Morning journal and courier., 1893-04-29
NO oUORUm

And the House AdjOurn1 RarlY-Tne
Senate Does Little Business - The
State Prison Committee Take DR..
warmers Deposition.
HARTFORD, April 2S.-[specisl] To
day, as usual, was not avery busy one at
the capitol, and both houses had adjourn
ed by noon.
At 2 o'clock the members of the state
prison committee went to the residence of
ex-Prison Doctor Warner, and took his
deposition regarding the prison system in
vogue during his service there. The doctor
Is Ill, and was unable to testify at the pub
lie hearing. The next public hearing OF
the committee will be on next Tuesday,
when ex-Keeder Mullen will continue his
testimony.
In the senate to-day all bills relating to
the filling of vacancies in the general as
sembly were rejected, with the under
standing that general bill on the subject
will shortly be presented. An act was
passed to prevent the stealing of pigs,
cattle, etc., fixing the penalty for such a
crime at half that for horse stealing. The
senate adjourned at noon until next Tues
day at O'Clock.
In the house bill was passed ooncsrn-
ing the voting districts of New Haven,
which reads as follows:
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives in General Assembly Convened:
Section /, The common council Of the city OF
New Haven may, by ordinance, divide each OF
any ward of the city Of New Haven into Two OF
more voting districts, and all the provisions OF
Io~r Sa%Sv, fOH
enacted regulating the holding Of, or appertain.
ing or relating to elections In the other voting
as e S ah city 20 ss nRp to said
Section 2. All acts and parts Of acts inconsist
emit herewith are hereby repealed.
passage.
The bill increasing the salary of the
clerk in the governors Office provoked 6
good deal of discussion. The clerk now
receives 81, 400 year. The committee OF
appropriations reported unanimously II
favor of increasing it to 81 800 and chang
ing the name of that official from execu
tive clerk to that of chief clerk.
The endeavor to take vote on the latte
bill disclosed the absence of quorum, ant
the house adjourned until next Tuesday q
1870 a. m.
DR.. WARMERS DEPOSITION.
HARTFORD, April 2S.-The state prison
investigating committee this Afternoon
went to the residence of DR.. q. G.. Warne
at Wethersfe1d and took his deposition
concerning affairs at the prison during tn
time that he was physician there. DR.. War
ner was prison physician at Wethersfel'
from 1S4S until 1891, except for five years
when he devoted himself exclusively t
private practice. In his deposition he say
that he was discharged by the directors Q
the prison in 1891. The only reason TO
this action that he ever heard was tina
Director Wayland of New Haven said tbs
he used more medicine than was consume
at Sing Sing and that he was too kind
the prisoners. The doctor verified the 81
idence of several witnesses that have a.
ready testified before the committee COZ
corning the time that various convict
were sent to the hospital and as to th
ceuse of death in numerous cases. q
said that Warden Chamberlain was of tn
opinion that he was too kind to th
prisoners, and the warden took but ittl
notice of his advice. During the create
part of his term DR.. Warner was out wit
Chamberlain and avoided talking with hil
when he could. In the case of prisons
was slowly dying in the dungeon. D.
Warner notified the warden and requisite
that he be sent to the hospital. The wa
den paid no attention to the request az
the man was allowed to remain the,
: some time. He was finally take
to the hospital, some time late
however, but he died soon aft,
his arrival there. DR.. Warner was su
that he was given no medicine after ente
. ing the hospital, and that he had no trea
ment after going there. He also cited al
other case in which he could not give Il
name of the convict, in which he askt
that the man be sent to the hospital imm
diately, and the warden promptly refus.
r to do SO. Similar requests were 80 oftt
denied, and his suggestions thrown asi,
without consideration, that DR.. Warn
: finally became very backward about I
: porting cases to the warden, as he did n
n like to have his authority made light {
70 For some time he communicated wi
- Chamberlain by means of letter whenev
he had anything to report to him, as
10 The doctor showed the committee co.
y. that the convicts in the hospital be Civ
better food. To this communication t
warden replied that DR.. Warner was t
a were given better food all the 'de
beats" would be sick, in order that tn
J. might 60 to the hospital and receive bstt
o food. The doctor told what he knew
the Bishop trouble, which was inves
gated by the directors and the warden e
10 onerated. Dr.. Warner is seventy TO
l. years of age, and has been an invalid +
Q some time.