The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-04-20
Charities and. Corrections. Office oil
fhas commissioner

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the Commissioner
/. Kate Barnard, the duly elected
and qualified commissions Of char
| tiles and corrections of the state OF
oklahoma do hereby approve the
above and foregoing report Cf the
state inspector OF the state OF OK a
| homa, together with the recOmmeHda-
tions therein contained.
(Signed) KATE BARNARD,
Commissioner of Charities and Cor
rections of the state of oklahoma
II have been to the ref0rmatory a
good many times before the chaplain,
who was there, and ! don't remember
ever seeing Mr.. Reed but one time.
never attended the services at the
reformatoTy. We would take the pas
tors from the town and their wives,
or another woman or two. usually
what we could get in a five passenger
car. The pastor and his wife, Mr.
McCollister and myself and another
lady just enough to hold the service
And one Sunday, we made these ap-
pointments through the chaplain with
the understanding that he would have
them arranged all right with the war
den and we were always subject 10
Mr.. Reed, and ! have positively made
no statement against Mr. Reed TO any
other officials Of any kind. When !
would have anything to say | always
turned to one of the men who was
in the institutiOn and asked if such
a thing was against the rule. ANY
turn or thing | would like to do, !
would always ask if it was the right
thing to do and have always regard
ed him as the warden of the institu-
tion and never have met him but one
time in his office, and guess maybe
it was late winter or early spring, our
pastor, the Rev. Simms. DR.. Dodson
and his wife and Mr.. and Mrs. Brad
shaw, Mr.. McCollister and myself. and
the reason that day that we took more
was because our car was out of condi-
tion and we asked these other people
to so, because we did not want to
diappoint the boys, so Mr.. Reed was
there that day In the hospital So
the deputy warden went in to see
Mr. Reed and asked about the
services and he said that
WV VI lul tt Nputu 80 anu VI AOlll 81,
We had made the arrangements with
the warden and,of course We couldn't
take all so Mr.. McCollister and my
se.f went in the room and held SER
vices that day while the others stay
ed in the office, hut he was in the
hospital and | wanted to see him very
much that day. and | wanted to see
him in the hospital, and | turned to
the hospital door and said | wanted
to see Mr. Reed, and he said no
could not see him, so the next morn
ing ! sat down and wrote him a letter,
just what have told you, because
it as wholly our fault in getting the
number to go that day, and in answer
to that letter do you care to hear
this?
DR.. Meloy: OF course do not
know whether you are intending to
make this any charge or whether dis
cussing this matter,
Mrs MCCollister; 1t seems to me
that | am due an explanation whether
it is a charge or not, if it is, do.
DR. Meloy: Probably you are Just
simply talking this over with me.
Mrs. MCCollister: And ! want TO
make a charge, if that is the proper
thing to do, in this way, if Mr. Reed
will let me come to the reformatory
NTrs. McCollister reads the letter
referred to-
Exhibit A."
Granite, Okla, March IT, 1872.
Mrs. J. O. MtColister,
Mangm, Okla.
na2r Mrs. Nc'cll'ster:
leg 90 acknowledge your letter OF
the nth inst You perhaps know that
was detained in the hospital III
day the day you were here on aC-
count Cf surgical operations.
do not wish YOU to have any mis-
understanding about the services
here. 1t is always satisfactory for
yourself or ministers to come here
and hold services, and ! appreci te |
your efforts in this direction AMI fee |
sure that the inmates here enjoy hay |
ing YOU come over
Cur rules prohibit visitors on sun |
day aud YOU can readily see the Tea- |
son for this fer # We rermltted i5ito S |
on this day we would BE- cyerrun with |
sightseers. Having such a rule Of
course, it would not me policy to make
oNc. pions i'm favor OF q crowd from |
laMgum or any other pace.
hope 3. see You the % Nt time y)u
come over and have am opportunity 20
explain my position to YOU in regard
TO this matter
wish you would convey to Rev
Simms my thanks for his Sermon last