New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-04
Lawrence Williams, burglary, armed with
dangerous weapon, refused.
nRANn INDY


dangerous weapon, refused.
GRAND JURY.
State vs. Christian G0etz and james
Egan.--Murder. Charged of killing An
drew Marks, Mexican, who was robbie,
and beaten in yard of the Liberty Hous
GoetZ, who has fled from Justice. Jane
Egan, not q true bill
State vs. George Drury.-Forging o
public documents. true bill. Bail fixed
ut $4,000
The grand jury also made the followin:
report and were discharged
To the Hon. George h. BIauehn. Acting Judge o
| the superior Criminal Court:
May it please the COurt-Enrolled as
grand jury early in January last. we were
not put upon active duty until the first o.
February, owing to the unfortunate sick
ness of Judge Atocha, who, until that date
was unable to deliver his charge. Since
then, however, even during the time which
interviewed until your honor assumed the
chair of this court, we took under considera
ton all matters brought before US with due
diligence and care. Many complaints. after
due examination, proved either frivolous OF
matters tor the civil courts, and were con.
sequently dismissed.
During our term we have brought indict
ments for murder 7, rape l. arson l, embez
element l, forgery 4, burglary 9, burglary
with dangerous weapon i, false imprison.
ment D, extor!iOn in office l. assault with
dangerous weapon l, granddaughter 3.
Inc grand jury would respectfully sub
init the following presentment of matters
within the cOgnizance of your honorable
court.
source of almost incalculahle evil and
injury to this community we find in the
maladministration of the Metropolitan 20.
lice. The crimes and disorders of the COM
munlty for several years back may in many
| instances be attributed to the fact that the
police body has been diverted from legiti-
mate police duty; our streets have been left
unguarded, our property unprotected, while
we are GENEROUSLY taxed for the support of a
police, and are therefore entitled to their
unremitting services. Another cause Of in
efficiency consists in the employment of
dlsreputable characters, ex-convicts, etc,
| upon the force in responsible positions,
thereby lowering and degrading the service
and rendering it unworthy of the good citi-
zen, and this, too, when there are scores of
trustworthy men in our midst perfectly
competent to discharge any duty devOlving
upon detective or a regular policeman.
Furthermore, this grand jury. like some
OF lts predecessors, attempted to investigate
the subject of gambling, VIGOROUSLY carried
on in our principal thoroughfares, in direct
cOntraventiOn Of the law of 1870, and failed
to reach satisfactory result only through
inability to elicit from witnesses examined
testimony as to specific violations of the
| law. Enough evidence, however, was OBJ.
tanned to convince the grand jury that
regular system of blackmail is carried on
by the police, on payment of which by
gamblinghOuses to agents authorized by
the police they are allowed to continue the
business undisturbed.
With reference to public institutions we
submit the following report:
The Parish Prison, under the efficient and
judicious administration of Sheriff Pagan,
affords no grounds of complaint excepting
in this, that the room in the building is
entirely inadequate to the proper keeping
OF the large number of prisoners, especially
during the hours when the cells are closed.
The morning of our visit we found in con.
fi9ement rs white and ITO colored men,
white and So cOlOred women, in all 345,
with probability of additional arrivals
during the day. In a number of the cells
1t is absolutely necessary to crowd in as
many as fifteen to twenty, an unhealthy
condition Of things, to say the least, al.
though every precautiOn is used in the way
Of cleansing and disnfeoting the premises.
We suggest that the adjoining building, or
some other suitable buildin! :, be procured
at once, in order that the inhumanity above
indicated may be corrected, and we urge
prompt action in this matter more espe-
cially as the heated season ia at hand, and
there is great risk that the prison may be-
come a pesthouse. Since the first of
December sixty-seven convlcts have been |
transferred to the State Penitentiary, of |
which number six were whites So far as |
we can Judge the prisoners have a sut1i-.
clency OF food, clothing. etc, and are other |
wise properly cared for. The prison build |
ing is in need Of repairs, especially the |
t1ooriDge.
We would suggest that prisoners under |
sentence for short terms be put in charge /
OF the city Department of improvements
during each day for work upon the streets,
as there are many able bodied men among
them now kept in idleness, whose labor
could in this way be made to contribute to.
ward the expense of their keeping.
In the City WOrkhOuse we found fifty .One
males and twenty five females, under
charges of drunkenness and other minor
otfenses. These, too, are kept in idleness,
the former system Of labor having been
abolished by legislative act Adjoining the
WOrkhOuse and connected with it is the
City Souphouse, where some 300 poor are
fed daily, and where about $50 take up
lodgings for the night in hunks, minus the
luxury of bedclothlng OF any kind.
In that handsome and cOmmOdiOus estab-
lishment. the Boys House of Refuge, were
sixty-two white and sixty -four colored
boys, from four to eighteen years Of
age. Major BoswOrth, in charge, az.
bers of his family, have here made
pleasant home, place of instruction and
healthful employment for boys who have
gone astray. Besides the school, the boys
9njoy facilities for learning several useful
,rades, such as making shoes, tin and
and have fine grounds for
outdoor sports. The major practically
f1,o h ~ II l
Refuge, aiming to elevate III mind and
MORALS those under his charge.
The bakery attached to this institution
furnishes bread to the WOrkhOuse, Insane |
Asylum, Home of Aged and Infirm and
;ity Souphouse, aggregating 500 lOaves
laily.
Very agreeably surprised were we to find
he Insane Asylum showing marked de-
rec OF improvement over it's condition
everal months ago. Under the energetic
xertiOns of Administrator BertOli and Su.
erintendent Henry Andry and the charita. !
lie assistance OF q number of ladies and :
entlemen of the city, the inmates are at
resent pretty we'll supplied as to every :
eed: but there is still much to be done to ,
ender this suitable abode for the unfOr- i,
lnates there confined.
Upon examination of the Charity Hos =
ital we found the internal management of
his famed institution of the most perfect p
haracter. AS to the financial management, :,
e are incompetent to speak, having had no v
me for proper investigation. Number of | 6
atients under treatment as reported the b
forming of our visit Monday, $50 males, G
% females. =
The city Home of Aged and Infrm, under q
large of Mrs. Stokes, as matron, has =
inmates, of whom eight are .
zen and sixty-tive women. The institution =
crowded bur "a we'll kent 40 far IA the ar. | ~