Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-10
GRAND JURY's FINAL REPORT.


Owing TO the late hour at which the
grand jury Of the Third District Court
handed in their report yesterday, the
NEWS was able TO give only bfie'
synopsis OF the same. Below we repro
duce the document IN full
To Hon. Charlie. =. Pane, Judge Third
Judicial District Court;
Your grand Jury bcgs leave to submit
the following report OF IT, lnbots;
Commencing work ON February 2, lsO2,
the grand Jury has continued IT, sittings
without interruption, being engaged IN
all twenty-five days Of actual service
During tina, time u has considered seven
ty-four cases, fifty-olght OF which came
from lower courts and sixteen on original
complaint. or this number hity.scNen
showed sufficient evidence TO hold
over for action OF the court on true
bills. The others we're insufficient Ia
our opinion aud consequently were tg-
nored. We have examined In all 10
witnesses. In those matters with which
we were especially charged to make IN
yostigaiion, relating 10 vlce,tho grand Jury
summoned before II such private individa
nails and officers ~ would be most cog
infant OF such oiienscs against the law.
We were unable 10 find sufficient evidence
TO Justify US In holding parties over for
trial, Much testimony was given NJ To
rumors aud curfent belief, but OF any
direct evidence there was almos, none
Whether this arose from the unwilling
ness " impart full aud unresorved inior.
nation on the part u wltnCsse-,Or wheth'
or the evils considered do not exist W.
are unable 10 Judge.
Tho grand Jury visited In q body the
territorial penltentiary, tho county jail,
tho city prison aud the county pOofhou-e,
for tho purpose Of inspecting tho condition
Of these public Institutions. FROM the
testimony Of the Inmates Of the poniten-
tlary we learn that tho Institution has I'm.
proved since the visit Of the last grand
Jury. The fact still painfully impfcsse-
Itself that the institution docs not serve
altogether the purpose intended thar'im.
pflsonment at hard work" IL myih ana
not a reality. Very fow OF q he prisoner.
are given labor, though many would
prefer IL TO enforced idleness. They are
allowed To minRlo and converse with
each other, and u would soein, almost
squirting them TO form con,piracics Tor
escape. For this condition the manage.
msfit Of the prison aronot apparently TO
blame. There has been All attempt
ma 10 TO establish a tailoring establish.
meut 20 manufacture the prisOnets'
clothes. A number u TRUSTEES were en-.
ployed In gardeningi small but ctedita-
BILE greenhouse Ia kept To furnish ilowefs
Tor tho chapel, aud The ordinary avoca'
tons Of cooking, washing and cleaning
are performed by the convioia' More
however IL sadly needed. A very desf a-
bio improvement, suggested by the
marshal, which we would heartily en-
dorso, il tho extending Of tho building 70
All out it, southeast corner, the room
thus enclosed TO DO used tor "A small shoe
and tin shop, manufacturing solely for
the use Of the prison aud not TO compete
with legitimate trades without. The
farming Industry should also be pursued
on a larger scale. with these means of
employment, more rigorous discipline
could be introduced aud the Institution
made place OF punishment instead OF
recreation and rest Ths sanitary condt'
tlon around the prison closets need. lm-
proyement aud better facilities for bath
lug should be introduced.
The county jail was found To he In OK
cellout condition. and have no recon.
mendAtion 10 make.
The city prison il relic Of oldon DAYS,
and truly startling. ita cells, facilities
aud arrangement suggest the barbarlsm
Of the middle ages, rather than the nine
teenth century. Cold, narrow cells into
which not u ray of daylight has ovel
reached, make tho visitor 10 this lnslitu-
tion rhuddcr. Even with the use o
these forblddlng dungeons, the building
IL insufficient TO meet the demands OF the
city.
The poor house Il another Institution
crying for enlargement. Public policy
demands lts removal To quarters moro
distant from tho city, with larger ground'
and moro capacious buildings. Al
present the inmates wander to the city
and those feeble.mlndod and impover
ished by age IRE compelled to minglI
with the ldiotlc and diseased.
q. u. IAMNosD,
Enrafnan