, 1873-04-12
THE STATE CAPITAL.


Who mako tho management Of conviota study
nro bottor able than We to decide upon methods
tractors to who employ the eonvcta doponda. very
closely upon striee discipline; TINT not boing
maintained, tho eontractors would suffer annoy
anco and loaa, md tho now larEe and ntoady IT,
minsl,od, aud tho ronitentlary greatly DE-
intimately eo,.,,eo{od with 4,o tho ,,a;sn1 insn-
ss sn ,ou pfSseo,z Ss eeonzous # ss nrSS Se
ing taken Tint tho law DO not violated BY tho liz
,nietlon OF cruel mud unusual p'1niahmonta,.
among which nlny bc olasHod tho duohing Of
= Tho prisoners aro we'll clothed, thoir clothing
regularly washed and kopt neat aud clean. Thoir
food wo find to DO of s'lllloont quantity, whole-
some aud wo1l cooked. Tho cells and cell houeoa
viotr aro remarkably fcw, the oxproBsion Of many
'hone that those who obey tho iuloH are aa COM
.fornbly situated aa Is possible for prison life.
Your Committee taio plcastlro In expressing
.iiio appoaranco appe Of tic foalo department., M %
.cycrytfng therein showing the presence, taBto,
and good order Of gontlo woman. In tbin COM
'nection NO would commend most highly. Tor
.kindnoss of heart md fatthfulnoss Of conduct,
tllo natron Of that departments, Miss Braloy,
who is doing nil III hor power for tho comfort Of
'hor unfortunate charges.
Your Committee were impressed with tho i'm
'po:tance Of aaeortalning whother or not tho
tul mnuror. TO facilitate this portion Of tho ill-
'vestigation, . Subcommittee waB appointed.
consisting Of h[esBrs. Darkley, Rankin, and
,EaBley, who spent severnl dayB ut tho prison In
making the examination In connection with Mr.
Alfred 6pinl, Of Chicago, an accountant OF State
reputation. Tho Sub-Committoo uubnht tho
following report:
To the House PenftentiarN Committee: ~ -
GENTLEMEN: Your Sub-O Committee, appointed
to examine lilo books and papers Of tho rcniton-
tiary, beg lcnyo to report aa follows:
IT,, ,ft,n,1r .n}h mn 3inrcnr1l frA.
ton Of tho bno1u wo secured tho sarvicos Of Mr..
Alfred spinli, National Bank Examiner for Ci,l-
cago, an expert accountant. In accordance with
previous arrangement, .o met Mr.. Srtnk ut tho
prison OIL "Wednesday, March TO- and mntlo an
exhaustive examination OF tho prison nccounts.
Tho result Of our examination Is shown In tho
report Of Mr. Sphinx:
srRINar1EIp, Marcl 81, 1879.
Hon. d. y. Darklcy, Chairman, ttc.:
SlR: Having completed tho booka Of tho ILL.,
noiB State ponitentiary, with especial reference
to the businoas of tho year ending Nov. 80, 1872,
I now present tho following as my report:
Tho books were found to haye been kept In .
thorough, syHtomatio, nnd buEiness-liko manner.
Cash disbursements nre snbstantiatol by proper
vouchers, and tho record of tho employment of
tho convicts is guarded by amplo and sufficient.
checks. Tho Bystem is aucls that all accountB
Of receipts and disbursements can he thoroughly
verified, aud TINT no fraudulent entries could
osoapo detection upon proper examination.
Taking tho furniture, fixtures, supplies, and
material on hcnd, November, 1879, at the yalue
hxod by tho several inventorios, tho assents Of
the Ponitentiary, over and above MI Gabilitlos,
amounted ut that date to $3.50, ,804.1G.
,ut t1nre ut,o