The New York herald., 1875-12-12
CHARITY COMMISSIONERS cArEcH1sED.

Before the Assembly Committee on Crime yesterday
Martin Mofat admitted that he proprietor of the
house No IA Wooster street; that he did not know II
disreputabe house, and does not know who the
tenant s Private Detective Bin testified that It Is
house of III fame; that he and Detective Martinot had
been solicited from the windows, and reported the place
to last witness six weeks ago of bad character
Commissioner Thomas Brennan testified that there,
seven keepers and 1000 inmates at the Work
house, occupants transferred other institutions
to work. and thus they escape they have keepers
them there are, with those detached about 900
the books of the workhouse there ought be two
keepers there he thought they had enough keep
ers IN the other instutons they have recently de-
cded not to detail long term at other Institutions
but to keep them In the prison proper the imposing OF
fine Ia an additional punishment OF prisoner he had
never asked for the discharge of Pententiary
prisoner, but had done SO regards tho Workhouse
people; he thought The class OF prisoners known a.
"revovers" should be made 10 work. tho law prevents
the Commissioners from working prisoners beyond
making improvements he thought the contract system
might be introduced TO mako persons for their sup
port, betrayed by the State he thought 1t wrong
70 send old habitts Of the Island back again short
terms; they ought to be sent for longer terms; the
Commissioners had power 70 adopt children out and
had done he would feel safer II the guardboats
rowed by sailors instead OF prsoners for the
of escapes they would aid the guards; the Commits
soners had separated the old and young offenders In
both prisons on the Island; they required
A PESIrRSnARY
for females TO properly separate offenders OF opposite
sexes confined for different grades of crime
Commissioner Stiner of the Excise Board,
called explain certain points In his testimony the
evidence Is not OF general Importance.
President Bailey, OF the Commissioners OF Charities
and Correction testified that the restriction which pre-
convics from being employed in mechanical labor
should be removed the result he said is TO prevent
from contracting the labor of convicts thus having their
labor coming In competition with skilled labor; they
would he believed, be greatly Improved by labor; II
the right to select persons of unquesonable capacity
gwen the Commissioners and power contract for
the labor he had no doubt the Penitentary would
be sesustaning; Workhouse people and somo OF the
insane could be prohtably employed; the Commission
have power after January TO transfer persons be-
tween Eve and sixteen ofage TO other institutions
TO families; witness confirmed his associate [Mr.
Brennan as to the separation OF prisoners OF different
grades or crime; Mr.. Brennan has the outdoor bust
ness, Mr. Cox attends TO the city prisons; witness
necessarily, attends TO the office business; they have
found that
ESCAPES FROM rnR woRKHousB
are frequent; they found the horse gone
they put on pretty strong lock- that he thought
would reduce the number OF escapes; be thought Il
necessary 70 have more Keepers; II Is impossible to
prevent virtnous women from being brought contact
with abandoned ones in the prisons and Workhouso;
the Communication system works WE'LL II is a good sys-
TEN.
To Mr. Coopcr-The Penitentiary is not what II ought
to be; nothing can be done except TO rebuild IL and
that would be dicult IL Is inadequate for the
modaton; prison could be built by convicts tho
female prisoners fabout l40 all sleep In room; 10
would be good plan to build Penitentary exclusively
for females the Tombs is obviously inadequate for the
accommodation OF the classes who enter III there may
be prisoners confined IN the Pententiary under sixteen
years they should be sent to the House OF Refuge
The committee adjourned until Wednesday at eleven
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