Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-21

den visited the inside shop about every
day while Superintendent Cakes would
not go into the shop more than three
or four times a year to the witnesses
knowledge Mr. Mann said he thought
the superintendent ought to visit the
shop oftencr than he did to keep in
touch with affairs. He himself was in
about every day that he was in town.
He also told of his unsuco essful Efforts
to meet tho directors At various times
through Mr.. Oakes to urge some small
repairs and at ont time to put electric
lights in tn" upper floor Of tho inside
shop and nothing resulted from his Of
forts. Ilc described an interview with
the resident director when I've asked
permission to build some stairs on the
outside Of tho shop for the benefit Of the
female employees and Was told that IT
was inpc ssihle 10 allow it to lie done
The fact was brought out by the com
missioners that Their. were no fire 's-
cnpts on tn" three story building used
by him. built upon land Owned by the
state. II" said that the discipline Of the
prison was good and he gave the credit
to Mr. Harpn.
He wrote Il letter to Governor Eell
January TO- 1905 recommending the APP
I'ointmont Of Mr.. HHrph as supr'in;en-
dent should Mr.. Cakes resign. lie did
not say ANYTHING TO tho directors about
the appointment. Witness did not know
Uf any graft nor how the institution was
run by the superintendent except as he
observed the affairs of the inside shop
as above stated.
lie created a mild sensation when he
said that he had used his Influence with
Mr.. llarrin and Mr.. Oak"s to get an M
terview for n friend Of mis-. boston re-
, porter, with Mary Rogers ard had tailed.
He said he had nothing to do about getting
II local reporter in for the sam" paper
and lid not know Miss Batcheld'r. lie
never heard Of her until after the inter-
Wow was published.
Mr.. Mann said the trrsty convicts
were given more liberty than they
ought to have.
John G. Cakes who worked under
Superintendent Cakes in 1851 for few
months and under his brother from
1854 to 1901, described his duties in de-
tail while an employee of this institu-
ton and told of his packing vegetables
for his brother in trunk to take to
| not know of any chickens or meat
being taken over there. He had picked
| n few ears of corn few times from
the State grounds hut that was all. He
had used his brothers mileage to
travel on. He supposed this was kept
in a drawer with the state mileages.
Some OF the convicts had hoed out
some cabbages in his own yard two
or three times and he had known of
convicts working AZ Mr.. llarpin's and
no account made of it,
| He had raise in July from S25 70
$50 per month in 1896 because he
thought he was worth more and he
had more responsibility than the other
guards. This was procured by asking
the superintendent.
Mr.. Cakes denied the story OF undue in
timacy with female employe as testified
TO by an ex.guard at the hearing in Bos
ton. He said that az member OF the
firm of Dcane q Onkes he had sold sup
plies to the state prison and had got M
better prices than were Ntarsed local liv
erymcn. who bought grain, etc, In :c"S'
quantities. In Mr. Oakcs's opinion thu
cost of carrying on the farm with convio
labor would he about the Same as will
free hired labor.
Attorney General Fits announced tina
he would go to burlington to-morrov
might to assist IN the Williams murde