Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-06

feed, and other classes of feed fed to
the hogs in 1919. The checks aggre-
gated $3,704.
Paid Convict Bonus
He said but one convict was re-
quired to take care Of the hogs and
that he always paid this convict a
bonus, ranging from $50 to $50 per
month, depending upon how successful
he was with the hogs. He said they
used to be given this bonus money
when they left the prison and that
the states witness who was known as
the "hog warden did not get his bonus
because Conley was out of the prison
before this witness was paroled.
He was questioned at length regard
ing the great quantities Of meat and
other stuff alleged to have been fed
to the pigs. OF the war flour fed to
the pigs, witness said this was wormy,
valueless flour which was first taken
by mistake to the hog ranch, where
from 10 to Is sacks were fed to the
pigs and the rest was afterwards haul
ed to a warehouse and is still there.
He was shown the report of the
prison butcher for the months of Feb
ruary and March. 1920, showing $500
pounds of beef fed to the hogs in those
two months and he explained that this
was frozen beef which had softened
and spoiled when the cold storage plant
went bad. He said 40 meat that was
fit for human consumption was ever
fed to the pigs.
Asked about the boxed meat from
the Hansen Packing company which the
states witness. Frank Whitlock, had
testified was bad when he unloaded
it from the car, Conley said this was
the incest beef the prison had ever had.
1t was homeless beef put UP for the
army, he said, end there was nothing
wrong with it. He claimed that Whit
lock had never unloaded beef and, re-
plying to the testimony of Whitlock
that it had been taken out of a car
of the Hansen Packing company, he
said this company never owned a rail
road car.
Mr.. Conley was then Questioned as
10 the character of the swill sent to
the pigs and as to the extravagant
claims of waste of prison food which
had been made by convict witnesses
for the state.
He said there never was any sweet
milk put into the swili; that il would
have been a violation of his instruc-
tons and punishable; that no excessive
IoR oIc va A. tHlbS "t+C ~
the convicts and that only at three
times of the year, the day following
the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and
Christmas, was there any waste from
the dining rooms, this being due TO the
fact that the prisoners were permit
ted to take food to their cells or those
holidays. No good meat was wasted,
he said. all extra cooked meat being
later served as hash.
Dean Not a Baker
He said he never heard of any waste
of hominy until it was testified TO by !
this man, Dean" He said Dean had
testified to having cooked the hominy. |
but he insisted that Dean never worked
in the kitchen, he having been employed
as q baker. Mr.. Conley said he fed
the prisoners better under the contract
system than he did after the state took |
the prison over and the system was TO
have the chef make out a requisition
weekly. which was discussed with the
head deputy. and then sent to the war
den for approval.
Conley was asked as to the testi-
mony given by Dean regarding the
serving of spoiled meat to the prison
erS.
We never served any spoiled meat
to the convicts," replied the witness.
There was no reason for anything Of
the sort. 1t was no money in my
pocket. This man Dean has 'vamoosed'
and he took another prisoner with
him. He told the warden that story
just to get a chance to get over here" ,
Questioned by Mr.. Rankin as to the
testimony of the former guard. Harry
Holland. of the guard "Shorty" Fried,
of the convict, Tuohy, and several other
convicts. regarding the putting of milk
into the swill. C6nley replied that they
'Iied."
Holland was fired because he hit a
convict over the head with a lock. He
might have killed him IL another guard
had not interfered. He was sore be-
cause | fired him. Fried lied. I should
have fired him on two occasions. That
man Tuohy was put in for ~sediton."
He added that Holland was a wall
guard and had nothing to do with the
kitchen; that he was a good wall guard
because he hated everybody, and if
a nan got over the wall he would have
killed him.
Questioned further as to the alleged
waste Of hominy. Mr.. Conley insisted
there was no waste of hominy. He
of the states witnesses had testified
that about 400 pounds of hominy was
each week and that most of it
was wasted. Answering this. Conley
said only about 100 pounds Of hominy
was used in the prison weekly and one
of his biennial reports was produced
show the consumption of hominy
for a two-year period had been 1862
pounds. This was figured out to show
that it meant only 160 pounds a week,
and the witness explained part of this
was used in the outside kitchens and at
the various road camps.
Board Audited Bills
Conley said testimony had been in
reduced to the effect that the waste
If oatmeal was about 80 pounds a day:
why, we used only 150 pounds of
a week." he added.
The former warden testified that
johnson. Jr., when he was
an Independent meat market
~ 1eer Lodge and when he wa In