Note 357 — Chapter XXIII · The Defense Becomes Arrogant.
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The graft prisoners unquestionably suffered greatly from their confinement.
“No matter,” said Ruef, in an interview printed in The Examiner January 11, 1908, “how much effort is made, the place cannot be kept clean. Filth accumulates and no running water has been provided. The gases from the drain pipes permeate the cells and are always present. No prisoner can keep himself clean, and it is no wonder that clothing and everything is uncleanly.”
Schmitz, long of body, complained that he needed a long cell. “I would like a longer cell,” he is reported as saying. “My legs are too long and I cannot stretch them out. The hole is beastly and no place for a clean man.”
Louis Glass declared that he would be dead in a few days if not permitted to remain outside his cell.