Show REPORT OF olf TIM wlm GRAND JURY YESTERDAY afternoon the alleged grand jury presented the following report and after presenting some indictments and reporting cases ignored asked to be discharged the request was granted by the court and so the open venire venine grand jury is no more no indictments were found by it for polygamy GRA GRAND ari JURY ROOM THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT september term 1884 1894 non bon chas S zane zone judge of the third district court in conformity with the charge delivered to this body on being empanelled empanel led we would respectfully represent that we have visited and inspected the following public institutions to wit utah Penitent renitent penitentiary laya laza r insane asylum county jail city jail jall I 1 and county poor house the last named institution has been in existence for a number of years tears and as far as this jury is inform enthis is the first time that it has been visited by anybody from this court our reports of df the condition of the several institutions are annexed hereto and made a part art of this report we have examines examined imy lay witnesses have found no indictments under the U united states laws and have found 27 indictments under the laws of the territory of utah we have also ignored six cases during our session we have finished all the business that can be disposed of during this term of court and would respects respectfully ully ask to be discharged C H M y AGRAMONTE 1 foreman u ROBERT robent MAUNDER JAMES JANIES BOMAN CANNON J J SNELL MORRIS lorris livingston JOHN H CAMPE N L seblee john joun E E A WM E JENKINS JENKIN 8 EDWARD BOVIER boner 11 S geo gro 11 jered JFRED J ered FRED CORKER REPORT 0 ON 11 INSANE ASYLUM to the foreman and members of the I 1 grand jury third judicial district september ep term 1874 t ve your committee appointed to report on the insane asylum beg leave to submit the following said asylum is at present a private institution under the management of doctor seymour B youn xoung Yo young twenty nine 29 inmates oi of which 15 are men and 14 women at different stages of insanity are here confined for treatment some at the expense of relatives and friends and others at the expense of the county it must be admitted that every thin tang was found in as good a condition as circumstances would allow and as possibly could be expected re the location of the asylum Is very veo desirable and healthy being situated at the foot of the wasatch mountains and having a commanding view of salt lake valley the bakr and ando distant mountains it is surrounded by a tine nine orchard and gardens the interior of the two story building was found to be in a very satisfactory is condition the clean acdwell and well weli provided wit with h clothing clothen and bedding the food was good a and seemed to be sufficiently distributed to judge from the healthy appearance of all patients after due consideration it is found proper to state in connection trec tion herewith that we found one case of sickness namely mccrane Mc INIc Krane he having been brought there suffering from paralysis for more than two years ears cars and in in an utterly helpless condition zion clon unable to attend to himself so as to keep sufficiently clean it is desired and expected that the attention of the case being brought before the prO proper perau authorities thorit ties les said party would be removed removed to a hospital or other institution fit nt for treatment of that class of suffer sufferers ers erg and not be confined in the f future in the insane asylum we extend our most courteous thanks to the managers bf tit the institution for their very obliging manner of showing us around explaining the different cases and answering the numerous questions as put to them it being bein understood und ers to 0 that a territorial te aitor al A asylum sy um is narin nearing 0 g e am let iet on at t pr provo 0 vo cit it Is expect expected ed ts that t a in n the ne near tut fut future suture lir a more extended tend accommodation will be offered these unfortunate sufferers of the community BOMAN CANNON MORRIS MORIUS levingston JOHN jonn E EDWARD BOVIER I 1 jonn JOHN CAMPE calpe caire COUNTY JAIL 1 SALT LAKE CITY nov th 1884 1881 foreman of grand jury september term 1884 iti iff 84 the committee on the county lali ali all beg leave to report as follows if there Is one redeeming feature about or in connection with this institution your committee has been unable to ferret out its source or wherein it lies lles upon the lith dinst this grand lury ury light armed with a one caudle caudie power light proceeded to the basement of the county court house and found four sing single leand and two double cells which constitute this so called county jail to alleviate the nauseating odors arising from this thia infamous abode for crim trials about seven or eight bushels of lime greeted us in the corridor cheth erbor er for fon the purpose of aiding Us in our investigation I 1 will allow you to ludge e upon inspecting the several cel cei cells s naw now occupied of which weh there were couro four they were found exceeding exceedingly lv damp on all sides to such an extent that security was a thin thing of the past as the testimony of jailor bart before this jury admits the mattresses in use are in such a state of decay that portions of one gave way upon being raised from the stone floor the straw once contained therein was gustv and mildewed mil dewed in the extreme no na barred windows were found in two of the cells occupied bychich by which the light of day could be greeted by the occupants on the contrary the damp and clammy atmosphere mo sphere pr evaded in these cells and could not nave have been otherwise when human excrement remained so closel closely anz any confined for a period of 24 hours and too in a vessel without any cover whatever bedsteads are not furnished for reasons as given by jailor burt portions thereof would be used in promoting means of escape through the so called prison escaje w walls walis Is the above named gentleman f further stated that with the aid of a broom handle a criminal could easily make his escape through the walls in three hours and your committee does not question this tact fact the prisoners are supplied with two meals daily viz breakfast from 7 to 8 and consisting of pork meat potatoes and ana bread A specimen of the first two shown us ns we consider as being far from palatable not because they were produced produced from beneath the kitchen floor oon and lying in paper upon the ground easily accessible to all vermin that haunt such places not because such meats were not properly seasoned by the backyard back yard I 1 dirt that would Latu natu naturally rally raily accumulate upon the boots of those who entered the kitchen door and screened through upon the same but because of the impression apparently harbored u upon on the minds of the purchaser pup chaser of such meat and pork that fat must necessarily fatten and lean meat cause canse emaciation it is the earnest desire of this entire body to see the present county jail abandoned and immediate provisions made to erect one where the tentacles of death will not overpower a criminal upon his incarceration finally your committee cheerfully pray that this report will receive rec elve eive the attention of the court and not be cast aside like unto the numerous similar reports drafted by our predecessors filling like positions all ali allot of which Is respectfully submitted E A JAMES janies MOFFATT ROBERT ROBE RT MAUNDER N L WM E JENKINS committee POOR HOUSE the committee appointed to report upon the condition of the county poor ron mon house ouse beg be leave to t submit the foil owing the present condition of the buildings indis Is good the several inmates IS or 22 express themselves as being baini satisfied with their quarters that they were provided with good substantial food and ample clothing some of the sleeping apartments were ivere not properly ventilated more particularly aly two rooms which are occupied by sick persons this improvement pro Is recommended not only would it benefit the health of those confined in such rooms but in all probability babi lity would have a tendency to lessen the number of inmates as well as the present expense of the county attention Is called to a lady inmate of this institution whose mind is bordering on lunacy the lady in charge our informant stated that she was frequently compelled to call cali upon the former at all hours of the night and entreat her to desist from making night hideous with her boisterous chattering we consider this person a proper subject for the insane asylum and recommend that she be sent there at once all of which is respectfully submitted E A J MOFFATT WM E JENKIN ROBERT MAUNDER N L SIDLEE committee penitentiary to the foreman of the grand jurg we your committee appointed to report on penitentiary and city j lali jail all ali would submit the fh following tee penitentiary situated four and one half miles southeast from this city la Is located on a government reservation of igo acres of land the penitentiary roper proper embraces embraced one acre surrounded bount ed by an adobe wall twenty two feet high and four feet wide the 8 sleeping rooms are made of two by beefing six inch 1 plank spiked one on cop of the other to a heights of twelve feet at the eaves on each side and ends of these rooms are placed bunks three f feet high that Is one above the other to the number of three two prisoners are assigned to each bunk the number of men now con eon confined fined there being and the bunk room being insufficient a number of the prisoners have to sleep on the floor among the prisoners confined there are five nive serving a life sentence with others of terms ranging from 20 years down to those awaiting the action of the grand juries in th the first and second judicial sleeping together to ether at night and mingling in the t e daytime ay dine the hardened convict serving out a life lifo sentence and the boy boi charged with a crime awaiting the action of some grand strand jur jury are so placed thatis that if the beginner lacis laci lacks s any information in the career he has apparently started on he will in the course of a few weeks or months at farthest llave have had sufficient instruction from his associates socia tes to guarantee his return in the near future should the charge upon which he is at first committed there be ignored we are informed therel has been only one death among the prisoners in the last three years bu in view of the probability babi lity of there being an outbreak of contagious diseases we would urgently represent that some provision be made tor for the safe care of the sick without exposing the majority to the contagion while there we dined with warden G and saw the noonday meal for the prisoners prepared and served and after a thorough examina examination lon Ion of the storeroom bakari and kitchen we are of opinion that the food is good and wholesome the general engral management a of the institution on is I 1 lelent efficient eh and the prisoners all expressed entire satisfaction with the lood rood and treatment received the only complaint being that there was not suitable accommodation by which prisoners riso ners could bathe when necessary in in connection with this we would suggest that as the prison wll well is 65 feet deep and the only means of raising water is by a rope and bucket whir whig which is very slow work and would be found entirely inadequate in case ot fire in the prison rison that a cistern or cisterns be they ma made e of sufficient depth in the ground to prevent freezing and tilled filled with water from the w well weli ell eli by prison labor this supplied with a pumi pump and hose lai ial might 1 1 t be the means of saving the building 11 0 or r liveson lives ilves of the prisoners in case of a nire dire re the prison structure being composed entirely of wood and placed near the centre of the enclosure the heat would be so intense that it is doubtful if a person could live at such a time and the unhappy alternative woula would would have to be resorted to of either suffocating or f freezing the prisoners the officers of the penitentiary consist of alwarden a warden one turnkey and six guards it is the opinion of this committee that additional guards should be provided since a united states rule grants each cacti guard one days leave of absence every month and upon such days there Is better chance for the escape ot prisoners taking advantage of the absence of one guard guird leaving but one on the walls walis taking advantage age of such an occasion five of them scaled the walls and attempted to escape the day before our visit bu but wera were recaptured captured re and returned to the penitentiary tent lary iary within ten hours these suggestions are made as being only ohly for temporary relief and are urgently needed immediately the principal suggestion and the one which must sooner or later be acted on is the condemnation of the present penitentiary as being entirely unfit for the safe keeping ot of criminals within a very short distance of the penitentiary reservation there are quarries of building rock where convict labor could be used ah advantageously vanta bous in preparing for b brilling bu ul illing a new penitentiary the majority of prisoners would hall hail with delight anything thin that offered a relief to uhe the enforced idleness as now endured the reports or suggestions of other grand juries have we believe been entirely unheeded and apparently all suggestions in regard to t the e uta utah penitentiary have been wasted we are particularly earnest in the desire that you draw the attention of the court to the necessity of a be new w penitentiary and t the he other suggestions of this committee CITY JAIL we were shown through the city lail jail by martial phillips and jailer jaller aird we found its condition to be cleanly and secure there were confined there 16 males and one female the bed clothes were ample the food wholesome and sufficient in separate and comfortable quarters a number of bunks had been fitted up for tramps and others having no place to stay over night this provision for the unfortunate is worthy of all praise the condition of the city jail reflects credit on marshal marshai Al arshal phillips we earnestly recommend that those employed on the regular police force of salt lake city be dressed in uniform persons charged with resisting officers have frequently claimed there was nothing to distinguish the police from other citizens or from any one who m might I 1 lit make an unjust attack and be resisted resisted in seif self if def defense ense As questions of veracity arel constantly arising on this score i doubtless injustice is sometimes done which could be obviated by adopt adopting ang a system which we believe obtains in most other cities of this country and Is probably destined to meet the approval of experience and yet become the tiie universal custom chief G al ottinger showed us through the fire department and gave us a good deal of interesting information nhe the men of this department are thoroughly drilled and the sagacious thoroughly black horse orse understand understands 3 his duties at the sound of alarm he left his quarters placed himself beneath the shafts c of f the hose cart and was hitched up r ready eady for the start in an incredibly I 1 short time we are decidedly of the opinion that the chief of this department Is the right man in the rig right ph t place J J ssell SNELL 31 M S J ered FRED CORKER GEO 11 committee |