Show i I LIQUOR FOR CITY PRISONERS I EFFORTS TO FURNISH IT SUB iI i I REPTITIOUSLY I Case in Police Court Illustrates the Need of Better System of Keeping I Prisoners from their Friends II I I The absurdity of the present system I i of jail management was shown again 1 yesterday when C Winston and others I werearralgncd before Judge TImmony Ion I-on the charge of trespass In the city jai yard I showed how easy It Is for I anyone on the outside to communicate I with the prisoners verbally or to pass f lo them anything that the men Inside i may desire Winston was caught I merely in the act of conveying verbal I I message to a prisoner hc having been I let out of jail but a few hours before and 6f his crime wis nol of a very ag gravaled nature he was allowed to go after he had been warned by the Judge that a repetition of such conduct would bring about more serious penalties Then Tom Lloyd and Tom Hel were arraigned on the same charge Otllcer Johnson testifying that he had found j the men loitering In the shadow of the 1 Jail all when he hal asked them what they were doing they had thrown the I chestnut at him that they were lookIng look-Ing for the bunkhouse He took them I In however and when ho went back I to the place where he found the men he discovered a pint of alcohol which thc fellows had no doubt Intended to pass up to lie prisoners I lhe city Jail might as well be on the public streets as where it now Is There Is no guard around It and the IonS alleyway al-leyway leading from State street to the back of the jail Is really a thoroughfare thorough-fare used alike by the firemen and the police patrol I Is the easiest matter in the world for anyone to slip in tie whatever I the prisoners may desire to I u piece of siring hal has previously I been Ipwered i and then depart That I serious trouble has not occurred In the jail beforeIbis because of the fact that alcohol and other stimulants are being I constantly sent Into the prisoners Is a mailer of astonishment among all who know how easy such things are worked The Judge decided that twentyfive I days would be about enough to cause the defendants to reflect that the big sign In the rear of the Jail which says no trespassing will be allowed was not I erected for ornamental purposes merely mere-ly l |