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she falls from her exalted sphere�察�not only do men feel the keenest sorrow
and regret�察�but�察�if it is possible�察�the angels of God weep。
In the Kansas penitentiary�察 �just outside the high stone wall�察 �but
surrounded by a tight board fence some fifteen feet high�察�stands a stone
structurethe female prison。 In this lonely place�察�the stone building�察�shut
out from society�察 �there are thirteen female prisoners。 During the week
these women spend their time in sewing�察�patching and washing。 But very
few visitors are allowed to enter this department�察�so that the occupants are
permitted to see very few people。 Their keepers are a couple of Christian
ladies�察�who endeavor to surround them with all the sunshine possible。 For
these inmates the week consists of one continual round of labor。 It is wash�察�
patch and sew from one year's end to the other。 The Sabbath is spent in
reading and religious exercises。 In the afternoon the chaplain visits them
and preaches a discourse。 Several of these women are here for murder。
When a woman falls she generally descends to the lowest plane。
A few days before I was discharged�察�there came to the prison a little
old grandmother�察 �seventy years of age。 She had lived with her husband
fifty´two years�察 �was the mother of ten children�察 �and had fifteen grand´
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children。 She and her aged husband owned a very beautiful farm and were
in good circumstances�察 �probably worth 50��000。 Her husband died very
suddenly。 She was accused of administering poison。 After the funeral�察�she
went over into Missouri to make her home with one of her married
daughters。 She had not been there but a short time when her eldest son
secured a requisition�察�and had his aged mother brought back to Kansas and
placed on trial for murder。 She was convicted。 The sentence imposed�察�was
one year in the penitentiary�察�and at the end of which time she was to be
hung by the neck until dead�察 �which in Kansas is equivalent to a life
sentence。 The old woman will do well if she lives out one year in prison。
She claims that her eldest son desires her property�察�and that was the motive
which induced him to drag her before the tribunal of justice to swear her
life away�察�During her long life of three score and ten years�察�this was the
only charge against her character for anything whatever。 She always bore a
good name and was highly esteemed in the neighborhood in which she
lived。
Another important female prisoner is Mary J。 Scales。 She is sixty´five
years of age�察 �and is called Aunt Mary in the prison。 She is also a
murderess。 She took the life of her husband�察�and was sentenced to be hung
April 16�察�1871。 Her sentence was commuted to a life imprisonment。 For
eighteen years this old woman has been an inmate of the Kansas
penitentiary。 While she is very popular inside the prison�察�as all the officers
and their families are very fond of Aunt Mary�察�it seems that she has but
few�察�if any�察�friends on the outside。 Several old men have been pardoned
since this old woman was put into prison�察�and if any more murderers are to
be set at liberty�察�it is my opinion that it will soon be Aunt Mary's turn to go
out into the world to be free once more。
MRS。 HENRIETTA COOK
This woman was twenty´five years of age when she came to the
Kansas penitentiary to serve out a life's sentence。 She was charged with
having poisoned her husband。 For fifteen years she remained in close
confinement�察 �at the end of which time she received a pardon�察 �it being
discovered that she was innocent。 When Mrs。 Cook entered the prison she
was young and beautiful�察 �but when she took her departure she had the
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appearance of an old�察�broken´down woman。 Fifteen years of imprisonment
are sufficient to bring wrinkles to the face�察�and change the color of the hair
to gray。 This prisoner made the mistake of her life in getting married。 She�察�
a young woman�察�married an old man of seventy。 She was poor�察�he was rich。
After they had been married a short time she awoke one morning to find
her aged husband a corpse at her side。 During the night he had breathed
his last。 The tongue of gossip soon had it reported that the young and
beautiful wife had poisoned her husband to obtain his wealth�察 �that she
might spend the rest of her days with a younger and handsomer man�察�After
burial the body was exhumed and examined。 The stomach showed the
presence of arsenic in sufficient quantity to produce death。 The home of
the deceased was searched and a package of the deadly poison found。 She
was tried�察 �and sufficient circumstantial evidence produced to secure her
conviction�察�and she was sent to prison for life。 A short time before this sad
event happened�察 �a young drug clerk took his departure from the town
where the Cook family resided�察 �where he had been employed in a drug
store�察�and took up his abode in California。 After fifteen years of absence
he returned。 Learning of the Cook murder�察 �he went before the board of
pardons and made affidavit that the old gentleman was in the habit of
using arsenic�察�and that while a clerk in the drug store he had sold him the
identical package found in the house。
Other evidence was adduced supporting this testimony�察�and the board
of pardons decided that the husband had died from an overdose of arsenic
taken by himself and of his own accord。 The wife was immediately
pardoned。 How is she ever to obtain satisfaction for her fifteen years of
intense suffering。 The great State of Kansas should pension this poor
woman�察�who now is scarcely able to work�察�and juries in the future should
not be so fast in sending people to the penitentiary on flimsy�察�
circumstantial evidence。
The other female prisoners are nearly all in for short terms�察 �and the
crime laid to their charge is that of stealing。
INDIANS IN THE PENITENTIARY
John Washington and Simmons Wolf are two young Indians tried and
convicted in the U。 S。 District Court on the charge of rape。 T
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