The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-03-07

ordinarily sensitive - 10 any attempt by the press
or otherwise TO place me In afalse position or to
load my case with any side issue. have only OF .
purpose, and that is to establish my Innocence Of
the heinous charges lodged against me before the
| par of the Senate, and the sooner am permitted
70 DO so the greater Will be the favor extended to
me- am both anxious and willing that the testi-
mony taken BY the Board Of inspectors Of the state
Prison relative to the charges made BY discharg
cd female convict should be taken as basis for
the preparation OF articles Of impeachment against
the contrary.
have every confidence in the integrity ana
circumstances of your committee. but SO much
notoriety has been given this case that nothing
but q complete vindication at the hands Of the
Senate will reestablish me In the esteem Of the
people Of this STATE. and any preliminary investi-
acrimonious discussions and add to the excitement
already existing.
have the honor to be e-i -'
Yours most respectfully
P. n. LAvERTY,
Principal Keeper.
he was scarcely less annoyed when he
learned, after the Committee had made
their several reports, that the Downes q
Finch contract business had been thrust
into the matter. The information concern
ing that contract was got from the prison
on the understanding that it was wanted
for uss in the Executive Department of the
State, kad with no idea that it was to be
made the basis of an effort to impeach the
Board of Inspectors.
SOME POINTS IN THE CASE
In spite of these attempts to divert atten-
ton from the main issue, the Articles
OF impeachment will present fully and
fairly the question of his guilt or innocence.
They declare his intimacy with Minnie
Schafer his intimacy with Annie Lenhardt
and his response. ility for the opportunities
male and female convicts found for inter-
course. 1t is scarcely likely that the
third of these charges will be pressed. .
The Revised Statutes, section lila, al
low the Keeper to employ convicts as
cooks and house servants if not ineonsist-
ent with their separate confnements. Be-
sides this. he found the convlcts employed
in the Keepers household when he ns-
sumed control of the prison and it had
been the uniform custom of the Keepers
to thus engage them. Curiosity is piqued,
too, as to the course that will be pursued
concerning the charge of undue intimacy
with Annie Lenhardt. A part of this
wretched woman's story Is that she is
about to become mother because of MI.
Lavertys intimacy with her. The utter
falsehood of her whole narrative would
seem to be shown by the contradiction this
feature of it finds in the fact that she has
already been out Of the State prison for
year. The State Prison inspectors
learned her story by making a trip to the
prison in New York where she is confined.
The idea that the Senate will make Junk
citing trip to White Plains is not to be en-
tertained. 1t is susceptible of proof that, to
quote her own words, she ''has hadi in for
Layerty" ever since she conc aived the no.
ton that he had been instrumental in
having her arrested on the charge on which
she is now awaiting trial The evidence
of woman of her character, especially
when inspired by admitted venom, will
have little weight in such body as the
High Court of impeachment. SID