Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-24
["From the Eatou independently
The Jail.

thOrity that the last Grand Jury, was
unanimous in condemnation of the
County Jail.
During Court we have had occasion
to visit the Jail, for the purpose of o IL
ference with parties requiring u pro
fessional aid, and the fact is ~undeniable
and Notifying, that this building is d
disgrace to our County. 1t is frequent
occurrence that INNOCENT persons are
confined in Jail, awaiting the Court
term of trial, and it is a shame and an
outrage that they should be penned up
in close cells, mere ventilators to
noisome privies, and forced to breath
hour after hour, the pestilential oder of
these internal cess-pool of filth and dis
ease. The whole thing is a crime
against humanity, and demands reform.
We do not favor the build ing of a new
Jail, our people are already heavily
taxed. and the. expenditure of $780, 0
o be a burden, but we do favor
such alterations i'm the present building,
as humanity may indicate, and we are
satisfied the people of our County are
willing the Commissioners shall make
these necessary alterations.
Let this matter be attended to without
unnecessary delay.
What does the ''dirty dog of the
Tumble bug say in answer to h above
u IICI1oCI VI JIG od1,
of the Grand Jury report? The miserable
pup may just as we'll stop his yelping,
for the people of this County know him
to be an ass of the lowest order. We
suppose the pusillanimous Sskunk" will
now charge the publishers of the INDIE
PENDNET with being bribed, as he has
the Sheriff, Clerk of the Court, Foreman
of the Jury and the Jurymen them
selves, and he will then have reached
the climax of his doggishness.
As for the scavengers opinion of us,
we feel just asa prominent Republican
and candidate for an important position
lastSpring expressed himself, when the
~sneaking creature knowingly misrep-
esented him, and i'll a very unsatisfac-
tory n smoothed it over, viz: sit
makes but little difference what he
(Ikey) says, it amounts to nothing with
the people of this County" He possess
es neither the courtesies of IN editor nor
the instincts of L gentleman, and is
ameddlesome, contemplate, hypocritcal
sneak, He is Il character in actual life,
now uncommon, such as is every
day to be seen and whom everybody
knows and recognizes as hypocrite, a
pious fraud, a~5religioIls scoundrel. His
meddlesomeness coild not permit the
private business of a Grand jury to pass
by withoutan attempt to malig II and
traduce the integrity of those who were
compelled to act in that capacity, and
simply because they differed with him
as to the spending.of $4,000 to repair our
County Prison, Or $4,000 for a new one.
Such men as Lewis Marker, Hirem
Stubs, Martin Wear, Jacob May, Henry
Horn, David Daily, Morris Doty, etc.,
are branded by this pious fraud, as
-iguoramuses, and as not having brains
enough to comprehend Il plain written
report, and not independence enough to
vote against it even though it did not
express thei- sentiments! What do you
think oft gentlemen of the Jury? How
do.you like the position this ass of the
Bug has placed you in? We assert
again that the report was voted for
UNANIMOUSLY, and we have no idea
that the poor cringing sycophant of the
Dug by his last disgusting and sick
ening flattery, will induce any one of
the fourteen gentlemen: who were on
the Jury, to SO far ~stultify himself, as to
now come out and say he voted ignor-
antly upon the report; and only to
crafty the %dabbling, meddling, inter
fering, ~officiousness of an uncouth boor,
and a person who is laborhlg hard to
saddle more taxes upon the already
cramped and tax-ridden people of this
County, by an unnecessary expendi-
ture of $40, 600! Taxpayers remember
this.