Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) WITHIN PRISON WALLS WITHIN PRISON WALLS _BEING A NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE DURING A WEEK OF VOLUNTARY CONFINEMENT IN THE STATE PRISON AT AUBURN, NEW YORK_ BY THOMAS MOTT OSBORNE (THOMAS BROWN, AUBURN No. 33,333X) NEW YORK AND LONDON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1928 COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Printed in the United States of America THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS DEDICATED TO OUR BROTHERS IN GRAY AND ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO, DURING MY SHORT STAY AMONG THEM IN AUBURN PRISON, WON MY LASTING GRATITUDE AND AFFECTION BY THEIR COURTESY, SYMPATHY, AND UNDERSTANDING CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. WHY I WENT TO PRISON 1 II. SUNDAY'S JOURNAL 11 III. MONDAY MORNING 24 IV. MONDAY AFTERNOON 41 V. THE FIRST NIGHT 59 VI. TUESDAY MORNING 70 VII. TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING 88 VIII. WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON 108 IX. WEDNESDAY EVENING 125 X. THURSDAY 138 XI. FRIDAY 164 XII. SATURDAY 189 XIII. A NIGHT IN HELL 207 XIV. SUNDAY--THE END 253 XV. CUI BONO? 280 CHAPTER THE LAST.--THE BEGINNING 314 WITHIN PRISON WALLS CHAPTER I WHY I WENT TO PRISON