, 1881-05-01
The Grand Jury Returns Seventy
nine Indictments.
Interesting Reports on the Condition
Of the County Charities. :
An Ohio Lawyer in the Role OF Rail-
road Ticket Forger.


| seyenty-fhrce no billS. and reports III refer0ac
to the visit Of the Jury to tho Insane Asylum
Poor-lIouse, ana Jali. Among tho true bill
found and presented wns Que against Geo:g
| Van uolleu, exCity Collector, which, it
thought, will stand tho test of fnouons TO quasi
etc. The Others were Of tho usual order and va
riety~
| about the l1lsune Asylum ana Puor-ftuase:
| "The building used tt5 ii hospital tor tito in
| sNuc having been constructed lew years MKt
expressly for the purpost: for which It is used
| is. in tho fnntu, satisfactory. Although by III
means ol small dimensions. this building Is
INV large enough til properly accommodate III
the unfortunate peoplt: who arc forced to ASK
admission to it, At presGilt the number Of in
mates, male alad female, Is AL ntitl s0 llntteG
arc the accommodations that III trany Instances
{ apartment ut hight. Iueso apartments hAvint
been originally constructed for the use of on.
person only. it will be rcatiity soon that th
loubtlnK-up process must necessarily result it
harm to the delnentcd persons who arc thu
thrown in such close proximity to each other.
In tho opinion nf the Grand Jury the hos
pital building should be greatly enlarged us soot
Us pDssitlt.
.Concernng the management nE this instit,,-
! ton the jury has Ouly words Of commentator
Our visit was made Into in tho day. ut u time
when general visitors arc not allowed aud OH
coming was M totally unexpected ~ On the p@rt M o
| tformitorles neat und clean. the attendants ft,-
spcctful and kind. tho food ;'alatablc and the
discipline Of tho hosp,.al excellent DR., J. c,
Spray. tho Superintendent. has BEEN In Charge
for fur years. hid wo;ild appear to meet all the
requirements OF the difficult and lubor!ous po-
| siiipn to which Ile bns been called.
| "Uf the buildings used AS Il Poor House tho
cock @ count @ III Viii % one EXCEPTION bu!}
| Of wood, and totally inadequate in every
way ror the proper accommolntion Of tho
county.s poor- The nnnber of inmates ut tho
time Of our visit was ~ Many Of these are
| cupied as hospital, it is simply Impossible to
! give them proper cure and attention. y close
| inspection failed To discover any facilities
! for bathing and there arc nuulberless other de-
| ticieuc.es Of II serious nature which cannot bo
] supplied until new buildings are erected.
TIE 1nanaselnea. am e OF tn. III; !; poor-Honss m Is as
fered. Tie members Of the jury conversed free-
| " with tho inmates and listened to such com
no just cause tor fanls- finding. except us to the
| quality OF the bread in usc ut the time of our
visit This WAS certainly NOT what it oCght to
he, and vas evidently made from tho lowest
grade OF tour oltninable. Capt Peters, the
Warden Of the Poor House, was temporarily abb
stut vt the time OF our visit, but wo were In
barrels OF this particular brnud Of aOur pur-
chased for the institution was l2S: and that It
would soon be consumed. Tho jury. respectful
ly suggest TINT tho Committee en Charities Of
the County Commissioners should hereafter use
greater care when purchasing supplies for con-
sumption III the County lnatiiudo
lone rnuit OF the present management Of the
Poor-House is the fact that TEAMMATES Are prac-
tcaliy idle during the grent"r portion Ut The day.
or less work, and means of employment should
br ut once provided, One of the buildings should
b. set aside as II workshop, where various kinds
Of light work could be Dcrturncu; and, while
tho cost would be slight to the county, tho lueu-
hers of the jury believe the establishment Of
such department would result III great goodt to
the institution.
In conclusion. the jury desire to say that, in
their apnon the Poor House Vunder some other
name less oDicctlUu.1le1 should lie farther re-
moved from the lnsunc Hospital, and that tho
twu institutions SabMid he conducted eutireLy
distinct from each othcrin all their various de-
part1nentS.'
In nnotner report the Jury recommended that
the County Trcaslrer's Office be Tilted up for
III" oi M epa sna o no 70
cessity Of the juntors employed by the county
duns something for the nlon,y they were patd.
r!dors Of tho Criminal Court building beng
overrun with ioaters. The ial was reported in
u cleanly con'litton and !he prisoners fed with
The Jury had nothtng so ssy annt tho change
of venue cases whi,a Judge Hawes charged
thom To Investigate, but it was lcnrned from :.
rc!iAbe Source that they considered theu, and,
flnd1ue. nothing, agreed to dismiss them IN
silence, and did so. Judge IIawcs had expected
III be called As witness. hut WAS not. The
cases, il will be remembered, grew out of tho
Stack Yard conspiracy cASc. IN which one OF the
defendants sw"re to the prejudice Of all the
in which Judge Hawes was boI enough to say
perjury ad been committed.
sESTESCE-DAY. /
Yesterday was sentcnce-tlay in the Criminal
Court. and also the closing day of the April
term. Both rooms were ttllcd TO over
flowing by the dingy crowd usunl upon
such occasions, and the nunber occupying
prisoners seats showed TINT tho Courts had beeu
doing heavy work. In the sentencing thore
were scenes and incidents Of the most impress
sive character. which no less trying to the
Court ,han TO the prisoners themselves and their t
friends Especially was this the caso in Judge
lluwes room, where, for reason another,
there appears to be no limit to tho license to !
talk. !
The 1rst case that came up to attract atten- |
ton was that of Charles Micr, alias. otc., J1uu /
forgcrs, who were arrested here last fall They !
had both pleaded guilty, and in the hearlng Of !
the evidence OF their gn'lr. Miller, Hho claims to
the Hon. !. L.. Tinker, Of pajnesr,Ic,
O.,-the gentleman who delivered the farewell
f. x p hs o~n M
Tense, which was manly, intelligent, and abhe.
He discussed tho question Of immunity With tact
law anl ihe % powers and aatos of
Courts. and at times grew eloquent in his peni~
teut pteaii',es, making listening lawyers envf~
GUS Of his skill aud ability. aud almost convnc-
Ing the ur,conccrns:l looker-on that ho was uu
fnsloceut lnau. and that 1t would be II crime to |
punish him His effort arailed not, however,
unless It WIS to postpone the passing Of sen- I
tence, for no ind his par tner were ruuaanded, !
ind will ultimately get their dues
1Hc HeAt case Out oI mo uauEl CfNcf was TQnG |
3f Albert Mabcr. lad Of II ycurs, who had /
1lcadcd guilty to the larceny Of quantity Of
suods from Field Letter i to. while in their
employ. He Is Il bright, sint.-nppearuE young
nan, ana wus surrounded by fond parents and
warm friends, nl Of whom were respectable peo-
>!e The evidence showed that he had pcen in
he employ OF the firm several years, aud that
lis character hid been good, but be- had fallen !
Il an evil hotlr and neither the pleading OF
riends n nor the tears uf pnrents was sufficient
Q save him, IL sentencing him to the House OF
the Court snid he WaB doing but his
ty, but his words fell deep into many hearts,
nd Tho Impression made Gun scarcely ever be
r1scd.
The following is a list of the sentences i'm
Dstd: !
acknowledgements Rosewall, burglary, one
car; JnHles Powers, robbery one rear; Albert !
ostc:, attempted ripe, three years; John
NTH. rebbcry. eighteen months; .Inhn Murphy, ]
Dbbery, une year; Frank Gr:llisl. burglary, one
car: Samuel Johnson and Frank Harris, lar !
eny. one year c,ch; John Duffy nnd Michael :
lnttery. attempted burglary, one year each;
,uE'tstus. Payne, robbery, two years: Charles I
'3rieu, Walter Su1iey. and Henry Thomas, /
obbcry, two years ench; Frank Miner. larceny, {
NO years. james Sloan. larceny, TWO years and !
our months; and Patrick Hennessey, robbery,
ne year. I
House Of Correction-Ttmoth Mccarthy lar
cny, six months: Albert Mabey larceny, fnur |
loulhs; John bailey, larceny, one year: Charles J
layer. larceny six months; John Richly, lar
env. Six months; Julia Quinn Nud Maggie !