CHAPTER XXX.
| STRONG DRINK AND CRIME Personal observations of the effect of strong drink—Close the saloons and you will close the prisons—Moral supineness—A New York expert on murders—The Medical News—Empty jails in Prohibition States. | Page [243] |
CHAPTER XXXI
| THE ANGELS OF THE TOMBS The phrase originally given to only two missionary workers—How Mrs. Schaffner became a Tombs Angel—Her work as a missionary—The second Tombs Angel, Mrs. John A. Forster—A night in the Death House—How missionaries are deceived. | Page [248] |
CHAPTER XXXII.
| WEDDINGS OF THE TOMBS Marriages performed since 1838—Two kinds, voluntary and compulsory—One of the earliest marriages—Married on the train to Sing Sing—Lawyer Patrick’s venture—Other marriages. | Page [256] |
CHAPTER XXXIII.
| AFTER SENTENCE, WHAT? From Tombs to State Prison—English system—Received in prison—Initiation, classification and shops—A prison reformer—What he has done to improve the prisoner’s lot—A new discipline—The soul of reformation. | Page [261] |
CHAPTER XXXIV
| THE INFLICTION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE TOMBS John C. Colt—A suicide—Hanging day in the Tombs—The hanging of Harry Carlton—Scenes around the building—Official list of the executed. | Page [269] |