Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-13

furnish materials or be Interested in contracts for
work for the PrisOu, then do know, FROM Esqr.
PauI's admission, thas he sas interested sin Mr..
His contract for the rebuilding Of portion Of the
Prison. and Ars Brown furnished wood think
the greater portion, if noe al that was delivered
by him. was hauled year before last. 49, -
Question. Were you Keeper at the time OF the
zco7yersation between Gov. johnson and yoerself,
above referred to, and are you not now Assistant
Keeper?
Answer Yes, Sir.
Question. What proportion of your time during
the day have YOU spent at the Prison, since you
have been Assistant Keeper!
Answer Sometimes have business of my own
to attend to-more in the last twelve months than
usual-witII the exception OF that, | have never
been absent unless upon out door business cOnnec-
ted with the Prison, and which Is the legitimate
duty of the Deputy Agent to attend to, sucs as
making contracts of various kinds for materials;
with few exceptions have never been absent as
much as one day, aud that with the permission OF
Mr. White, the Keeper and the duties performed
outside, such as buying miterials and giving con-
tracts-this was done by me because my expert
ence in making such contracts gave me 4 better
knowedge OF the value of materials than any per-.
son about the Prison, aud all this was done with
the knowledge and consent and wish OF Mr. White,
the Keeper. --, ~
Question. Please state specifically what proper
ton OF your time you have spent from the Prison
when not engaged in business connected Herewith?
Answer. l have not been absent as much as one
day in the week attending to my own business.
cannot state the precise amount OF time. NAV
have absent longer than that, but have neV
er been complained OF by the Keeper on account OF
/ absence, to whom / am alone amenable; when |
agreed to remain there with Mr. White, as his
Deputy, it vas the understanding between him and
I Ii. -
had while was Agent
Question State whether you have not, either d.
rectly or indirectly. used your influence to keep
the present Board in with view to yourself being
| appointed Keeper of the Prison?
Answer. can ansSer most emphaticslly that |
have not
Question State whether you did not, in the pres.
and hearing OF others, a short time since, say
that Andy johnson, G-d-d-m him, we have
him where We bad him two years ago, and now We
intend TO make use of it, words 10 that effect?
Answer. | state emphatiealy that did not /
have not oath in fifteen years.
Question. Does Mr.. White, the Keeper of the
Prison, keep boarders; if so, how many, at what
rates, and from what quarter does he get his sup
plies, whether by his own purchases, or from the
supplies purchased for the Prison?
| Answer. He does keep boarders, to wit the
guards Of the Prison, portion Of them. perhaps
many as ten, at one hundred dollars each per
| year. for their eating. Ever since March last,
| young Mr.. White and his wife have been staying
alternately with his father, the Keeper, and with
| Mr. Clemens, his father in law have frequently
seen him going around with visitors there, assisting
in that respect. He gets his supplies partly FROM
/ the State and partly out Of his own purse-what
| quantity Of each 1 do not know.
Question Has il not been the custom Of the In
spectors to set apart supplies TOR tho family OF the
| Keeper?
Answer. They did it for me. have understood
that it was the custom OF Mr.. Mcintosh, who was
| Keeper for many years, to get his supplies out Of
those bought tor the Prison; to what extent an
unable 20 say. | was the successor OF Mr. Mcln
tosh, and when came in, there being no law
which authorized me to get supplies from that quar-
ter, the Inspectors set apart what we're necessary
for me and Inv family.
\ Question. Please state what is the character o
7 Mr.. Paul for honesty, integrity and veracity!
Answer. | have known him since a boy
and | think there is no man in the community whC
stands higher man Of strict honesty aud fair
ness in all his dealings; his veracity is beyond ques
ton. / also state that know nothing against Mr.
White in his official capacity nor in any other.
G. N. HAYS.
COMMITTEE Room, March lst., 1886.
| Mr. Isaac Paul was then called TO the stand as
witness
The undersigned, constituting minority Of tn
| Committee upon the admissibility of Mr. Paul as
witness do hereby enter their protest against hi
introduction, for the reason, among Others, that h.
is one Of the Inspectors Of the Penitentiary; and
is his official conduct in part, that the COMMITTEE
was created to investigate.
NV. CARTER.
| THos DEAN.
| The majority Of the committee decide that tn