The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-17

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smoking" was given to the pris-
oners for hiding meat or other food
there .
Noblet's affidavit says, ",
would hide meat, hams some
times, one-half side Of bacon,
cheese, lard, and sometimes fresh
meat in the refrigerator Of the
creamery until they got off. Then,
early in the morning, when we got
up to milk, they would come and
get it. The butcher, an inmate,
told me they got the meat from
him. They would give us smoking
for hiding it in there"
Claims Supplies Sold
Wissel says supplies were sold to
officers Of the farm, such sales al
ways being made on orders issued
from the Office, however, and no de-
liveries being made from the store
room, creamery or any other de-
partment without a proper order
and sales ticket from the office"
THE mar in charge Of the COM
.missary, --,d discharged now,
would leave the milk at the dairy
instead of getting it for the mess
hall and sometimes it would sour,
but they'd serve it anyhow. I have
eaten sour milk on oatmeal
vouches Noblet in his sworn state
ment.
"The creamery is not sanitary"
Noblet charges in his notarized
statement.
1.-The basin for washing can and
strainers was filthy. No diSinfect-
ant or chlorine to wash strainers
or cans with. Creamery still has
torn screens. I've skinned flies off
milk and sem it to inmates.
- would tell me to do this.
I have picked flies out of butter
after it was churned.
No Test Given
you are given no test, Wasser-
man or otherwise, for work in the
dairy" Noblet charges in his afi-
davit.
Creamery is full of reaches" he
declares.
The farms acting superinten-
dent, Wissel, AYERS that Noblet's
charges of insanitary conditions is
untrue. He says, "a careful in
spection of the dairy never has
shown the slightest contamination
in any way"
> Il saw" continues Noblet's Aft
davit, -, on one of my visits to
the farm, hit a boy with a cane who
was trying to feed a calf and the
boy couldn't gete the calf to drink
milk. 1t was the Calls first feeding.
The boy was Lester Hughes of New
Albany"
THE inmates get meat once a
day. The farm sells its good cattle
and buys Gamers and culls for
b%utchering for the men," declares
Noblet in his affidavit.
Backs Up Milk Charge
Rex Smart, former inmate, of Mo-
rocco, Ind, bears up Noblet'S state
ment regarding "watered milk in
another sworn statement.
He says, Il have helped put fif-
teen gallons of water in fifteen gal
Ions of skinned milk for the men
TO drink. The officers got the
cream"
WisSel, in commenting on Smart's
statement, declares, I'VE do not
think that milk in the prisoners
kitchen ever has been diluted so per
cent, as stated. Water occasionally
is added to the milk to serve
all the men. 49,"
"SparrOWS flew around the kitchen
where I was first put to work. Bread
was dropped on the floor and put
on the plates for men to eat says
Smart'S affidavit.
Worms in Beans
Il have seen worms in the beans
served to the men, The fellows in
the kitchen wouldn't eat the beans
that went to the mess hall. You
never saw butter, sugar, or pepper
in the kitchen. On Sundays, some
times, they'd serve butter to the
men," declares Smart under oath.
But Wissel declares that store
room records show that $500
pounds of butter were served in the
prisoners dining room during the
last year.
City caterers point out that $500
pounds Of butter easily would feed
100000 persons in one year, or an
average of 1000 daily for 300 days.
Ffty-two Sundays in the year of
serving butter, according to Smart's
sworn statement, would be equal to
but 1,040 pounds of butter served
at the ratio of fifty persons or in
mates to the pound. The farm had
$50 inmates on May 81, 1888.
Absence OF butter, sugar or pep
per in the dining room is explained
by Wissel by the fact that these
items are used in cooking and are
not directly served on the table
Chicory Served. He Says
NO coffee, some fake stuff called
chicory, was substituted for break
fast" asserts the affidavit of Will
liam Lemon. a former inmate.
They have real coffee on SUNDAY
morning, but on other mornings
they don't" says the sworn state
ment OF Thomas Bland, Negro, an
other former inmate.
But the menu at the farm for the
week ended July s, 1888, shows cof-
fee on Sunday morning and Postum
listed for serving on other mornings
Of the week.
Yet a check Of retail groceries of
indianapolis shows that Postum
costs between 4 and 6 cents a pound
more than the cheapest coffee. 1t
is sold at from % to 25 cents for
an eighteen-ounce package.
Bought at Lower Cost
One former inmate Ubo worked