The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-29

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John Miller, money expended, 1000
La Sale
TT Bent, groceries for small poX
cases. ........... ......s.....' lo@ ID r. %
Mrs. Gardner, nursing small poX o
Mission
FA Butler medical attendance. 600
Ottdtrd.
u Robson, groceries ......... II w
Chas w HoXie, groceries ...... 300
Burke Bros, groceries. 50o
NJ White boarding paupers.... 6V0
South Ottd,ca.
B NJ Boyle, groceries. .......... l39OS
Arthur Lowman, money ex- ,
pended. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. los NO
DR.. L W Weiss, medical attend
ance and medicine ..........., 90 so
Miscellaneous.
A Foster, conveying 2paupers to
county asylum. .............. 1O
James Lamey, conveying pau
pers to county asylum. 500
NJ White, conveying paupers TO o
county asylum ............... 4o0 2oO
All of which is respectfully submitted.
HENRY HELMIG, Chairman.
Supervisor Gilbert submitted the following
resolution, which was on motion adopted:
Resolced, That the clerk be directed to
draw orders on the treasurer for the amount
OF 5000 in sums of $50 each IN favor of the
coroner as called tor by him to be expended
by him in payment OF Jurors fees, the sums
SO drawn to be accounted for by the coroner
in his reports to this board.
Supervisor Perkins, chairman OF the com.
mittee on court house and Jail, to whom was
referred the resolution offered by Supervisor
Perkins this morning, relative to the escape
of the prisoners from Jail, submitted the fol-
lowing report which was on motion adopted;
Gentlemen of the B0aW Of Supervisors
Your committee on court house and JAIL to
whom was referred the resolution OF l.. Per
klns, which read as follows: "ReS0lged,
That 1t is the sense of this board that no
blame can in any way be attached to Sheriff.
Clark Tor the escape OF the prisoners, Clarity
and MCGOWAN, from the county JAIL" would
respectfully report that we have examined
into the facts relative to the escape OF said
Clarity and MCGOWAN and find substantially
the following conditions attending the same:
Ist. We believe that the architect IN pass
ing the jail to the committee as completed
according to specifications was IN fault, and
refer to the report of the building committee
upon this matter.
end We find that Sheriff Clark was
obliged to use the Jail before 1t was complet
ed That work was being done by iron
workers, painters, gas aud steam filters,
within and about the cells after Clarity and
McGowan were confined III the jail. That
said workmen we're for several weeks work
ing about the Jail and within reach of pris
Oners with tools used for cutting and manip-
ulatlng iron, and your committee believe that
1t was more practical for SAID Clarity and
Nc Gowan or their fellow prisoners to have
procured tools, pieces of iron or steel, and
pant from such source than from visitors.
3D. Your committee further find that Wis,
itors are admitted to the county jail, even
friends of the prisoners, but that they are al
ways accompanied by jailor or deputy and
that while tools might be passed toprisoners
by visiting friends it would be accompanied
with such danger OF discovery that other
means would be resorted to as more pIactic.
al, as in this instance, procuring tools from
workmen about the Jail engaged in building
the same, or from articles which might be
introduced through the windows to the cor
rIdors and reached therefrom by prisoners
confined in the cells.
All the facts connected with this matter
lead US to believe that Sheriff Clark used all
the caution necessary or that was demanded
by the board. The construction of the jail
is such that nights the prisoners can do prac
tically as they please, there being no watch
allowed by the county to the sheriff for
night duty.
We believe it the duty of this board to re.
quire a Waterman to be kept nights when
prisoners of noted character are confined
thereln,as we deem it impossible to properly
guard prisoners of this character without
Waterman is kept The only help now al.
lowed the sheriff is a man during the day
whose duty it Is to pump the water for tanks
and do general work about the prison, also
a man to act as turnkey, these persons being
on duty only in the day time.
Your committee do not think that charge
of want of care should be made against
Sheriff Clark The building has proven to
be defective and we believe that this board
should do what may be deemed to be neces.
sary to remedy existing defects.
We would therefore recommend the adop-
ton of the resolution introduced as being
simply an act OF justice to our sheriff, Thos.
Clark. l.. PERKINS,
WILLIAM TRUMAN,
w. II. PITCHER,
). c. WILEY,
J. J. CONERToN.
Supervisor Wylle, chairman of the com
mittee on equalization Of personal property,
submitted the following report:
Mr.. Chairman dlsd Gentlemen # tie B0drd
Of Supervisors Your committee on personal
property would respectfully report that they
have examined the equalization OF personal
property presented before them, and the fol
loving per Centages 20 be added or deducted
from the assessments made and returned by
the various assessors of this county as set
forth in the annexed schedule, which is
made part OF this report:
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