
tlchton tho Innlrnf . t ,, !, "ul muVf, mijrnj u.ui ... D..u u.u ..,
in ,, , u .,..,.., .. lie wotild out hor throat, displaying a
.....bo luiu I1UUUIUCU miUU Ul'llitHUU Ol I
air,
Aftor lacing is this mannor, tho
prisoners, while lying in tho strait-
Jackdt, would bo forced to tako dras
tic dosos of salts, their mouths being
prlod open and tholr noses hold closo
whllo tho poworful doso of purgatlvo
would bo pourod down tholr throats,
as high as four dosos of salts being
givon to tho snmo man while tho
Btrnlghtjacket continuously remained
laced as above stated.
Unspeakably Vile and Atrocious
Tho recital of tho condition of thoso
men, aftor lying In tho strnitjackot
under such treatment, cannot bo told
In public print- every moment of tho
timo Buffering ovory pain and torturo
which tho human frame enn know,
relieved only by spoils of unconscious
noBB, flnnllly to bo roleasod malraol
and crippled for llfo, nnd In ono In
Btanco at least, to BUffor doath within
twenty-four hours aftor being taken
from tho straightjacket, dying In a
coll alono whoro oven a drink of wator
wna denied him.
The Warden Responsible.
'.Your commlttco does not deem It.'
necessary to go Into further dotn!ln
regarding tho strnitjackot, or its
use, beyond stating that tho guards
who did this work woro brutal In tho
extreme, nnd that tholr actions nt all
timos woro known to tho Wardon,
who alono has tho authority to ordor
this punlshmout and keop men con
fined, bound like a bnlo of cotton, for
ovor fifty hours at a time. Tho Ward
on, in his testimony boforo tho com
mltto, admitted that eoraotlmes the
prlsonors woro too severely dealt with
but laughed It off by saying that nt
times the prisoners would get snucy
to tho guards, who in turn, would bo-
como nngry and tako It out on their
unfortunate victim, using unnecessary
force and brutality In bo doing
Wo condomn tho uso of the strait-
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largo knlfo. Miss Wilson replied:
'Certntnly, but wait a mlnuto." As
sho said this, sho oponed a chatclnln
bag sho waH carylng and, taking out
a rovolvor, aimed it at WlllIamB and
fired.
Miss Wilson Ui on telephoned to tho
pollco station that Bho had shot a man
aftorwnrds oxplalnlng tho circum
stances. When found Williams was hiding
in tho loft of a barn. Tho bullet had
ontored tho abdomon and la Hkoly to
provo fntal.
MIbs Wilson is 18 yoars of ago, and
tho daughtor of ono of tho wenlthiost
families of tho city.
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stand exactly how, but I am suro that . cases, to mako no explanations of thp
tho woman causes mo moro annoy- reasons governing tho decision, Mur
ance than pleasure. I beg of you to J dor waB tho taking of human llfo with
relieve me of her." But Twashtrl , mallco aforethought, ho said, and with
said: "Go your way and do your host" tho oath of ofllco so recontly unon his
"I cannot live lips, ho must do his duty and dccllno
Womans
Origin
And tho man cried:
with her'" "Nolthor can you Uvo
without her." ropllod Twashtrl. And
tho man was Rorrowful, murmuring:
"Woo unto mo. I can nolthor Uvo
with or without hor." Hindoo Mythology.
At tho beginning of tlmo, Twashtrl
Vulcan of tho Hindu Mythology
crontcd tho world. Dut whon ho
wished to croata1 a woman ho found
that ho had omployed all his material
lu tho creation of mnn. There did not
remain ono solid olomont. Thon
Twashtrl, perploxed, foil Into a pro
found meditation.
m
He roused hlmsolf to do as follews:
Ho took tho roundness of tho moon,
tho undulatlous of tho Borpont tho
ontwlnomont of climbing plants, tho
trombllng of tho grass, tho Blonder
nos of tho roso vino nnd tho velvet
of tho flowor, tho lightness of th'olcaf
and tho glanco of tho fawn, tho gayoty
of tho sun'a raya and tenrs of mist,
tho Inconsistency of tho wind and tho
timidity of tho hnro, tho vanity of tho
peacock and tho sottnes of tho down
on tho throat of tho awalow, tho hard
nosu of tho diamond, tho swcot flavor
of honey and tho cruelty of th6 tiger,
tho warmth of fire, tho chill of snow,
There Is Trouble Brewing.
Tim editor of tho Roseburg Plain
dealor has received somo prlvato ad
vices from Washington calculated to
mako many pcoplo who woro careloss
or unscrupulous as to how thoy got
tltlo to timber claims in Oregon dur
ing tho last two or throo years, rathor
apprehensive that thoro la to bo a
general reckoning with all who did
not too. tho mark with tho law. It
may be expected tho man who Bold
hlniBolf as a "dummy" purchasers will
find n thorny road.
Tho Plnlndoalor says: Tho Plain
dealor Is In receipt of a prlvato lottor
from Washington In answer to somo
of tho artlclou which lntoly appoarod.
If tho contents of tho lottor aro truo
wo look for a thorough upheaval If a
rogular Mount Paleo volcano doos not
beieh xorthTbo report mado by
special Inspector A. R. Green will bo
a thorough surprise, for It rovoals n
stato of coruptlon llttlo droamod of
In Oregon land affnlrs and tho report
mado to Secretary Hitchcock will bo
UBed boforo tho noxt Kodornl grand
Jury at Portland and wo now look for
ward to ' tho fludlng of Indlctmonts
by tho score. Other repoits go Into
dotall of tlmbor land steals cbramlttod
all ovor tho Btato and ovon charges
that tlmbor speculators and monopo
lies havo partnorn In tho business of
dofraudlng tho govornmont In land
offices There will bo moro fun for
lnwyors than a pup dog has In smash
ing a baskftt of oggs. .
Tin shrlnkago has takon place and
ho who was yesterday addrossod as
tho llonorablo Senator from Skowho
gan (a today familiarly hailed as in old
times by tho plain old-fashioned greet
ing of 'Hollo Dill."
tho application without projudlco to
the case of tho dofondnnt.
A multltudo of affidavits was road
by tho stato attorneys and n numbor
In roply woro read for tho dofondnnt
E. J. Watson, of tho Btato newspa
per, Bworo to a convocation with Till
man last summer In which the latter
requostod him to toll Gonzales sub
stantial' that a contlnunnco of tho
nowspnpor attacks would bo nt his
porll. .Wilson declined to convoy tho
mossngo.
C. D. niaclc, a railroad man, mndo
affidavit that Tillman told him on n
train and again In August that ho was
going to kill Gonznlos, oxhlbltlng tho
mngazlno pistol,
Robert Latham, Mr. Gonzales sten
ographer, sworo to a statomont of
Mr. Gonzales, takon by him whon
Gonzales was near doath, relating tho
story of tho shooting. Mr. Gonznlos
doclarod that ho had oont Tillman no
moengo and considered tho mnttor
ondod.
Sovornl woll-knowu citizens of Col
umbia who saw theMLhootlng tostlflod
that Gonznlos t mnllif nc threatening
motion.
Tillman mndo anolhor affidavit say
ing that Gonzales had boon persecut
ing him for 10 yoara. Ho douled tho
story of a thront told by Watson nnd
of othor throatfi.
In tho nrgumont tho stato empha
sized tho point, among othor tilings,
Uiat tho laugungo as to tho "white
feather" did not eonstltuto n throat.
whon couplod with tho fact that no
tlmo sboforo had Gonznlos omployed
any, vlolonco toward Tillman.
sumo that tho lady who presldod over
tho culinary department of tho Storm
Dutto "Mining Co., was not of tho Gib
son girl typo; nnd It is further within
tho limits of rcasonablo presumption
to Infer that as a creator of tooth
somo dishes and appetizing combina
tions sho would not avorago moro
than Mirco on a Bcalo of ten. Tho
MllMitMH nWAlnnlAil . a il m.. &! m t Jt
yQjcnt. Thoy Bot forth humbly but
urmiy mat moy couiunt ana wouldn't
stand her works as long as they
ran along the lino of preparing tho
raw material, and gottlng It in shape
for debutation. Thoy disclaimed any
Intention of demanding olght ceurse:
dlnnors, thoy wouldn't insist on moL
ons for breakfast; or domand napkins
or flngor bowls. They did insist
though on having tholr slmplo food
docontly cooked and cleanly sorved.
They domanded that tho stock of but
ter bo retired on actlvo pay, earned
by long Borvlco, and that a new sup
ply that had not braved tho passago
around Iho Horn In tho Mayflowor In
1492 bo furnished thorn. Tho super
intendent refused their damnmlB nnd
tho crow, somo 40 In numbork went on
a strike, Tho woninn, with tho pa
triotism of an ofllco holder refused to
resign, nnd declared tho minois would
yet como to tlmo, eat that buttor and
declaro thoy llkod It. In tho moan
whllo tho m I no closed down, tho
pumps woro pulled out, and tho til
nngulnr fight botweon minors, supor
tntondnnt and cook waxd warm and
furious. Somo local Dowon howovar
ostnbllshod a sort of Haguo tribunal,
the offondlng buttor wns sold for skid,
groaso. tho cook had promised a bettor
quality of hash, and tho minors havft
gone- back to work and ponco reigns.
NEW WAY
TO PAY
DEBTS
Venezuela Raises Her Im
port Duties 30 per Cent
Piosldent Castro neems to bo n mnn
of Inflnlto losourcoB. A rocont dls
patch from tho Unltod States logatlon
at Caracas to tho Stat Dopnrtmont
nt Washington says: Tho minister t
Foreign Affairs for Vonsteuuja has db
ereod thirty por cent luoronne on nil
imports as a war monsuro.
Just why this decreo was IfiH"u9jlfcl)y
the Minister of Foreign Affnlrs in
stead of President Castro in tho ordin
ary cuurso puzzols tho officials hero.
Th action rocordod In tho unblogrnm
Ib togarded as a koon stroko of polit
ical flnoeso, for practically It amounts
to placing tho ldomnlty which Vanoz
uulu Ih to pay tho Powers wholly up
on tho shouldors of tho foreign mop
chautH who conduut all of Vonoziiala'H
import tradu. Tho Incranso mention-
Nevada City. California, has nnd a'0(i 30 0r cent is tho aamo flauro
strlko In tho Slora Uutto mlno. that J aB tno ,)0rcontngo of customs duos at
la. uuayra and rueito uniiello to be
has somo peculiar features. It noms
tho mlno runs a boarding house and
employs a "lady" cook. Now minors
ns a goneral rulo pro gallant, and fow
of them will kick about their moals,
provided thoso meals aro cooked by n
woman who is personally fair
look upon
nsslgned to the claimant nations,
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Stalwart of stalwarts, and down by
the sounding sea do not necessarily
mean oithor Astoria or tho brainy
to man from there You see thorn is Coo
It is thoroforo fair to pro- bay and woll othors.
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UNTIL MARCH!.
Out entire stock of Over
coats is at yout mercy at
these reductions
Men's 5800 and 9.00 Overcoats, now $6 00
Aten's 310.00 and $11.00 Overcoats now 7 00
Aen's 512.00 and 512.50 Overcoats, now 9 00
Men's $13.00, $14.00, $15.00 and $16.00 Overcoatsupfr 10 00
Men's $17.00, $18.00 and $20.00 Overcoats now , 12 50
Men's $25.00 Overcoats now 00
BOY'S OVERCOATS
go at corresponding reduc
tions. Ages 3 to 1 9 years.
Prices---$3.00 to $7.00
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Scores of this Winter's Hats, stiff and soft styles, $2.50 and $3.00 lines are now offered at $ J .50 each
See our $ 1 2.50 and $ 3.00 Men's Stiits now tedveed to $8.50
They're only samples of dozens of similar reductions on winter suite. Many Boy's suits also being sacrificed
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