Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-02-08
DAVIS RESOLUTION.
THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER OF
HOUSE INTIMATES SERIOUS
CONDUCT.
Warden of the JehersonviIle Prison VIII
Have tO Face Many Charges Which He
viii he Unable to Answer satisfactorily
He il sure tn he Ousted.

Indianapolis. Feb. Representative
Cyrus r. Davis, the leader Of the mi
nority IN the house, woke mp the ma
tlyes yesterday afternoon when he
offered the following resolution:
"W hereas, a joint committee OF The
senate and house of representatives of
the general assembly has been sp-
pointed to investigate the affairs OF the
Indiana reformstory, az Jeffersonville,
tnd; and
"W heress, No definite and specific
charges have been officially placed be-
fore said committee for yestigation,
and
Whereas, The indulgence of general
and indefinite accusations is both un-
fsIr 10 the institution investigated and
its officers and cannot be conducive TO
elicitIng definite information
Therefore, Be il resolved by the
house of representatives of the state of
Indiana, that said committee be and is
hereby requested to investigate and re-
port concerning the following specific
and definite propositions:
Il. Whether all the property be-
longing to the Indiana state prison
south was inventorIed and transferred
To the said Indiana refOrmatOry, as
provided by law; and if not, what dis
position, il any, was made of any srti
Gle or articles not so InventOrled and
transferred
"2. Whether it be true that 10 the
years 1895 and 1896 $500 of the fund
known as the guards dinlng-hall fund
was expended ostensibly for the pur-
chase of silyerwsre and other wares for
tie use of said dining-room, but IN fact
for the purchase of said wares for the
private use of the warden, and what
omitted from the aforesaid inventory
and transfer.
"3. Whether II be true that in the
year 1896 $50 was withdrawn from the
library fund of said institution and ex-
pended in the purchase OF carpets, lace
curtains and other furnishings tor the
wardens residence, and, if so, what, If
any. OF said articles so purchased were
omitted from the inventory aforesaid
Il. What number. if any, of JERSEY
cows or other mich cows now belong
TO such institution, and whether any
cows or cattle rightly belonging TO said
institution were omitted from the
aforesaid inventory and why?
70. Whether it be true that ssid war
den applied to board of directors of
said Indiana state prison south or TO
the board of managers of the said Indi-
ana reformatory for permission to ex.
pend 5000 in repairing and furnishing
bis residence. and was by said board
nevertheless expended between $4,000
and $4,000 for said purpose and
charged the excess, or any part theI eof,
TO the construction or improvement of
other buildings of said institution.
"6. Whether it be true that large
quantities of costly wines and other
luxuries are purchased habituslly with
the funds of said institution, and used
for the private consumption of said
warden and his guests, and are billed
TO said institution as and under the
name OF some other article of food or
drink, for the ostenslbe purpose of
consumption by the officers and in-
mates II said institution.
~. What If any farming implements
belonging to said institution are habit
usllv kept and used on the farm of the
superintendent 10 Lawrence county,
Indiana.
IS. Whether it be true that the sta
tistical information furnished by said
institution, as to the operation of the
parole system, or other features of its
plan, are purposeiy and grossly fslsified,
and If so, for what purpose.
- Whether or 10. the guards Of
said institution habltually curse and
use profsne language toward the in
mates, or infllct upon them other i'm.
10 raj and degrading treatment
40. Whether or not in September,
1895, the warden of the Indiana state
prison south, now the superintendent
of the Indiana reformatOry at Jeffer-
longing to said prison for another team
of horses to use for his personal com
fort, and paid for the same $500 boot
money on. of the special appropriation
fund for that year.
al. Whether it be true that in the
year 1897 the warden of said Indiana
state prison south appropriated to his
own use 800 out of the guards dining
hall fund.
"l2. Whether it be true that on any
purchases of clothing or other supplies
for said refOrmatory, said warden ever
accepted personal allowance of money
from the seller to induce said purchase
"I3. Whether the accounts of said
institution are deliberately and pur-
posely, and in violation of the orders of
tho board of managers, SO kept that II
is impossible to tell what Is the amount
of the living expenses of said super.
tntendent and bis assistant.
"Whether the funds Of said institu-