The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-13
due Don,ey OF 1xing the prison 81 81
IN m, and which Ind been paid by ts,e

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The contract was made vita Donley
before lie rende cred any service. a The lb,s
organ IN the / pen was not compl y
and and paid for before entering into The
agreement with the church committee.
Governor Urged Attenda; a 4: 4
In answer to a question by Mr.. Den
mis-, the witness stated that the GOV.
ernor always urged the prison OH
cials to attend the prison congresses
They always felt that the institution
was well paid for the money expended
on those trips. II it had not been Tor
the fact that Warden Haddox attended
these meetings, he would have been
a very ordinary warden. ...,5s
Question by Mr.. Newman-"You are
a member OF the board OF directors Of
the penitentiary and proprietor OF the
West Virginia Clothing Company. II
has been charged that the West Vlr'
ginia Clothing Company made certain
sales Of clothing to the institution
Explain TO the committee everything
in regard to the same"
1.-THE clothing company was organ
lied in August, 1857, long before ] was
elected a prison director, and has been
in existence ever since. II has been
the custom when the institution want
ed anything from our place, the war
,len would send an order OF what was
wanted or come over, and we would
fill the same, as for anybody else"
SIN making any sales to the lnstitll'
ton and filling orders for conriets
have you solicited from the officials OF
the convicts?" MsTa
IT never solicited ORDERS"
"Who fills these orders as they come
in to the West Virginia Clothing Com
pany?"
"The list is sent over from the war
denis Office 10 the store and Is filled
by the clerks" s
"Did you ever charge conricts any
more than like goo'ls to other cnsto'
mers?"
Gives state Advantage.
Never. have given the clerks or
ders to be careful IN filling these or
lers, and II there was any advantage
either way to give 1t to the boys" =
that Is, the convicts. There never
has been anyone Of our force solicited
orders from conyicts.'
Mr.. Bloyd stated that there never
was any goods sent to the pen to be
repaired from the West Virginia
Clothing Company. The purchases
are made through the authority Of the
warden. When Haddox died the &C
count was turned over to J. A. Bfoyd
trustee. ne being bonded officer. and
who left 1t In the warden's. office. Miss
Jennie Sanford has been attending tc
! the account. The accounts were turn
ed over to the new warden when he
came to the institution.
He had never received any compen
sation for handling the money. On
the day OF Mr., Haddox's funeral the
board requested him to give as much
time as possible to the institution. His
services thus rendered amounted &c
/ II days at 81 per day. He had never
received one penny for attending to
the trustee account. He never sold
any second hand clothing to this prls
on, except one suit that had been
brought to him to dispose Of. and II
was n comparatively new suit, worth
$50. and he told Mr.. Barker II any one
OF the convicts wanted 1t when dis
charged they might have It for S.
It was sold and tine money turned over
to the party who brought the suit to
him. He said the convicts were par
ticular about what was given them.
The first information they had Of
the milk transaction was through the
Wheeling Majority. *,
The Matron Charge.
Five years ago some one reported
that the matron was receiving extra
compensation for duties rendered out.
side Of her regular work by the KRAFT
Manufacturing Company. we sent for
Mr.. Kraft, read the law to him, and be
said that he would live up to It.
The special fund belongs to The
treasurer and rs an accommodation 10
the warden he leaves 50 much money
in the warden's hands. At the end Of
the month the account Is settled. The
warden uses the money for snndrles.
When asked why the prison orders
were on the same store he said It was
''likely because he was on friendly
terms and was acquainted with all:
that naturally they would send the
orders to the West Virginia store"
Thea money Of the institution at
,,,nenot I, 1.ant In bnple &c fn1lnu.ss