Message No. 1 of His Excellency Governor J. L. Orr, with Accompanying Documents. Prepared for the Called Session of the Legislature, July, 1868 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 Excerpt: ...every punishment that has been iuflicted. Question--Refer to the record of convicts, and state whether or not the name of Sam Gridiron is to be found there. Did yon ever know of a man by that name as a convict in the Penitentiary? Answer--There is no man of that name, nor anything that sounds like it. Question--Was not every convict, when received, assigned a number, which was branded on his clothing in a conspicuous place? Answer--Every convict is stripped and cleaned, and his clothes then put on him, conspicuously marked on the back with his number. Question--When the number of a convict was known, could not his name be always found with certainty from it? Answer-Yes, sir; most of the guard have a memorandum book, the name and number of each convict recorded in it. Question--Do you know the names of all the convicts? Answer--I do not; there have been so many new ones received lately. Question--Do you ever object to, or throw any obstacles in the way of, persons ascertaining the names or numbers of convicts? Answer--I never did, sir; I never refused to answer any visitor any proper question. Question--To your knowledge, was ever Joe Jackson knocked, jabbed with a bayonet, or otherwise improperly treated? Answer--He never was; I threw him into a cell once--he was one of the men engaged in the conspiracy. He was quarreling with another convict, and was standing near his cell door. I never saw him struck with gun, or revolver, or anything else. Question--Was not Joe Jackson once severely punished; if so, state why he was punished? Answer--He was the man that was hung up by the thumbs for sixty minutes, and the only one who ever hung that length of time. He was the leader in the conspiracy I have before referred to. Question--Did not Major Lee, the Superintend...