Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-26

whom, be said. were some who had
defied treatment IL the city jail, ap4
parently had been cured 81 the Cut =
Pr. Mcguire, he said, had done re-
maTkabiy we'll with the facilities at
his. disposal He told of things which
should be remcdied, la the kitchen
and in the hospital. but Ia the main,
his testimony was ia favor Or the pres
ent management. except that he quail
ffied bis statement as to the
cleanliness of the place BY d remark
that Il seemed too recent and too
thorough. Z. intimating that the clean
up was to order. Some or fhe paint.
he said, was not yet dry. Attorney
Wolf said the warden II always paint
Ing some portions and the paint brush
Il seldom idle. to which the warden
gave nodding assent.
Robert d. Case, secretary of the
board, gave defense of the manage
ment or his department. explaining
some OF the difficulties tTls Institution
had experienced last summer and fall
on account OF the shortage of guards
and other labor. He also told OF pre-
yiuus efforts made 10 have the state
legislature pass bills to make ii pos
sibie TO improve the plumbing. and
said that there ID now heing prepared
measure for the appre priation of
$4,000 for much-needed repairs and
installations. He went into 4 financial
history OF the last two ng three years.
at the end Of which he was taken III
hand by Attorney Williams. who Il, K
ed questions relative TO the hospital
and the reports made BY the physician.
some of which Assistant General Philip
B. Perlman would not allow him TO
answer, on the ground shat he was a
subordinate official.
Mr.. Metacrott scores Board
After recess Of ten minutes, MT.
Metzerott, who charged Ia the begin
ming that ''the House of Correction
had always been a stencil Ii he nos
triIs of the people of the staee. Z took
the stand.
II blame this more on the beard
than on any other force. and II II
mainly because the board does moi
function properly, he said
He told how Ne had made weekly
visits 10 the House of Correction. and
since the Illness OF Mr Crane, had
also visited thaw Maryslna penlten
siary once weekly while the board TO-
It's oficial capacity had visited the
House 81 Correction only once since II
was organized. Meeting only abaus
an hour once week BY the board. he
felt. was not doing the duty the way
ii was intended and he did not think
the board earned the $1,000 year the
members receive by merely attending
the meetings He criticized Warden
Lankf0rd and the members of the
board. saying they had not attempted
to work IN harmony to bring about the
reforms he had advised. and told how
stllGlcult 1t was to get some OF the
minor things done ct the institution.
He advocated large wagon scale, and
said nothing was ever weighed going
into or out OF the place. He had ad-
vocated the Introduction oE the Ber-
tiilon system ef taking records Of the
Inmates as they enter, but this also.
he said, had not been put Into effect
He complained that the diet kitchen
TOR the male hospital had been dis
pensed with. making II so far TO carry
the food to the sick that It was cold
Nhen ii reached them. He complained
about the milk often being sour, and
said that the institution at times was
very dirty and that be often saw YER
min III the cell rooms He said, how
ever. that he had never seen any un-
usual or cruel punishment inflicted
.'The trouble Is, ne said, Warden
I.ankford has neither system IN hiss
management, nor proper organization
He works harder In his way than II he
had these things Three men on the
prison board are not enough. as there
Is too much work for them to do.
There should be at least five on the
board and one OF them should be g
woman.
He tcld of llstIe .spatss he had had
With the warden, but on cross-ex anli-
nation said he seldom called the AZ
iention os the warden 10 some of the
things he complained OF, Dua had cons
plained to the board
3 did you complain to the governor :"
asked Attorney Perlnan THAT ven.
We're being Handicapped by the actions
of your colleagues n
The witness said he had not gorc ~
this extreme.
T.ankfoEd Makes DeHlals
Warden Lankford took the stand
and said the trouble at the Institution
vas the lack of cooperation between