Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-02-10
THE A PRISON.


The Virginia Enterprise Of this morn
ng contains a very full report OF the
testimony OF Warden Hyman before the
Board Of Prison Commissioner in Car
ION yesterday. Colonel HymAn's replica
the questions propOundsd are abort.
and. In the estimation OF all
candid people. will be received as the J
OF an honest man. He dis
states that all sugar. etc., sold
70 prisoners was purchased by him at
wholesale for that purpose; that the
Clerk at the prison was instructed TO
furnish the same at cost price. and that
ID was done. lie asserts that all sugar
purchased and paid for by the State was
issued to the prisoners. and that . pris-
oner Who acted rs storekespsr weighed
out q certain amount every day for tea
and coffee. He further testinss: 81
kno,s that the sugar was used for the
purposes designed" A singular fact
may be mentioned right here. Haniord.
the expert. or more properly. prosecuting
witness. although affirming and show
ing that Irregularities occurred in prison
bookkeeping. aud broadly intimating
that Hyman has been peculating sugar.
etc.. utterly fails To show how much or
whaf value OF things were thus nisAPpro-
priatsd. Ihis Is singular. nthe war
den has ossn sui''y' AZ enAfsea oy gov
bradley. OF using MS position 70 roo
the State," Vas certainly within The
province Of Mr.. Haniord's investigation
to dstsrmins the articles and value there
Of thus stolen. Mr.. Eidridee, who Is
familiar with every figure in the report
sAd who actually did most Of the work.
ayers that he cannot find any PROOF OF
dishonesty. Mr.. Hanford. who has been
given the credit Of making the joint re-
port-Ithough the State paid q clerk In
the Controllers Office for copying IT
insinuates the contrary. u fails To SUD
nit anything definite to prove tho ruth
Of his innusndoes. 1t certainly appears
~ though the Governor and the little
(msntally) cotsrie by whom no IL infiu-
snced. have gone . long way and sub
jectsd the State to great expense In or
der 70 prove that the prison books were
improperly kept Thus far IL seems
that tho only showing made Is simply
that the mode OF prison book keeping Is
defective. and the clerk incompetent to
keep the prison accounts. And yet We
venture the assertion that the books OF
the State Prison. in view OF the
diversity Of detail required. are as
well kept as those OF t~wo.thirds
the business men OF Storey or
Ormsby county. The whole investigs-
ton. and every item OF evidence thus
far ELECTED, 60 to show that an utter
failure has been made to find evidence
against the Warden which would Tor a
moment influence an intelligent Jury.
In face Of the grave charges preferred
BY the Governor. even the report OF the
diaintsraafod (2l HanfOrl npDearH child
ian and pusril.. The Governor and
f,;.nd.-. mi. writing and in view Of
An The evidence pubii.hsd-app.ar TO
have ..put ,h.ir foot in n. in A mos,
,na;.,,r. and IN An. s,,,.. .,n.n.ive
1000 A.. n ,ha inau.nes. which
h.,. .ouh;nsa N force tbis iuv,s.ira.
,,o, and asno.. the w.rl.p. 4, win be
tus after the ipaue.t Is ended TO refer
,h.rs,o. Our readers NAV BE- assured.
however. that the whole trouble ha.
ham c.used. no, primarily BY any sus-
nic;on Of Warden Hyman'. dishonesty,
I'm, nv n noli,ical bargain and sale mad.
at Carson a little more than = year ago.
II Is Q political quarrel, and the parties
who s,peet to reap benefits by the bar.
tar heretofore made, are liable to grew
ous disappointment. There arc some
among our readers who will mako per-
ANAL .~pplica,ion Of these gentle hints.
-
Tsfs 10 q pronnc u"o 'ol rre'
rumors- washington o
o0di'a crop 80,
sPonden' OF ene ihuiAn"Po" "o
rslisbly r,por,.d tina, Secretary Bris-
TOW. following the example Of Senator
sherman lin writing q letter recon.
msndinq Hayes for Presidency, will
write q letter recommending Senator
Morton to the Cincinnati Convention as
the Republican candidate for Presi.
dent" The Philadelphia Times man
GETS even with this one: ''AIatt Carpen.
ter wa here n few DAYS AGO and went
homs prspa,ed. II In said. TO work M
wisconsin for Blaine. with the under