The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-22


he sale 81 milk 70 eonyiets MIXED.
from State COWS 81 conyiess and fed
on State feed. charge that every
dollar Of this money went into The
pocket OF the warden Of the inst,
tntion At that time and with the full.
knowledge OF the board OF directors.
In plain words il was a misuse of
states money-shan j say a misap-
propriation? Wasithe report cor
rect one with this omission With the
full knowledge Of the board Of d.
Irectors? Were they particeps Grim
miss what does the law say? Sec
don three Of the penitentiary act pre-
lvfdes: The board of directors shall
lseml-annuaHy make a report TO tn.
governor Said report shall be
under oath or affirmation, and SAID
directors or any officer or agent Of
the said penitentiary who SHAH viii
fully make a false report shall b.
guilty Of. perjury,
Taking up his charge of Irregular
ity in ACCOUNTS Delegate Moore charg,
ed that the accounts in which the
compensation received by directors
are kept are Irregular and inexplica-
able. He saids This is exhibited
in the per diem account which shows.
less charges against the director who
comes from a distance than from the
one who lives in the shadow OF the
institution. When you compare the
respective per dem accounts of the
members of the board, the accounts
of the treasurer run in excess NOT
withstanding the fact that he is I'M
der less expense than any other mem
Der OF the board. i have the expense
account of the board as well as the per
diem account in my possession, GOV
ering all the years since 1901, and
the petty graft is so disgusting that
| am ashamed to read any of the
items to you. i viii pass it over 70
the next investigating committee and
ii may he the means Of putting the
committee on the lookout for some
thing they did not expect to discoy-
or"
Taking up the usurpation of au-
thority charge. Delegate Moore quot
ed from page AZ that the cash bal
ance to the credit of convicts Sep.
TENDER 80. 1906, was s11,3O7.57, in
1909. $3.50. He declared the BIZ
ennial report for 1903 showed a
zero in the reserve column and de-
clared that the evidence pointed con
clusively to this fund being wiped
out by the proprietor OF the West
Clothing Company and the
treasurer of The penitehtiary, one ana
the same. He charged Bloyd upon
his own volitlon and without author
ity. after the death of Warden Had.
dox, with authorizing use OF reserve
fund of the convlctito the limit which
him to check off his balance
for the purchase Of supplies from the
company, thus making
Bloyd the beneficiary of his own or.
der, de CHARGED that Bloyd suspend
cd the rule that forblds the convict
from ordering articles of merchau.
disc while under the blacklist so M
to include wearing apparel, but saw
to it that 1t was strictly enforced
against food supplies. Thus you
have the final recital" said Moore.
sustaining the usurpation of author
ity and 1t is perhaps the most dam
aging of all the-allegatlons. In this
manner the company named absorbed
the prisoners reserve and here we
see the treasurer of this institution
a party to the depletion of the fund
named-the guardian of the unfortu-
nate augmenting, his wealth at the
expense OF one of the greatest incep-
tives of the convict, namely, to fur
nish him a small capital to live down
a life of crime. In short, 1t savors
OF o deliberate Steal