The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-18
PRISON QUIZ
REPORT IS
SUBMITTED
WARDEN DICK XONOE
ATED AND CHANGES Arr
SUGGESTED
Special 70 Daily I.eader.


oklahoma city Okla, Jan lf-
1.A0 important recommendations tol
2cedcd legislation in connection with
affairs at the peuiteltImy were madr
by the legislative rusiigaiic clm
mittee which submitted It's report to-
GJth houses MGnday afternoon As
Lad been lurecasted the report com
pletely cXorerates Warden Diek from
all blame in connection with thc
charges filed against him by Dr. r
D. Love, former physician al the peas
tenAaryt ,cmbralng lame sWciiies'
tiOns
The two recommendation made by
the committee are That a separate
board cr prison cllirOl should be err
ated, at least urin& tlc construct II
period, and that a separate hospital
for insane prisoners be ,tlblshod.
outside the prison grounus
Somewhat vague but 3G6restng r2r-
orences are made in the report to the
Lite Green ll6UaA' located near the
PRISON grounds, wAich is declared TO
be a resort for the sale Of liquor and
for debauCherv II 5arious kinds The
report states that, as il is located
three quarters Of q mile from the
prison grounds, the stale has no way
OF controlling - The officials oi
Plttsbnrg county are rather severely
cenSnred however, for allowing II to
L inuC in ope alton
The charges illed by Dr Lave are
taken up and disposed OF In con
siderable detail The charges of in
competence, inatteG,ion to duty and
use OF state fun IS for the benefit OF
his family are passed up With com
paratiyely little attention 'fhe only
fonndatitl for the charge OF partial
iy toward emp Dyes Is said t3 be fCund
~ me fact that Banks King. the EN-
pllJe with whom Love had trouble
had been a policeman at Arlmore
whcl Dick Was mayor. and was re-.
gardtd BY him rs particularly trust
worthy lie therefore was assigned
on certain duties where the warden
considered that such man was need
ed.
The claim that n.cll had used pris
4 labor 10 assist a street railway
company in constructing a car line 10
the penitentiary seems. according h.
the report to be partly sub5tantated
but this aciicA in thai respect Is JUS
tiNed by the committee ON the.
ground Of the results obta,r-n
Gambling Charge.
On the gambling charge on which
especial stress had been laid prior
to the investigation, the committee
reports that the use CT cards among
the convicts are r.i al owed to have
money and that The only evidence
= regard TO gambling was given by
DR. Love and another former employe
vi Sc testimony was contradictory
on many points
The general sanitary condition of
the stockade, and The con.itlon Of the
din},g l1om and hospital in c0nnec-
tiOn with it are reported to be as
gead as Physical conditions win al
loN, aad muCl bettef than would or
dinarly be found ia railroad CON
shuctiQn camp or other camp where
similar conditions prevailed
The report Of the committee in re-
gard To the expenses Hacurred was
also submitted, and after some dis
cusson in The senate. was referred to
the judiciary committee for investga-
tion as to the legality of several
items. Exceptions were taken by
some senators to the allowance of
$500 each for attorney fees for War
den Dick and Dr. Love, and the all
lowace Of mileage at 10 cents a
mile fer the Witnesses summoned dur.
ing the investigation,
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