The New York herald., 1872-08-01

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which not cut or sAs0
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those used Ct meals ana thqse % in tae shop st
s asksd Elm had wsonssS him way hS
no more antpathy against him than any othsf cfcer.
At this juncture Mr. Patrick Gilhooley and Mr.:
William Bell, who were boys In tho House Of
regarding the discipline Of the House as now COM
pared with that time. In their opinion 1t was much
sHsn ssssHr O. i Se
dence can be imagined when t is told b0tn OF tnese
awhile since at Rutgers College. They reside at
Somerville, N. J.
The following charge was then subrnitted:-
The said managers compel the said inmates TO labor in
cessany and impose them tasks snsf
and Spirits broken, and That reform is wholly subor-
to M s Of the % 1a 70 s
From Som Il the sehre a6or of s said inmates
Silas A. Brush. Assistant Superintendent was
examined upon this point, and also shat OF punish
ment. In the latter case he corroborated the evil
dence of others, and in the matter of being over
worked had never known 1t to occur.
tuition December I, 1871, and now helping the en-
hs to @ ot n a@d
always treated kindly by the superintendent ana
the other officials.
OF Refuge Is performed was then submitted IN evil
dence, when Samuel O. Wheeler, an overseer for
work done by tine boys. He stated that they had
not been overworked.
Mr.. Buchanan, foreman for the shoe contractor,
was called, and he testified to the "tasks' given by
the inmates In his department. He also referred
to few boys who had done extra work of their
Eldridge Assistant superintendent was also exam
tned on the point Of "tasks and he asserted that
they were not too great, many Of the boys getting
Charles Henry Degraw ,colored), an inmate OF
the house and shoe burnisher, was then Called and
extra work he had done and what he had obtained
for it, being the miserable sum of thirty cents for
the work to obiige the foreman however, and not
for the pay received.
The investigation was then adjourned until this
WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS WANT.
The Commissioners now being in session, and, as
Of tSe Of the
one WIZ can glye evidence apon, :. the 6s
wish to visit Randall's Island without o subpoena,
this will be sent them by forwarding theff names,
of this nature, will adjourn tonight for two or three
days.
A Fearless Letter from the Roman
Catholic Chaplain OF Randall's Island-
Will the Commissioners Place Him ON
tho Stands
SO much has recently been written about the
treatment of prisoners in the Randall's Island
House of Refuge that public opinion has forced an
investigation upon the Board Of Managers, and the
State Commissioners are now engaged in the work.
1t is to be hoped that they will make the inquiry
very thorough and place the blame where it prop
erly belongs. The following letter from Rev. Father
Renaud, Chaplain on the island, has been forwarded
to the HERALD and the public who are taxed
$4,000 for the support Of this institution and the
generous subscribers to its support will scarcely be
satisfied II the reverend father be not summoned
to testify in the premises
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
As several statements, calculated to mislead
public opinion, were lately made. with regard to
religious liberty in the New York HOUSE of Refuge,
deem 1t my duty as Catholic Chaplain OF Randalls
Island to address you the following communica.
ton, begging you to insert 1t at once in your
widely read paper It may give to the State Com
missioners OF Charities some information which
might not be supplied them otherwise. proceed
e. Has the Catholic priest any access cess at all , to
the healthy 1T Catholic inmates Nate 6oys or girls in the
q. Does the Catholic priest attend the sick girls
in the Refuge, at least at the moment Of death A.
Neither myself nor Rev. Fathers Duranquet and
Chambon, my two predecessors ever were called to
give spiritual attendance to any Of the girls.
Q. Has the priest perfect liberty, at least with
the Catholic sick bOysr A. No; he can, indeed, give
them the sacrament, but he was positively refused
faculty to leave with them the books and papers
which he thought they needed to prepare them.
selves properly for the reception Of these sacred
the Refuge he has first to report himself at the
office and ask each time leave to go to the hospital
Hoping that this statement viii give offence to no
sincere lover OF truth and liberty, remain. Mr..
Editor yours truly, J. RENAUD, $. J.
THE ATALANTA CREW.