The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-20
MR.. D|NKLEMANPS PASS.
Freeholders Investigate at
Snake Hill the Charges
Against Warden
Grimes.
MARY LIVINGS7ON'S VISITOR
The Man Proved to Have
Called Alone Though the
Pass Was Meant for
Her Mother.
MARY LlVINGSTON'S VISITOR
Especial to "rhe Jersey city News. y


Committee on County Institutions, and a
great number of other members OF the
Board of Freeholders, came out here this
morning to hear the charges made by
Director Clayton against Warden John
Grimes and Deputy Warden Fields, who
refused to permit the worthy Director to
break the rules of the Institution for one
OF his Hoboken heelers 1t all happened
in this wise
On August Mr.. Clayton gave a pass to
Andrew Dickelrnan and his mother TO
visit Mary Livingstone, who is a pris-
oner in the Penitentiary When Mr..
Diekelman arrived at the institution. one
of the keepers informed him that the
rules ofsthe institution forbade men talk
ing to female prisoners. Mr.. Diekelnan
insisted and the keeper referred him to
Deputy Warden Fields. Mr.. Fields sus-
tanned the keepers decision.
Mr.. Diekelman promptly reported to Di-
rector Clayton that his pass was appar-
emily not much good at the Penitentiary
and informed him of what had occurred.
Mr.. Clayton got at once hot at the collar,
and rang up Warden Grimes and ordered
him to suspend Deputy Fields. Warden
Grimes could not see his way clear to
obey the order, as Deputy Fields had only
carried out the rules. Thereupon Clay
ton not only suspended Fields, but actu-
ally suspended Warden Grimes himselfl
Colonel John Grimes, as everyone
knows, is not man to make breaks,
official or otherwise, and when he refused
to suspend Fields to crafty Clayton's in
temperate demand, the Freeholders and
the thinking public knew that he had good
reasons for it. These reasons were set
out by the Warden to the Board in this
manner
Mary Livingstone and Ada Ryan were
committed here July q, 1888, by Record
er Stanton of Hoboken, for ninety days,
as disorderly persons. On August Z a
man presented himself with a pass say
ing he wanted to see Mary Livingstone,
one of the women mentioned above. He
was informed by the doorman that no
males were allowed to see female prison.
ers except relatives. He then called at
the Office to see the deputy, where he was
told the same He then left after leav-.
ing some fruit for the woman Living
stone. No woman was with him or no
woman came here to see Mary Living
stone If they had they would have been
admitted.
1.-The object of this rule, which has been
in force over twelve years to benefit
these unfortunates sentenced here by
keeping them from contact with the male
population who are always so ready to
seek such society, and the rule has not
only met the approval Of the best people
of our county. but has been commenced
and favorabiy spoken Of by the State AS
when Director clayton telephoned me
to suspend Mr.. Fields, | told him the
method employed in such cases was to
investigate, and if the facts warranted,
then charges could be preferred TO the
Board or TO the Committee on Peniten-
tiarv. told him also that / would in
vesfigate the case myself which ! have
done, and find the facts just as | have
stated and also well corroboTated- =
Mr. Fields only performed his duty in
refusing males to visit female prisoners
not relatives; that being a rule in this
institution. No female visitor asked TO
see Mary Livingstone or any other person
without being admitted
The Board after receiving both COM
munications, decided to investigate, ana
this morning the members travelled out
here for that purpose.
At the meeting were Freeholders Mat
thews Dietz, Seyers, Clements, Hanna,
bell. Piercy. Heiney and Director A; w
Clayton. Freeholder Matthews was chair
man and H. Miller secretary.
phe seeresaFy h1se bose raaa snd tbe preeor
CLAYTON proceeded to state that he didn't t
know the man who asked for the pass
but this man told him that the pass was
for the mother of Mary Livingston, who
wished to reform her.
The Warden and Deputy Warden Fields
came in at this moment and Warden
man came there he wasn't accompanied
by any woman a all and said that he was
no relation to Mary Livingston. The
Warden repeated his statements concern
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