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April 1, 1869
The Jeffersonian
Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
In Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, on March 27, 1869, Associate Judge John Deyoung issues an order restricting jail visitors to condemned prisoners Brooks and Orme to only ministers, attorneys, and physicians to ensure their safe keeping and religious preparation.
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Visitors to the Jail.
It will be seen by the following, which has been handed us for publication, that promiscuous visiting to the prisoners, under sentence of death, in our county jail, is, for the future, cut off. We cannot but believe that this is a move in the right direction, especially in view of the safe keeping of the condemned. It is not supposed that any one of the many heretofore permitted to visit the prisoners would aid in, or connive at, their escape; but it cannot be denied that a continued running in and out, if permitted to continue, would be very apt to beget carelessness on the part of those whose duty it is to see that Brooks and Orme are secured against the possibility of escape, and that they are on hand when the day arrives on which the law will demand execution of its penalty for their crimes.
Nor can it be consistently contended that this action of the authorities will militate against the religious preparation of the prisoners, for the awful fate which awaits them. Sober and serious reflection and self-communion have been proven, in repeated instances, to be the best means to secure this desirable end; and with the aid of the Clergy, schooled as they are to administer God's comforts to the afflicted, the proper state of mind in which to ask for and receive His pardon, can be far more certainly secured to the prisoners, than in the gathering in of the many,—some from idle curiosity, and others zealous to accomplish the work of themselves. The following is the order which will imperatively govern admissions to the jail in future:
"STROUDSBURG, Pa., March 27th, 1869.
The Sheriff of the County of Monroe, the Deputy Sheriff and the Jailor having made representation to me, that the visitors to the condemned men in the County Jail are too numerous, and that unless the numbers are curtailed the safe keeping of the prisoners is rendered uncertain, it is hereby ordered that the Sheriff, the Deputy Sheriff and the Jailor admit no persons to the prison department of the Jail save the Ministers of the Gospel of Stroudsburg, the Prisoners' Attorneys, and Physicians if need be.
JOHN DEYOUNG,
Associate Judge."
It will be seen by the following, which has been handed us for publication, that promiscuous visiting to the prisoners, under sentence of death, in our county jail, is, for the future, cut off. We cannot but believe that this is a move in the right direction, especially in view of the safe keeping of the condemned. It is not supposed that any one of the many heretofore permitted to visit the prisoners would aid in, or connive at, their escape; but it cannot be denied that a continued running in and out, if permitted to continue, would be very apt to beget carelessness on the part of those whose duty it is to see that Brooks and Orme are secured against the possibility of escape, and that they are on hand when the day arrives on which the law will demand execution of its penalty for their crimes.
Nor can it be consistently contended that this action of the authorities will militate against the religious preparation of the prisoners, for the awful fate which awaits them. Sober and serious reflection and self-communion have been proven, in repeated instances, to be the best means to secure this desirable end; and with the aid of the Clergy, schooled as they are to administer God's comforts to the afflicted, the proper state of mind in which to ask for and receive His pardon, can be far more certainly secured to the prisoners, than in the gathering in of the many,—some from idle curiosity, and others zealous to accomplish the work of themselves. The following is the order which will imperatively govern admissions to the jail in future:
"STROUDSBURG, Pa., March 27th, 1869.
The Sheriff of the County of Monroe, the Deputy Sheriff and the Jailor having made representation to me, that the visitors to the condemned men in the County Jail are too numerous, and that unless the numbers are curtailed the safe keeping of the prisoners is rendered uncertain, it is hereby ordered that the Sheriff, the Deputy Sheriff and the Jailor admit no persons to the prison department of the Jail save the Ministers of the Gospel of Stroudsburg, the Prisoners' Attorneys, and Physicians if need be.
JOHN DEYOUNG,
Associate Judge."
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Crime Story
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Crime Punishment
What keywords are associated?
Jail Visitors
Condemned Prisoners
Brooks
Orme
Visitor Restriction
Stroudsburg
Monroe County
What entities or persons were involved?
Brooks
Orme
John Deyoung
Where did it happen?
Stroudsburg, Pa., County Jail, Monroe County
Story Details
Key Persons
Brooks
Orme
John Deyoung
Location
Stroudsburg, Pa., County Jail, Monroe County
Event Date
March 27th, 1869
Story Details
Authorities restrict visitors to the county jail holding condemned prisoners Brooks and Orme to ministers, attorneys, and physicians to ensure safe keeping and proper religious preparation, as ordered by Associate Judge John Deyoung.