New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-27
Voluntary Prisoners Ga
Drugs Without Trouble,
They Report.
GRAND JURY MAY
BE ASKED TO ACT
Two Keepers To Be Tried as p.
suit of Investigation by -Four
City Departments.

The Tombs, which many vsv., A, %.
form have washed IN vain. n An. q.
have another as a result OF expo,u,.,
made within the last few days by n.
vestigators Sentenced" there. who A..
covered the extent 81 the drug tr,H.
and grating going on IN the Institute.
Two keepers have been suspended are
will be brought up on charges. one o.
them probably before the grand fury.
A general air,of anxiety and you cas-,
touch me" pervaded the prison yes.sr.
day. for after the announcement tina,
two investigators had been living there
under sentence" and that two de,ee.
tives had connived with the Civil s.rvies
10 become keepers. no one in the Tombs
knew who might be still in the institu-
ton 10 get the aftermath.
The report OF the investigators made
Yesterday TO Mayor Mitchell and kathsr.
Inc 3. Davis, Commissioner Of Correc.
ton, who engineered the arrest and com
mitment 70 the Tonbs OF two men from
the Office of the Commissioner Of Ae.
force OF keepers would be shaken W ct
least, IL some we're not sent to jail.
As a means OF preventing the drug
traffic, Commissioner Davis said yester-
dav she would seek 10 have all moaey
taken from prisoners and deposited In
the office of the prison. where 4 could
be drawn on only for legitimate purposes
Two keepers who were caught graft
ing. and caught red-handed, VII be tried
by me on March T." she said, "and one "
them IS the matter OF investigation ~
the District Attorney. In his case look
for Indictment, as the two men whom
had sentenced 10 fifteen days for Joy
riding were with him when money VAS
passed.
LAS a means OF preventing dope rom
entering the Tombs am considering ,ns
establishment Of a restaurant WITHIN 'h'
nrison which will be carefully CHAP
eroned. No food OF any kind may CONS
from the outside. This will prevent drus'
from coming into the Tombs IN fooa'
No matter how carefully we watch suns
always slip by in food that - sen' ="
prisoners. -, q.
"Au missionary workers VIII nave I"
surrender their passes and come un'.,
new ruling" said Miss Davis. NOT .aA'
saw they are carriers OF drugs OUT 'a,'
there are among them persons respo's''"
% No organization, and for whom e'n'
not vouch. A.
-. bosnital Will be established On us
ron floor Of the Tombs. and plans lo'
have been made by Franklin j. Wal.
former state Architect. Ihs bos,'
Estimate has been asked 70 transfer i's-
from other sources for that use IN Wv
nov hospital all men and women Wv
dangerous diseases will be segresa'ea W
all done fiends given treatment
"Psrt of the work OF the Depa'une.
Of Correction should be tho conec"'.
prisoners, and IN curing them OF 'ne ~
habit, by force, II necessary TINS CO.. 49,.
ment will be doing something mos v"
the mere Furnishing Of offenders
lover on Blackwell's Island yes'cus.
the women prlsoneIs' WI" -, s.-
idle. were put TO work sewing "
themselves. . f,eu
Posing as keepers, two detecuves ~" ~.
Commissioner McKay's office ootains' -.
dence Of the way cocaine, morph'ns ~
boroin are smuggled into the -
,rho,r report also charges TWO h'''
with accepting money unlswfuliy' ..
Burdette q. Lewis, Deputy N.
sioner of Correction. commen'ns ,s,,
results OF the investigations dec'afe' . ~.
no craft was too petty or mean ro' ~. a.,
of the Tombs keepers. In some . a.
cents was accepted. one man. W. o., M.
20 the prison with $50. Jared "e rbe ,v csss
afteen DAYS. and came out nv me 81
"prisoner" had only Slo anu