The age-herald., 1901-02-01
COMMITTEE
 MAKES ITS REPORT
Gross Irregularities in Management of Affairs Are Charged State
 ment by MT. Brooks.

of the prisoners may be in weak physical condition, could be utilized to much great CT advantage.
 ''Coalburg Pratt Mines, Dogwood Prison No at West Calera J. B. Adafns' Lime Works ae Longview, had been inspected. At the msnes of the two former places con- ditions we're in the main satisfactory, but instances of cruelty to convicts had occur red of which evidence could not be obtained to develdpe the facts. Dogwood Mines No. Z should be abandoned The hiring of con victs at q certain figure under contract, the hiring sf others to the same party at a smaller srice, was referred to as of the evils which should be remedied. The sev- eraa s3ts se prisons were visited and a very unsatisfactory condition of affairs were found te exist, particularly at the Walls" and at Prison No 4 noar the oity of Mont gonery Many other points are dwelt upon but these Are the salient ones.
 Statement.
 The report is signed by Messrs. Robert L. l.. Hipps J. C. Moore, Joel w. Goldsby, Au- gustus Benners, Erie Pettus, Joseph J. Arnold and William T. Seihels, and after their names comes the following statement, which explains itself:
 The undersigned, desirous of avoiding a minority report, signs the above with the explanation that the foregoing does not fully meet with his approval, because It omits reference to certain matters, and fails to elaborate others of an important charac- ter, showing mismanagement and violations or law. which are incidentally referred to in said report, and which can only be fully understood by the citizens of Alabama, by an examination of the large mass of evl- dence taken by the committee" This state ment Is appended over the signature of Hon. Leslie E. Brooks, the chairman of the committee
 This-esnb bodies great deal, and as is said there, the evidence only can reveal the true inwardnsss Of the whole matter. There is in the evidence over two hundred thousand words. So 1t is understood, and those who have bean heard to speak of it say that il will show that desperate eonvicts have been allowed the privileges ef trusties and by this means have effected their escapes. To show the ridiculous farce which has been made of the whole matter such terms the fol- lowing are rife among those who have some knowledge of the affairs viz: Cow warden, grass warden, hog warden, dog warden and chicken warden, meaning thereby that these various terms represented men selected for those different employments The most not able instance was in the case of the chicken warden. This was a desperate negro whose sole business appears to have been to raise chickens for the president of the bureau. On one occasion wilen this negro, John Tay- Tor, was to attend to his charge he left for parts unknown and has never been heard or since Another case was the negro Garth, an inmate of the walls. He was under Nike sentence for murdering two white men, and since e1is incarceration he has committed murder by killing ow-conyiet. He was sentenced to be hung for this, but was com muted to life imprisonment and he Is made trusty. A. negro by the name of Wash Chisholm, a life man, was kept at the resi- dence or the president in the city of Mont gomery for months. A convict, Hendricks, white man, had been made trusty under the tJtle of hog warden. He had been heard to say that he would not accept a pardon without promising not to kill a citizen liv ing near Montgomery, and by virtue of this license he is running at large today.
 Campaign Subscription Levied.
 The evidence will also show that the hand of the wiiy politician has been at work among the employees. In the Johnston-Mor- gan campaign subscriptions were taken up to the extent of $166 at Wetupka and also at Speigner for the purpose of furthering the Governors Senatorial aspirations, and while it was not exactly q demand they were told that De Justice of Fillmore County had said that he could get men to take the places of these men and advance months salary to the campaign budget This gentleman 1t was understood, was the manager CT the Johnston campaign h Eimere County. One Zimmerman was transported from AutauSa County and given position at Speigner in order that his proxy on the executive com mittees In that county might be filled by another, it Is said for the purpose of aiding the same Senatorial aspirations As to the wholesale violations of law there is no lack and a. to the lavish supply afforded cer- tain members of the board there is much testimony; but the time Is atogeune too brief to do anything like mentioning the various things that would prove mighty in teresting reading to the public, and the full meaning of the matter can only be had by 8 careful reading of the testimony as indi- cated in the interesting little paragraph al- ready quoted which stands at the end of the report,
 At the conclusion of the reading of the report, on motion of Hon. R. H. Clarke 300 copies of the report were ordered printed
 B. B. KERSH.