The Arizona sentinel., 1889-01-12

Yuma, A. IT., Jan. lsr, 1889.
 10 tte Hon. Bo1ri cf Prison Com
 naissionsrS:
 herein tender to you report of affairs connected with my supervision of the Territorial Prison as Superin tendent, for the fourth q1arter O: the year 1888.
 At the close of the third quarter we had confined in the prison one hun dred and eight nel'. Daring the frs: month of the fourth qparter we re- ceived an addition of thirteen prison- CTS and discharged two; thus we had an average Of one hundred and sixteen for the month of October. In No venher we received six, two were pardonea by Governor Za;,ck, and one was discharged by expiration of sentence; our average for this month being one hundred and twenty two. During the month of December seven were received, three were discharged q hy expiration of terms, one died of natural causes and one was accideb- tally killed. Our average for this month was one hundred and twenty five, and there are today one hun drcd and twenty four men in the prison, three If whom are U. <. prisoners. received from Pima county on the 10th day Of October, for tha suste nance of which the general govern ment owes this institution two hun dred and forty-three dollars.
 Investigation shows that prisoner George BJndy diel of heart disease, from which he had periodically suf fered for several years; and ;ha; the death If prisoner H. Moreno, who had but recently arrivrn from Pinal corutv, waS due 10 his own d;sobfd;- .ence of orders. It., with others, was at work near the mouth of the new sewer, when Q portion of the ri.er bank eaved in upon him He was warned hy both the overs'er and guard to keep away from the fatal point hefore the accident occurrc but, acting unI,e;d;nsiy, was caught and crushed. For farther particulars I refer yor to the caroner's report.
 The new sew'r has, after much la bor, been com,letod and is, In every respect, satisfactory.
 New cement floors have beer laid throughout the main prison building, the roof of same has been thoroughly repaired and the prison water pipes have been rr.itted.
 l have thus placed the prison prop erty Ill irst-class condition, and have done So with the smallest possible ex penditures. Owing to the non preseu tation of some minor b,lls, 1t is impos- sible at tbs writing to get an exact estimate of expense; hut & statement sufficiently accurate Is reached to show that all ,h,s work has hoen done in an efficient manner and upon bs- sis of strict economy.
 Only five thou.und, SIX hundred | and ifFy-six dollars and forty certs of the fund has lcea consrm,d, aud i have on hand forty one barrels of ce- moh:, all article always in demand in repairing walls, floors, &c. connected with tie prison.
 Ire outer buildings, sEops ard guard stands are in g@od condition and are respectively supplied with necessary tools. Owing to rhe failure of contractor 60 finnish suitable ma;se- rial, tle electro tight has been muc'. wi:;l, amt for thc past week has not been used at all, havirg to substitute lamps in it's stead. I have cone mv hcst to correct these irracr- lari,ies, and hope in future that such annoyances will he avoided. The prison has been saTpiiea win s-tfi cient quanti'y of food, varied a: times, to c,."se Leai6hfpl change oe diet, and the preparation of Same fnr consumption h.s at all tunes been good.
 The heslh If ;ho prisoners has been -xcelian;, and with the few herein after meuti9n, q exceptions, their con- duet Aas been commer,dsLle: Allen Cook, for refusing to work, was con ined for twenty days in the ''1ark.I ,ell and Ea. DooIoy, Wm. Mullins md Wm, Butler Were, for assauIting mother prisoner, confined in said cell or forty days each.
 The officer. anl guards have been