As Napoleon rode at the head of his armies through
Egypt past the pyramids, he halted and said: "Soldiers,
from the summit of these pyramids, forty centuries look down
upon you." And the warden, within his castled home at Lancaster
called each new officer before him and discussed prison discipline
with him, gave him his instructions and pointed out to him that
from those depths of crime and despair nearly four hundred unfortunates
look up to him for example and guidance, and that he should not
let them look in vain.
But to
reorganize a prison takes time. All the employees cannot be dismissed at the
same time and replaced with new men, for that would be unsafe and flirting
with an outbreak. A new deputy warden, Major H. H. Antles had been appointed,
and a new office created, that of assistant deputy warden. Mr. John Burke,
a guard, was appointed to the office. The warden gave orders that the
south door leading from the chapel into
