Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-17
GRAND JURY REPORT.
Ila PllIIopIiaTy ald Its MANAGEMENT
Referred 10 10 Favorable Terms.
SAME As 10 rnr COUNTY JAIL.
Hni The city jail u Described ~ "a
Blot Upon the CiiJ'. G iod NamtiD
Away with III

The grand Jury Of the Third dIstricl
court wen, before Chief J Justice Merritt
a. 1850 tins morning, presented their
hnai .4p3r anu received their dis.
charge, with the thanks Of his Honor
Tor theif sofvicls. Tue document reads
a. foiowg
March II, 1894.
Hon. Samuel 4. Merritt, Uhief Ju,tieo.
Jtah Territory!
Sn-lhe grand Jury Tor tho Fobru.
airy tofm, lsDi, have tho honor 70 suit
INIT tue following report
We convened on Monday, February
1th, l5Si, holding daily stssions. sun.
Jays excepted, up ~ AMI iucuding
February ~ 1873 when we adjournui
70 Mhfcn IL, 1891, since which date We
nave hrll dhily sessions up 10 and In
cluuiRg this date.
We have Investigated forty.six com.
plaiu'H as follow: Eight United
states cnHcs, finding indiclmsnts In
seven cases AMI Ignoring one case:
thiry.eight territorial cases, 1ndius
indictments Ia thlrty.onu casus and
! Ignoring seven.
PENirENTiAHY.
In tho COURSE Of our buslncis wa
visited this Institution Aud were highly
/ pleased with the clranly aud orderly
/ cohuilipu In which We found the
same. We iOuuu one hundred and
| Ninety prisoners confined there. and
not onee Ia the hospital, which
| sptaha well TOT the sanitary conuItion
/ OF tue buildings aud for the general
health OF the prisoner. The inmates
hhd no complaints 10 make as to their
Treatment ofRs ~ the food. We wsre
shown tue new system Of electric call
bell aud alarms aud cjusileF the same
a great benefit Ia keeping order. AEo
consider the system Of lAkiug photo.
/ graphs anu accurate descriptions Of
each prisoner ~ entered a good one.
a careful Inquiry produced no eyi.
donce TO verify the reports appearing Ia
the .hpri- recently ~ 10 any serious
co. blct between the prisoners having
] occurred, AMI We found no prisoners
/ VINO had q ccivod any serious wounds.
| We aoknow edge our indebtedness 10
Marshai brigham aud his able assistant
war lun sttrk Tor the o0uflesles they
extended 20 us anu for furnishinR Us
.ian,plttAuon To ami from tbs pvni.
Tertiary.
COUNTY JAN.
We vlslicdtho county fail and found
under the efficient management OF
sheriff MCQleen and hts assistant
Jallor Hill the same TO be- ia ms good
condition a. could be, cleanliness aud
neaintss pefvading all apartments. Ne
would recommend that some arrange.
mont be made that would allow the
prisoners more exercise. for which at
the present time no adequate provision
IL made, tho inmaios being confined In
Their cells almost continually, meal
times eHoepteI.
AGAINST "DREADFuL oDDs.n
Having visited tho city lail your Iurv
would say that We tinu that the offirefa
IN charge afu evidently doing Rs well
~ they can TOWARDS krsping thia
place clean and habltablo win the
| dreadful odds against them, but we Ioin
| with the former grand lures In con.
dumuing this place AZ n blot upon the
city's good name and place utterly
/ uuft for the purpose Il II USED. The
ventilation lOr lack Of samol could not
/ be- worse, and PERSONS whether guilty
criminals Or only those held for trial,
are very likely ~ be made ~ or con.
tract auy Injection that may DO present
In these crowded cells. The
west Side or dungeon part
should not In any event bs used.
W. also complain that no attention
hos been paid 10 the recommendation
Of former Juries In this matter ana
would place this responsibility where 1t
properly belongs II your Jury knew
where. AZ II II, we suggesi-no other
remedy being visible that tho city
board Of health condemn the place as
nuisance.
The thsnks Of this Jury are extended
TO the United States attorney and his
able assistant Tor their uniform kind.
ness, oourtesy, willing assistance and
prompt attendance,
J. NJ. BIDwELL, Foreman.
U. s. Distric, Attorney Judd paid
the grand Jury compliment, saying
they had done their work, from frat 10
last, thoroughly aud well.