Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-09-24

True bills were found in sixteen Of
the thirty-one criminal cases In
vestigated by the grand jury which
turned in its report to the court
yesterday. OF the sixteen indict-
ments found, all but five are Sc
cret. The jury examined fifty-fiVe
witnesses in connection with the
investigation.
The semi-annuai visit for In
spection purposes was made to the
county Jail, and the various ether
county offices. The report of the
jury as handed to the court by Jury
Foreman E. N. Boule. is as fol-
lows:
Honorable Mayo E. Hickey, judge
of the Second judicial district, Sir:
Your grand jury, selected and
impanelled to serve during the Sep
TENDER, 1921, term of the district
court, in accordance with your in
structions, has conscientiously In
yestigated all - the, complaints
brought before us by the district
attorney and we have carefully eS-
amined all the witnesses In the
various cases brought to our at
tention.
We have investigated thirty-one
cases and have examined fifty-five
witnesses; we have found true bills
| in sixteen cases and no bills in
fifteen cases,
Work Needed At Jail.
Your grand jury has visited the
county Jail and the county offices.
We find that the Jail and premises
are being kept as clean and SAM
tary as is possible under the cir
cumstances. We commend the ef-
ficient way In which the county
Jail is kept, noting particularly that
walls, floors, beds and other equip
ment are exceptionally clean and IN
| a sanitary condition, with this ex-
ception, however, the grand jury
recommends that the system OF
plumbing now in use is not the
proper equipment for the con-
tinued sanitary conditions which
should prevail in the county jail.
We found that connections in
toilets were leaking and causing
damage and may, If left in TINS
condition, cause disease among the
/ prisoners confined therein. we
suggest that the toilets and plumb.
ling be SO changed that it Wouic
eliminate the various pipes and
connections that are now in use
land would also suggest the con-
centration OF the toilets IN tne
southeast portion of the jail, VIII
a view of putting our county jail II
a more sanitary and proper con.
dition. 1t is further RECOMMENDED
that some system of heat be IN
stalled and we respectfully SUCCESS
THAT the "Arcola" heating system
be investigated, for in our opinion
lii would be difficult to install q
Ihot-air furnace on account or th'
necessity of having to excavate 20!
the proper installment of a proper
system, which would entail con
siderable expense, while the one
suggested would answer the pur'
nose and would no doubt give JUS
as efficient service for conslderapl'
less.
Heating System Needed.
The condition of the stoves now
lin use are such that 1t Will necessl
tate further expenditure very soon
| in order to properly heat the ia:
for the protection of the inmate
therein. We, therefore, recommend
that some sort of heating plant d.
Installed. We desire to express
our appreciation of the courtesie'
extended to US by Antonio ORTIZ I'M
sheriff of Bernalillo county. W.
have inspected the various OFFICE
in the county court house am
found same in excellent condition
with the exception of the linoieun
on the floor of the county clerk
office, also found that the recelpt
of the treasurer's office are no
properly protected against fire, 10
the lack of vault space In MS OF
flee. We also call attention TO TN
master in the ceiling of the pronat
court room, which needs attentior'
we believe that the county OFFICER
are attending to their RESPECTIVE
duties faithfully and that soo'
work is being done by all.
school Attendance Good.
The grand jury is pleased sto re
port that the school laws with re
ference to the attendance of chill
dren are being observed. The gram
Jury finds that the carrying 0
deadly weapons indiscriminatel