kshops, they are required
to fold their arms, and keep their eyes fixed upon the back of the one's
head just in front. No gazing about is permitted, and should a prisoner
speak to one in the front of him and be detected, he would be summarily
dealt with. In the Missouri prison I noticed that the convicts while
marching would gaze about wherever they wished, and go swinging along
with their arms dangling at their sides. In many prisons the inmates are
required, while in ranks, to keep their hands on the shoulders of the
man in front. This would seem to be the most desirable way of having
the prisoners march. In this prison one can detect more of a homelike
feeling, not so rigorous and exacting as in many institutions of this
nature. Captain Todd, assistant deputy warden, is another official of
long standing. He has been with this prison for eighteen years, and is
very popular. In this connection we must not fail to mention Captain
Crump, who has been connected with this prison for thirty-six years, but
who was discharged during the last administration because of his making
statements to the effect that the prison was run by a "political ring."
He is now deputy marshal of Jefferson City, and is a faithful officer.
He incurred the displeasure of the contractors because of the grave
charges he made against them, because of their inhuman demands upon the
prisoners, requiring of them more work than they were able to perform.
Because of his humaneness, and because he wanted to see the helpless
prisoner treated as he should be, after thirty-six years of faithful
service was discharged from the institution. In 1883 there was an
investigation made of many serious charges preferred against the
contractors and some of the leading officials. The committee made their
report to the governor, and some five hundred pamphlets containing this
report were printed for distribution. When the Legislature met none
of these books could be found, and the whole matter was a specimen of
whitewash. The report contained some very damaging charges, but nothing
was ever done with the matter. I visited the office of the secretary of
state and asked to see one of these books, but even his office did not
contain a copy of this State document. The Legislature should keep a
watchful eye over this penal institution, and, while there should be
good discipline maintained, the prisoners should not be treated in a
barbarous manner.

A PARDONING BOARD

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