night and day so that he could be heard everywhere in the prison—“Murder, murder! they are murdering me in this black hole; why don’t they take me out and kill me?”
The Warden said it could not be helped; that the man must be kept there; he was dangerous to himself and others; the dark cell was the only place for him. So Hall stayed there and howled, his cries growing weaker from day to day; by-and-by we heard him only at intervals, and after that not at all.
night and day so that he could be heard everywhere in the prison—“Murder, murder! they are murdering me in this black hole; why don’t they take me out and kill me?”
The Warden said it could not be helped; that the man must be kept there; he was dangerous to himself and others; the dark cell was the only place for him. So Hall stayed there and howled, his cries growing weaker from day to day; by-and-by we heard him only at intervals, and after that not at all.
