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Show PENITENTIARY AFFAIRS. Depnly Yandercooi Will Perform Duty as Warden. J. D. XELLKU'DIES L TRISOX. Reasons for'tlir.- Retirement or Cap. ' tain Anio. - U.S. Marshal Parsons has decided upon the-man' to whom he will entrust the care of the penitentiary, and the selection has fallen upon the marshal's chief deputy, O. C. Vandercook. The latter gentleman will take immediate charge of the prison. He will doubtless make a good official there, as he has done iu the place he has occupied. The Marshal says that at the present time hu does not consider any addition addi-tion to the force of deputies necessary. neces-sary. Mr. Cannon Is the next in order of succession on theforce. v JOU.N I). KELlMt SCAD. Yesterday afternoon there was a death at the penitentiary. This wxi John D. Keller, who was about 50 years of age. A little over two years ago In January, 1SS3 he was arrested at Tattle, Montana. i me charge against Iitm was t murder, for having killed Wade Badgely atStocklon.Tooele County, . May 1, 1S7I. He claimed that the 'e shooting was done in self-defense, j The jury found him guilty of man-. man-. slaughter, and Judge Sandford sen-j sen-j tencctl him to Imprisonment for four r and a half years. -"For some time s lost he lias been in feeble health, , hlsXlIsease having been pronounced j as conumption,and yesterday afternoon after-noon he passed away. His family y nowxresides at WalkcrvIIIe, Monta-t Monta-t ns. He was burled this afternoon. ' OAITAIX AltOS' RETinEMCCT. Today Marshal Parsons' attention I was called to tlie statement alleged ' to have been madeby Captain Amos . regarding tlie latter's retirement from the office of acting warden of tho (euitentlary, and he was requested re-quested to give his version of the affair. "I do uotcare," said the marshal, "to say anything on tlie subject. Captain Amos vent cast yesterday, and tho statemeDts be has made, if tlie story of tlie Tribune Is correct, tell their own tale. Any person who reads them can see the absurdity ab-surdity of the position the captain has taken, aud 1 think he will be sorry for it when lie has had time to reflect-" "What was there about the employment em-ployment of F. J. Stark as a guard that Captain Amos ol jected to?" "That was just thi. Stark was a guard before Captain Amos came here. Some tlmu ago ho received a letter that his Cither was very ill. Then he got a telegram asking him to ceTme at once He showed tlie letter an-1 telegram to Captain Abix. and asked if he could have his old place as guard w he-n he returned. re-turned. The captain said he thought so. but that Stark ould have to see me. Cii'taia Amus told me, aud said that Stark was the best guard at the 'lieu,' so he was promised Ills iv.ftlni hf ti lit (-smi 1-nMf. "And now Is u litre tlie whole trouble began. It was when Amos' boy let that prisoner Iceland get away. I told his father that he ' could not hold the important position posi-tion of taking prisoners to and from tho penitentiary, but as he could not grt anything else to do, I said he coulJ go as guard on the luck walk w here ho would be on service in the day lime. The boy would not go, and I positively declined to let him act where he Would let other prisoners ecapc. Then his father got mad. Stark came lack at this Juncture. Captain Ames wanted his son to hae tho place which Stark had held, and I refugee! Then the cat.talu' anger became greater, aiulit finally resulted iu his resignation. 'But one of the (allegations made against you is that 3 ou allowed the guards to talk to you?' 'Oftourse I did. Any man who has buMuS evil talk witli me-, nnd I'll ticat him civilly. I'm not above being talked to because I hire a guirdatthe penitentiary." "Captain Amos al-o complains that you never made him warden, but that bis titlo was guardnnd act-lug act-lug warden?" Ttiat is true, but I cculd not change the statute. The law makes the marshal the warden of tlie penitentiary and he assigns a guard to do duty as acting warden. The law governs that." He says tlie bargain fjr tlie penitentiary sup lies are all made by tho marshal, and that he never knew their cost." "Whenever he lought anything, I told him to do ro at the best advantage. ad-vantage. As to my accounts, I did not submit them to him, for I was not employed by him. There is a man appointed to check ofi goods, look over the accounts, etc., and he does it." 'What about Stark being a rebel, md about tho guards at thc'jen' being 'unrepentant rebels,' as Mr. Amos says?" "Why Slavic, Is a young man,and wasn't lorn till after the I tela II ion. As to tlie others, there Isn't a rebel among them, and a number nre Grand Army men." "How is It about Captain Ames' assertion that you are not a Christian Chris-tian and a gentleman?" "Well, as to that you have heard the story about a man having to move out of a neighborhood to get good neighbors, anil then wishiug to get back because he was worse oil. Well, tho captain has gone. But It was not so lmjch him as his boy." 'Did you take any steps about his unlawful acts regarding prisoners?" "Well, I don't want to say anything any-thing about that." "But you know of the complaints "ll,l l,f .TMn tt,n,!i" "Yes, but it was the boy, and as I said, I relieved him from the position, posi-tion, and thu father dfd not liko it. That was the motof the trouble," ' "You aw aware tbcugb, that, there was (Kssatisfactiori nmong tho guards, and know of the cautes therefor?" "Yes, I knew that the best guards wcroabout to leave liccausc he was so abrupt and unkind to tbtra. They allplTered their resignations once, but I requested them to go on a while longer. But as to that part of the affair I have nothing to say. I think Captain Amosmadca. mistake in tho nli'alr, aud alo by rushing let J print, hut do not desire to say anything fdrlhcr about him. I wish him well, and have not the slightest unfriendliness for him." |