CHAINING A CONVICT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1430, 14 July 1883, Page 2

CHAINING A CONVICT.

J ~With a vie.w : of; putting!) A stop to tho murderous assaults! that* have recently been 'committed ,on',ivardera by convicts at the Dartmoor prison, in order to' maintain 1 the discipline of the esteblishment,].'tlie; acting under instructions irom the Home Secretary, put Thomas Jones, a convict from- Liverpool,, upon his trial for 'maliciously wounding John Staddon, assistant warder, on ,Janu,ary .9, The prisoue'r was brought jfrorjrthfe punishment cell to the office, in charge of two warders.; ; He M walked quietly enough to the : office, apparently in ignoranco of what was about to take place. jDirectly'he. was 1 hroughV iiiside tho 'door ,and : was '' confronted by tho magistrates, governor, deputy-governor and others inside' the' railings, he appeared stupefied for a moment, and then suddenly remembering'where he was, he Buid -to 'tlie.'jwaildefs, in an insolent, and defiant Itone. jf'lWJhat's the matter?— what aro you going to do 1" He was told by'the warders' to be quiet and Jones, howover, violently me if you like, ■bufcidonlitot mo"; and immediately, tiithough .he Svas held by two powerfully.-built struck out right;and' leftjrkicking at tho officers. and "ferociously endeavoring to 'bHe i : themj : ;;-'One warder promptly 'twisted ]us ! y]eg around Jones to prevent him, kicking, a second firmly gripped' liis arms''from 1 behind, while a third, who had rushed to their assistance,'grasped tho nape of the prisoner's heck, in order to stop his endeavor "to use his teeth. Even the efforts of these three men to hold Jones were insufficient, Handcuffs were slipped onjtho wrists of tho prisoner, who', however, still resisted savagely, endeavored to bite the officers, and although held bodily by'ikefwardera, "continued his mad' struggles; I 'A pair of shackles were sent for, and on these joeingM brought/ into the office the prisoner,"''who had evidently been shackled i«fore, shuddered, and struggled : more ! fiercely than' ever. He was .eventually jerked dpon'tlie" ground and throw* upon /his, .back}'-' where, after a; m«t; exciting.!'struggle, tho irons, wore i tightly ■/' fastened'; around his legs. ?heso' ■ mbi&iu ; to subdue tl»^iritof v the;i'prisonor, who violently witled in the, hands of his keepers. A chain Covered with leather Was next; procured', and this was passed around the i\yaisj of the prisoner &nsl then tightly secured to the iron gfttes or 'running across the room.' Jones then'; worked himself lip' into a'iqwering'- passion, and it required the .conibiiied: efforts of the warders to hold his head and shoulders. ! During' the''examination 'of the principal warder named Moore, the prisoner's violonce was even intensified; 1 /he : ' hissed and spat at the witness, and' uttered incoherent [exclamations : which it was impossible to understand, biting and;kjcking at everybody throughout, the.'heaving. •He was eventually committed for trial at the (Devon Assizes; arid carried bach to [his cell, where the handcuffs and shackles were removed. He thereupon smashed the window panes, toro ; his clothes into * shreds, and attempted 'to 1, commit suicide by twisting his braces round his neck, The warders atonceirushed ,to,the cell, and on opening. the door.were again attacked by the prisoner. Once more the man was secured,, his hands mana- ! pled behind ; his ; back^ ; : and 'he was finally removed to a dark cell and locked in, in the condition bf.absoluto nudity to whiclv he had reduced him-

v.-j pliih)i9.allowed by the Inteniauorial Indemnity CommisIK ision has' beeii!publislied ! ill 1 Alexandria. ,:It shows .that up totho present 759 n claims, most: of wlncb, liave I:l "been:iulmittetl r amounting jiljogcther to ';.. ;*aß22|3,Ob*o-"" -:-:"!.-r.iV.V'-i-^-3-"..:;i^! j.,i*--i i" Half tlio- 1 Modern 'l'rericii i'anecdotes," says'ih'd ! IJohdoi:^"Wo rld, " arc' '' ''Siii)|ily washed versions,of, r tJi[e..4oijies. told by Habclaqs. Boccacciao iiwjcss. * * ?ccott(li'te' antliofs. 11 "'wfiiit. are!} now I>li nttributed to i; dft pi- M. de " ''G6i'tsciial{d(lV'u3e(l. sigoUu be fathered by. Koiigomont or T^llpf 1 > ra'nd:or Metternipli." * J " : " : "'' '" ' [ ''''[ • '•' -The' 'two' youngest Judges iu.rEug-v j, Innjd jaro-'Justices'P'ay.ei; and I'owon, ' 'aged 48 u and s;■ Viee-Cljaricclldr Bncoh, tho.oldest, .is 84. j ( . r( ,' : r ' "lAraoi'ditlg'tdollicial statistics,.the total number. of German emigrants during the 12 years from JBi 1-1882' ) w)s 998;885:>i M tlidse 95i;7.0f/w|int' to the^nited.States,: -Mi v';. j'"''"' i,..;/ ~l ramepsei:feservbirs of iiaphtliadnivc-•'•'-been • sti'uck :Li a'6 ,l ;-'teilacbana' :i and i <;Sabmjt&ud,;;in'; l :.^Balc^ in Jtiussia. '{ Tlioroave.atpresent ; !, ; .'2o.springs in.f'jll flow; : j ■ ; !;•: ■!• It was.icportcd at, tbo annual mcet--'•iing'of'tlic Triistiies of' Shakespeare's birthplace, held at Siratfbrd-on-Avon, : "that'the number 'of visitors who had \' paid for admission to the poet's house '.'•and to the museum during the past , './ year \vas ; closd upon 13,000. ■ ! . . . A man named Simmons; of Manson, ,' iowa/dug a cistern for ; his neighbor '' ildddyV;'. On sotticmout /;there was a ;! diflei , enc.e:of'()doi.'. iTho suit which arose out of the: dispute-iias been tried ; ''"five'times in several counties, and has accumulated over lOOOdol costs. ' ;! Ah extraordinary crime is reported 'from \Bahheria, near Palmero Sicily, ■' i '■ The pupils of a boarding school in the [ villiage .were,returning home \ from a the;jnayor iu the country when two shots wc;e fired at ■•■ them lulling three of the boys, It is ,: supposed the assassins, who have not yet been arrested, aimed at the mayor, ■ and tho cause of the crime is attributed . to local municipal feuds. :