The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-03-15
INHARmoNIoUs DIRECTORS.
The Northern Prison Troubles Continued
Brandt Bounced, Beeson Biuffed, Levi
Left and HORNE HsnOred.
The Michipan Citv Dispatch of March 10,


Left and HORNE Hsnored.
The Michiran City Dispatch, of March 10,
publishes the following:
The meeting of the Board OF Directors of the
Northern Prison yesterday was not harmonious.
To begin with, Levi, Of Huntington, had brought
up person named Brandt. who has been City
Marshal of that place. AID whose brutal assault
respectable citizen so aroused the people that
they held an indisnGtiOn meeting. at which hun
dredS OF voters, without regard 10 party, asked
the Council 20 remove him from office, with a
view Of appointing hlro Deputy Warden. In this
he was supported by BeesCn, of Winchester. The
Warden resisted this unwarrantRble intrusion
upon his rights for the law distinctly says that
the Warden shall appoint the Deputy Warden,
and the Directors shall confirm his Nomination.
Warden Murdoch nominated Thomas D0nneDy,
sn ex Union soldier with good war record, and
an experienced guard of the Prison, but the two
Directors refused TO confirm him, though they
were unable 10 assign any valid reason Tor their
And by way of Furnishing the Warden for his
refusal u allow man, whom the citizels OF
Huntington have denounced as brutal tyrant,
unfit TO be trusted with the arrest OF criminal,
TO preside as Deputy Warden over COO conVieis,
they passed the following orders:
Ordered by the Board, that no officer OF this
Prison shall employ or receive the service Of any
convict OF convicts now confined or hereafter 10
be confined in this Prison.
Ordered BY the Board. that all officers OF this
Prison are positively prohibited from appropriate
ing TO their own use and benefit any properly
whatsoever belonging to the State of Indiana.
Ordered by the Board. that all orders heretofore
made By which the Warden OF this Prison is Gu
titled to the Stops, or sny part thereof, OF this
Prison. are hereby rescinded. Aad the Warden IS
hereby ordered 10 vacste the hog pens belonging
ltisfurlher ordered by the Board, that said
Warden shah purchase AT once a sufficient
number of hogs 10 eat the sloPS OF this Prison,
and place said hogs in the pens belonging TO the
State. Il Is further ordered by the Board that the
steward Of this Prison shall take charge Of said
hogs and properly feed and care for them.
lt will be seen that by the first order no pris-
Oner would be allowed 10 shave guard or Dup
uty Wa.den. or 70 sweep up the Narden's room;
At the same time the Directors, when IN session,
lave had cOnViets 70 wait On them, 70 make their
rooms and do their chores.
The thild one rescinds the slOp contract and the
fourth directs that hogs shall be purchased on De-
half of the state. This has been tried before aud
has resulted in loss to the state, ana viii do so
again in all prcbabiliy. Hitherto the prison bar
Der has alway been chosen for gOO1 conduct, and
on four days Ia the week &c shaves the convictS.
the other days he assists in sweeping and
cleaning the cells and Is allowed 70 shave the
guard aud Deputy Warden, each OF whom places
TWENTY-FIVE centsa month 10 his credit In the
Clerks office, which, at the expiration Of his
term. is nice htt!e start Tor him on the road 10
honesty This slight privilege the Board OF Di-
rectOrs in their desire 10 punish the. War;,
have abolished. is ii TO be the motto o. me
Northern pri-oE-t Abandon hope who ente-.
heIeg' Is there 10 be no reward Tor good cou-
duct?
II was also claimed BY Beeson and Levi that the
Warden could not employ a substitute for any
unless by their consent. This brilliant idea would
result IN the loc ing up IN idleneSS IN their sells
Of any gang OF men whose guHrd was temporarily
sue for damage. such is the wonderful idea Of
economy possessed by these gentlemen. Ii is by
these means that they claim prison labor is to BE
made profitable, The ideas are worthy OF Georse
Francis Train. We have spoken of Levi and Bee
son because they acted alone in the matter. These
gentlemen have constituted themselves the
Board. on previous occasions the records show
that Ar HORNE OF Crown Point, has entered his
protest against acts done by them without his
knowledge or consent On this occasion he en-
tered the following rCmOEstrauce on the records
OF the prison books:
81 object to certain portions Of the foregoing
order in Yesterdays proceedings Tor the reason
den il the discharge Of his duties as the execu-
tive officer of Ssd prison. end in the general man
aeement and discipline OF the same and that the
Warden has a right under the law, when the in
teicSs of the State requires it. TO procure the
vices OF substitutes in case OF sickness, or absence
of guards or in case OF emergency. And that the
Warden has a right TO use conviets in al cas-
wherein the interests OF tie state demand their
services.
And further. that so much of the order as re
quires the Warden to purchase hogs 10 consume
the Stops Of the Prison is not for the best interest
OF the state, for the reason that by past expi.
has been failure and had not been source OF
revenue to the state. AID that the slOps should
be advertised for sale and let TO The highest ard
Mr. HORNE is Republican, and walks lame
from wound received in the service OF his coua-
Try az Gettysburg. but he has been regarded as
unworthy OF consultation by Beeson and Levi.
who appear "a think that the Prison is their pri-
vate property. The reasons assigned by Mr.. 10
riue are unauswerable.
Sir. Nurdock yesterday submitted the names of
several gentlemen 70 the Board 81 Directors for
approval So tina. Il a guard were absent durGg
tn Interval between the meetings Of the Board.
use q substitute for the absentee. BeeSon and
Levi refused 20 confirm any of them. One of
them was recommended by that distinguished
Republican. Major CGlkins, member of Congress
from this District, but the recommendation had
no weight with BeesOI ana Levi. Nor can they
assign a solitary reason why they refuse to con
firm the nomination of Thomas DOnnelly for
Deputy Warden The sole inspiration of their
conduct appears u be desire 10 impose Mr..
Brandt. the Denounced Marshal of Huntington.