, 1875-03-20
THE PENlTEHTIARI,
Report OF tho Investigation by
tho IiDuse Sub-COm-
Nlittcc.
Accounts Of Cruelty Practiccd Within
tha Joliet Dastila.


An Unsavory Record Of Speaker Haiuos
0haritably Ignored.
Sttetai Disnateh 10 The CAfaaa Tribune.
8pRlSnf1E1p, ILL.,, Match 19.-The ren}ten-
tiary Committee this morl1ng reported to tlld
lfouso tho teatmohy tason bg tho Sub.Commit-
too, consisting Of Representatives MRrp1, liar
voy Of Knox. Mulkey, Jones Of Jo Daviees,
Jennoy, Miller, and 1.hnkln Of Henderson, ap-
pointed to investigate tho management Of tho
Peuitentlary, with tue report thesoon OF tho sub-
Committee. In their report, which Ia uoani-
mousl5 concurrcd In. tho Committee say:
THE EEEr CONTRACT.
furnishing Vi ieet to te ienitentary under lbs
tract o! N3pps 70. This contract VA euteEed suto
Soy :. isi betwsen i,rpal c.. Of 5o!,et. :na .n
nauthworll for 3!5 head Of ea!!s eisesod At stich
.!mea and III snch quantities =. should BE- required.
.ost, .stssas u, +. ! .ai ID sor sAs x.a .o
that ur 10 Auntt, 1874, tho cae reetred not III
sccosdsnce with thc contract: that IL. larger
r. so% ~sfo s2Ma a ss It.. ID .
were poor aud thin md mt such a are. called
butchers stock > ,h.s Tho average weight Of calss,
With bag tnken from the CONS tnsthered raa g.
pouuds that nany Of tho steors wsrn not native, but
Cherokee cattle that many bruIstd and xhtn
beorea wero thrown away, hut o!hors wers fed u
The eonsiex, In tosae iustances tho meat being 30
farher s sow. th.t sny Of 1 e ese ct u.:ead II eins
received twelve hat1rs OF fond ami Tatef,' ~ r.
quired BY tho contract were dr!stn from an adotulng
faxtnro IL scales. The evidence E14o showa that
lite Warden Of tho Pcntscnt!s1y {s1sj. J. ". Whan'
ha knowledge Of tbs quantity of the bess 70 fur uis-
made.
Tho report further states thas efncs the ap.
pointn,out Of the present Wasaen, jlcClou.lcy.
"all bad catt!e lave hoeu rojoc'ed, and no bsd
hoof" has beon served TO lie couvicta.
HAY.
Tho Committee directs attention to Testimony
submitted allowing that Ho.uo 30 tous Of clover
key VAS bought Of John Herman. Of Joliet, at
~ per ton. xlich was 60 rotten that II Ind TO be
! thrown away; aso, aome 100 cosds Of wood. At
81 per cord, bought Of f. u. Goshsm, Of Joliet,
/ which Mas halt rotten. This waa In 1879, when
Wham WAS Warden.
| THE c1oAn CONTRACT.
Thcy nlso report. with relation to tho cigar
contract, that It was malta Sort. !. 1s7u, with
j. e. fcr, for the saanufactnzo Of 20. ooa cigars
per day BY machinery. n $375 per 1.Co0, contract
and 1scd James, NJ Fullor. James l. Co.. assumed
the conttac and o]orntsd the prison labor COIL
lrac.ed Hereunder until Nov. IL 1873, when the
| Commissioners Made an order 'ratlsying tim
ycarH. from Nor. /. 1879. On Dee. 80, 1873 this
| coiltract was discontinued, and anohcr cotkract
nado with James l. Co., running eight
years from date, Which contrnc. was for
n,ee1inerr An i,nt1cr tin fnrmor contract. The
evidence ahoTs tint Nl,ilo tho sanIo labor whs
employed, tue e2rniugs Of tho icnitent'hrY un'
DER tho latter contract way about SiWo per
a losB to tho pcnitcntinry Of s1.o00 per mouth.
At The time tho latter contract NaB made t1Io
orjcIuai contract hai tvo veara to run boforo its
e.pEsslqra and oser ,eren yoafa by tt' 'tt'n'
alon' 1aa report coAtlnnes:
i. Tl,at the cons,ns.tonera sc!ea without authority
OF law tu !eltnE contrncs before ho aspiration of
fesos; s,ntrsst for to SANE zane 'sDGr -, .n.
s1end contract beyond ifs otig'ual time of *slsa'
1on' r.,t H.. c,,,,,.,o,.-s Ia, m ~,,,, II
recctYa ntw nartirs In rotr,ct then in furce az to
1atiy any acn caange fn psttes to lhs Il contract
t mako row contract at lota 10 tho renltens!sry o
than shs one On. entered snto T6o csenes show. IT,.
~ ct 49, sy At ht It. q
;s se;ssts Tsss ssIsas s nsa 1sa, Gaasr ~
sus Of . eeais fur .sc JAZZ, .or rie esIense ak
@ so 1.yy .o st: sssd 10 GF
III or. " '
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,., mu ,.ns ,1,a .s T' ~ atns9aa14 gps' r..
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EomI.,os,. II mil 9Th wItont
sya1.;rt ~ fn = ILL.,, Hil Ae. - ~
M se .!lo uus VIZ ~ tes!uteo ~ Nv, ~" " ~
luthatu L. Co. leusur from ten TO tbisty-ays meu IN
III Apsil:, la75. -. 49,.
6. Your COMMITTEES would further report that i
sass is sho commia,,onsr, maas contract VIZ
w ss-s. W. ~ tna .noss az W.
|
sud sho stone uscd for building netorc lie comran,
got iuo operation il gays ur lilo conrxct anu turnrs
pyer tho buildings eIseted 10 the Ssa.e and ~
e9sed ttFo!n Inc contFactl IL appears atoa INC CYL
sssc 1nrt ~ Tue ~ 10" oM to sa a., tor CO."
snnu1 ~ a7s d,xa ,,hor a. IN r"nta ~ dav m.rtn
3i367, ,e0.
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