Arizona republican., 1912-04-23
CHAIRMAN MOUER DEFENDS
 HUNTS PRISON REFORM
He Spends Sunday at Penitentiary And Finds Much to Interest
 And Instruct.

Chairman Mouer. of the board of supervisors, who visited the state penitcntiary on Sunday in company with Governor Hunt, returns enthusi- astic over the conduct of :kc pri.;Gn anu the treatment oi the prisoners.
 MT. Mouer says he was much in- terested in what he saw at Florence and constituted himself an investigat- ing committee of one asking no less than a thousand and seventeen ques- tions. He compliments superinten- dent Sims on the conduct of the prison and finds nothing in the re- form measures of the governor in- consistent with good discipline, and proper prison regulation.
 The bear pit where prisoners were chained to rings, and the dungeon from which every ray of IighL is cN- cluded are no longer useI," he said, but it is not true that the vigilance of the guards has been relaxed The only difference is that their number has been reduced by two
 Absolute discipline is maintained within the prison. >anC the chairman declares that it would be hard to as semble q finer looking body of men in like condition"
 Jack Monroe is employed in the power house, but he has been there under the former administration. L. Y. Eytinge is employed during the day in the parole clerks office, but at night is placed in the chronic ward" although his health seems to have been restored. Chip Taylor sent up for life for the murder of Guy Kilgore, the Phoenix fireman, is thriving under prison discipline and is much improved in health.
 Sunday afternoon the prisoners gave a musicale, and I want to say that in the program presented were numbers of unusual merit A pro- gram printed in the penitentiary con- tains the numbers which included se- lections by the prison orchestra, the Silver Lear quartet the Prison Reform" quartet and several indi- vidual artists. Also an essay by Miss Kate Barnard. state commission of charities of Oklahoma who is a guest at the executive quarters of the prison"
 
 spoke is neatly printed and bears upon it's title page the inscription: Souvenir program, prison musicale, Florence. Arizona, April 21. 1912. Boost for Governor Hunts Honor System, We are Boosting. We be- lieve in God and Prison Reform, and Hunt"
 Continuing MT Mouer said: "Sev- cral citiezns of Florence. including some of the leading men and wo- men of the place were present, and the statement that Florence is ter rorized by fear of an outbreak is not true. There is no danger from this source.
 Tn addition to the program pre- pared by the convicts Seth Moyle played, and Frank Connolly told some of his inimitable stories. An invi- tation was given to any member of the party who felt so inclined to re main over night inside the prison. Connolly and Moyle wanted that ex- perience. but I slept very well in my little bed outside.
 There are six condemned prisoners now under sentence of death, but the prison authorities are doubtful if any of these men will eveEs be executed. Among this number is Steele, the Gi1a county murderer, who is a United States prisoner, but over whose case the United States courts do not seem to care to assume jurisdiction since l Arizona has become a state The party which spent Sunday at the prison included besides the gov ernor and Chairman Mouer, the lat ters two sons Everett and Sidney, Seth Moyle, Frank Connolly and sev- eral journalists" and magazine writ ers-ten in all.