Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-08
NAMES AIDES
ROBERTS AND SHELDON TO As.
SYST IN FORT MADISON PRS
ON INVESTIGATION.
ONLY IMPORTANT CHARGES
WILL BE CONSIDERED
Cruelty. Misappropriatien Of Funds,
Misconduct Of Warden and Failure
to Administer Parole Law Main Ae.
MISUNDERSTANDING Ne. to Be Open
Parole Board Reports on East.
,ecial to Tines-Repu publican.


Des Noires. Aug. s.-A1;orney Gen
eral Cossoa has called 10 his assist
ance, as committee 10 investigate the
accusations against prison manage
nen1 in Iowa. Hon. N. A. Roberts, %
O,tu-2na, and Hon Farley Sheldon, Of
Ares. The Three men will have d pre-
li,T:ilary meeting some time today 20
make 3 start IL the direction Q. an in
vesrisa.ion al Fort Madison.
Judge Roberts has az envia5ie rec
ORD as -ar Of high Character and
keer sense o. responsibility while Oh
the bench. ana MAYOR Sheldon OF A-1lss
is democrat o. the CID school who
would regard his duty 10 the public as
above all else in such a work. TIE
three men can make such an investi-
CATION as viii command respect
Charges to Be Considered.
L is not probable me investigator
can cover all the points which have
been raised il an indefinite way, hu.
among them are:
Cruelty 70 prisoners ard keeping the
prison. in filthy condition.
Keeping ..ler. II prison a. tee nehes'
o: the contract lapo-e-s and releasing
men rot 1T for paysica. labor
such hard work as 10 drive -ae- in
Misuse and appropriation % prison
failure % properly administer the
parole Law ~ lhe governor ara the
board OF parole.
Persona, accusations o misconduct
ara immortality against me warden.
No Open Hearings.
While 3 great many complaints 9
various kinds come weekly 20 the desk
% the attorney general. and hey are
generally referred 70 me peace Off
GERS in the respective counties. Jet NJ
cosso- decided as soon as me matter
cae 70 his attention that these accuse
lions regarding ne prison mana ge-ner.
and the administration % tAs parole
lax were Of such g character that ne
would personally take a hand. No"
tina, ne has the rate matters ana o1AeE
+1eayv york we'll in hand and READY -or
trial re seeded upon a. immediate IN
ves.iga- ZION
/. is not probable that t:.e three in
vesttga.ors will have any open near
irgs in the matter Obviously me
..a-ras are 81 such a character ana
come from SUCH source that -ruca
xili b= asserted that Is withou. -oun-
dattor. But there is 10 douo- tas
irou;=i-ion viii be thorough
Prison Conditions in East.
Conv.c1s il Iowa prisons are given
som. privileges 10. accorded 70 prison
.-s elsewhere, ard so1.e o. these are O.
a kind - prevent tta- perfect 6!sc!-
Dlf-e thai IS needed il q prison.
This i Ire view u Senator john u
wa6- after Tip Of Inspection % east
81. prisons
IN Al. me prisons ve v.s.:ed. ~
sd .sz-e did -C- !-d thai 81 aTE' Place
,he prisoners a-e permitted 70 nave tns
aa..r pare-s ~ VII. The ara fur
r:zaea abundance 81 good reading a2d
..= weekly papers are permitted after
they are ce1so- e. bU- TIE sensational
,sr q me DANES 3 excluded from the
prisons II iowa = nas been the Gus
.o-a 70 permit any papers Il the prison
tt,a- the men may desire.
Another thing Is orc wa=-+.1 they
Do = differently in mos places ana
r-.a- = in regard 70 TIE USE ot money
~ PRISONERS Th=r are not permitted
- bay food and specia.ties 4 .hey have
none In Iowa L1e custom. has come
down from -h= long ago 20 permit
prisoners . by ford y taey have the
money. One who IS more prosperous
than MS fellows sits down 70 a 1l.eal
with 2 g.ass Of mix and some da:nties.
wl1::e next 70 rim is q poor fellow with
lighter crime against hin VINO has 70
take thu prison fare. II never looked
right % me. II :s not good for the p-is-
on.
We found, also, that at most Of the
prisons when convict is booked that
IS The end of conversation for him.
Visiting is forbidden They GO nn- per
nit women in some prisons. Only the
relatives and clos. friends Of prisoners
are ever permitted to see thsn.''
Made Extensive Trip.
TIE members Of the board Of con-
troll made an extensive trip. They vis-
tied ali the large prisons Of the east
and .efornatoriss and gathered up &
vast amount Of Information that vii!
be Of value ID them il solving the
problems in Iowa.
IN regard 20 the conditions IF the
prisons and the cell houses they found
that the cells AZ Joliet, for instance. are
exactly the same size as the ones in
the Old cell house which Iowa has and
the provisions for ventilation are not as
good as IN Iowa. Two men are kept in
each cell at Joliet while Iowa mas only
ore man 70 cell. Out Of the trip east
viii probably come a number Of re-
,