THE TWIN HELLS
A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the
Kansas and Missouri Penitentiaries
By John N. Reynolds
ATCHISON, KANSAS.
TO MY DEAR OLD MOTHER
AND
TO THE MEMORY OF MY SAINTED WIFE
THIS BOOK
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY
THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS
[ PREFACE ] [ A KANSAS HELL ] [ CHAPTER I. ] MY INITIATION AND CRIME
[ CHAPTER II. ] THE COAL MINES
[ CHAPTER III. ] THE COAL MINES (Continued)
[ CHAPTER IV. ] THE PUNISHMENTS OF THE PRISON
[ CHAPTER V. ] SUNDAY IN THE PRISON
[ CHAPTER VI. ] SCENES IN THE HOSPITAL
[ CHAPTER VII. ] ESCAPES FROM PRISON
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] THE PRISONERS
[ CHAPTER IX. ] FORTY-EIGHT HOURS IN HELL
[ CHAPTER X. ] STOLEN HORSES
[ CHAPTER XI. ] CANDIDATE FOR THE STATE SENATE
[ CHAPTER XII. ] A DARK HOUR
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] FREEDOM
[ A MISSOURI HELL ] [ CHAPTER XIV. ] THE CONVICT'S HOME
[ CHAPTER XV. ] THE WORK OF THE CONVICT
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] THE MISSOURI PRISONERS
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] THE MISSOURI PRISONERS—(Continued)
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ] PRISON DISCIPLINE
[ CHAPTER XIX. ] NOTED CONVICTS
[ CHAPTER XX. ] THE EX-CONVICT