Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-06-10
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WITT, whose firm engaged in selling
supplies to the House of Correction.
Wade To Explain "Gift''

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Wade To Explain "Gift'
The Governor said that DR.. Wade
told him that he would prepare
written statement of his connection
with Mr.. Leibowitz and the automo-
bile transaction and give it to the
Executive. The Governor said he
would make this statement public.
and meanwhile would suspend judg
ment as to DR.. Wade.
In the course of the day the Gov
ernor had Lefore him in a group
Warden William f. Landlord of the
House of Correction, Miss Myrtle
Landlord, daughter of the Warden,
md who has superintendent the buy
| ing; William S. Armiger, financial
clerk of the institution, and Michael
| Hirsch, who was associated in bust
/ ness with Mr. Leibowitz at the time
the Leibowitz firm was dealing with
the House of Correction. The Gov
ernor exonerated Warden Landlord.
Mr.. O'Dunnc would have little to
say in regard to the Governors ac-
ton.
| 81 do not know all the members of
the committee he has appointed" he
said Let them go ahead with the
investigation. / have the evidence to
prove my charges"
Wants Conditions Known
The Governor, among other things,
said:
81 think that the true condition at
The House of Correction ought to be
known, so that if everything is all
right the public may know it, and
if anything needs remedying it may
be remedied, and the institution there
after continue its work free from the
4 demoralizing effect of constant crlti-
cism and attacks, and with public
confidence in the character of-its adj
ministration unimpaired.
"Mr. ODunne's charges are of two
kinds:
l. Those which relate to the
+ personal conduct of the members
of the board, and
2 Those which relate to the
conduct of the institution.
There are no personal charges
against Mr.. Carr, who has only teen
recently appointed, and likewise moth
ing specific is alleged against Mr.
Marbury except that both, as mem
1ers of the board, joined in refusing
investigate the charges which Mr..
0'Dunne had made.
THE charges against DR.. Wade
personally WILL as l have said, await
the investigation of them l am now
making.
This leaves the charges which re-
late to the conduct of the institution.
These, speaking generally, are:
/. That politics plays large
part in the administration of the
institution.
2. That blackjacking is COM
mon practice.
8. That vice is common and no
torious.
4. That drinking is a common
practice among the guards and
i
liquor and also make it in the
institution.
s. That special privileges are
given favorite prisoners.
6. That the prison records are
unintelligible and inaccurate.
| Z. That Warden Landlord is not
competent.
Hesitates At Evidence
These charges, from what is be-
fore me, rest very largely upon the
statements of discharged prisoners.
The danger of accepting such state
ments is apparent.
Il am not willing to place the
members of the board on trial upon
charges supported by statements of
men of this stamp, particularly as,
when the details of the charges are
examined, satisfactory explanations
are in many cases forthcoming.
Moreover. the fact should not be
overlooked that in 1919, under Gov
ernor Harrington's direction, and in
| response to criticisms of the grand
jury of Baltimore city. thorough
public investigation was had of the
management of and conditions at the
House of Correction, including par
ticularly Mr.. Landlords conduct
thereof, and with the exception of
matters which could only be rcmed-
led by additional construction (much
OF which has since been made), and
of bookkeeping improvements (which
have since been installed), the boards
report shows the charges to have been
disproved."