Dillon: And the woman, was she a negro or white? (Crowd gasps.)
Gill: I don't see . . . Yes, she was white.
"On The Bench"
Under allegation 13, that there was a shortage in the prison store funds, and that no punishment had been meted out:
Dillon: What were the punishments for trivial offenses?
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Gill: Well, we had one thing, called "sitting on the bench.". . . The men had to sit, all their leisure hours, on a bench outside the office, and be on call for menial work around the place.
Dillon: Do the men sit on the bench, an ordinary wooden bench?
Gill: Yes.
Dillon: Will you explain to me, Mr. Gill, how a man can do such work while he is sitting on a bench? (This went on for some time.