Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-11
THE GRAND JURY.
They Conclude their Labors and Make
Their Report

Their Report.
The grand jury completed their labors yes
terday morning, and submitted their report to
Judge Brill few minutes before 10 o'clock.
They also returned three indictments, in ad-
dition to the ones hitherto reported in the
GLOBE. The indictments were against II. R.
Harris, the colored shootist, indicted for as
sault with intent to DO great bodily harm,
Frank Hay, charged with the larceny of wheat.
There was one other indictment in connection
with the Investigations of the grand jury into
the alleged election frauds of the Sixth ward.
A bench warrant was issued for the party, and
pending his arrest the name is withheld.
The charge is that he was not legal voter in
that ward.
The report of the grand jury is as follows:
To the Hon. II. r. Brill, judge of the district
court of Ramsey county, MINI.
SIR: We, the fgrand jury, respectfully re-
port that we have examined the various cases
presented to us and carefully acted thereon.
We have discovered gross Irregularities at
arising as we believe from neglect to observe
the strict requirements of the statues; votes
were received and deposited in the box the
parties voting being unknown to the judges,
but being supported by affidavits, the judges
accepted their votes, assigning as reason
that they supposed that they knew the parties
vOuching for the voters, although they did
not recognize the signatures, nor did they
know that the persons vouching for the
voters were present ut the polls, nor were the
persons voting, or the persons who vouchsd
for them recognized by any one, so far as
their testimony goes to show.
We are satisfied from a mass of vague and
ill-arranged testimony that these Irregularities
were the result, in large part, of an incorrect
understanding of the law by the judges. We
feel it incumbent upon us to report these facts
to your honor, since we find them to be in
large part the failure of the judges to under
stand their duties, and we believe from the
testimony that the failure was the result of
not fully understanding the requirements OF
the statutes.
The committees of our body appointed to
examine the public buildings have done SO,
and their reports will be found herewith and
made apart of this report. Respectfully sub
.mitted, PETER BERKEY,
Chairman of the Grand Jury.
COUNTY JAIL.
Your committee appointed to examine and
report concerning the condition of the
county Jail building and the efficiency of the
management, report as follows: We have
made two separate visits to said building and
find that the fare furnished to the prisoners is
in quality and quantity good and sufficient.
We find in cleanliness nothing to critisise ex-
cept the disordered and deficient condition of
the plumbing apparatus, which, we have
been informed by the custodians in charge,
may be found in almost chronic disorder. We
beg leave to recommend that if the present
apparatus cannot be substantially repaired that
it be replaced by new material. AS it is there
is much dampness arising from leakage, which
~ 1od Cnrin opdo l,a
health of the prisoners. The over-crowded
condition of the Jail has been the frequent re-
mark of previous grand jurors, and we should
report most emphatic remonstrance concern
ing the cramped condition and the indiscrimi-
nate mingling of all classes of prisoners, but
for the hope and belief that the proposed city
workhouse will relieve the Jail from one-third
to oaehalf ofits average inmates.
We observe with commentator the pro-
gress of long needed security in the con-
struction of fire-proof vaults for the protec-
papers. Very respectfully submitted,
j. H. DRAKE, Chairman of Committee.
CITY HOSPITAL.
The committee appointed to inspect'the city
hospital promised their report by abiding to
their reception by DR.. Wheaton and the
matron, Mrs. Thompson. They found the
patients well cared for and the hospital in a
comfortable condition. Their report then
alludes to necessary improvements. They
recommend the cleaning and renovation of
several rooms in the lower story, particularly
the large room where operations are per-
formed, the secretions of dust being such as
to terminate contagion. The straw beds are
spoken of as unsuitable and as eutailing need
less suffering to weak patients. They are diff
ficult to be kept clean and are very unwhole-
some. The report is signed as follows: j. s.
Sewall, A. Stierle, David McCaine, Thomas
Barton and Geo. G. Lynch.
POOR FARM.
The committee appointed to visit the poor
farm submitted very brief report. They found
the house well kept, clean, and in good order.
The inmates were provided with plenty of
substantial food. The farm buildings showed
good husbandry and were found in good
order. The stock and farm machinery were
in good order and apparently well kept. In
short, the committee found the condition
of things such as to reflect credit on those
having the poor farm in charge. Signed: H.
H. Timme, John De Graw, John Bell and
John Parker.
THE NORMAL SCHOOLS.