, 1876-06-02
KrMnERt.Y,g EOuEA1,.

K1mnEREY's souEAI.
"lsattlo his boncs over tho stones, it's en-
~ pnuper whom nobody owns" Following
tho example OF Mr.. JAcon IiEnM, Mr.. GEORGE
s. KIMBERLY, Warilon of the County Foor-
House md Insane Asylum, in order. If possi-
bio, to escape tho Penitentiary. Inns, IN tho
Hing parlanoe OF the tlny, ''laid down" oil
his "pals ant1 "squoalcd." 10 put it in
more appropriate English, he Inns confessed
how the County Hing, composed of contract
ors of whom PEnroLAr in chief, Of County
Commissioners, and Of himself N tho tool Of
the rest, have boon robbingt tho county how
they hnvo robbed the pnuporH and tho insano
by stripping their backs and starving their
bellies; aud how they have held high carni-
val while their victims have suffered. It will
DO rendered TINT 1t was this Mr.. GEonaE i.
KIMBERLY who voted 25t; Of these paupers Inst
full for his pulls Of tho County Ring, who
wcro engaged in starving them, and who
now turns Stato's evidence, hoping to savo
his own precious hide.
The report of the last Grand Jury fore
shalowod what this aqucaling witness hau
revealed. It produced conviction of tho
guilt OF the Ring i'll tho public mind KIM
nznLr establishes the guilt with his damn
ing facts. That report brought out tlamag-
ing suspieiona which could not ripon into in
dictments, owing to tho perjury of witnesses
under intimidation Of the Ring; but Mr..
KIMBERLY hns given tho bottom facts from
which tho suspicious nroso, mud they confirm
tho statement Of tho last Grand Jury, that
thoro nro sundry contractors and County
Commissioners who ought to bo in tho peni-
tentiary. It is due to tho present Grand
Jury to credit it with doing NIL that it can to
send them there. Mr.. K1MnEnIys story
bears oil tho impress OF truth, md is corrol,-
oratotl by other witnesses. PEn1oLAr was
the MErn1sroPu11Es who owned this FAUST,
mud ho approached FAUST at tlio outset just
ns FAUST approached MARGUERITE, with n
littlo present Other presents followed,
and then came so1no money, which
was salved over with symp athy for his pow
erty md small salary. Moro money fol-
lowed, and, little by little, KIMBERLY found
himself drawn into the Ring. Tllon tho tolls
closed around him, and k1MnEn1-Ywcalz,
easy-going unscrupulous K1stDEa1Y-was as
completely in tho clutches Of PEn1o1Ar rs
man in tho slimy embrace of n dovil-fsh.
The capture of KIMBERLY opened the doors
of the Poor-u and Insane Asylum to
these cormorauts, and they tlocked in like
yulturcs to their filthy fenst, and fastened
upon tho paupors, idiots, and maniacs like
tcechcs, and commenced tho work of strip
ping them. Tho mof1ns 0prranM waa very
simple. KIMBERLY would mike his rcquisi-
ton for supplies for tho Asylum upon pE-
n1olAr, naming twice tho amount wanted
Tho convenient Board passed upon tho Or
der, md it was turned over to PEn1oLAr, who
would fill as much Of it rs he snw fit, accom-
panying tho goods with memorandum
Of tie amount actually delivered,
not ordered, so that tho subordinatcs
should not detect this steal. Tho memo
rantlum WIS then sent back, Tho quantity
doubled or treblcd Mt will, bill WAS mado
out, and tho memorandum destroyed. By
this snug little process, KIMBERLY Inns boon
realizing from $4,000 to $1,000 por annum,
aud would have Ind mora had it not been
for PER1oLXT'B perfidy. OF course 1nan
thoir keeper. PEn1otAr realizod about
S95, 1000 per anntm, and tion it is said thoro
were about so5, 600 divided among nlombors
Of tho County Board who were accessories to
this robbery Of the county, this despojling
of tho paupcr, this swindling Of idiots.
Undor tho operation Of this simple proccss,
pzn1oLAr and his conBpirators furnished the
bonus, rotten meat, sour brcad, muddy
coffee, stinking molasses, oxocrable soup,
clothed thom in scaut slloldy,-gavo them,
in fact, just enough to keep the breath Of
lifo going in thur lem bodies, sorno-
times not enough. It is easy to starva
m idiot it is not very difficult
to staryo pauper. Sometimes the pauper
Meanwhile theso scouudrels wcro holding
high carnival and rioting on their stoalings.
They tivod in full-blown clover upon their
plunlor, but their anys Of riot md ruyol arc
now over. The handwriting is on the wa!l,
and justice comes to claim her own. Nine
County Commissioners, tho Toor-IIousc
Warden, and three contractors stand indicted
By tho Grand Jury for conspiracy to defraud
Cook County. This is good beginning in
the work Of reform. Now Let othor Grand
JurioH follow up whore the Inst two have
left OF, Lot the WORK 60 on until tho lasi
vestigo Of corruption is wiped out and the
Inst conspirator is safoly landed in the Poni
tentiasy. Tho whole community will
breathe freor for tho work Of this Jury, i
1.nrspp $t1 1ro1r ~ jr,fa