Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-13
IunGE uAmERsLEY

rnor Morris to-day sent to the house fne anne of Judge Hamersley of Hartford to :, e judge of the supreme court for eight !. ears from January 4, 1894, to succeed 2, judge Carpenter, who must retire, having z, cached the age limit Of the attorneys :, most liable to succeed Judge Hamersiey |, ,n the superior court bench are mentioned :. he names of Mr. Bennett and MT. Arvine ! of New Haven, both able attorneys and l !; we'll qualified to fill the position. Ar. / Bennett is of the firm of Doolittle d T Bennett.
 Before the committee on cities and boroughs this afternoon hearing was ! held on petition giving the Winchester :, avenue road power to use electricity, and :, also to extend it's tracks down Chapel street from College street to the tracks of a the West Haven road. Attorney Bush ot New Haven and Representative Kelsey ap- pesred in favor of the road, while Attor- ney Buckland looked after the interests of the Fair Haven and Westville road. There was no opposition to the bill.
 The committee also discussed the pett- ton of Henry Sutton and others for charter for what is known as the West Shore road. The road, Attorney Bush ex- plained, should be opened at least to Woodmont as the people down in that vicinity needed it very much. The route is between the corner of Temple and Chapel streets in New Haven and the terminus of the road of the East End Railway com pany, in the town of Stratford, in the county of Fairfield.
 There was no opposition to the road but both hearings were continued until next week to give the public another chance to be heard if they desire. .. .s.>
 The senate to day tabled the medical practice bill until next week, owing to the small number of senators present, and ad journed after passing several minor mat ters.
 The states prison committee went to Wethersfeld again to-day, and passed the l oveSseer named DuBoisc. The witness l testified that the warden was @ humane l man and always treated the prisoners well as far as he knew. The committee on public health reported l favorably 8 bill to keep out cholera. It gives the state board of health power to inspect emigrants and travellers passing through the state and their baggage. h. | spectors are to be appointed to carry out | the provisions of the act. An effort was made to introduce & reso lution directing the finance committee to investigate the subject of taxes paid by the New York, New Haven and Hartford
 railroad and New Haven and Derby rail road, but the resolution was ruled out as
 new bueiness. A similar resolution had
 previously been reported unfavorably by
 the committee. A resolution limiting
 members to five minate speeches was
 tabled.
 There was an exceptionally light attend
 ance in the house to-day, but 8 large
 amount of business was done. The gov
 ernor sent in the nomination of William
 Hamersley to be an associate justice of the
 supreme court for six years from Janusry
 1A, 1894, to succeed Elisha Carpenter,
 whose term expires at that tims by limits
 ton. = -
 The committee on interpretations report
 ed substitute bill authorizing municipal
 ities to establish plants for manufacturing
 gas and electricity.
 The committee on military affaiEs re-
 ported bill establishing a military com
 pany in Bridgeport to be known as Troop | A, Connecticut cavalry.
 ab bill giving the state board of health
 power: to inspect persons, baggage or
 freight coming into the state, in order to
 prevent the introduction of cholera. J. The house insisted on its former actieu
 in psssing the factorizing bill and the bill
 making twelve hours working day for employ yssrof surface railroads. .- II Reso1utiohs we're passed appropriating $a ,OOO for the DAnbury hospital, $420 for vens and reimbursing the town. of DsfbH
 for burying soldiers. 2=s s-s=.s; <; a A resolution directing the finance oon9a }; mittee to investigate the taxation of stock
 of the Consolidated road and It's brahshss If AZ io,OS +La b6nsa aa;hps,.d +o fl e ! o'eleck Tuesday. -' B. rHHc STATE PRISON INvEsTIaAr4oH-ARv1.
 tH DENcE IN BEHALF OF THE WARDEN. ,eel HARTFORD, May 12.-The hearing of the Is states prison investigating committee was n resumed this afternoon in the chapel a,
 the prison. There was some delay in open.
 ing the hearing and the committee did not ,; commence its session until 3:30. The wit. 8 ness ot the afternoon was William Du. - Boise, an overseer at the prison and em.
 Ployed there for the past twenty three or twenty four years. He testified that he l | had been there under the manapement of 8 ! several wardens and the methods of Warden
 Chamberlain were better than all othere
 and his treatment of the prisoners more humane. Under Chamberlain's manage
 ment he said there was less punishment of prisoners. Flogging and shower baths had been abolished and the ball and chain were done away with. The sanitary condition , ot the prison had also been improved, and in every respect the prison was better
 He never knew of a sick man being pun tshed, nor any other prisoner who obeyed
 the rules. As long as e man behaved him self and conducted himself as he should he was not interfsred with. Warden Cham. , berlain punished less eonvicts than the
 Sa wasaens h,P preceding him The rule that prisoners
 had been abolished by Warden Chamberlain. lIn
 s9 sss as sta S by hs
 ahi Middletown. He knew that he had been p pun, I
 5so shs dungsen in the vest end for two
 who was simpIe-minded and an idiot, who ',ass Was
 punished by confinement in the dungeon. He did
 n0s mot d;d believe ve+ sick men men, were i'll treated
 ods ef punishing prisoners. Did not know
 anything about the dungeons. It was his opin-
 enough, considering the amount of work done.
 He did not think that the officers of the prison
 commtee ana said ahsT thsa se
 had not been approached by any friends of
 what he thought about the investisation. eaes. AZ
 this point the witness became badly confused
 had been talking with yesterday after the close
 of the hearing, and said that he had conversed
 committee He he'd Hosoael .ts thoTry or the
 dette, q convict, and discussed the ineesdgatoh
 berlain had saved his fife and that he would would | now pe dead had 1t not been for him The | witness nad not conversed with Warden Cham. | Derian aoout the investigation, but had talked | Wlth Deputy Warden Baisden. In talking with | baisden ne said that he agreed with him that the | whole aHaIr was conspiracy against the ward- | en- This was his opinion because it looked like
 one Martin, Mullin and Mahon frequently met
 and talked oyer prison matters. Ofhcer Holmes ! told him that he had heard them discussing nris- ! on affairs, and he believed that the cons6iraay | originated with them. The witness said he had ! received letter from Sweetland about the pria- on, but paid no attention to 1t. He thought that ! Sweetland was looking for notoriety. About the story that the warden had placed twisters on the | wrists of the convict Andrews and dragged him | the length of the chapel he Knew nothing but
 did not believe the report He thought ! that the charges against the ward | en were greatly overdrawn and that ! the testimony of all ths witnesses except Deputy ! Warden Baisden was greatly exaggerated. He ! thought that Baisden's testimony was the most | reliable that had been given, and wss not exag- | sefated The witness was th0n questioned by
 tne warden, who endeavored to smooth over | some or the rash statements made by the wit l ness He said to the warden: "No, MT. Chamber lam, do not think you are guilty. You i'm. ! proved the food of the prisoners very much You l improved the hash that was gwen them and l made other changes for the better about the prison DuBoise was the only witness examined curing. the afternoon. His testimony was con- ! cluded at 5o'elock, when the committee ad- 1ourned until Tuesday afternoon. Schooner John HI. Platt. The four masted schooner John H. | P1att uhiab ron ooro11d ;n &ha obsnra1