The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-02-05
fleet on you, does it not ?' interrupt
cd the reporter.


eyes, it does" said Mr.. Megrue,
''and hence the malice and injustice
of the article. But about Pryce-he
never has expressed willingness to
do any kind OF work since he refused
as I told you. And allow me to say
right here, that made it q rule to
know no middle or upper classes
among my prisoners. made no dis
tinction among them, but endeavored
to treat them all alike. Pryce was
never ordered to work in the shoe
shop-which is but another misstate-
ment OF the Republicans correspon-
dent"
GAS to this insinuation concerning
the wife of a Mexican convict, it is
not only an affair of which l know
nothing, but strikes me that the
writer of that charge, if he were a
friend of mine, which he has siw avs
claimed to be, aud had hid an inti-
nation of such a serious and dis
graceful thing, would certainly have
made it known first to me, but the
Republicans publication is the first
that ever heard of it.
Concerning the work done at Due
ber's house by convict labor, it is all
charged upon the prison books, and
to them | refer correspondents and
committeeman. And then the state
ment that two-thirds of my time was
spent away from the prison, is SIM
ply absurd. l never claimed to give
my exclusive time to the penitentlary
Il had other business to which was
obliged to give portion of my time.
| was away from home the last year
of my wardenship, much more than
in any of the four that was an officer
and since reading that clipping from
the Canon City paper, published in
the Republican, ! have made an esti-
mate of the total time L was away in
that year, and find that altogether
it viii not exceed two months. When
1 was at home, l was always at the
the prison between five and six in the
morning, when the guards relieved
the night men, and never went to my
breakfast until the prisoners had
gone to work"
"The charges about the niisapprO-
priation of lime and stone, need the
books to reiute, and these the commit
tee will examine. Their report will
tell the tale. About nine-tenths of all
the stone sold was on credit, but few
sales being cash. The guard upon
the outside kept tally of every load
that came out, and to whom it went
and each night he reported to the
office. The books will show all this.
Spite work being at the bottom of
this row is all bosh-a mere theory
for l am really quite anxious for q
full and fair investigation"
''The writer of the main portion of
this Republican article, speaks truly
when lie said he had nothing to lose
even his character is gone. He
will remember-it is only between
two and three years ago-tnat he " as
discharged from the services of the
Denver Il Rio Grande, as agent at
Canon City, for being short in his ac-
counts between thousand and
twelve hundred dollars, and it was
only due to the leniency of the officers
of the road that his note for the
amount was taken instead of his be-
ing prosecuted. For veriication of
this, refer you to the railroad oftici-
ais"
81 am satisfied, sir, that the exam
ination of the affairs of the institution
by the committee will vindicate me
in all that l have done in the four
years during which have had charge
of the penitentiary."
Thanking Mr.. Megrue for his kind
ness, the reporter withdrew, and this
afternoon the Times presents the in
terview in its entirety, the questions
that drew forth the Information be-
ing alone excepted.