Show DISMISSAL OP OF JACOBS Governor Wells Makes a Statement and nad BU I Bays Says There Thero is No Alternative In of the dismissal of ot Guard Jacobs Jacob front the tho of ot tho the Hate Gov Wells Velis made the th following statement to a tl Nova News representative today The board boari of oC corrections has lias no au authority authority tier nor mortey to pension penion pen lon ervant of ot the state stale who have become disabled while performing their duty dut The prison physician at ut the ho last of oC the tha board certified that Guard Jacobs Jacob by reason of ot the tho Injuries received during tho the brenk last In t October was wu h unable hIt to perform hi lila duties dulle as guard The board then notified Mr Jacobs that It would give jve ho him until the first of oC March to find other em om employment Personally I regret very cr much that It became necessary to take such au h action nil as Unit but b t the tue hoard board had Md no other oIlier al ci alternative alternative I told Mr Jacobs that I would assist him hint In every way possible to find employment suitable ul ablo to hU lila physical Ih condition Is there thore no other employment of ot any kind around the tue that you could give Mr Ir Jacobs go o 0 ho he could retain lull hit position asked tho the reporter No Nil there li Is I nothing whatever thet lu hI could do out there ther was rca the tho reply Guard luard Jacobs hat has employed nt lit attim Ufo tim prison since BincO October 1893 3 Just 10 1 years nt at the time ho lie received his Injuries In struggling bravely to glo 10 the alarm rind find pi event the escape of oC several prisoners During the irison bionic he hI watt WIlH nH beaten benten Into In on by the convicts and would undoubtedly have linso been killed 1 but fur for the intervention lieu tion of ot Jimes Lynch whose of ot death has since been commuted to life lito Imprisonment because of ot his net at that tune time Mr Ir Jacobs woe was In tie tha hospital he for three week It has tins now become evident according to tile the th re report report report port pf Of tie the prison physician that Guard Jacobs Jacohs received Injuries to lila his hend render him tutu incapable of attend attending ing lag to the unties duties of a n guard The hoard of ot corrections at nt Its 1111 meeting fleeting on the second Wednesday dRY In January notified Mr Jacobs that his services would not be needed n the tile first of oC March |