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Title: Within Prison Walls
being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement
in the state prison at Auburn, New York

Author: Thomas Mott Osborne

Release Date: July 25, 2010 [EBook #33255]

Language: English

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WITHIN PRISON WALLS

WITHIN PRISON WALLS

_BEING A NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE DURING A WEEK OF
VOLUNTARY CONFINEMENT IN THE
STATE PRISON AT AUBURN, NEW YORK_

BY THOMAS MOTT OSBORNE
(THOMAS BROWN, AUBURN No. 33,333X)

NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1928

COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America

THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS DEDICATED TO
OUR BROTHERS IN GRAY
AND ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO, DURING
MY SHORT STAY AMONG THEM IN AUBURN
PRISON, WON MY LASTING GRATITUDE
AND AFFECTION BY THEIR COURTESY,
SYMPATHY, AND UNDERSTANDING

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. WHY I WENT TO PRISON 1

II. SUNDAY'S JOURNAL 11

III. MONDAY MORNING 24

IV. MONDAY AFTERNOON 41

V. THE FIRST NIGHT 59

VI. TUESDAY MORNING 70

VII. TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING 88

VIII. WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON 108

IX. WEDNESDAY EVENING 125

X. THURSDAY 138

XI. FRIDAY 164

XII. SATURDAY 189

XIII. A NIGHT IN HELL 207

XIV. SUNDAY--THE END 253

XV. CUI BONO? 280

CHAPTER THE LAST.--THE BEGINNING 314

WITHIN PRISON WALLS

CHAPTER I

WHY I WENT TO PRISON