Arizona republican., 1913-04-29
BALL AND CHAIN
ARE DISCUSSED
City Council Listens to Arg
uments for and Against
Chain Gang System as
Used on City Prison
crS.

The usual serenity Of the regular
meeting of the city council was dis
turbed last night by the rife reports
of q Wordy war between Street Com
missioner Griggs Carr and Chief of
| Police Johnny Moore over the rela-
| tive right and dignity of wearing a
ball and chain when at work on
the city streets. The discussion
| started at noon yesterday and was
not ended last night when the coun-
ell adjourned. 1t was still going on
in an informan non-quorum adjourn
ed session on the front stoop of the
city hall when the city Watchmen
began extinguishing the lights
around the city streets. The out
come. in the council, of the matter
was that the chief of police was in
structed by the council on major
ity vote that when a prisoner was
to be worked for the city, and it
! was necessary to adOrn him with Il
bali and chain in order to keep him
in the Immediate vicinity of his in
voluntary task, he should be en-
ployed around the city hall When
this was announced the chief of po-
lice announced, Then III not work
them at ALL" to which no violent OBJ
| lection was made.
| From the story as pieced together
from the statements of both Carr
and Moore made to the council, it
appeared that Carr objected to work
ing 4 white man with a bah and
chain on, in a gang of Mexicans and
others who were not 50 conspicuous
~ decorated Moore stated that the
white man in question had a mania
for leaving his job unfinished, in
fact, when serving his last thirty
DAY sentence for having too close an
association with John Barleycorn, he
had made three distinct and Separ-
ate attempts to get away, and had
succeeded. The man could even get
lAWay with the officers looking at
him. so expert had he become in eff
facing himself This was considered
by Moore as sufficient cause for the
badge of honor around the ankle
ana the hitching chain and accom-
panying movable hitching obstacle
The fact that the man is white
man and had been forced to wear d
bail and chain Jared upon the sense
of the eternal fitness Of things pos
ScsSed by the street commissioner
and he refused to allow the man to
go out on the street yesterday aft
ernOn unless the anklet and charm
were taken from him. To this prop
osition Chief Moore said that unless
all of the men went out to work none
of them should go. and he stod pat
none of them going
Cisney brought the question up in
the council meeting. After some
discussion and the statements by two
officers, Warren moved that all the
prisoners who ought to wear a ball
and chain be made to wear one. In
this McGlroy supported him, but the
mayor declared the veto lost. Mayor
Christy then stated that he was en-
phatically not for any man. no mat
ter what his nationality. wearing a
BAH and chain while working on the
public streets Cisncy said a rock
pile ought to be provided. and the
city would have to come to it sooner
or later.
Cisney then moved that the chief
be instructed to employ members Of
: the chain gang in the city hall plaza,
the mayor, McEIroy and CiSncY Vot-
ling for the motion. Warren voted
, no. but the motion was declared car
ried. Then the chief of police an
f nounccd that he would not work the
men at all if the ban and chain had
| to be used. Thus the matter stands
There were a number of minor
matters before the council DIR. by
! sart desired to obtain q small plot
, belonging to the city at the end oil
Third avenue. to be used as q ten
mis- court 1t was suggested that
. steps be taken not to sell the land
but to lease it. Bandmastcr Shot
+ asked for $3.50 per month to con
r tinue the band concerts through the
summer A. II. Davidson stated that
: the public utilities companies of tho
. city objected to longer carrying tho
fire alarm wires on their poles and
suggested that the city attorney be
instructed to represent the committee
of 1925 before the corporation commits
sion on a complaint on the matter
land it was 50 ordered.
The White line was granted an ex-
= tension of six months on their fran
y chisc for building an interurban cleo
y trio line w. T. Smith asked for per
= mission to erect n BowSer gasoline
engine tank in front of his premises
on West Washington street A reso
j. luton was passed naming the poll
, ing places for the coming election
l. May 6. together with the officers o
= election A. u. Leyhe complained tina
; the sewer line ran through his prop
J. erty a few feet and asked that it bt
j. fixed, and it was so ordered
n The Womans club then came for
}. ward with a petition asking that The
= Iunsightly bill boards be ordered elm
: mated for the benefit Of the city
beautiful. Later the question o.
painting the poles of the light, power
= and telephone companies was taker
e up. Both were ordered done. The
paint on the poles, on motion OF
Mr.. Irishman McElroy was ordered
to be green. Cisney said a hospita