th hands he clu▓tched the neck of an Italian, and shook● him as savagely as a terrier s●hakes a rat.His face red and with sickness▓ in his eyes, the unfortunate man tried t
o e●xplain that he had a sore throat and a f▓ever; but without success.He onl●y aroused another fit of anger. Yo●u're a faker, that's what you are●! You're all fakers, every one of you!▓ he yelled at us, and finished ▓up by spitting on the floor.▓ The next moment he punished a convict for doing▓ the selfsame thing.
A young doctor● hardly out of his teens entered th●e old prison, escorted by a convict● carrying a tray filled with medicine● bottles. Sick prisoners are ●cured in the simple, old-fashioned way of hav▓ing mixtures administered to them●, the medicine bottles being▓ labeled according to the contents, and the m●os
t prevalent ailments, which do not r▓equire the remanding of the sick man to the ●hospital.Cough mixture seemed to be[Pg 68] quit●e popular, fever mixture less so, then followe●d constipation and diarrha mixture, toothache ●mixture, court-plaster, some pills, and various ▓ingredients for venereal dis●eases, some cotton
gauze, and the indispensable● large bottles containing salts and co●dliver oil. The visit did not t▓ake long.Those who had come▓ twice on the line without ha▓ving been found sick were pu●nished against the wall. After a short i●nspection the doctor ordered me to the● hospital, without allaying my fears by any dia
▓gnosis or declaration of a disea●se, but cautioned me to take a hot ●bath every day, and to rub the skin with sulphur● ointment. THE HOSPITAL The hospital is si▓tuated on top of the chapel, ove●r the main entrance and hall of the● prison. Two spacious rooms are ded▓icated to that purpose.The smaller one▓ with
a bathroom faces the Brooklyn si▓de and overlooks the mess hall, the keepe●rs' dining room and kitchen, and is usu●ally kept apart for the consumptives.The larg▓er room, also with a bathroom, c▓ontains a dozen beds, a closet ▓for underwear and clothes, anoth▓er for the crockery, two tables, ▓two medicine closets, chair
s, and so▓me small tables for patients near each bed. ▓ Six windows face towards East 55th Street ●on the Manhattan side.Two higher windows l▓ook over the roof of the pri
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.He▓ is an old offender, but obedient, useful a▓nd energetic; and he is always welc●omed back as a trusty or a tier man. Once ina▓dvertently I asked him: Wha▓t[Pg 73] d
ffer● in the line of authority, the expiatory goa●t of the penitentiary hospital,▓ a suffering soul in a modern purgatory. W▓hen a criticism drops from the lips of the
su●preme Prison Commissioner, the Warden passes it● along to the Dep, who[Pg 72] calls▓ down the hospital keeper, who ●in his turn upbraids the orderly, who ▓in the end
roasts the trusty.● The present trusty is an old man ▓suffering from an eczema on his ●fat legs.Tall, bloated, gray▓, pale, he is despised by the convicts for h▓is a
variciousness, his glutto▓ny, his arrogant attitude.They suspec●t him of being a stool pigeon, and they revenge● themselves by making his life ▓miserable through a series
of cruel perse▓cutions. Another trusty who sleeps in a ▓cell downstairs, and eats in the keeper's kitc▓hen, is a famous pickpocket. Like all or▓ nearly all the old
timers, Ed,● as he is called, never goss●ips about his private affairs; he ma●y joke and talk about other prisoners, but nev●er does he say a word about his life outside
o you do outside for ▓a living, Ed His laconic answer was, ▓Oh, everybody! But one evening several we▓eks later, when we had become quit▓e chummy, at the psychological m
imes confess and bare t●heir hearts, he unfolded his life, his method▓s, his cynicism and his mental make-up. I▓t was an amazing story, inter▓spersed with slang, picture
oment when ▓eve
n the most silen
t and sullen cro
oks wi●ll somet
es into trusts, or ▓what they call mobs, frequent the same joints▓ and hang-outs, and work in co-op▓eration with detectives.When a▓ fair, a holiday, or any extraordinary ev
sque phrases,▓ and a callous, sordid philosophy.Later, the t●est
imony of other thieves proved that his stor●y was true. As he
told hi●s story, it seems that clever ▓thieves organize themselv
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ent● is annou
nced in any part of the st●ate—or anywhere in the worl
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