The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-02-26
THE SOUTHERN PRISON.
A Card from Senator Slater.

WHAT HE SAW AT JEFvERsoNvILLE, AND
WHAT lie HAS TO sAr ABOUT IT--rER-
sONAL.
To the hditor of the senunel;
SIR-Never since Methuselah com
'menced TO hobblc through nine hundred
years of gout and rheumatism, nor since
Tweed designed the architectural plan
for future twelve years home upon
Backwell's Island, has there been SO
many 'ragged edges" Of honesty or dis
honesty as is protruding from hundred
vouchers connected with the Southern
Prison, over which Col l.. 5. Shuler
Ipresides as warden. Being one of the
committee OH public buildings, visited,
in company with the prison committee,
that institution last Friday. and COM
menced an examination into the cx-
travagance and peculation of the direc-
tors and warden. had no sooner ar
rived in Jacksonville than
THE SUBSIDIZED ORGANS or THIS PRISON
RING
commenced al ind scriminatc attack
upon me individually they knowing
that when appeared upon the scene to
ferret out fraud, that | meant business.
Here Is specimen from the Louisville
,Commcrcisl, the radical organ of that
lciiy: 1T is understood that Senator
Slater, who j. not q member of the COM
,mittce. came down for the purpose Of
sticking his nose into the matter ia the
interest of Col. James keigwin, who is
the head and front Of the charges which
have been preferred against Col. Shuler
aud the directory of the prison. Now,
this was intended 10 intiInidate, but
having smelled a good sized African
gentleman la the wood pile by sticking
my nose into the matter, their efforts 10
squelch me had an effect directly the re-
verse. Now, there has been expended
for repairs on the prison during the
past three years over S}S 900 On ex-
ANIMATION the committee found that
there had not been a single new build
Ing erected, with the exception Of lit
tie frame engine house, costing some
$500. The money has been expended
in putting in heating pipes, removing q
stable from the back yard OF the war
deus residence, and building a green
house, filled with geraniums cactus, aud
AIMS filed with goldfish, for tho personal
qualification OF the warden and his fam
lily only. More oil the peoples money
which IL charged 10 ropsirs and expenses
is in line marbls-top tables, Turkey
carpets and a geological museum, some
Of the rare stoues OF which. we are told,
cost fity dsllars each. Not having ac-
ice-- 10 the hooks just AT that time. and
part OF the bills rendered having been
reported last BY the the ring, ] could
not determine the justness of the re-
pair account, but would judge that
about 3l5.00U had been lsgitimately ex-
pended instead OF $46, 900. Bat because
] could not see these accounts through
l1sE cRoss-EYED srEcTacLEs or COL.
sHuLER,
who stated 10 me that if he had me on
Ibis side. he did not fear but he could
come ont unscathed, the little subsid-
iyed organ of Shulcr's, published at
JeiIersonville by the wife Of one of Shu-
ller's guards, attacked me last Saturday,
a. follows: at is reported, and verify
believed, that scriblcr of the Indiana
/ polls Sentinel has been paid Sl00. or
will receive that amount, TO do a dirty
, job for this clique, whose head Is one
that no honest democrat of this city has
1.-THE least confidence IN as man of hon
,or. and ranks among the most illiieratc
lclasses as their chief. We refer TO Mr..
lSlater, a scribbler OF some note among
certain classes" l was not the Sentincl's
correspondent. If the illiteratc classes
had only been fortunate enough to each
}. secure wardenship in the Southern
Prison they would not stand i'm need OF
/. a chief. 1t is true that the illiterate
classes whom represent can not under
4 stand the necessity Of paying, during
{ the five winter months, two gardners, al
|. ESQ per month each. out Of the taxes
!. they contribute. II is beyond
THEIR coGITATIyE rRorUSDITY,
: how they should pay $500 for carriage
/, Ito haul this Christian warden and hi.
family to the sanctuary i'm which he il
lone of the most devout worshipers
Their early education has been neglect
ed to the extent of not understanding
that il is their duty TO pay u lawyers fec
lof $500 for this virtuous warden in q
= private suit between him and Col
Kcigwin. The certain classes, among
whom | am a scribbler of some note
do not comprehend that il is loyal and
religious duty TO have their hard earn.
ings wrung from them by the tax-gath'
a erer. TO pay l.. 3. Shuler, B. 4. Hill and
John Kirk for fat contracts, when tho
law expressly forbids any director ol
warden to become party In any con.
tract whatever. This ring, backed NJ
'-Iby thousands drawn from the state treas
l,,rx .o.rt~ ,x,av LAT laaao THAR Houo ~