The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09
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SAN QUENTIN, Dec. S.--Today's was
the longest session held by the Board
of Prison Directors in many months 1t
was devoted principally to the consid-
Grafton of parole applications. many of
which had been waiting several months
on account of only three directors being
present at previous meetings.
Directors r. T. Deylin TREY I. Ford
G. n. FELTON, and Charles NJ Belshaw
arrived late last evening in the heavy
rain and after dining were in session
until O'Clock. this morning. Thirty
two parole cases were taken up. Five
prisoners were paroled outright. and
three subject to the Governors APP
prevail The case of Stephen Weaver
who is very sick and one of the last
applicants, was taken up ahead of the
older applications
The following paroles were granted:
Frank Waters, serving five years
from Humboldt County for burglary,
with five months time unserved
FRED +; Delisser five years from San
Joaquin County for forgery with five
months time unserved.
w. Il. Mitchell, seventeen years from
Tuolumne for murder. second degree.
three years and five months unserved.
Contra Costa County for an asdlult TO
commit rape Two years and six months
unSeryed. Weaver is in very poor
health and his time on earth is short
Ignacio Castro, thirty years from
Santa Clara County for rape. nine years
remaining unserved. His parole was
and strong doubt about his guilt. The
principal witness against him made an
affidavit that her father wanted to
blackmail him and that she perJured
herself In testifying that she was under
16 years old and that he used force
The following We're paroied, subject
TO the approval OF the Governor.
A. Koenig. who has served sixteen
years of life sentence from Fresno
for murder. A strong petition in his
behalf from Fresnoites was sent to the
T. NJ. conflin, who has served eleven
years of life sentence from San Be
nito county.
G. Garcia, who has served twenty one
years OF life sentence from San Fran
cisco for murder
The bids for contracts for the last
half of the fiscal year were opened this
morning and no contracts were award
ed, as the board thought the figures
high Many old contractors wrote. say
ing that on account OF the uncertainty
Of the markets they would not bid
The board adopted y resolution au-
tborizing the warden and commissary
to compare the contractors prices with
those in the open market and report TO
It. The board felt that prices We're
high. but that future conditions might
justify the contractors reducing their
prices.
holdover committee from the SEN
ate, consisting of Senator'S Henry f..
Carter and ]. A. McKee, paid visit 70
the prison today. Senator Charles M.
Belshaw is chairman of the committee.
but the opening of bids kept him from
going around with the COMMITTEES. In
company with N. a. Eckert and former
Director Williams. the Senators were
driven over the prison grounds and IN
spected the excavation for the new
prison buildings. They were pleased
with the progress made.
After dinner at the warden's resi-
dence the COMMITTEES attended an execu-
tive session of the board and went over
the plans and specifications of the new
buildings.
senator Carter. who had visited the
prison on numerous previous occasions,