| Show WOUND UP I y I 4 m The Grand Jury are Finally Discharged THEY FILE THEIfi REPORT John O Cannon Probably IaHicto for Polygamy The UeU and Mark Caies Neirton Itiitioff The Grand Jurys labors were brought to a close yesterday afternoon by their appearance In court and the Sling oC the report which follows Theyalso presented thirteen indictments indict-ments four unlawful cohabitation one polygamy one for stealing government property and seven for ufitnbei under the Territorial statutes The paper wai merely handed to the Judge who asked if they had any further business j 51 r Varian stated that witness who had been subpccnsed to attend the I Grand Jury in a certain case had not I appeared and he asked that an attachment attach-ment be issued fur the defaulter The Judge made the order and informed the jurors that they were discharged for the term THE BCrOBT To the Hon Charles S Zane Judge of the Third Judicial District Territory of Utah The Grand Jury empannelled at the September term of court herewith here-with submit their finai report We have been in session twenty seven days and have examined eightyseven cases including fiftyseven cases under the laws of the United States and thirty cases under the laws of this Territory 01 these welbave ignored ig-nored twentytwo cases and found and returned indictments in forty eight cases under the laws of the United States and seventeen under the laws of this Territory The cases of the People vs George Geatz charged with grand larceny and of the People vaWillnim Hoodcaarged with an assault with a deadly weapon were not submitted to us in time to be examined We recommend that said cases together to-gether with the cases of the United Sttes vs W E Bassett and the United States vs S li Marks and the United States V3 Gideon Mumford alfcharged with the crime of unlawful cohabitation cohabita-tion be submitted bv the court to the next Grand Jury Committees ofyoar Grand Jury have examined into the condition of the United States Penmtentary and the City Jail at Salt Lake City and the reports re-ports of said committees showing the results of xzch examination era heJcun to annexed and made part hereof We have returned indictments against the principals in a ring or prize light buthave failed to indict any of the other parties implicated for the following follow-ing reasons The law under which these indictments were found has not been heretofore enforced and we believe there was very generally a misunderstanding in the community com-munity as to its application to pnolic exhibitions and sparring matches Under these circumstances we deemed it sufficient by indicting the principals to direct attention to the existence of a law which includes nil exhibitions of the above character One Hyrnm Newton was duly subpw used to appeir before us as a witness He has failed to appear and we request that he he attached and dealt with as the facts may warrant Having con eluded our labors we ask to be finally discharged KicnAEo MACKINTOSH Foreman REPORT OS visa EITNTLABY Richard Jlackintnh Faq Foreman the Grand Jury United States District Court Dar SirThe undersigned being a subcommittee appointed by you to report on the condition of the Penitentiary Peniten-tiary beg leave to report that in company com-pany with other members of the grand fany we visited the Penitentiary on November 23th and found everything in as good order as could be expected under the circumstances Many of tho jury visited the place for the first time and we empowered to make the statement that were it not that the United States appropriation had been made which is expected to place the Penitentiary on a much better more modern and more civilized basis we would feel like making a very stringent criticism on the ac comodations provided and the general aitique look of the place We desire it to be understood however that this statement shall not be held as reflecting on cue present mtinageoieuv of the in smution tor as fur as our investigation investiga-tion extended and as carefully as we could examine into the state of affairs the present managers and officers are doing everything in their power tc utilize the pjor accommodationsto look after the welfare of the inmates and to give a modern look to what is really a relic of bcrbaiism We examined into the question of clothing food kitchen and bunk arrangements and find no complaint to make beyond what is implied im-plied in the above limitation We wae happy to find a school underway under-way inside the prison walls conducted by a Johnson aconyict largely attended by the inmates We cannot speak too highly of the value oMsucn a school particularly to the younger convicts The United States has a just pride in the fact that measures of prison reform and prison advancement if we may so speak are receiving earnest at tauuon mrougbout the countrv And we trust that the school and othee > siiu liar agencies for good will be foatcred and ujaintnced as far a nut be possible pos-sible We were advised of the ce of a Richard Hood now awaiting trial and temporarily lodged at the iVutentiary who is 11 ruble auiftrer trnm epileptic fits lie has had eighteen riside of a couple of months and ut would > ent that an anylum was a more tI place for him thai a unison The warden concurs con-curs in this idea but what aylum cold receive him or what r Hefcouttl be extended him we are not prepared to say Repeating that wo find everything at this Penitentiary in as sstisfactory a condition as the limited semibarbar OWl style of the institution permits i we remain remainYours Yours etc tcAR MARC S BrvzuJrcx Joszra E GAunnn JAM 13 ASDUSOX XUORT os TUB crrr rut To the Foreman and Jcnim the Grand Jury > We your committee appointed to investigate in-vestigate the condition of the Salt Lake City Jail would respectfullysubmit That the cells are kept in as good condition as the character of the inmates in-mates will allow the building well warmed and ventilated and the food given the prisoners of good quality and sufficient amount Joe E GALI011E2 JAI AXDKB30V Coats Diana The absence of any mention of Jno Q Cannons name in this report and the fact that one indictment has been found for polygamy renders it probable tha a bill ha been found against him A HERALD reporter who knew that several sev-eral days ago they had reached no conclusion con-clusion in this case owing to the absence ab-sence of Major Woodsasked Foreman Mackintosh why the Cannon case had not been mentioned with the Basbett Thre was noticed mentioning was his reply Tlien he has been indicted 11 did nt say so was Mr Mackin toshs only responseS response-S H B Smith was seen anxiously waiting in the corridois to learn what action had been taken in the cssa of his son It is probable that he too has been indicted though the absence of the principal l witness against him Hyrum Newton is inexplicable aid i may possibly have caused a failure to indict I |
