The New York Tombs; its secrets and its mysteriesBeing a history of noted criminals, with narratives of their crimes . thing as a fair trial was impossi-ble. All my witnesses were looked upon with disfavor and dis-trust. I should perhaps state that Mr. William O. Bartlett, oneof my counsel, favored a public statement, but was overruled. In conclusion, I can only state, on my honor as a man, that Fiskbrought about the conflict; otherwise I should have passed himquietly by, on the stairs. Edward S. Stokes. Sing Sing, Feb. 24, 1874. / HALLS OF JUSTICE. 49 quently a commission was appointed to tak
The New York Tombs; its secrets and its mysteriesBeing a history of noted criminals, with narratives of their crimes . thing as a fair trial was impossi-ble. All my witnesses were looked upon with disfavor and dis-trust. I should perhaps state that Mr. William O. Bartlett, oneof my counsel, favored a public statement, but was overruled. In conclusion, I can only state, on my honor as a man, that Fiskbrought about the conflict; otherwise I should have passed himquietly by, on the stairs. Edward S. Stokes. Sing Sing, Feb. 24, 1874. / HALLS OF JUSTICE. 49 quently a commission was appointed to take the charge of thepublic institutions of the city, the Tombs and House of Correc-tion coming under the supervision of this commission. In 1845 achange was again made, whereby the Tombs was placed under thecontrol of one commissioner, and Mr. James H. Cook was appoint-ed. He served for one year, and was succeeded by Moses , who continued in office until 1849. The Legislature ofthat year passed a law placing the Tombs and the other public in-stitutions under the charge of a body of ten, who were known as. THE TOMBS. the Board of the Ten Governors of the Almshouse—five beingappointed from each of the two political parties, Whig and Demo-cratic. The Board of Ten Governors was, in its turn, supple-mented by the Commissioners of Public Charities and Corrections,appointed by the Comptroller of the city to serve for five system continued in force until 1870, when the new Chartervested the appointment in the Mayor, and added one to the num-ber of the commissioners, which had previously been four. The officers attached to the Tombs are a Warden, two Deputy 4 50 THE NEW YORK TOMBS. Wardens, a Physician, a Eecord Clerk, a Steward, eleven Keepers,a Matron and two Deputy Matrons. The capacity of the Prisonis for about 200 prisoners, allowing one to each cell, but as itfrequently happens that there are more prisoners than cells—there having been as many as 500 prisone
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