It may be of interest, as a matter of record, to append a transcript of the official punishment report of the five prisoners with whom I spent the night in the jail.
| Date | Reg. No. | Name | When Received | Location | Keeper | Punished by |
| Oct. 5 | 32648 | N-L[16] [No. 3] | Dec. 30, 1912 | Yard | H——[16] | A. P. K.[17] |
| 32812 | E-D [No. 2] | Mar. 15, 1913 | Yard | G—— | " | |
| 31175 | A-J [No. 5] | July 18, 1910 | State | M—— | " | |
| 31342 | J-M [No. 4] | July 19, 1912 | State | M—— | " | |
| 32465 | J-W [No. 4] | Sept. 4, 1912 | Enamel | F—— | " | |
| Pun. Cell Days | Days Forfeited | Compensation forfeited | Offense and Remarks. | |||
| No. 3 | 3 days | 10 days | $5.00[18] | Striking another inmate while in yard. | ||
| No. 2 | 3 days | 10 days | $5.00 | Disobeying orders by loud talking in hospital after being cautioned. | ||
| No. 5 | 2 days | 10 days | $5.00 | Fighting with 31342. M— | ||
| No. 4 | 2 days | 10 days | $5.00 | Fighting with 31175. J— | ||
| No. 8 | 2 days | 10 days | $5.00 | Disobeying orders by refusing to work as told by officer and foreman. | ||
CHAPTER XV
CUI BONO?
February 1, 1914.
Since the eventful week I have attempted to describe in the foregoing chapters, I have received a large number of letters which throw light on the Prison Problem. Letters from the Auburn prisoners, letters from men in other prisons, letters from ex-convicts, giving ideas based upon their own experiences, letters from prison officials in other states, expressing keen interest in the results of my experiment, letters from sympathetic men and women of the outside world, proving the existence of a large amount of sentiment in favor of a rational reform of our Prison System.
Many of these letters are valuable in connection with the broad question of Prison Reform but have no direct bearing upon my personal experiences in Auburn Prison; they would therefore be out of place here. Others of them do deal directly with that incident, reflecting the prisoners’ side of the matter. A selection from these letters has a distinct place in the story of my stay within the walls. If the tone of some of them seems unduly laudatory, let it be understood that they have been included not for that reason, but simply to enable us to gauge the actual results of the visit of Tom Brown—that fortunate representative of the sympathy of the outer world. These expressions of friendship and gratitude should not be considered as personal tributes, their importance lies not in the character of the recipient but in the state of mind of the writers.