Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-16
COMMENT ON RECENT CRITICISM
OF JAIL MANAGEMENT.
Rev. Joseph I. Mcguire Gives Result
of His Observations While Serv-
ing as Chaplain.

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ara IL lie salo' she Ialieo TO tel al the iac's
lit connection with her case. She told the
Justice rothing about having been given
whisky while sbo wa. awav from, the iail
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also claimed she returned to the jail from
the court very much under the influence of
liquor. and the incident was reported to
chief Justice Cl,ba,,ot ~. yUo,aa,, 1I,rr,s
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is oeheVed her intoxicated condiuon
aroused her evil nature and had something
tC do with her conduct in the cell at the
t,,na che ,vos ,nirraa cha od,,,.s che u.s
II the court bouse and saws she enntied the
bottle. 1t was after this that the trouble
occurred IN Jall. Inc investgauon OF the
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the woman,
When officials at the Moundsyille peniten-
tiary learned of The arrest of the Cross wo-
man the last time she was taken IN CUSTODY
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" ne pdLisneu JUST thiee oo1eh liihes Hea
ms IA; ioii neihs ~, ailu
I've ehe Sino, say thes ta .hara
slse up floV tHan nave her retuTneu lnere.
al Aioany, Whsre the woman spent her hrst
Term IN PRISON, II was stated they Wouio not
feCeiVe ner again unoe. any circumstances.
IL is cenled at the jail that the woman was
actually struck blow. Her conduct IN fas-
ten1ng TIE door with blanket In order 10
prevent the matron rom putting another
prisoner In the cell with her and her attack
on the guard caused struggle and the wo-
mans face was bruised.
During the fight, in which she was the ag-
sressor. she bit the hand of Deputy Warden
Russ and inflicted similar injury to one OF
the guards. While the prisoner was con-
fined IN a cell at the Police Court she at
tempted suicide by hanging. It was chiefly
because of this conduct that the warden
wanted a woman In her cell as a precau-
tionary measure
Statenent Oh rev. y. l. mae ulre.
Rev Father Joseph I. Mcguire who has
charge Of institutional work In the Dis
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tric'' anu VINO pays ilequeht VISITS u 'he
jail, is very much interested In the case.
In conversation with a Star reporter this
morning he said,
.J NOS ,,ar, .orr,, - 1.orr 90 ~. raeao
ton cast upon the management of the Dis
tr1ct jail as result OF the Ada Cross case,
gnu am nv i .r .IlaI a niole .nulo Jug
ing the assault will clear those concerned
from any charge of unnecessarily harsh
treatment. l have been acting as a chap
I T 70 tne N. Hiunloipa. insea.u'ions "a tne
that time have visitad tbe iatI On an aver.
age of at least twice week seeing the
nrtsoners IN their cells and calling ,non
them at ALI hours Of the dav NV relations
with the inmates have ALWAYS been of a
most cordial character. and neither from
their conversation nor nv own observation
have / ever learned of any unnecessary or
brutal punishment.
'During the last twelve years I have
been more or less engaged in institutional
tvork and have an acuua,ntanee with the
the eastern and southern states, and have
no hesitancy in favorably comparing the
discipline and mana gement Of the Wash
ington Jail with that of any similar insti-
tuition 1 know of.
"All recognize that Jail Is place Of
punishment and that the rules governing
II must be observed by the inmates; that II
strict discipline is not enforced pandemo-
MUM will reign The rules in the WASH
ington jail are founded upon the best re-
suits obtainable from a practical expert
ence in prison life, and the reading of them
carries the conviction that they are not
harsh or unnecessary.
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"Granting the personnel OF the inmates,
violations of the rules are to be expected,
h,,t s,,, violations ora not as fraouant as
oas So
might pe SUPPOSE INC uaiS "a paA
ishment SHOWS this ana thls lndicates tnat
the management is firm, tactful and kind.
q evidenced AbSanca
anw snI,en or rehelIious snirit among the
nr;soners as anv ono who has an acnuaint.
ence Nth them rnust TESTIFY
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nriv,Ioaa Of r,,jtin1 ~ friends nr saaine
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ass t a's sa easss' aiel " preaa anu
na.el ot d lew uass eoi1linelhehl IN the
uunseon lor Few iiouls. l nave known OF
s .s, eNcep.iousi instances where eAcep-
.iohai means ol punishment, as mater
VI ser prolec'Ioh, hao TO De resorted TO.
Not 20 SPEAK OF the case that Is now be-
Iore the puohc- nave one IN mind that
wen ..n Illustrates the point
some N~ years ago young man OF
very Vloieht temper ana under the sentence
oi uealh, learned OF the conflscation OF
some Iofpldden articles or diet that had
been sent to him. and In consequence de-
manded to see the warden In regard to the
matter. Mr.. Harris responded to his call,
went to see the prisoner in his cell and ex-
planned to him that no exception could be
made, particularly as he had been explicit
ly informed that the article in question
could not be received by any inmate
This greatly angered the man, who i'm
pulsively seized bucket containing acid
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