The Nevada County picayune., 1921-10-20

nuHlDeE dUHpuHCtu tildL it ii''i b'Oii whipped the day before and he was taken into thc stockade and stripped and examined by several if not all of the members of the grand jury and there was not q scar on him.
 At the main commissary of the Tucker farm we found ample provi- sions of aII=k'nds and character fof such an institution. There were shoes, clothes, extra mattresses, beds blan- kets and pillows in sufficient quan- tity 10 keep the conyicts supplied for some time.
 Whipped Convicts Reluctant"
 We then went to Camp No. . where the deputy warden had been advised to hold the men after dinner for our inspection. There were about 137 convicts. We addressed them and requested that every man who had been whipped in the last two or three days to step out.
 There were 12 or 13 who responded. We took them into the stockade and stripped them in the presence of the entire grand jury. and not one mark or brllise WAS found on any one of them.
 These 12 or 13 men had been com planing to members of the grand jury about cruel treatment and sores on their bodies from whippings, and when they were taken into the stock adc they were very reluctant about removing their clothing and i'll fact, they were compelled by members of the grand jury to take their clothes off and have their bodies examined. As stated, there was no evidence what ever of mstreatment We found that they had been punished the day be- fore for refusing to work.
 Camp No. k equipped with shower baths in the rear of the Stockade. and that the men were allowed these baths II any time while in quarters. The general condition of Camp No. , was about the same as Camp No. 1. The beds bedding and the stockade ill it's entirety seemed to he in good sani- tarY condition.
 Wednesday, Oct ,, the grand  iulY examined quite number of con victS whose names were suggested by prosecuting witnesses. the prosecuting attorney and whose members of the grand jury who had obtained names of eonyiets while at the state farm, who might possess information of cruel and inhuman treatment of con victS by employees of the penitentiary. II would be an impossible attempt tD give you a synopsis of the testimony of the different conyictS who were cX- amincd except in q general way, and that is about their physical condition. the complaints and the treatment of them ny Ile NdfuellS.
 Most of the convicts examined stated that they weigh as much, if not more at this time than they did at the time of their incarceration.
 "There were numerous complaints ny individual conyicts, but the grand jury was unable in any ease to pen the convict down so that complaints could be verified Summing up. we SHY that from the evidence before Us. taking into consideration the charac- ter of tue witnesses and the manner in which they testified, il would be I matter ot impo>sibiliy to verify or eouHecf any=infrngemen=of the rules of crimes charged Ky them to wardens or any one connected with the peni- tentaH
 on Friday, Get. [. wc examined eght conviets from the walls at Little Rock. whose names were fur nished us ny Mrs Laura Conner of these eight men, three had served terms in the penitentiary, One man, was dope ficnd, according to his own testimony. We were unable in any way to verify the complaints they made. These eight men were very poor witnesses as far as truth and veracity goes, and some of them made statements about the procedure of their induction into the peniten- tiary that were absolutely untrue.