Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-13

| narueke these 1tIlo sums Oh money! r.i
Mrs. Mair-To secure favors.
Senator Allen-Better diet, you meanf
Senator Reyburn (interrupting)-She means
| by favors to get them into the hospital.
Mrs. Mair-I rather think "fayors" were
| little delicacies ana attentions sick men would
| want. A.-
Senator Allen-why did you send money
| knowing it would go to Maharneke, rather than
| report such evil to the board?
Mrs. Mair-I only did it in this one case, be-
| cause I wanted to help this man. did not be-
| lieve the board would believe the charges If
would make them against Maharneke; that they
would cut on my visits, and that it would not
Senator Reyburn-Whose money was it you
| sent?
Mrs Mair-My own: have sent hundreds
of dollars to prisoners out of my own pocket
Questioned as to why she objected to the
company Of guard, Mrs MAR said guard
sat SO close to her when she talked TO prisoners,
and watched her so close that it was embar-
RAISING to her work. She only had one great
humane purpose in the prison.
Somebody tried to get Mrs. Mair to give the
name of the prisoner whom the guard stopped
his talking to her. She declined emphatically
to give the name.
Warden Wright Explains.
Warden Wright cross-examined Mrs. Mair,
reading the book of rules she referred to. He
then stated that once it had taken the whole
time of guard for weeks escorting her
! through the shops, and that at her own sugges-
tion she was allowed to meet prisoners in the
rotunda Recently, when he told her that a
guard must accompany her and that this would
be an expense to the State, she had said that 1t
was to be regretted that she was to be an ex-
pense to the State and that he had said that
| was of no consequence. l
| Mrs MAR may have made such q remark.
Warden Wright told Senator Reyburn that
| Mrs. Mair's visits to the prison were now on
| the same basis as that of other people. He had
made it necessary for guard to go with Mrs.
Mair more as a protection to the lady. In the
| case of the man whom the guard recently
| stopped from talking to Mrs. Mair the captain
said he was mentally unsound, and was apt to
become violent at any time. 1t was not safe, he
thought for lady to 90 to this man alone.
Mrs. Mair-This mans conversation was
sensible and the most circumspect. He had
| just began to relate some personal grievance
when Officer Greaves said: There, now, that's
enough of that" Then Greaves sent to Deputy
Warden Mexican, and he said the man could
make his complaints to prison inspector.
Mrs. 1Iair's Rebuke.
In closing her testimony Mrs. Mair was
rather taken back by q question out Of the
usual line
"Do you think it in your instructions from
the State Board of Charities to exhort and de-
liver moral lectures to the prisoners without
infringing on the duties of the chaplain, who is
| paid for 1T" asked Senator McAleer.
Mrs. Mair's face flushed, but she remained
cool enough to compel the Senator to repeat
| his cold question, 'iust so the other ladies
could hear it, she said After he had
| lively that she, as Christian woman,
considered it her duty and privilege, that after
having conscientiously looked after the tenn
the better life beyond.
Mrs. Dr. Swift and Mrs Holden. also visiting
| members of the Board of Charities, were
| placed on the witness stand. They simply
stated that all Mrs. Mair testified to was cor
| rect They criticised the management for cur
failing freedom of lady visitors.
Mr.. Christy was then asked If he could tell
| anything about the prison management He
replied in the negative. Then he was asked
| for names of those who could tell something.
| He said he would not suggest Names for at
present two men who could give information
were not within the Jurisdiction of the State.
Senator Handy Smith-Are they in Heaven?
TLaughter.l ~ ~ - ~ 3.
Chfisty-NO. nor are they in the other place.
Repetition is Saved.
It soon became evident what was wanted
and then Mr.. Christy said he vas perfectly
willing to tell all that he knew about the Ma
harneke investigation. However, it was de-
veloped that he knew nothing additional to
what was on record of the other investigation.
and he was excused from repeating it.
Subsequently Warden Wright was asked If
Maharneke had been discharged.
"Yes, he was discharged for saying 'damnp" I"
replied Mr.. Wright. He explained that there
were four charges against Maharneke. Two
were dismissed; one was not considered proven;
the fourth was proven. That was that he had
| been guilty of saying 20, damnr'
President George A Kelly, of the Board of
| Inspectors. supplemented this with the state
ment that Maharneke had really been dis
| charged because the board believed him of too
excitable a nature to occupy the position
1 he did.
Senator Goblin asked Mr.. Christy if he knew
of anything else beside the Maharneke CHARGES
| hq nrio0 cd m %1e
would have had the opportunity
McPhlInmy Not Punished.
Mr. Christy-No, sir. 1 don't know. because
/ nor nobody else could get near enough to the
| prisoners to find out. The investigation by the
board month ago was farce.
| Senator Mylin-Warden, has McPhiIlamy
the prisoner who brought the charges, been
| placed in the dungeon or punished in any way
since the inyestigationf
ceived the same punishment that 800 other
prisoners receive, namely, TO be kept in their
| cells without work.
Mr.. Christy-But was he not kept entirely
| apart from other prisoners, under the strictest
| guard, all the time the investigation of his
charges was being made?
The Warden-Not at all, sir. Every freedom
possible was allowed him. The hall boy was
| permitted to carry all the notes McPhiilamy
gave him to other prisoners. The truth is the
| rules were SUSPENDED during the Investigation
to allow McPhillamy every possible Attention
| as prisoner.
Senator Gobin-I infer from what Won ara
| limiting at, Mr.. Christy, that the investigation
| BY the board was not a fair one. Do You mean
| that the board tried to shield Maharnke?
An Exciting Scene.
Mr.. Christy-That is exactly what say now.
All the time that inyestigation went on this
august board Of inspectors sat around table
Warden Wright sat back of President Kelly
When prisoner testified the Warden leaned
forward, looked the prisoner square in the eye
didn't your
The warden-Yes, sir. did.