Putnam patriot., 1913-08-29
CONVICT LABOR
 BOARD NAMED
Governor Baldwin's Committee
 on Prison Labor
TO REPORT NEXT SESSION
Director Fuller of State Prison Board. pr. Coleman and VA. Hodge Mem bers Seleeted-Governer's
 Office Robbed.
Special Hartford Correspondencel.

three members of the newly created
 commission on convict labor was an
 nounced by Governor Baldwins office
 named are: Dr. John J. CIoonan of
 Thursday afternoon, The members
 Stamford Edward A. Fuller of Suffield
 and Willard B, Hodge of Roxbury
 MT Fuller is president of the board
 of directors of the Connecticut state
 prison at Wethersfeld. Dr. Cloonan
 has been praeticing physician in
 Stamford for the past sixteen years
 He has been a member Of the board
 of education for seven years. Al
 though a democrat in politics he has
 never accepted any office within the
 gift of his party preferring to keep
 out of politics. He was approached
 last year by the democrats to run for
 mayor, but steadfastly persisted in
 his determination to keep out of the
 game. He had held the office of chair
 man of the Tuberculosis commission
 of the city, and has been always deep
 ly interested in all health problems
 affecting the city of his residence. His
 appointment to the board of health
 was testimonial to his efforts along
 these lines. He is a member of the
 stan Of the Stamford hospital and
 consulting physician at St. Vincent's hospital. Bridgeport. Although he has had little specific experience along
 prison reform lines. his broad interest in philanthroplc and medical matters
 are considered to be excellent qualifi-
 cations for the office. Dr. Cloonan is a graduate of the College of Physi-
 cians and Surgeons, Baltimore. w, A. Hadge is a lifelong resident of New Milford. and republican in politics. He is a member of the school board. , and the board of selectmen. and has
 held varied offices within the gift of
 the republican party fin his own town. His activities fin politics have not ex- tended outside of the state This spe-
 cial commission is the outgrowth of the effort made at the last legislature
 to have the system of contract labor at the state prison abolished. Oppo- sition to this plan by tue state prison authorities and others conversant with the situation resulted in the agree ment to refer the whole matter to a special commission to be named by the governor said to commission to report the result of it's inquiry and It's recommendations to the next legisla- ture in 1915. The commission will in- quire into labor methods al penal in- stitutions not only in Connecticut but | In ,Nff tot of ha in aV 1 to prepare a report upon the subject of convict labor to be made to the ses- sion of 1915 The members of the commission serve without compensa- ton but an appropriation was made for vlerical expenses. It was provid- ed in the act that one member of the prison board should be member of the commission.
 The discovery of a robbery in the office of Governor Baldwin in the State Capitol has startled the clerical force The sum taken amounted to s120 and the theft was committed a week or ten days ago, during the night season. The matter was i'm mediately reported to the state police anu d liElu ltNEStttdltOh hdS btth Ol dered
 Accumulation of Fees.
 The money taken was an acenmu- lation of fees which had been received by the clerical officials of the execu- tive department. The money was placed in tin box in the vault of the inner office before the department was closed for the night. There is an in- ner and an outer door on this vault, and if both had been closed 1t would
 have been difficnlt, perhaps practical
 ly impossible, for any one to effect an entrance into the vault. But the inner
 door was not fastened, and to this fact IS due the robbery. Eight per
 sons. including the watchmen, have
 keys to the Governors office. There is no clue at the present time to the perpetrators Of the robbery
 Representative Reilly may have to postpone his trip to the Pacific Coast owing to the necessity of his staying here until the currency bill fight is
 settled in the caucus.