The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-11
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that requires sny action on the part
% this legislature. except legislation
TO provide new quarters for female
convicts, n this legislation we
heartily recommend. The most OF
the witnesses who testified before the
committee we're persons Who were
employed as guards and in other po-
sitions al the pcnitentiary. and who
had been discharged. Some OF these
witnesses were biased 10 such an ex-
tent that no credit can be properly
given 20 their testimony. Two wit
nesscs were women convicis serving
Time for murder. The management
Itself only called three witnesses. viz.
Or. J. A. Massie. physician OF the in
stitution: u. l.. Ormsbeo. secretary.
and J. Il. McManus. superintendent.
So FAR as we could understand from
the evidence II was sought to estab-
lish the following complaints:
I. Criminal intimacy between one
Juan Truliilo. a convict porter. and
two female conviCts.
2 Furnishing improper food to
the convicts and guards.
3 cruelty TO the prisoners.
T. Permitting convicts to escape,
From the evidence Il appears that
the predecessor OF Mr.. McManus as
superintendent used Alma Lyons aud
valentino Madrid. two women SON
vicis, Tor service In the dining room
% the second floor OF the building.
that a while after the present super
intcndent took charge OF the instltu-
ton he also used these two women IN
that service. These women occupied
one cell or room together on the
third floor Of the building. and one
story above the dining room referred
to. That the prisoner Juan Trujillo
was used by the present superintcnd-
ont az "a porter and errand boy. ana
that ne was frequently directed 10
take from the first floor 10 the dining
room floor above articles for the din
ing room table; that In going To and
from the dining room he would see
| these women. either In the dining
room or on hat floor. II appears
from the evidence Of the guard that
this porter would usually rctlrn from
the dining Oom floor 90 the floor
below at once. and that Il delay Of
even ten minutes would have been
noticed. From the testimony Of Alma
AfnNMH r. NT'hfN" ~ NAf NNh JUS NNHh
manapod 10 get together on about
four occasions. long enough 10 be-
come criminally intimate. The other
woman, Valentino Madrid. also adj
mitA on one occasion there was Grim
inai intimacy between her and this
man Trujiilo No other prisoners are
shown hy the testimony to have had
access TO either OF these ome
The p%cnitentlary board, which Is
BY section ., article ~, OF the c0nsti-
tusion Of this state given fun control
and MANAGEMENT of the penitentiary,
In JanuarS 1914. went into "a fun and
thorough examination Of this matter
and satisfied itself that no %culpabil-
ity attached ~ the superintendent.
We have no doubt that had the SUI
Epeflntendent been shown to have
been culpably negligent. some steps
would have been taken bv the board
looking 10 his removal. as provided
by law. 30 such recommendations
have been made, mi In n JUDGMENT
the facts In The case require no such
Recommendation.
As 10 the complaint that the food
furnished the convic,s and guards
waH Improper 81 nnwholesome. Il ap.
pears from the evidence that In NJ nll
reliable that on ma occasion the
head and log. on perhopa ham OF a