Arizona republican., 1913-02-25
STATE PRISON POLICY
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only opera house in the town
 Mir. Heating testified that he had seen Miss Bernard and Louis Ey- tinge a convict under @ life sen tence drive through the city on the day alleged, he had seen them stop before the ice cream parlor and partake of refreshments. He was asked if Eytinge was a trusty under former administration, but ans Wered he had never seen him out before. He seen several others down town and had seen some at a dance He saw two at a show, one of them he recognized as Laysenby president of the Florence glee club who was dressed very nicely. He never saw anything unbecoming in their conduct at the show nor knew anything of any noXious conduct The secretary of the penitentiary Wamsley asked for the privilege for the boys to earn little money by playing for the dances and they came down for that purpose under guard. He had no objection to COnVictS being under guards, but he did object to them being about town in citizens clothes He knew nothing of how late they stayed out, not of any liquor being sold them. He did not know nor had any way of telling who were on never made any complaint. never knew of any being made, never made any to the governor nor did he know of any made the governor. He spoke of one F. s. Clipper a convict who claimed to be an expert painter who MT. Keating said solicited work from him and wanted to paint his buggy for $12.5O. the same work that had cost him two years before $25
 John NJ. Conmy. who said he worked in the recorders office and who had previously worked in the public schools and was q graduate of the University of North Dakota was the next witness. He had seen the Barnard Eytinge trip and knew it was Eytinge because he had talk ed with him on two occasions while outside the walls playing baseball with him. He had seen convicts in dancing rooms around the side walls in citizens clothes and on the streets at liberty at night He had seen Bob Anderson. in for murder. horse doctor, others he knew by sight and the chauffeur of the prison auto was also a convict. He had never seen conVicts talking to young ladies but had seen boys conversing with con Victs on the street corners. The prisoners were most of the time dres- sed better than the citizens and they came to work on the sewer often without a guard, He had seen Bob Stewart in q saloon where he was playing solo with friends. Stewart having come in with a petition of some sort He was asked what he would suggest should be done to help the condition and said he believed convicts entitled to liberties should be allowed them while others should be kept inside the walls. but he be- ieved the authority to determine which were entitled to liberties should be given to man competent to handle the situation, one acquain- ted with criminals While he did not know of any harm done yet the opportunity was given for harm against which he and his fellow citi- zens were protesting
 He had serious objections to the circus parade that had passed over the streets of Florence on one Sun day morning about 1O:45. Upon this occasion he say a least one man in tights and others in the parapherna- lia of the circus. They had d band with them and were crying out the information about the performance to be given later in the dJV
 He had never seen anything inn moral or unseemIy except the circus parade. The orchestra had always come down under guard. He had seen a convict named Gaynor out without a guard. With regard to the sewer gang he said fifty or sixty men came to town under Guard Avalente, who was not armed and the convict Bob Anderson in for mUr- der, who was armed. He did not believe this sufficient guarding for the gang as they were strung out distance of five hundred wards and around a corner.
 A recess was taken until 800 in the afternoon. After dinner COnmy again took the stand.
 He testified students of the high school, one boy named Henderson a preachers son especially had played on the ball team against the con victs and that numbers of the boys from town went out to see the game. At this time he noticed there were plenty of guards on horseback in the outskirts of the crowd He told about the prison band playing at the midnight mass on Xmas eye at the request of the father in charge of the church He said he wanted q law prohibiting convicts associating with people of the town but does not want the pen removed from Florence.
 C. c. Powell of the Florence com mercial company school trustee mem Der of the city council was the next witness He corroborated the state ments of the other two witnesses. Tn answer to Senator Cunnff, he suggested that prisoners be kept in side the walls or if allowed outside they be in prison garb or guarded so people could tell who they were. As it is now they were nearly al ways well dressed and can not be told from citizens of Florence. He