The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-14

IOlai CASH. -......"..-... .$lo,Soo 80
The cash belonging to prisoners is vari-
ously distributed, $500 being in bank,
1888 SO in he vault and S325 in the parole
account. making the total amount owned
by convicts $4208 SO.
The several funds stand as follows:
California State prison fund, 1872 442 70; ;
general appropriation fund, S110,S29 u;
jute revolving fund. S42 029; cash In hand,
SIG, 935 Sc, making total of $780,, 236 II.
Every account and voucher was found
to be correct. and the report was adopted.
Warden Hale did not make a formal
written report, with the exception of
recommendation that jute products other
than grain bags be manufactured at San
Quentin. With regard to this he presented
the following:
Estimate of cost of manufacture of
goods out of jute. other than grain bags;
Hop cloth, width 45 inches, weight "a
| ounces. costs per yard. delivered at San
Francisco. 7-25 cents. No changes will be
required in the machinery for making this
| 10Th, except the substitution Of different
reeds for the ones now in use for making
| burlap for grain bags. 1t would take
| from six to eight W eeks 10 get these reeds.
and the cost would be for 200 reeds about
$500.
Bean bags. size II by % inches and
| weight so ounces. would cost per bag in
| San Francisco, > 6-l0 cents. Bags Is by 80
| inches, weight 10 ounces, LILO cents.
| Wool bags, 40X90 inches, weight 31a
pounds. 22A cents each; of same size, but
| weighing pounds, "a cents.
The Warden recommendedsthat George
| Ross, 1892 who forfei ed all credits three
years ago and pleaded guilty before the
| board, be given back his credits. Ross is
] in consumption and will be set free on
| November l.
j. Huntington, prisoner 1928, who had
previously Ios all his credits. was found
with opium in his possession. and the
| board sentenced him 10 fifteen Gays in
solitary con fiDement on a diet of bread
and water. Huntington pleaded guilty,
| but as an excuse SAID he had suffered from
neuralgia.
| Four convicts were before the board for
! iniraction of prison rules, and were de-
prived of credits ranging from four months
| to year.
| Edward LangtoD, a miner from Sierra
| County. sentenced to thirty-two years i'm
prlsonment for murder in the second
| degree. was recommended to communal
ton Of sixteen years. He will ne restored
| to liberty next February. 10 1895, with
several companions. Langton partook too
cOpiously on New Years night If a mix.
ture of one gallon of whisky, one quart of
rum and one dozen bottles of beer, boiled
in big pot. When the liquor took effect
they fired off their pistols and q man was
| killed.
b. r. Foss, a school,eacher from Plumas
County, was recommended for Iardon.
| He was sentenced TO two years in San
| Quentin June g. 1894. for embeZzsment,
which has since been discovered 10 have
| been only a shortage in accounts he
went to the Hawaiian Islands, and was
| teaching school under President Dole
| when exradited.
John McAdoo, serving a sentence of ten
years for an assault with deadly weapon,
committed in San Francisco, was refused q
| release on parole.
Andreas DOmipgueZ, under sentence OF
five years for grand larceny in Ventura
| County, was granted parole. He has
| been an exemplary prisoner and promises
to return TO his own home and behave
himself. As the larceny was mixed with
cattle troubles which made the crime
charged rather doub.fu the board felt in
clined TO be lenient with DomingueZ
The transfer of Antoine Vital, who muir
| dered Chinese in Santa Barbara County
TO the Insane Asylum was reported and
approved.
Edward Stanfieid, boy sentenced tt
forty-one years n San Quentin for feloB S
committed in Kern County February 81
1893, was recommended for pardon. His
mother, an aged woman, came from Mis-
souri, 10 plead for him before the Prison
Commission. She told the board she aC
mortgaged her farm to reach California
and her two other sons, who are locomo
tive engineers, promised TO give Edward
employment at mis- trade of en- giDe-w per
Stanfield was sentenced with two othel
youths, one of whom was set free on
decision of the Supreme Court and ths
other was returned to his family in Texa
about two months ago.