Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-06
AN EMPHATIC De- AL.

Editors News:-Eour issue Of las. even
ing published the fact Of the circulation
of certain rumors regarding the manage
ment of the State prison that call for
denial.
7 was aware of the circulation of such
rumors and of the identity of the gossips
who originated them. Therefore. l did
not pay any attention to them: for when
a being in brooches chooses to transform
himself into the semblance of a talkative
old woman | feel that he and his re-
marks are worthy of about the same
amount of attention-none at all But
the reproduction of the these rumorS IN
The News puts a different face upon the
matter, and makes necessary denial
of the most absolute sort.
The reports referred to are entirely
false. No man in my charge has been
the recipient of special attention on the
part of the prison attaches. l was aware
when ! came here of the foolish predic-
tons that | would favor certain prison
ers. This only made me more steadfast
in my previously formed determination
to treat every one of my unfortunate
charges with the same degree of consi-
Iteration. Also, ] had heard of previous
administrations, during which some pris-
oners had been allowed special privileges.
and of the disastrous results of such ia
voritism, and determined that no such
pitfall should engulf my record. That
determination has ben adhered to.
would be unworthy of the office l hold
if l should have pursued any other line
of conduct and those who put me here
would never have done so if they did not
know me well enough to understand that
| would do as | have been doing, am do
ing and intend to do. The parties who.
for personal motives have circulated
these false reports before alluded to must
credit me with begSarly amount of
brains if they really believe that l would
imperil my reputation and my office by
permitting such a state of affairs to eX-
list at this institution.
The specific statement that certain in
mates of this PRISON have received con-
siderable qua tlcs-or indeed any guam
tty at all. Of 'io"o". is too absurd for
considerat ic5 y virtue of a law passed
two years aGo. the individual who SNUG
giles whisky to an inmate of the prison
puts himself in jeapordy of a term within
it's walls. Rumor is an eccentric Great
ure, ofttimes illogical and irrational il
her utterances, but on this occasion sh,
goes the limit in attempting to insinuat,
that the attaches of the State prison are
drveling idiots.
The rotten foundation upon which
large fabric of falsehood may find Sc
cure foundation is illustrated in the orr
gin of the rumors you have referred to
The facts of the matter are these: on
last election day, November l. 1902, thre
months before | came here, one of tn
prisoners was given two small whisk
bottles. such used in the advertis
ing of .'kellogg's IA Whisky" and wer
put out by certain candidates with thei
cards attached in the late campaign
He says that they were empty when h
received them with the exception of tw
three drops and, for the reason befor
mentioned, i see no reason to doubt hi
word. He kept them in his drawer i
the dining-room for nearly four month.
and then removed them to his cell, wher
they were found by the cell-room guart
the matter reported to the captain of tn
guard and, in turn, to me. The bottle
were taken from the man and no
in my possession. l discovered that tn
bottles had been for a week in the pri:
oner's cell before being found, and learr
ed to my amazement that under the pr,
vious regime the cells were searche
only at irregular intervals. At presen
they are searched daily.
A noteworthy circumstance in connet
tnion with the finding of this tempest