Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972 Page: 61
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61cans and through the Jerry garbage cans. There were cats
that mysteriously disappeared. It got bad. There's no
question about it.
Well, again, what did you weigh when you went in?
I weighed about 150, and I figure I lost about fifty
pounds. Bob, the man I spoke of, Bob Hinckley, was about
a 190-pounder, and they estimated him at about 115.
They did it by stones, so many stones. You know that
arithmetic? I forget. We really did lose a lot of
weight.
Did you lose very many prisoners, that is, did very many
die?
No. I don't know of any that died in there. I know
there were some, but I didn't know any. A lot of things
happened that might be of interest.
What sort of food were you usually getting?
We had absolutely no food. It was bad. I don't remember
what we had.
Did you get quite a bit of bread and soup, perhaps?
Yes, we had that black Jerry bread made from sawdust.
Sometimes they wouldn't get it all mixed up right, and
the sawdust would flake away. But I remember in the
darkest hours it was colder than hell, and the days were
only about four or five hours long, you know, the long
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Cronin, Eugene R. Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972, book, February 1, 1972; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529237/m1/63/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.