Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1921-06-16
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PEVITENElARY
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Former Prison Steward Files
Charges Against officer of
Guard and CominiSSary

The insidious stinger Of the politi-
cal dissension bug has been inserted
into the: affairs of theSNevada State
prison, according to news dispatches
from the western part of the state.
The question OF who has been stung
has arisen between J. .. Guinan, for
mer steward OF the, prison and Will
lam Greenwood, prison commisary and
H. H. Carpenter, lieutenant of the
guard. The affair has Spme to q head
through the filing of charges by Gui-
nan against the two officials above
named. Guinan's action is said to
have come out Of a long series of mis-
understandings between the three
men involved. According to the Reno
Gazette, Guinsn quit his position at
the prison and went to Reno yester-
day. He left last night for San Fran
cisco and stated before leaving that he
was ready to return and substantiate
his charges before the board at any
time. The petition filed by Guinan is
cases wherein it Is alleged convicts
were compelled to work when they
were not physically able to do so or
were thrown into the dungeon and
placed on bread and water diet
without good cause. Gutnan declared
that while he was on a recent vaca-
ton r. B. Henrichs, warden of the
prison, instructed the captain OF the
guard to discharge him and that
when he returned to the prison he
was told that there was no longer q
place for him there. HenrIchs, who
returned recently from Tonopah, up
on being informed Of conditions, re-
fused to make any comment upon the
affair other than that several changes
had been contemplated for some time
and that Gulnan's leaving was one of
them. Guinan has been attached to
the personnel OF the prison for two
years past.
An attempt to get the prison board
together yesterday was unsuccessful
Governor Boyle is away from Carson
City The majority Of the boerd, con
sisting of Attorney. General Fowler
and Secretary of State Brodigan
stated that an official meeting would
be held on June 23rd at which time
the charges would be considered. The
statement read as follows:
"The board will investigate these
charges at once. This man has been
at the prison for two and one-hali
years and has had plenty fopportu.
nifty to make complaint. His unsup-
ported charges are entitled to nothing
more than an investigation"
According to the Carson City Ap.
peal the affair has been brewing for
several days. Guinah's charges in,
clude statement to the effect that
Lieutenant Carpenter is running the
prison and not Warden Henrichs and
on that account he wished to resign.
His complaint further states that
prisoners had informed him (Guinan)
that they would take orders from no
one but the captain and that It was
useless to endeavor to enforce order.
He also charges that Carpenter allow,
ed two prisoners to escape.
In the charges against Greenwood
Guinan states that prisoners we're fed
unwholesome food improperly cooked
Charges of miscppropriation OF per,
sonal effects of prisoners by Green
wood are also made and also that both
Greenwood and Carpenter are Inn,
proper men to have in the prison
Guinan AYERS In his statement that he
has only told half Of the story and de.
sires an opportunity to relate It ali
before the board.
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