The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-22
Details of the Alleged Graft
ing at the State Prison
Are Given.
BLoYD is SHOWN UP
In Bad Light by Moore AS IS
Also the Late Warden
Hsddox.

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CHARLESTON, Jan. % Every
body is stiii talking about the big
sensation Delegate Moore, OF Mar
shall county, created by delivering i
lspeech charging gross mlsmanage-
ment and corruption at the State
Ipenitentiary. He.began BY taking
up items in the biennial report OF
the warden and from excerpts sought
to prove many of his charges. his,
first explanation was the method of
bookkeeping, which he declared was
a haphazard form that would not be
Recognized in any well managed
business corporation. He charged
THAT itemIzed expenses were hidden,
funds were diverted and that COM
plications were purposely made. He
declared that every book belonging
to the clerks Office Of the peniten-
tiary was not kept in that office, and
that one book-a checsbook, the
property OF the penitentfary y-was
kept "in the private ONCE Of the
West Virginia Clothing Company. OF
which the treasurer Of the peniten-
tiary Is the proprietor. Here the
checlboeks are and here they ses
main. and here we're drawn cheeks
for $25s,s09.57. When you want %
refer TO the nheclhoolt of the West
Virginia penltentiary you have to-.
open the safe of the West Virginia
Clothing Company. THIS may be
legitimate, but It is grossly inconsis
tent"
Continuing, Moore revealed some
alleged incongruous conditions in the
commissary department, referring TO
page q of the annual report, SO
said: 1T is simply sheet of pa /
per with provisions con.
sumed,' Values, quantity There
Is not line to indicate any inven.
tory. supplies, or stock on hand in,
the beginning or stock carried for
ward at the end Of the period. There
is no account balance on hand at the
beginning of the biennial period ike
wise at Its close. 1t simply begins
and ends at zero, loose handling
of 100000. as the report shows Of
property annually, A few entangled
notes in this department consti-
tutes It's so-called uptodate business
accounts. do not charge this. de-
partment with dishonesty but incom-
petence is written all over 1t.
Here Is another inexplicable ano,ii-
ally, bologne. lard and flour are in
category to themselves and are pun
chased by contract, while the rest OF
the list, Goals, sugar. etc, are bought
In the open market, anywhere, every
where. Is 1t not an adherence to
business methods which demands
that all supplies for the Institution
be bought by contract. letto the low
est bidder, by award?"
Taking mp that part OF the fepots
devoted to state shops, Delegate
Moore said: ''The state shop pur-
chases according to the report were
sir, ,59sJ17 worth Of materials bonght
in the open market. On page So OF
this report win be found Table
which shows thousands OF dollars
worth Of materials bought = all
bought from Abraham .BIau1h. Of Chi
cago. Why should Blaum have the
right of way over all other sompetit-
ors? Right here want to remark
II the mask was pulled on the frm OF :
abraham Blaum, 1t might. be the /,
means Of disclosing the fact that :
relation of other than buyer AID
seller exists between Abraham
Blaum, the, West Virginia Clothing 4
Company and the penitentiary. IN,
the same schedule appears this enuri- Z
leration: 81 suits Of clothes. y
fovercoats, "a shirts. So undershirts.
Sc hats, and so on. aought where2
Ian bought Of the West Virginia
Clothing Company alias John Bloyds
resident director and treasaree ot
the penitentiary. The court record
confirm the fact that John Bioyd aie
the west virginia Clothing COMPANY
are one and the same. q 9thes
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