The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-28
GRAND JURY ASKS
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
AT the County I%nfirmary and
Prison Returns Two
True Bills in Report.

The September Wayne county grand
jury this morning returned its report
to Judge Fox. Two indictments were
returned, but against whom the true
bills were filed is not known. as this
matter will not be made public until
arrests are made.
The jury Investigated the Saunders
murder case, the Lewis assault case,
Tracy assault case, and minor cases.
The only reference made to this phase
of the jury's work, Is contained In the
report on institutions reads as fol-
lows:
I'VE proceeded to inquire into the
cases Of all persons imprisoned in the
county Jail and mo- indicted, and into
all other violations Of the criminal
laws Of this state, Of which we had
knowledge OF which were called to
attention"
It is probable that arrests will fol-
low within a short time, although no
information can be procured from the
prosecuting attorneys office.
The authorities refused to state
whether Jack Lewis, an actor, charged
with criminal assault, was indicted.
He was given the unprecedented privi-
lege last week of testifying before the
grand Jury.
In regard to the investigation Of on
ditions at the county Jail, Home for
Friendless Women and the county in
Urinary, the report states that the Jury
found the three institutions well Kept,
clean, well ventilated and free from
vermin.
Ask Changes.
Among the recommendations made
were: Repairs to the county Jail, re-
moving of the padded cell to another
part of the Jail. cement floor for the
basement, improvement of the heating
system; better heating arrangement
at the Home for Friendless Women,
and a new roof over the corridor; a
suitable place for combining inmates as
a means of punishment for %infraction
of rules, at the county infirmary, the
placing of Goa cars for the infirmary
on the siding ear the county farm,
instead of at C~enterville, an investiga.
ton as to the cost of electricity for
lighting buildings at the infrmary;
and a better system of keeping the
books at the poor farm. In regard to
this matter the report states that
there is no record of the entire pro.
ceeds of the farm.
The text of the recommendations re-
garding some phases of the improve
ments at the county infrmary is ap-
pended:
The infirmary uses about five car
loads of coal annually. This coal is put
Upon a sidetrack at the town of Cen.
terville, two miles from the infirmary
and is hauled in wagons from that
point to the institution. There is a
long sidetrack through a part OF the
farm, upon which the coal cars might
easily be set for unloading and this
long haul of coal be saved. We are in.
formed that it takes at least two days
to haul a car load of coal from Center
vile to the infrmary, whereas it could
be unloaded in less than a day If the
car were placed on a siding at the in
stitution.
we find that the. buildings are nov
all lighted by coal oil lamps, except q
part of the administration building
and that the current for the electric
lights Of this building is, furnished BY
the traction company, and that the in
surance companies have objected tc
this current being taken into the bull
ding. We also fnd that the wiring o.
the building is defective. The Other
buildings are all wired for electricity
but not in such a manner that current
from the traction line can be used. We
are informed that the gasoline engine
now used for pumping water is of suf
ficient power to run a dynamo which
would charge a storage battery of sui
f1cient capacity to light all of the bull
dings. We believe that this is the