THE TWIN HELLS

A Thrilling Narrative of Life in
the Kansas and Missouri
Penitentiaries


BY

JOHN N. REYNOLDS
ATCHISON, KANSAS.


TO MY DEAR OLD MOTHER
AND
TO THE MEMORY OF MY SAINTED WIFE
THIS BOOK
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY
THE AUTHOR.



PREFACE

The following pages treat of hell--A Kansas hell and a Missouri hell.
Those who desire to peruse works that tell about Heaven only, are
urged to drop this book and run. I was an inmate of the Kansas
penitentiary for sixteen months, and make mention of what came under
my own observation in connection with what I experienced. While an
inmate of this prison I occupied cells at various times with convicts