The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-06
SAY JONES' MEAT
SMELLED BAD
Many Witnesses Swear Putrid Nut
ton Was Served at Infirmary.
SOCKS TAKEN FROM CORPSE

OLD HOSIERY PRONOUNCED GOOD
ENOUGH FOR DEAD PAUPER.
Inmates Of the county infirmary and
former employees of the institution were
the chief WITNESSES in the libel suit OF
W. X. Jones, jr., against the Salt Lake
Tribune and others yesterday
Three crippled men testified for the
defendants. one Of them walked with
Two crutchcs, another with two canes.
and The third with one cruCh ana one
cane All testified that the quality of
meat furnished at the institution was
indifferent If not worse.
The crcss-eNdmnation of Henry Hark-
Ct. former county commissioner, occupied
The forenoon session OF the court.
Furnished Skinned MIX.
Robert Lawisch, % years Of age and
an Inmate OF the tnflrmary for three
years, was the first witness OF tho att
eruOon.
In answer 10 questions. he said the in.
mates got more or less skinned mills
all the time. lie protested that ne could
tell skinned milk, although be had not
seen the Swimming performed. because
he knew SKINNED milk when he saw 80.
Further, he SAID. he does not drink tea,
but '.all the time he drinks milk, so
that ne was in a position 10 talk about
the quality OF IT, lie had once owned
COWS himself he said.
Mir. Lawisch said he knew James lay
FORD, late steward Of the iHfiTmafg, VINO
committed suicide last summer. He
knew him for -, Mr. Lawisch said.
fayford came 70 some OF the inmates
and sGlds
Boys. don't eat this mutton. It's rot-
ten"
Mr.. Lawlsch said he could smell the
mutton during the meal, although he dld
Walter S. Wineland, cS years of age
and au inmate OF the mfilEdry for al
most seven years. had been stabIeman
at the infirmary for while. He re-
meInbered an occasion when tho mutton
WAS bad. although he did not eat u,
He could smell It. He said he could
Tell mutton from beef by looking at u,
Mr.. Wmeland said lie saw butchers haul
hogs away from tho intirm0ry, hut ne
could not recall the dates or the NUM-
Der Of occasions on which TINS took
place. on Crcss-eXa mination Mr.. Wine
land said Tao inmates were given spoiled
corncd beef on another occasion
Hayford Warned Another.
Charles Caswel. 81 years of age and
a man we'll known about salt Lake, has
put in two periods i'm the infirmary. The
first time he was there from dune, 1893,
10 February, 1S0a The second TIME he
entered I'm June, 1903 and is stiil an in
mate lie said the quality of meat fur
nished was not good during the period
covered by the suit. HayfoTd came 10
him at the time the bad mutton was
cooked. Mr.. Caswcll testified, and sad;
Charley, If / were YOU 1 would not
cat mutton today. bill has just come
for mutton at Ncents aud it looks Ike
II was picked,
Mr.. Caswell said he took Hayford's
word for IL and let the mutton alone.
There was hash served at one time.
said CaswHO, that he smellod from out
side the building.
Caswen was one Of the Tribune's sour
ccs Of information. He testified that he
called Frank l. Sefrits attention 10 con-
ditions at tho infirmary Tor campaign
material. In the hope that men VINO
would not reappoint Jones would be
elected. CaSwcll said he knew or ami
mails being killed and their meat taken
away when bad meat was being served
u the inmates of the infrmary. The
meat was bad almost all the time he
said
Too Socks From Corpse.
Caswen said that on one occasion an
inmate named Harry Pardue died AZ the
infirmary. and that by direction or
Jones. new pair OF socks were removed !
from the corpse and an old PAIR SUD
suutcd before the burial took place.
William TOlhurst, cripple OF Is years,
who has been at tho intirmary over SIX
years, said complaints of rotten meat
We're frequent. lie said he could smell
il sometimes. He was barn man when
Jones was first appointed, Iolhurst said
aud Jones brought Two cows Oh hss
own.
Mr.. ToIhurst remembered a white horse
that Jones traded 10 the uJhlng yard lor
A COW. lie said Jones used 10 take two
gallons of milk 10 his homo from tpG
RENE uabcred the incident of changing the
socks Of the corpse. On cross-eNamina-
don Tolhurst said he ate some or the
had mutton referred 10, because he had
10 eat ii or go without meat. Al ti4e
Inmates complained OF Il At the tine,
ho said Tolhurst declared he saw milk
Tor the inmates table being diluted with
water.
Cook Told Jones About II.
Mrs. Mary Z. Perry, whose home is at
Perry. in Box Elder county, was cook
At the infirmary from March l, 1904. 10
July 8, 1904. SIZE said she was a trtend
OF the Jones family ana only appeared IN
the present case because she was obliged
10 respond 10 "a subpoena.
She said her attention was attracted 70
the mutton in question. and she told
Jones il was not fit to cook.
When she informed him that there was
40 other meat, he told her 10 cook that
and give ii To them, because they must
have meat, she testified. She said the
meat gave OF an offensive OdOr during
The cooking and there was some COM
plant of the smell through the house.
The mutton was bad on more than one
occasion. she said. She sent some NUT
Ton OF this character TO tc Jones lamily
table once. she said but it came back
uneatcu. She told Jones that II was no
Use getting that sort OF mutton. because
Il wouldn't be eaten, she said. she
cooked chicken AT the infirmary once.
she said, and sent IL 10 Mrs. Jones, who
was not feeling well. Jones never told
her 10 throw away bad meat, she said.
Former Matron Against Jones.
Mrs Sarah Jane Rich Miller q resident
of salt Lake valley since 1Si1. and a sis
ter % President Ben L. Rich. was the
last witness OF the day. She was matron
OF the infirmary from April 10, 1891. 10
January, 1875. taking charge of that de-
partment about a month before Jones
became superintendent.
She said the Jones family came 70 the
infirmarV as visitors during 1901 but lived
Z here from the summer of lH2 until school
opcued that fall. Mrs. Jones and five
children came in JuE- 1903. and remained /
there continuously after that. she said /
They occupied tine office, p1rlOT. DIM 3
room. bedrooms and hall. she said and
used the hall heating stove % cook
chickens. etc
Jones began TO take milk homo from
the infirmary i'm Che summer Of iSt she I
said and vegetables were sent frequently 1
from the nfirmdry TO the Jones home
Airs. Jones tclephoncd once for potatoes /
10 be sent 10 ner home in the city, Mrs.
Miller said. and the order was illled.
Mrs. Miltr said she often saw Jones !
take stuff out Of the cellar, load il into |
his buggy and drive away with il. she
said his 90 FOR milk continued ia grow |
in size Sometime Jones carried the /
milk 30 his home and sometimes Toihurst
took H.
She heard Jones speak about selling |