The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-05-07

FO II r TH DAY.
the ".asjor" Turns the Tables.
A SPECK OF SCANDAL


animation: Went to prison 1st Of June as
yard officer. Was discharged. Thought it
was for having faithfully attended to his
duty as an honest man. Superintendent
gave as reason that Mr.. Smith was q son
Of member of the Board, and by his ap-
pointment he would have more influence
with the Board. He did not state that it
was on account of the presence Of some OBJ
jectionable person around prison. Had
known Superintendent several times to be
guilty of violation of duty. he told no one
Of it. he considered it consistent with
the honest discharge of his duty to keep
this to himself. He might or he might not
have been discharged if he had disclosed it.
| Witness kept account Of iron sent out to
| Messrs. Tanner & Ehbess. There was but
little discrepancy between his account Of
weight and that Of Messrs. Tanner &
Ehbets. .sl@.1-.7i
| Witness here gave some evidence con-
cerning some promises of the Superintend-
ent in regard to his promotion to better
position in the penitentiary.l
Superintendent told witness to measure
half cord of wood and send it to Mrs. Han
cock. Did 30, and reported to superin-
tendent, who told him that he would pay it
back to the State from his own pile. Wit
ness considered it proper to keep back any
fact in favor Of the accused, unless in an
rwer to q direct question. He would not
give any fact either to convict or screen
| the accused, unless in answer to questions.
Here witness was examined at come length
in regard to the weighing of the iron and
the purchase Of articles for the Institution,
but no important fact was divulged.
a person claiming the name Of Hoyey
made her appearance about the peniten-
tiary. That was not her true name. Wit
ness, in answer to the question If she was
his wife, said that he did not think this
was proper matter to be brought into this
investigation. He introduced this person
to Mr.. and Mrs. Wardwell. Thought her
proper person to be introduced. She
did claim to be witnesses wife. Did not
think she did in presence Of Mr.. or Mrs.
Warduell. Did not know whether her pre-
sence was the cause Of the difficulty be-
tween himself and Wardwell. Did not say
that this was his reason for being dissatis-
fed. Couldn't say that there was ever any
conversation in Wsrdwell's parlor about
this. The person had portrait Of some
children with her. Knew it because he
saw it. She was within the superintend-
ent's building before. Did not know whe-
ther she sent for Mrs. Wardwell to show
them to her or not. Could not say that she
did or did not claim that they were wit
ness's children. Could not say whether
or not Mr.. and Mrs. Wardwen knew them
to be his children.
The witnesses reasons for not answering
the first question put to him about this per-
son we're that he did not think the matter
properly appertsining to this investigation.
In answer to the question, "Was that the
only reason f'' put six or seven times in
rapid succession, witness replied : 81 have
given my answer Finally hereplied that
he had no other special reason. Witness
had never offered the person $3.50 for any
specified purpose for herself. He had not
offered her farthing. He had given her
$3.50 for the uses and purposes of other per-
SONS. This money did not pass through
Wardwell's hands,. .
Here the witness was examined at length
in regard to the old iron sold, the articles
purchased, and the half cord Of wood sent
to Mrs. Hancock, but no new facts were di-
vulged except the one that Shoemaker, a
convict, had purchased articles for the in
stitution by order of the uperlntendent, or
some other officer. Witness was not dis
charged for two weeks after the introduc-
tion of the person referred to to the super
intendent. His conduct towards him was
unchanged. The pump which was broken
up and sold could have been used for me-
chanical purposes. It's breaking involved
loss to the State of Sl00 or $3.50. Wit
ness had known prisoners to be sent out by
the Superintendent in citizens clothes to
fix up his lot at Hollywood Cemetery. He
was attended with guard. Several con-
victs attended the Superintendent stable
some distance from the penitentiary. They
were without a guard. Had known them
to 60 to market in his buggy without any
guard. Tro1o Jones, convict, was also
employed by Messrs. Bowen s. Rahm, near
Dispatch station. He was in citizens
clothing, end without a guard. Had
known convicts to 60 out with Su-
perintendent's COWS beyond the enclo-
sure. They were generally in prison
uniform. The Superintendent's COWS and
hogs we're generally attended to by prison
ers. Witness did not know whether or not
the clerk kept record Of all the wood or
iron that went out Of the institution. Did
not think he kept record of loads Of coal
that came in. If the clerk had kept re-
cord of the iron there could have been no
necessity for the witness to 60 to Tanner g.
Ehbets to find out how much iron had been
sold to them. During the prayer-meetings
| there was nothing to prevent intercourse
between prisoners. During the meetings Of
the Sabbath schools on Sunday afternoons,
spectators from the outside were admitted.
They were allowed to sit promiscuously
about the room among the prisoners. There
were from twenty to fifty, sometimes a
hundred-black and white, male and fe-
male, old and young-present. Ministers
we're also present. The superintendent had
been absent from the institution several
days at time, and had left it in charge Of
persons not sworn officers.
At the conclusion of this examination,
the Board adjourned until o'clock this
morning.
UNITED eTATEs INCOME TAX IN RICH
MoND.-The following statement Of the
United States income tax assessed in this
city in 1868 and 1869 is evidence that some
| body is making little more money than
| formerly. When we get things reconstructed
these returns will be many times larger:
| 1868. 1869.
First Division, all Of city
| east Of Seventeenth
street. ....SS,9ol 90 Slo,27o 5s
| Second division, between
| Seventh and Seventeenth
| ooa n5S n