Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-27
.METZEROTT FAvORS
KEEPING LANKFORD
MIGHT GET WORSE
Declares every Rx.sheriH IN The State
Would Re After His bob II He
We're 10 Be Dismissed


were 10 Be Dismissed
Declaring IL 10 i e his Ielief that the
Prison Control board ii failure
Frank Metzerott. minority meni er Of
the loard. who severely criticised his.
colleagues and the management Of
Ithe House of Correction during the
hearing Of charges against Warden
4 William e. Lankford, said at the close
of the hearing last night thai he did
not favor the removal 0f Landlord at
this time ecauses we have no ma
chinery to gel 4 good warden 70 take
his place
The statement was made while
Metzerotf was on the stand telling of
conditions when he found them.
what would happen II he we're dis
missed? Every ex-sherln in the state
would apply for the job On the
strength OF having isai charge of
county jail, and the man with the.
man with the strongest pull would
probably land the Job.
I'm similar institutions where they
have d system and an organization
there are always men In line for pro-
notion there is always q man cap-s
allie of taking the warden's place. A
good organization develops material
Warden I4ankford has al solutely no
system whatever. no organization. He
works hard harder than he would
have to work II his work we're proper
\ ly organized,
Was Stormy Petrol.
Metzerott was the story petrol
throughout the entire hearing He
cross-examined every witness that was
on the stand, and from time to time
injected a great many observations Of
his own, based on his weekly inspec
tions OF the institution He made
much of the fact that be has been per
lsstently and consistently on the job
ever since he has cen memLer Of
4 the Prison GARD and yesterday he
fred some hot shot at the other mem
tiers Of the Eoard for their apparent
failure 10 do likewise
This toard. said he, meets once
d week FOR aaDut AlF lTUgF. for Nilsicis re-
i gels approximately $50.
More nearly two hours, interrupt
cd Chairman Crane.
sAH right. replied Metzer0tt, make
4 1t two hours.
I DO we ever leave amy business un-
j finished n asked Dr. Wade, the third
memIer Of the Loard.
Urges M0re inspections.
on no, said the witness, hut my
opinion Il that FOR $4,000 year the
lpeople Of this state have right to ex-
rect more than the mere transaction
of routine business.
This loard. as hoard. has never
made more than one official inspection
OF the House Of Correction since Ii
was organized In 1916, and that was
the week after II was appointed.
''Atz the Maryland penitentiary an
important improvement has been
made. the work completed. but II has
never Teen Inspected / y any meml or
3of this Ioard save myself submit
THAT 1t Is the duty OF this Iody to
make such an inspection and pass
some opinion al to whether the ini-
pToyenent ii good one or lad one.
and whether the work has heen done
properly or not
How long has this improvement
i cen finished Z? asked Chairman
Crane
About four months, VAS the re-
ply
II understood continued Mr.. Metz
lerott, that the records Of the loard
were 10 te introduced to prove that
have not been In accord with the
loard plead guilty to that charge
right now.
(at NSteRch Ii NOstrIls.0
II have several times called the
Edirty conditions existing ali the House
of Correction 10 the attention of the
Ioard, but could get no actisn ! was
informed that II was possible % keep
q long-term prison clean but not q
short-term prison When referred
Imy colleagues to the institution at
!, Accaquain. Va. was told oh that is
q government prison, tho government
can do lot of things We can't do.
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