Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-22
Rot Resolution 1akeo
T.: s1t:U Up FOR Investigation
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S"oS N~ %
against the board and as a result of
some letters, (said to be unsigned)
from friends.
He said that these things had been
charged in certain newspapers around
the state and that he had N other
proof to offer. He claimed that a
GOOD deal had been said against the
board in these papers which he had
seen and these papers were the
Staats-Anzeiger, designated as one
of the leading Democratic papers Of
he state, and he thought "the Fargo
Courier" He stated that he was not
a regular subscriber to these papers
but that they had been sent to him.
lille also said that he had received let
ters bearing on this subject.
He stated that he knew nothing
abcut any of the charges other than
the first one, a general charge against
he beard, and that the only informa-
ton relative to this matter had been
received through the papers and let
tiers mentioned. # !
He said that he did not hear Mr..
Hellstrom make any of these charges
personally but that, he had read Hells-
stromis charges in some of the pap
ers. He stated that he had someone
draw up the resolution for him "but
that" he said, lis my own business"
MI. 'Hellstrom fastened to question
,Mr. Rott at this time whether he had
drawn the resolution up for him or
had said anything to him about 1t.
Mr.. Rott said that he did not.
Heilstrom's Charges.
One of the first charges made by
Mr.. Hellstrom yesterday was that OF
extreme extravaganza in handling the
penitentiary funds. Both the Irvine
plant ba ance and the penitentiary bal
ance, he said, had been extravagently
handled and there was now a deficien-
cy where there should have been a
surplus. - -''p r. o.,
He stated that there vas a cash
balance, about $1O0, 900, to the credit
of the Irvine plant in January 1913,
but that there is at present a def1clen-
cy of over $1,000 In this account.
He went on to say that on January
1, 1918, there was to the credit OF
The building and maintenance fund the
sum of $~30,711.S9 but that on Jan.
/. 1915. there was an overdraft Of
$25,354.74 in this fund with the ex.-
pense list of December not yet paid.
Mr.. Wiley at this time asked the
scxJwarden if a lot Of improvement
work had not been done at the peni-
ten!iary since he left that, institu-
ton. Mr.. Hellstrom replied: "Not as
much. as in any biennial period prior
o that 80
Charges Padding.
"The report of the board of control
as to penitentiary funds is either in
accurate or padded" said the ex-war
den. "one or the other, its a fact that
it isn't correct
Misrepresentation Charged.
I 1.-THE Irvine plant funds have ben
used for a great many purposes which
the law does not contemplate sad
the ex-warden. The sum of $23 ,153.3S
was charged up for labor in two
years, which was not necessary nor
contemplated by Law, according to
Mr.. Hellstrom. Referring again TO
the ~penitentiary account, he also
charged that the total amount appro-
priated for. the biennial period had
been exceeded in one year and thai
there were less prisoners than for any
'N'ennial period Tor the last decade.
He said that another "irregularity'
was found by him in that the warden
had paid 81 ,107.1O for common labor
in the brickyard in the month of June,
1914. g. D.. .f'' .~.-~ ..
y He attacked the warden for using
rec labor in the brickyard and stated
that this was not the object of the
state in establishing this industry at
the penitentiary. He charged openly
that the brickyard report was padded
and that he was positive of this. He
said that reports showed that $1.129-
.92 worth of brick had been used il
the new deputy warden's residence
and that there must be some mas.
sive walls in that residence" a
He also stated that $4,000 for
clothing for inmates was three times
rs much as was necessary for that
tom.
At the afternoon meeting Mr.. He'll.
strom continued his accusations
against the penitentiary administra-
tic1 and the board, and all of his ac-