The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-10
Not Even MAJORITY of Commit
tee Probing State Prison
Will Bring in Anything
Derogatory to McManus.
REPORT PREPARED A
WEEK AGO QUASHED
Document, Copies of Which
Reached Attorneys, Fails 10
Suit Speaker Romero, 1t Is
Said.
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santa re. y. NJ, March ~
Speaker Romero's so-callcd peniten-
tiury investigation, inaugurated for
the purpose of getting the goat OF
superintendent John B. McManus to|
the ultimate end. u Ia alleged. that
his brother. Cleofes Romero. night
be restored to the wardcnship Of the
state prison, and which has been the
capitol Joke for the past ten days,
during which the speaker has been
seeking 10 get out OF his committee
u report strong enough o. suit him,
finally came To- head In the house
this afternoon.
Mr. Chavez. OF Torrance county.
presented the majority report which
was q submission ~ the evidence
taken hy the GO umittec and without
any conclusion or recommendation of
any kind.
A minority report covering seven
pages being "a car,fll analysis uf the
evidence, u statement uf conditions az
the prison ana an adequate rcfutH-
tiun uf ull Cnargcs brought AGAINST
the present management was pre-
scntcd hy the minority member. OF
the committee. Representative veal
and smith.
Mr.. Martinez. of Taus county.
moved that a special committee hc
appointed Co draw conclusions from
th" facts submitted in the evidence.
and that the minority report hc re-
forrcd tl such committee This mo-
ton carried and tine speaker appoint
od as such committee Maluuuias
MARTINEZ OF Tuus nr Ficmiug, ot
Gallup; ana Mr chavez
This committee be- was asserted.
had hc'n handed report previously
prepared which made au alleged
summary uf the evidence, specifically
condemned the management Of War
den MoMauus and demanded that ne
be removed from the pcuitcutiary
management This report, IL WIS
snid. would be- brought in before the
end of the afternoon session.
II was pointed uut this afternoon
that none uf the majority members
uf the house committee has visited
! the peuitcnti1ry before or duung the
course Of the investigation.
Early last week the majority mem
bcrs Of the house penltentiary COM
mittcc making This investigation
agreed upon report and signed the
same. n is stated that the speaker
refused to permit this report To- he
submitted to the house. Copies Of
the report. however ns signed by the
majority msmhcrs uf the committee
were submitted to ,tturneys for the
warden and this report reached the
! following conclusions forming q yir-
tual cXonerntiuu of Warden McMonus
| hy the Republicans of an the charges
against him
Tncse conclusions were az follows;
$50. l. The escape Of the seven
| prisoners resulted from tuoNcusable
! inattcntion born at habit in respect
To the guarding 0f the east wall and
the train gate when t was open ana
| from an incautInus sense of security
In respect To the said east wall also
| apparently born uf habit concerning
| H. II was Immediately due to the
negligence at the guard iu Wall Tow
! er 80, @. Wuo WHs immediately dis
| charged The fact that ladder
| Within the prison enclosure was 30
lcf' that conyi'ts could obtain pos
session of q Indicates rcprchcnsi-
! bile spirit of iucuuu'u The removal
/ of this ladder from the hospital
. NtlAnNNl lNNhu NN wv 'N"N NhAAt N NA'
| tHucr II substuu, ally one hundred
! wards, shows that the yard employees
of the pcnitcnlinry were grossly re-
| miss
no. .. Tho relations between tho
two female conyIrts and the two male
conyicts. with the result shown, be-
speaks a currlcssncss and unwatch'
fulness and lack of ordinary pru'
dcucc on th, part of prison en-
pluycs
"No 3. n is doubtu from al.
evidence whether Juan Munoz did
not have proper care a. the hands ol
the assistant superintendent under
his direction or Ht rhc hands Of the
pcuitrnuary physician
"No T. The introduction of intoN.
liutiue liquor into the PRISON prem
iscs by "a guard ana the troubles re-