The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-28

treated To-day they are web housed.
~eli frd. we'll clothed and well treat
"A. Time was when high offaciai
had said that anything was Eood
enough for convict.
Mr. Byrd here s>@empted again TO
bring out from, the witness WHAT
trouble existed In the management OF
the Institution early In october, WheH
M, made his charges. Well. 1 would
have discr.z.~cd three men from the
hoard Of usreftors the first thing. re-
marked the doctor. and would ats
charge Mr.. Penn tomorrow morn
Ing
.5,uent as 10 the operation OF the ms a9n
Influence of the Davis Shoe Company
IN recent years, LIT. Darlington could
not name one. which led Mfr BYRD
ia SAY, Well. doctor. il everything IL
going an ali right here. what is the
trouble and ii there Is any irouplo
where Is II II there Is no troupie
] don9 see what the row Is all about.
Deals With Old Abuses.
nr CArr.ue5an could not specify
further than tc connect the large.
nufnuer of rantshfu~nts adn}nlstef-
ed sn 1898 SIS in some way having
been caused in the interest OF the
almost entirely with abuses which
existed several. years age. He de-
eiared that "A GU can get a dumb ass
ou1 II here very easily, bat II you
want &, get Il good ~oI kmGu Who ~
lcslug his htaith s,nt out TO the farm
il Is "a case ~ ruA, pt~b pun 10 get
him cut Later 1t WI brought aHt
hy AIR. Schcrer that but one man had
faded to get has parole tne past
twelve months on account OK punlsh-
inents.
oiho~ Witnesses.
john G. haSicv, former member
ami president OF the Prason Hoard,
Was next swprn He had heard 1'at
tne Lava company VAS eMeTtBg an
anaua influence in PRISON affairs, bat
he had lBTes, ssatea aHa found the
statement incorrect
Mrs. l.aRucn II. Mason was next
snorn sne knew of the ease OF
young man. an accountant, VINO haa
lost MS parole by beng whipped
four GAYS before his tIne was up.
This case happened ten years ago
Atr, James Aston tAas@Ai. d mem
her Of tte state Hoard Of Charities,
testified that ne had Inspected tins
gpison ana hau found no trouble
therein
=
tersaurg mem Der of tae board. de-
ciarea tnat it i'f. Carringf7 III knew OF
ANYTHING which rejected upon MS
character he would like ~ know what
IL sAs.
MIR. Scherer urged that while he
ner other members Of the board
feared any charge that l'r. Caring
ton might Quake, the board was not
sitting for tne purpose OF inNesLgat~
Ing itself but that Ii should be IN
sestigated by solile other board OF aA-
thorits
Major J. f. Wood. superintendent
o. tho psfaltsHttafy. WAS lHsn sworn
lie know Of ~ member OF the stais
Of the institution WHO was not Loyal
10 him Or his methods. lie did not
regard Ar. Penn an brutal, no pun
ishrmens was inflicted without has or :
der The Davis Shoe Company had
neyer had anything to Go with The
puatsnneuls. II had been told hlin
hv his friends that Penn WAS not
iosal and friendly to MIN, but he
could moi put his anger on anything
that Mr.. Penn had done that Justtfed
this belief owing TO talk OF This
kind he mad given Mir. Penn mueh
opportunity to show his dlsloyaits.
bat tse had not found MIN wanting.
lie paid tribute to the man asalhss
whom Ilr. Carringtons principal
charges have been leyeIed
lie tiuphasieally denied that the
board had in amy way intimated &c
him. Or thai any member Of the board
had suggested that he should give tht
Davis Shoe Company any considera
tiott.
Mr.. Bradley Protests.
AT this point. upon the conclusion
of Major Moods testimony, Mr.. Trad
ley OF the board, stated that he lei
called upon to say ii word. Dr. Car
rington had presented ii paper whiei
would be printed Ia all OF the papers
rejecting upon the characters Of mem
hers Of the board. He saw in It, bu
another scheme 10 pesmirch the repu
yastofls Of members OF the board. Th'
ms tier had been so presented tina
The BOARD could moi now act upon II
He thought ii was an unktnd piece
of work that there was nothing fall
In II and protested against IT.
X. X. Penn WAS then sworn h
testified TO having used his club II
probably ten cases during his fifterI
wears connection with the peniten
tiary, sometimes in self defense. some
times In defence of others. and again
to compel obedience, He admitted
that he had hot been III syppsth,
with Mr.. Woods proposed humane
program Is he feared Its effect upoi
discipline. but he had worked faith
fully and Loyalty 10 carry out the poll
eies OF the Wood regime. He WASH
prepared to say that he had been al
together mistaken in his idea, bu
admitted that the institution wa!
moving along smoothly under Ma1ol
Wood.
AT ~: 80 O'Clock the board adjourned
to a future date not fixed to eontinu,
the hearing.