The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-30
PROBE OF
PRISON
AFFAIRS
Is Near Witness
for Warden Dick
TeStifieS

McAlester, Okla, Dec 30.-When
pr. J. d. Love. who preferred against
Warden Dick the charges now being
Investigated BY . legislative commit
tee closed his evidence Thursday aft
ernoon. Warden Dick called his first
witness, Ham p. Bee.
Just before noon Senator Roddie had
said, while arguing with George e
Black, attorney for Dr. Love, as to the
method Of examining witnesses, that
SO far the committee had found moth
ing that tended to bear out the charges
against Warden Dick. except the testi-
niony Of G. G Trinkle, Of Wetumka.
paroled convict sent up from Tisho
mingo for larceny, as to his signing
a certificate as an NJ D., stating that
George McManus, sentenced for pass
Ing a bad check, suffered from an inn
poyerished brain because Of a spell Of
typhoid fever Trlnkle said that he
had aided DR.. Love in the medical de-
partment Of the prison. He said he
had studied medicine at Vanderbilt for
two years but did nor get diploma
He pracuced. however at Tishomingo
for four or five years without II
cense He said that one day Wardeg
Pick met him and asked where he had
been. He said that he had been look
ing for him.
He then continued. ~He then asked
me if J knew George McManus I said
/ did, He said that he wanted me 10
rexamine him and make a certificate
signing it as an NJ. D. He said the
boy had spell OF typhoid fever and
It affected his mind The doctor said
that the warden made no further direc-
items re said that when he talked
With the prisoner MeAanus, the latter
told him what was tie matter. He said
that this examination was only "yer.
bal" He declared that he said
( George, you are getting out rather
early
He said that George replied that ne
was but that it was costing him from
5000 to 81 coo He said that he did not
question him as TO who was getting
I the money Trinkle said that he then
wrote out a certificate in the office Of
pr. Love signing it as an NJ. D. and
falsely stating that he found N-cAIanus'
mind Yves impaired by the fever. He
said Dr. Love was in Guthrie at the
time When asked as to the falsity Of
the certificate Trinkle said: IF the
parole was based on that certificate it
should NOT have beea granted When
asked why he had certified to lie ne
saio that he always obeyed orders.
He explained later that he was not
really ordered to do anything except to
make an examination He said that he
had guessed that false certificate
was wanted and that he made ii with
out hesitancy Trinkle was questioned
I on the geenral conduct Of the prison.
He said that he had seen gambling in
ihe dining rooms at both places, the
federal jail and the stockade. He said
that he had seen sums ranging from
ten cents to ten dollars on the table
at different times. He said that the
4 prisoners kicked on the grub He ate
at the hospital and found that the food
there was sufficient and was properly
prepared He said that the kick Of the
laboring convicts both as to insufic-
iency and cooking Of the food was
pretty general
Onsetting this came Alr. Bees testi-
mony which put a different color on
the story He said he was an old
friend of the McManus family, often
visiting at their homes. that young
I McAianus had a severe spell Of typhoid
fever which materially affected his
brain. that he went to bank and de-
posted check for $4,000 payable to
himself and Went back the next day
and drew a check against it, When told
the check ne had deposited was not
good he said he knew that His mind
was sadly afflicted, he claimed. and
that he is now in a sanitarium at
Kansas City Continuing he said the
boy was arrested and railroaded to
the state prison but that his mother
will never know he was there unless
she happens to read Of these proceed
ings Then came the material part OF
his evidence
He said McManus friends wanted tC
gei him out because his mother was
dangerously i'll and calling for him, no
knowing he was in prison Mr. Bee
said he entered the work Of securing