South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-15
GOODRICH USES
BORROWED AUTO
FOR STATE TOUR
Orders Chauffeur from Mich
igan City Prison on "Three
Day Parole"
AMAZED AT PEOPLES SURPRISE
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INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 15.-This
has been explanation week" for
the state administration, the COVER
nor and the republican state commit
! tee.
Governor Goodrich explained"
that his use of clyde Horne, a
convicted murderer from the prison
north as a chauffeur on a tour of
state Institutions was only a coinci-
dence. He said he also borrowed
the auto from the state school for
| the deaf. whose superintendent he
recently caused To be ousted 10
make room for a personal appoint
ment He said that the school did
not have a chauffeur so he sent
word TO Warden Fogarty at Michi-
gan City to send him a chauffeur on
n three day parole" and Fogarty
| just happened to send Horne.
The governor expressed his amaze
ment that there should be any sur
prise shown by the people of In
/ diana over his tour with a murderer
at the wheel of a state owned auto.
But the surprise of the governor did
rot go so far as TO allow him to eX
plain or contradict the promise he is
said by Mrs. Clyde Horne TO have
! Clyde home next April. Nor did it
allow him to explain what Horne
meant when he said he was going
souSl" with the governor for the
winter.
Light i'm Delay.
1 The governor then threw further
! light on the long delay that has at
| tached to the selection OF a site for
/ the colony for feeble-mlnded wards
which was authorized by the last
| Legislature with an emergency clause
attached. He said the work of Sc
Iecting a site was a difficult one and
the commission which ne appointed
] for that purpose had in mind three
sites which they wanted 10 inspect.
/ One is in Jennings county and an
other is in the vicinity Of Mitchell.
\ The site on which the colony will be
\ built, however, unless something in
\ terferes with some well-laid plans is
\ in Warricl. county, near Evansville
and has heretofore been inspected
/ by Gov. Goodrich. The governor,
however. is now going to inspect it
again. The price asked for this site
is about $40 an acre more than the
offer for the other tracts. The gov
ernor explained" that it was better
land.
The governor also explained
| that he had appointed a TSw MEM
Der of the penal farm bsard. He
didn't just then remember what his
name was and said he didn't know
much about him except that he had
been very highly recommended" by
someone The governors clerk,
whose name is among those who
held stock in the Globe Mining COM
pany prior to the time it employed
Penal farm cOnvicts to open its
mine. furnished the name of Carl G.
| Huestes of Greencastle but she said
she didn't even know his politics.
He will succeed George f. Seidel
who resigned because his business
affairs made il too much of a burden
for him to attempt to keep up with
the Goodrich methods OF administer
ing the affairs of the penal farm.
This ended the governors "ex-
! plantations for the moment. The
total number of paroles for the week
which got on records was only seven
teen The total number of known
temporary paroles for this week
was one. This latter figure is mere
ly an estimate. however, and no way
has yet been found TO confirm il.
Tax Boards Work.
While the governor was explain
ing" the members Of his tax board
were doing the best they could 20
placate the residents OF Marion
county who wanted explanations of
why the board first ordered the
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