The New York Tombs; its secrets and its mysteriesBeing a history of noted criminals, with narratives of their crimes . LUDLOW-STREET JAIL. Mr. Tremain asked the witness whether he drank which he replied that he has been a temperance man fortwenty years, and drinks nothing but soda-water and sarsaparilla. The witness then related how on the way to the House of De-tention Thomas Hart told him he expected, besides the $1,000from Mr. Powers, Mrs. Fisk would pay MAP OF COLLECT POND, GIVING THE PRESENT SITE OF THE TOMBS,AS DRAWN BY JOHN CANTER, THE COUNTERFEITER.—SEE PAGE 259. 662
The New York Tombs; its secrets and its mysteriesBeing a history of noted criminals, with narratives of their crimes . LUDLOW-STREET JAIL. Mr. Tremain asked the witness whether he drank which he replied that he has been a temperance man fortwenty years, and drinks nothing but soda-water and sarsaparilla. The witness then related how on the way to the House of De-tention Thomas Hart told him he expected, besides the $1,000from Mr. Powers, Mrs. Fisk would pay MAP OF COLLECT POND, GIVING THE PRESENT SITE OF THE TOMBS,AS DRAWN BY JOHN CANTER, THE COUNTERFEITER.—SEE PAGE 259. 662 APPENDIX. and establish honesty, industry, and virtue in their stead ; causethe prisoner to heartily co-operate in his own reform by showinghim that those placed over him are his friends, and that theirbest efforts are enlisted for his welfare. After a prisoner has once had the advantages of this divisionand, if he then return to crime, he must not be allowed to enterhere the second time. A second division should be arranged for the incarceration ofthe milder cases of second offence and older criminals; here thesystem should be different, discipline stern and exacting. A chanceshould here be offered to reform, but the privileges should be fewand labor constant without task or reward. For cases that have failed here a third division should be ar-ranged. In this I would imprison all cases for third convictions,,long-term burglars, cases of manslaughter, arson, robber
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