, 1869-06-30

That the Cnnttcs are aI1OHtl TO talk quite freely
ing from their work. And that many OF them are
allowed TO idle and lounge away their time IN
squads without being put or kept At any useful en-
:. !. And that. the jnzora hare good reason
to bfi1ere, from the before them and from
management Is tn an extremely lax and unsafe
condition.
q,e5s s1r sse s9d 9 ,sas ~, he , sonss
prison, are daily permitted tc he In and about the
streets Of Joliet, and are often seen mlies away
IN the country around, IN violation OF Law
and to the great annoyance Of the people
And the Jurors ask that thls ptcsentnent Of facts
as they hare coma to the En1Wtedge OF the under.
ny ss aa ,ls sseos S Of ss
considered advisable.
clarf cltIBaE BAKER, Foreman. c. A Austin,
Martin Bergen, John QuiMby,
John II. knyanauEh, William Barrett,
Thomas l. Berger, Henry kasshaum,
s, O. Deldon. Erastus Rudd.
William Watkins, p T. Barrett,
George Eth, John Lutz
]. N. Browp, Sheidon Young
& b. Foote, Nicholas Cougar,
james Hlbuer, Elijah Hunter,
Edwin s. Woods, Gabriel Noel -.
Attest, THDS. ]. STEvENs, Clerk.
Jokn Red, snor1-Ffrst tims: I an Conmls
sioner Of PenitentlarJ. Pr1soDtEs are not allowed
TO carry knives, except by special permission.
Knives. The permission IL given by the Warden
and Deputy Prisoners sometimes make the knife
and conceal 1t noout their rtrson. There is Q
sDives The knives generally carried are bi1ai
and not long, The Enne with which the 1rst pEis
oEer WAS Killed Was an Old shut one-an old case,
knife, ground down. Think the guards arc feartu
OF the prisoners because they tarry knives, Be.
lieye the change Of Warden creates the overbear
inc disposition Of the conSicta. The general pun
slnent IL In DARK cell have gheWerc1 one or Two
Martin Is goodiconyIct; Aedttrd very quarrel.
some and dangerous man Tle Commissioners
have nor known oftclalF that the convicts have
knrcs.
Second ttstimony: The enti.e con.rct OF tho
prison Is IN the hands Of the Wa.len, except when
the Board Of Commissioner is In session
By recent action OF the board have 80 more
% say In tho ahsenoe q the otner Commissioners
than any private citizen. consider that Tie
Warden has been instructed 70 maintain disct
meeting Of tho board. ior considerable time past,
called attention to tho fact that lha discipline Wa
extremely bad, and growing worse daily. There
ought 70 be no ioungers aroundshe ison build
Ing, az there Is an abundance II work at winch
iouugtng and 1dleness demoEali:es the men who
arc disposed TO WORK, aud the. complain londlg
Of Injustice and partially, The worst Characters
lai,or Prisoners caTrg their wo!king knives from
shoe ahop, harness shop, chair sepps, dc, and nre
thus armed to very much GrearI extent than
had supposed, when testified bafpte
Richard F. BNrttT, s,oo77s: have Iev-%3ss-
master In prl5on. Am now usner; nave been
Usher about ten da5- l think :Ee prisoners nre
not kept at Eprk Is they should be-. Groups OF
men lounge around, and cong1egate and talk
some OF them have their Kitchen c1d other Fo1k
done, and some Eave no work to 40. have been
ther1 since 1861 A great many cf the men carry
Iegar,i to discipline arc not carnei cut A barber
eessain n % Place. 'lf &c % said ned Be- ID ia he
would do It heatl him say 30 myself He Was
not punished. The Deputy Often tells men 70 50
lis T ash, bat Do not ott 70 10 the saop but lounge
around. Sometimes guards order men to report
70 ne Depq1 which 5nsy DO net no; aTays % vs. 40 d. ont
It is generally known by officers aad guafuS that
prisoners car7J knives
Prison been thero nlnctcea mouths l1ave charge
OF . gaus grading yarcs and hreaang stone. Pt1s-
ouess carry knlves- Have taken kn1es from them
Deputy tod nc to taks Knives ans break them . d
short, and return them to the men Vas 1n dining
hall When Mediori was killed Saw Martins knife:
any order 10 search fSe tie kniEta used IN this
light Heard OF iwo men being Ruled with knives
.asely. They would not have heeA KILLED Il they
guards aru generally fearful at tie prisoners, be
cause They carry knives. MT men abey ny or9lers
Believe that the old guards Will generally leaFe,
They feel unsafe. Eaq.aln Arnoldls gentleman,
and tries to do ns duty.
Hen-yK. Be.ner, stsorn: an assistant stew;
With knives Of from one to four innes !n tength.
Have been guard seven or eight 5eara- Discipline
IS not near 30 good az formerly. PE!soners are
present time An old guar1 hs1 mora control
over the prisoners ttan new ones Obedience rc
o-deSR Is Eot enlcrced. The rule Drbiddtug con.
se 1HIps Mo2K Mtsot spea IS not
The ns Is to approaching an ofise- respectfully Is
! not enforced. I thtnE about tTr-thtrds q the
prisoners cay knives q dansero3s SEa' r. soe m
aa5s III uHu Z, ,oe na - tfreA 1ara AnofhrI
Prisoaer s.E'ck The :uard Bradshaw with ms as,
and then Elto sasn o. s euGh ~ w. ns,as sstuts
" H. spg snd neers saie beeoSss Of TIC aS
Believe there is danger Of an outbreak at any
VTuia.n glcehford, srcern: I m. foreman !n the
cigar shop IN the State Prison. Have been there
abous six Eca!A nSssPlsne, AZ Compared *lth iSr,
concealed weapols ne carried 1t The presea,
tme. Aenp.ea, saors ,,e S ta's s'nee % 'a1c
~eanon from pssoeel aro ne tola me @ &c ~ mol.a t
with man nov TO get Nm tn work Is to coax hlrn.
cat1y no Keapcn- Haa aloE IN ny saop nol
!ynG snce Thsn @ ne M ptsons @ efcmasd .onna ,o, nc
Stand haek, ypu scn o. q bitch" DO think the
Ives OF the guards aud forcmcn are constantly In
ceased to 1cpos; cousicts entirely; ia no use
they Will como back ans laugh Ut nc, Il they are
order, nf the nennfT Warden. The Warden Ia
the ~ .ronshe rsrI for the fnfsrule II rennrt h
mnde Is The dcpntr be- hSs to rcport to the Warden
jaoge t9e1e @ 20 s ses va ,3grat,y 1sgs xe &
w. ~. faat ~ !1an,,n ~ hade reT 49,
1hsrn " % iaatper shes,hs ana inthefr hnt snd
m fhet- - nersnna Tney are al. a,IcEed to csrry
fn,yra T7rsferda7 saw some cOpyicts fuu1,l1
ID lie yard, and foiowtng them up folnd night
ia prnfftss, Is;orped Il. Heard one Of the men
say, aIcu son or b, III nI you yet" saw a
knife drawn at that time. There arc lots Of dan-
ecrous knt.e carried. ! hea1t the T!rden bad
Gaf mi Al fF$S
them out Su.nk, from threats hAre beard, that
they calculaIe tn Kill several 81 tue guards O1sc1-
Plsnc Is worse since Mr.. Perkins came than ever
before. Have heard OF the prisoners cattylnS r.
nis lnoHleige- one i ne men told p, - week
TO = 6rinS him n rome candy. nom town" haTe
aiteu E1id prisoners from 80 TO - per month fer
ooer M s.N s1ab ahof tsen eonves yesseray
cnuspiE1ng together. They haze telegraph signals
bv WHICH they signal to eaen other. One OF xne1a
tod nc MI. PeIfins would DO any thing for hAl +;
seSelaI eve al q lie guards weie tTom vi. Perftas Re-
forn School; thAt he had brought taen down.
it IS dausezpusru TO report coavlcts to the Var
den. nave seen from nve 10 eight hundred
dollars IN the hands OF priso7eEs. ! mean that
sum tn tne hanas 9! o5e MAJ =. Hase seen 'ha:
r7sonefs snon1a mAAH tosl naSaA 30 "a snlte
ol al nc &uafus aaa oIise8s can 90. nase
olaen sf!1n ronnd rha ho1,as -,
s1.d Is reNevss fhr nr.snners s1a cnnsn,11no
1smatr, ;rtaS and Wi be ont inst,ie ~ fhttT
d. days ' ' ~ - ~ ~ '--''''e >''''' -
cooner.shon In State Prison, The men In mt do
RE Work ti5at thcy used to do OEtnr. n heiJere
r. the chanVe OF officers and the conseouent Tans
Of discipline ! hare been IN the Illinois State