The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-04-26

The BEGINNING OF A .RU1PUsS.-TWo dis
charged employees from the penitentiary
have preferred the following grave charges
against Burnham Wsrdwsll, superintend-
ent of the penitentiary: EII
CHARGE.-Dereliction OF, duty IN the dis
chnrge of his office as superintendent.-Spe-
cifcdtion.-That the said Burnham Ward
well, superinte ndens1of the Virginia Peni-
ttentiary, did connive with one C. NJ FAIR
banks, ,pardoned. convict, and conspired
with the said Fairbanks to effect the escape
Of George Ford alias ]. Kay and one An
drew Donovan, both sentenced to q term OF
imprisonment in the Virginia penitentiaTy.
CHARGE. Defraudinq United States In
sernal Reveaue.-Specifcat 1st.-ln that
the said Burnham Wardwell, superinten-
dent Virginia penitentiary, did conspire
twith one a. T. Burr, clerk Of said Burnham
Wardwell, at his place Of business, to fur
pish tobacco allowed by law to prisoners
confined in said Institution, without the
knowledge of the general agent, and did
furnish such tobacco in conjunction with
the said a. 7: Burr, in clandestine man
ner, upon which the United States tax had
not been paid, thereby defrauding the
United States out Of the tax due upon said
lots Of tobacco furnished at various times
by the said Durham Wardwell, all during
the months of January, February, and
March, 1869.
Specification 2d.-In this, that the
said 'Burnham Wardwell did allow J.'R.
Shoemaker, convict duly convicted and
sentenced to term of imprisonment in the
Virginia penitentiary, to visit the foundry
of Tanner, Ehbets & Delaney, and other
places in the city of Richmond, and there
contract, sell, and buy, on account Of the
State of Virginia and the said Burnham
Wardwell, various articles belonging to the
penitentiary-to wit, large lot Of braes
and iron-and did dispose of the same to
the said Tanner, Ehbets & Delaney, and
others; said convict being now an escaped
felon. ,.-.4..-. .,..... ......,.......
Specification 3d.-In this, that the said
Burnham Wardwell did, on or about the lst
Of January, 1869, sell one lot of machine
oil, the property of the State of Virginia,
aud failed to account to the general agent
OF the penitentiary for the same, thereby
appropriating the proceeds of the sale of
the same to his own private use.
CHARGE Incom,p petency-T Total uant OF
prison discipline among the CONFLICTS.
: CHARaE.-DiSpoSing of public property
and appropriating the proceeds Of the same
to his o,on priuate uSe.--Specifcatton.
this, that the said Burnham Wardwell did
sell, on or about the 18th day of March,
1869, two thousand bricks, more or less, the
property Of the State of Virginia, to one
James H. Platt, of Chesterfield county, or
AZ - - To 1otf tn ha
taken into the county Of Chesterfield and
there used, and the said Burnham Ward
we'll failing to account for the same to the
general agent of the penitentiary, as re-
ouired by law. That the said Burnham
Wardwell, superintendent of the peniten-
tiary, did feed his hogs with fifty bushels OF
potatoes, more or less, and fifty bushels OF
turnjps, more or less, all being the property
OF the State of Virginia, during the months
of February and March, 1869.
CHARGE.-DefrGuding George II. Broecn
out of - DoNarS.-SpecJication
this, that the said Burnham Wardwell
did conspire with one William Free
man, convict now imprisoned in the
Virginia penitentiary, to defraud, and did
receive from, the said William Freeman on
or about the lst Of September, 1868, one
hundred dollars (5l00) in money, more or
Less, the property Of the said George II.
Brown. He (.he said Burnham Wardwell)
did so obtain the above amount Of money
BY taking the said convict from the peni-
tentiary into his buggy and conveying him
(concealed) to the spot wherein the said
money had been deposited by the said
William Freeman, and the said Burnham
Wardwell did take and receive the said
money from the eaid William Freeman, he
well knowing the same to be stolen from,
and the property of, the said George H.
Brown.
CHARGE.-Improper Employment Of Con-
victs. ts.-Specifcation.-In this, that the
said Burnham Wardwell did employ at
his place of private business in the city Of
Richmond-to wit !. on Cary between Eigh-
teenth and Nineteenth streets-the convicts
under his charge as superintendent of the
Virginia peDitentiary, for his own benefit;
and did receive as private Individual the
labor Of said conVicts, without giving, or
returning, or charging himself for the same
on the proper book where such accounts
are kept lat the clerks Office of the Vir-
ginia penitentiary).
: @tCHARGE.-I Improper use of Public Mo-
:ney-S pecifcation.-In this, that the said
Burnham Wsrdwell did receive from the
contractors certain sums of money, amount.
ing to from three to five thousand dollars,
more or less, due the State for the hire of
conyicts, and has appropriated the same to
his own use, not having accounted for the
came, according to Law, either to the gene
raj agent or Auditor of the Commonwealth.
CHARGE E-Perjury- SpecJtcation.-In
this, that Burnham Wardwell, superinten-
dent Virginia penitentiary, did subscribe
to the oath Of Office, as required by on act
of Congress passed July I'd, 1862, and in
SO subscribing to said oath did perjure
himself, in this, that the said Burnham
Wardwell did render aid and comfort to the
Confederate States Government in armed
hostility to the Government Of the United
States, by voluntarily subscribing horses to
the Varina cavalry troop, organized for the
protection of the State Of Virginia, one Of
the States then in rebellion gsinst the
United States Government, and such horses
were 60 furnished without demand being
made upon him, the said Burnham Ward
we'll, by the authorities Of the Confederate
States Government. Esd. .r-a.
These charges have been sent to the COM
msndipg General, by whom they-together
with others to be preferred against other
parties in the same connection-will proba-
bly be referred to committee Of inYesti-
gstion. Luther Lee, Jr., has been offered,
We learn, by prominent parties, FIVE hum
dred dollars to resign his position, fer what
object, however, we are unable to ascer-
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