The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-15
GRAND JURY
MAKES REPORT.
TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION
ERS OF INVESTIGATIONS
SEVERAL INDICTMENTS
But as There Has Been no Arrests
Names are Withheld.

The grand jury has been in session
some time and adjourned Saturday
after making its report.
There are indictments against sew
eral parties for various offences, but
as no arrests are made we will give
no names. Following is the report:
To the Hon. Henry G. Fox, Judge
Of the Wayne Circuit Court:
The grand jury for the February
term, 1904, of said court, submits the
following report:
We have investigated and examined
into the case of every person now
confined in the county jail and not
under indictment.
We have visited the county Jail and
found the same to be kept rs clean as
the existing circumstances will per-
nit. We recommend that the floors
of the bath and water closet, both
upper and lower, be repaired and a
new floor be put in for both places
and that the cells and interior of the
jail be painted The windows and
sashes of the same should be repaired.
Tn the cellar proper facilities should
be provided to carry off the water
used in cleaning the cells. The en-
tire floor Of the cellar should be ce-
mented and drainage provided for, as
the cellar is now in a very unsanitary
condition
The walls and ceilings of the Jail
kitchen should be papered or painted.
We have visited the County Poor
Farm and found that institution in
satisfactory condition The inmates
are well cared for, we'll fed and well
clothed. We recommend, however,
that the following changes be made
fer comfort, sanitation and economy.
The woman's bath and water closet
should be repaired and a bath and
water closet should be placed on the
second floor of the woman IS building.
With the existing arrangement all
slops and offal from the second floor
must be carried by hand to the lower
sinks, necessitating much unhealthful
and disgusting labor. We also recon-
mend that the old building which
forms the west wing of the original
house and which is now vacant be re-
moved and that the material so far
as is possible be used to build an ad-
dition to the woman s building, in the |
rear of the dining room, to be used as
a kitchen.
The range for the cooking is now
In the dining room, and in addition to |.
the fact that it occupies a large por-
tion of the dining room, in warm
weather the heat from it is so intense
as to effect those eating in the room,
and also make it difficult to induce
help to come to the farm to assist In T
that department. The second story
of this addition will give extra room
in the woman s department and we
recommend it in the place Of the erec-
tion of a new building which is now |
being proposed. All of these changes
and improvements can be made for |
an amount not exceeding $500.
Among the inmates of the institu-
tion Is one August Larson, a compar-
atively young man who is incapaci-
tated for general work by an injury
which he received some years ago by
being struck on the bead by the fall
ing limb of tree Tt has been sug-
gested that trephining would relieve
his condition, and we recommend that
the surgeon Of the farm make an ex-
animation with this view. and if adj
visable that it be done; that the said
Larson may be able to earn his own
living and cease to be a charge upon
the county.
An inspection of the Home for
the Friendless shows that institution
well managed and the inmates we'll /
cared for.
We earnestly recommend that there
be some change made in the iaiI facil- I
tiles of that place. The cell-house is
small and it is frequently necessary I