Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-26

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cell IN tho prison. There arc now con.
6ued 33 persons Ia the building known
rs Bummcrs' hall. These prisoners \
ate huddled together In one room, having
| nothing 10 sleep on except the tloors. We
do not only think 1t necessary 10 mako
provisions Tor moro room, but We also
think that tho buildings are ia very inse
cure condition. II ia the unanimous Opin.
| ion of tho grand inquest that It is uocos
! sary % add moro cell room, ani that not
moro than ono prisoner be kept IN single
cell IN the prison, aud that BummaTs' hall
be 50 divided into apartments So that thrco
or four persons could bc kept IN each,
but deem II to be waste OF money
To mako any additions To- tho present
building. We would also call the attou-
tiuu OF the county commissioners tO the
proprlcty Of removing the prison 10 snmo
suitable place on the ground now owned by
the county. This may app1ir hko iucur.
ring very great expense, bat IN tho
opinion of this grand inquest the prison
could bo removed and rebuilt with all
necessary additions at small cost tO tho
county after the valuable city property on
which tho prison now stands WAS disposed
of Another reason we have for recommend.
! lug this removal ls On account OF tho con
ditlon in which " Bummcrs' Hall" now
Is, II being n disgrace 10 civilization. In
addition W. would theu have drainage,
water supply, ventilation aud light,
| which we find lacking A. ths present iustt-
| tuition, the light and ventilation especially
being very injurious " tho prisoners. The
now pump recently urcc'rd appears TO be
capable, aud the supply OF water from
tho we'll sufficient to moet tho
| Immediate wants uf tho prison, but
We do not thiuk thcTo Is suth.
cicnt water fbr drainage purposes
The cost of running the pump We were
unable To ascertain, as yct no account ot
the expenses is kept Tho engineer in
charge lsa convict. We found considerable
complaint among the prisoners as to the
bad condition of meat aud pudding served
them.
On the almshouSe grounds "e found II
| largo enclosure known - tho wurkhouse,
to which We could recommend those
persons now CpuiiuCd IA " Bummors'
ball, or 1T least part OF them,
! II CXucdIeut, be put at such labor that
would bH a profit to the county. In 10.
gard to the escaped ounviCts from the
Lancaster county prison, now at large, We
would recommend that suitable reward
! be offered for their arrest ia such amounts
on each convict as would pay officers to
attempt II, with the highest figure on \.
! BulZaCd-say iiya huudred dOliars--Iud
two hundred and litty dollars head on
the rest aud after their capture they bc
sent TO the Eastern peniteuliary.
In the Judgment of the grand iCquest.
the present system Of appointing the SUB
ordinate officers OF tue prison is not con-
ductve to the production OF the beat results
and tho safe keeping of The prisoners. We
find that while the keeper is held rcspuu-
siblc for the care aud safe keeping Of the
| prianpnra ,plar bfa oh hn 10.
! III the appointment or discharge Of his uu-
derkeepers and other suboriinates, aud
would recommend that tho law beariug uu
| the case be 80 amended As To vest the ap.
| pointing power ~ the prison keeper, act
ing under the advice aud consent Of the
| court.
In submission OF our report We return
our thanks to the honorable court, the dis
trict attorney aud the sheriff, for tho kind
attention given u.s.
Jacob ;. Strine, IoIcman, Robert Clark,
clerk, J. 4. Meyers, John Rebman,
Samuel H.rner, David W. Overly, r..
landus Brublker, Slater +. Brown, jon
athan Flickingcr, Henry BTaokbi.l, Peter
B1ottnet. Amos Grove, Il 4. Ferguson,
Wayne VI. Carpenter, JOhn V. Grvia,
Enos II. Weaver, Tobias X. Hershey,
AnaGiah E. BracEhill, G.. >. Wengor.
Judge Livingston said that the report
showed that the Graud jury had been kept
working, and that they hal given tho
Institutions . closer inspection than grand
jurIcs usually do. Tho court agreed with
the jury that too many persons are kept
in Bummers' ball, but the fault los With
tho magistrates, who should send people
of that kind TO the work house. After
thanking tho jurors for the faithful MAJ -
nor IN which they had performed their
duties they were discharged.
Uurrent Hu.iuess.
Franklin Hershey was appointed clerk
Of Manor township in place of Frederick
Stoner, who Was elected IN February aud
declines To serve,
David ). Kurtz, the elected constable Of
East CocaliCo township, declined to accept
the Office aud William Sweigert WAS ap,
pointed by the court u I'LL the vacancy.
FOR UbiIi.
This morning hearing on habeas
corpus, for the custody of 4 child was hold
before Judge Patterson, in the library
room. 1t appears that Thomas Bowser of
this city and his wife recently separated.
They have a child nine months old which
has been in the custody OF the father who
resides with his mother since the separa
ton. Mrs. BpS5er desires to have the
child aud Judge Patterson decided on
account ol It's teuucr years To turn IT. over
to her.
Gsvs additional Bail
This morning Joseph Strckler, who ia
charged with being accessory to the crime
of abortion, gave bail in the SUN OF g., 800
for trial at court and was discharged
"PRisUEss IDA"
4 GoOu EenditIon OF Gilbert aud sulilVan's
Latest Opera.
Gilbert and Sullyau's bright, sparkling
new opera Princess Ida' was given for
the first time in this city at the opera
house last evening TO fair sized audience.
Like all of Gilbert's literary work the
llbretto abounds with telling hits at the
folles of the day and his extraordinary