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Show GRAND JURY REPORT, The Utah Psoltenllar; Comes In (or Yery Favorable Hentlon. IILMAUKS ON Till: C0U.M1 J lib. Hut (III t .Say tho Inriulillore, tho City Jail, "It ! a libit Upon Our lloailcd llillliatloul" The grand Jury of the Third district oourt reeented their final report nt a late hour .Monday afternoon and wire then dltchirgtd ly JuJge 5!ne. The report li at followi: Tho grand Jury for tho April term, 1693, have thu honor to rirt tho fol-lowing: fol-lowing: Wu Lommenrod our labora on Monday, Mon-day, April 10th, 1!'J3, holding dally eelone,Huudaytvxcepled,up to aud lucludlug April L.'nd wheti we ad-Juumed ad-Juumed tu llujr HiinU, tluco whlcli dtln wuhavo held dally leiiloni, Bundaya ixcepted up to tbu date. We have Invtttlgatcd thllty-eln.ht complalultti followi: Twelve Unilud KUtti catei; twcnty-ilx Territorial cruel,, llii.llni Indlctmenlaat followi: Mne ULlted Statu caeee and eoven-Kin eoven-Kin Ierrltorlal cntun, ind iKnuiel three United a tali t ouia nnd ulue Territorial cue. lENITt-NIIAlir, We vlilted thu peutlentlary, nnd found It In very excellent condition, .hverythlng In nnd about the premleet lullcitod good tnunaioiuout, I'ioore, wall, und leillngt Mere clean aud frith looking; ventilation good; air lu and about the cellt wat pure, aud flee from any taint or unrlcasant odor, lerfect uliclpllue leerat to pervade every deartment. The food furn,ehtd tha prtioneriurecelved our tpeolal at-toutlou, at-toutlou, aud wat found to be good, wholeiome and eultiantlal. BJmunf the prleonera oomplilnul of lueutll, clent utntlly aud lack of varl.tjj othereuenlej Dili nud claimed they were aillilled. From curobMrTitlou end Invullgalloii, ttecauietothecou-cluilon ttecauietothecou-cluilon there wat no cauio for torn-plaint, torn-plaint, aud believe thu food fjrnlihed li above the average uiutlly tiipplled Iniliiilltrlnitllutlouaoliewhere. The hoijltalwu found tu bu In excellent ex-cellent condition, clean and comfort-nbli. comfort-nbli. The Itimatei were well carod for and ally attended by tbu aurgton Dr. Hylcet. Kacllltlei for lighting are Iniulll. elect, and we tarneitly ncommeud lhaladynini) befurulihod forelectrlo lighting the premteta Inildo nnd out. aide. The main yard In which the prison la iltuatul ihuuld bo cemented; at the pretent tlnio, owing to rainy weather, theyard liiiultaniuddy,Aud prlunen In order to ixerclee muit neceuarlly d io lu the mud and wet; thli u ntlther eon Juclve to health or cleanll-uii, cleanll-uii, and we mjit reijectfullj urge that thli rtcetva prompt ullentlou. Tho etone wall eurroundln; the frl0D,lii our opinion, ihould bu ut eaitfour fett higher, nnd at an al-dltlonal al-dltlonal protection agalust etcape, we recommend plaolng around the top of the wall the motl proved bayonet eplkte. l'llioneri kept lu ooutlnual tdleneia It demoralizing, aud tendi to the cultivation culti-vation of thobaer and moro vklout paiilom; our aim ihould be Io try and improve the condition and Uvea of lime unfortunate!, aud If olble turn thim out better men and women than when Ibey eutired. In ordor to accomplish thu much deilre I end, meani tbould be provided by whloh all cuul l learn tome uieful trade or occupation, occu-pation, by whloh to earn an honeit livelihood; othernlie thuy beccmu more dtj raved than whua they eu-tered, eu-tered, Martha) lltnton It a moit enielent cfllcer, and to till good management much credit lidue. Wnidiupquliea and hliuielitauuarenMe nsd comp tent men, aud are entitled to uiui.li iralieforthe able manner In whloh they have min:ed the VArloui Uotnili of their reepcitlvu duties. CUUMY JAIL. At the county (all we did not find that neatntre and cleanllmii whlcli ihould !rvl!, but HtiorlU" McQueen It uow havliuthe plaoe put lu order, nud promlict to toon have the preiuliea III good ihape, Tho dark cell uied for puiiliulug unruly prhouera la lm-I lm-I rojcrly localej; prltonort laced In It are uiually very noliy, and we are informed in-formed their outcrji ure Itlnly heard on tho atrtet, frequently attracting crowdt of paiion by, tliue ureallng a ntlMuae. lliltahould bur.medled by io locating the lull that outcrlui could not be heard uKll thu publlo Ihor.ugh-fare, Ihor.ugh-fare, l'rl.outra had uo fault to Und with the fjoil furulihed tbein nnd tald they were ettlilloj as to quality and iuaullty, Very few, If any, of thu prlioncra turned out of this jail bavuany money with whloh to procure meal or lodging, lodg-ing, uiuu muit beg, or at once i ro-ceed ro-ceed to ly ti elr old vocation we would, therefore, recommend that inch prliouer upon being turned lootu be irovlJid with uflloleut fuude with which to kavu the county or Terrl-tor), Terrl-tor), at tho dlioretlon ot thu proper autnorlllea. Hherlll MrQutcn aliould bu iom-minded iom-minded for thu cjiupletoaud lyitem-atlo lyitem-atlo record book keit 111 his elllce, giving full details ot all uiiet coming undor hit charge. CITY JAIL. Title Inttllutlou la a blot upon our boaited civilization, ami tho sooner It Is rczad to the vround, an I u now ouu Hibtltutvd,the belter for the riputallon of our lair city. It li entirely too email, and liwltollj Inadequate for tho iurxjtes fir which It la Intended. Captain l'sul keeje the kitchen, dliilugroom, tablet, etc. In a very clean and tidy manner, and the floors aud Lelli on the second flu ir lu the eailern ptrtettliu building uru alio ku(t In good condition, nuu In this particular mini to bu doing nil that can bu dono under exlillng clrcumitaucii, to maku It as oouifortublit for l rliuners ut possible: for this ho Is to 1 e commended. Hut ou the lower floor, weit of tho hallway Is situated what le called the "DUclt Hole," where dliobedlent prliomrs aro conllued, no lids, uo tovtrlcg, uithlng but tbu bare stonu lloir ii ou whloh to lie ut nlt,ht. The day we vlattud the tail thlt hole of iniaer) aud degradation, about six by (even feit, contained nvu prltonera, covered with vermlu, who hud tbeu bieu confined wltlilu lta narrow walls live duyi, without food or water, exiept tuch as W) secretly hauded In to them by othir more fvrtuuatu irltoners, Cart nl q l'sul, when 'luttsllouid uu IhU point, admlttud H was true, but In Juillflcsllou, tald II wat tho only place bo bad In whlcli to oouflne them, aud It wu the only way t lubdue ttiiti charscteri. All admit that sterndliclpllnelniucli Imlltutljiis Is abiclutely Deceitary, lul tho funlilinient Inflicted upon these poor unfortunate crcslurei, Ismott In-Human, In-Human, no beast could be so Heated. It la n crying alinmo that such a thins should exlit In tills nineteenth century, cen-tury, right In the very heart of our city. U o aik lu the uime of decenoy, In the name of humanity that thlt horrible reproach upon the good uamo cf our city beat once abollihed. COUNTY 1-0011 HOUSk. The county poor heme, under the able mnlisgeiiicnt of Dr. nnd Mra. Joel 1". Allen, Is n model of ueatueM nnJ clesnllnets. Food of thu lust quality, and In ample quantity Is furnlihedtholnmatii. Itoomsare well vcutllated and In goo I order, nud nothing seems to be licking looking to thecon fjrlof thecccupauls. Hie building le loo small, and as a remedy we would suggest the ereotlon of ee arnta building for women, also a hospital building. With these nJtll. tlons there should bo no lack of room lor mauy years to come. Having concluded con-cluded our labors, we nipeclfully oak to be discharged. Kespictfully lubrnltled, J. C. C'ONMIN, foreman Urand Jury. A. II. Maim. Clerk Urand Jury. |