Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-05-11
Names of Men Indicted for Gambling Made Public
 All Give Bond
FIFTY TWO TRUE
 BILLS RETURNED
Condition of Jail and Fare of Prisoners Critized Hospital Praised

One of the longest and most stren- uous sessions of the Gila county grand jury to be held in recent years was com pleted yesterday, when the grand jur- ors ended their labors and made a final report to the court.
 Of all the matters which were taken up by this body, none has created more comment than the indictment of prac- tically the entire city police force on charges of neglect of duty and of twelve others on charges of having violated the territorial anti gambling laws.
 City Marshal R. M. Anderson, Dep uty Marshals R. J. Edwards and w. A. Anderson and Deputy Sheriff J. M. Swearingen are the public officers charged with neglect of duty as the re- suit of their alleged failure to arrest those who are claimed to have violated the anti gambling laws,
 George R. Brown, A. H. Sterns, Ed. Knight James House, Herbert Fox and John II. Fitzpatrick are among those who were indicted for gambling. 9th CTS against whom indictments were re- turned have not been found and it is believed that they have left the city.
 All of the defendants who were ar rested were in court yesterday. The officers were admitted to bail in the sum of $l,0O0, while the others were admitted to bail in the sum of $3OO on each count, two indictments having been returned against Brown, Sterns, House and Fox. Bail was furnished in each case With the exception of Fltz- patrick, all of the defendants were ar raigned and will enter pleas this morn ing
 No Red Light Indictments
 Although the red light matter was taken up by the grand jury, no action was taken, as only about one-third of the members of the body were in favor of prosecuting the matter.
 A minority report signed by several members of the grand jury was made to the court. From the report, these jurors were in favor of returning in dictments against the owners of proper ty in the restricted district, while the remaining members were of the opin- ion that the law was not being violated as the result of the occupancy of the district.
 Heavy Session
 During the grand jury session which has just, been completed, fifty-two in dictments were returned and twenty cases recommended for dismissal, not in cluding the Colcord matter, in which no bill was found. In all, ninety-nine Wit nesses were examined
 Indictments were returned as follows; Gambling, 22; assault with intent to commit murder, II; grand larceny, 1; omission of official duty, A.; embeZzle- ment, 6; burglary, ?; murder, assault with deadly weapon and hinderlng an officer, one each. A number of these indictments cover two or more deten- dants.
 Poor Jail Fare
 "Breakfast served the prisoners this morning was not fit to be served to any man and there was not sufficient quan- tity of the same,." is a statement made in the report of J. Suter, J. w, Brown and R. Il. Harpham, the committee ap- pointed to investigate the conditions at the sheriff s office and jail.
 This committee found the sheriff s once III good SndpeJ put reporlcu th"I the jail was in a deplorabe condition, as the sanitary accommodations are poor, owing to an improperly built cess pool, which floods the prisoners quar- ters at times.
 It was recommended "that the board of supervisors take immediate action to put same in shape for human habi- tation. "
 Hospital in Good Shape
 Committeeman A. Hansen, P. l.. Butz and William Clanton, who inspected the county hospital reported that that in stitution was well kept and in a sanitary condition, but recommended better ven tilation for toilets, paint or linoleum for the floors, the installation of two slop hoppers and larger chimney for the kitchen. It was further recommend ed that porch be built around the building to make the hospital more comfortable in hot weather. It was al. so recommended that the present pads GSed on the ward cots be replaced by mattresses.
 The committee reported that the hos pital grounds were in good condition and that much work has been done in