The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-30
e0NfRNOR FILES CHARGES AGAINST KEGS
five (oIos Are Included in the Letter Addressed TO
the Board of Control I-firSf Session of the
Inquiry Held This Afternoon at
the Hotel DaCreS

The Investigation of the affairs at
.,o s+at4 penitentiary was begun this
,..unoor at the Hotel Dacres, by the
-.o+o hoard of control and is being
conducted by Assistant Attorney Cen
aroI Mcdonald of Spokane, on the
mart of the state. The board of con-
tro1 has announced that the investiga-
finn is to be thorough and complete
and will be broad enough to take in
0rarv aspect of the subject. A num-
bsr of citizens of Walla Walla have
taan summoned to appear before the
hoard sitting as court as provided in
Section ) of Chapter CXIX. of the
session laws Of 1901. Sessions will be
held until the several matters that
are 10 be called upon for investigation
have been thoroughly gone into,
and the court will convene at sucn
tines and other places as the board
and the assistant attorney general
may deem best.
The time of the first nearing was set
Sunday afternoon by the board of con-
1rOl after formal charges against War
den Kees had been filed by Governor
Albert E. Mead. The governor
filed letter with the board in which
he called attention to the numerous
complaints that had been made to him
relative to the alleged mismanage-
'ment of the penitentiary by Warden
KEGS and after a consultation with
The assistant attorney general the
board authorized that official to take
The necessary steps for the investiga-
ton
Governor Makes Charges.
In mis- letter Governor Mead files
hye charges against Warden KEGS.
Ihe first is the alleged part that he
LOOK IN the attempted illegal registra-
uon Of the guards prior to the city
erection held in Walla Walla last July.
second, that the warden disregarded
'he advice of Prison Physician Bla-
'0VA which resulted in an epedemic of
"pAoid fever among the officials and
NO"'lctS at the institution.
1hrd, that the execution of Oscar
0''1ShaW who was sentenced to be
hanged for the murder of a man in a
'VA car at Pasco three years ago, had
'eeh delayed by the warden and his
Subordinates.
l0o'lh' that those directly or indi-
'7''y connected with the prison failed
'0ilpIy with the law relative to in
F'V"on Of machinery in factories. re-
'.LiHs especially to the jute mill.
n,' 1'N' that Warden KEGS retained
DiIllp Berry as chief turnkey. when
"S cohVersant of his moral unfit
'S through his acts in connection
49,, female convict at the prison,
n, ""om he afterwards eloped from
h, "dIia after the woman had
1'Scharged from the penitentiary.
... ~0 asked the board to investi-
-. ''' olher matters connected with
g. penlFentiary that they NAV Judge
stitutiOn '0i' u '"e 40
Governors Letter.
sr, 'e''er written by Governor Mead
'u with the board is as follows:
Na..' "aila Walla, Wash, Oct. %, 1905.
NJ F. kincaid, j. H. Davis and
l. Jones, Members of the State
Board of Control.
po,,1 u'lemen; For some time past re-
Wano ~ einanated from the city of
in - "dlla' and have been published
natr.. Ds"Spaners of the state, in the
agao,o complaints against the man
Wall OF the state penitentiary at
anv ''7' am not advised that
With =. complaint has been filed
In 'our honorable body, however.
cba,..1 u''ion to these newspaper
signos and criticisms, the under
ceivss sO'ernor of this state. has re-
plain,a WI Inherent persons oral COM
perint,,. Specifically charging the su-
- + Of the penitentiary. Mr.
The baa. With acts prejudicial to
7bsso interests of the institution.
'narges and criticisms which