| Show GRAND JURY REPORT r- r SALT LAKE LASE CITY UTAH Dec 14 1889 Honorable C S Zane Z ne chief justice and JUdge of the Third judicial district court territory of Utah SIR The The grand Krand jury Tor the September term of said id Third district court has bas closed its ita s herewith its final re- re report report re report port We have as M directed by your charge to tous tous us at the be beginning inning of the term inquired into the case cue of every person imprisoned I within the district on a criminal charge and not indicted into the condition and man man- man nt of f the public prisons within the they y district and into in io the willful corrupt mil conduct conduct of public officers officer therein so far as w time and circumstances would permit Below is a TABULATED STATEMENT showing howing the result re of one department of our labors wit to-wit Indictments Indictment found In United States cases cases 21 Indictments found In territorial cases 62 6 Total number of indictments found found 88 Number of persons indicted In United States St te 21 caw cases cases 00 00 00 00 00 00 Number of persons indicted In territorial 88 dases oa Total number of persons Indicted indicted United States oases ignored ignored I 7 Territorial Ignored ignored 20 ao eases caw u U m Total number of cases oases ignored 97 u Total number of witnesses examined examined The Tha examination of public offices office was to some extent extent and of necessity performed by committees committee of the grand jury supervised and by the jury iury as a a body and confined to- to to The First First The c jerks jerk's erk office office of the ThIrd judicial districts district distri o court court rt Se The ond ond The States State penitentiary and aDd the United States States marshals marshal office Third The hard The con county court court which with the I probate court court is i the a governing body in county ty affairs y Fourth City Fourth City government of Salt Lake Laker 5 r cit We ex examined the Understates 1 eta States penitentiary penitentiary tary the county and city ciu jails iUs jail and find them all well the kept kept the food provided at h is if of good quality well wen prepared and plenty of it s Clerk Clerks Clerk's Office Third District D et Court We have caused bo caused to be made a careful ex- ex examination ex examination of of the accounts account of the clerk of the ther r Third district court court as a a far as 81 such C 80 ac account counts count pertain to the of John Johnk JohnM k M Zane and Henry He liry G McMillan and find no evidence of of mismanagement We have haren I made ade e comparison of receipts receipt on account ac of judgments judgments- and colts co with deposits of money to the credi of the States in United States State depository d and find find that each of them hem depo deposited the full fUli full amount for tot which he WaB was wad liable according tor o law and as 88 tt shown Mown by the book books in that hat office f r 4 q The United States State Marshal Manhal and the Penitentiary We have hare made a careful examination as asto asto asto to the manner in which the several United States marshals have conducted the peni peni- penitentiary penitentiary from 1883 1882 to tb the present time and find that the man management ement has been about the same by the several g gentlemen who have had bad charge of that institution during the period covered by this report The penitentiary is ia is charge of the mar marshal marshal a as 88 warden He has from ten tel to twenty guards guard under him one of whom hom acts as deputy warden at compensation a of 75 per month and board The deputy warden from 1882 to 1888 1886 was rge N N Dow appointed by Marshal Ire Ire- Ireland Ireland Ireland land Mr how Cow ow also served for some months under Marshal Dyer From Oc Oc- October October October tober 1886 to the close of Mr Dyers Dyer's ad- ad administration administration ad administration ministration O 0 L Brown and Arthur Pratt were the deputy wardens Mr Jos Jos- Joseph Joseph Joseph eph Amos Amos is the deputy under Marshal Parsons The supplies were furnished for the peni peni- penitentiary penitentiary penitentiary during all this with time time with few ex- ex ex exceptions by by the following named firms firma firm Groceries and provisions Remington Johnsen n Co Groceries and provisions Kahn Bros Fresh beef Martin Lannan Fresh beef Cook Glanfield Dry goods and clothing Auerbach Bros Dry goods and clothing L Goldberg Flour George A Lowe Coal Pleasant Pleasant Valley Coal Co Hay D C Lee O Oats ts and bran Sears Liddle Potatoes and milk by the deputy war war- warden warden war 1 den above named THE VOUCHERS Upon examining such vouchers as we have been able w to M find with a view of as- as as prices paid for supplies etc for forthe forthe forthe the penitentiary we ascertained that all vouchers rendered the government for po- po potatoes potatoes po potatoes and milk by Deputy Wardens Dow Brown and Pratt were not according to the facts The potatoes were raised upon the penitentiary reservation by prison labor the milk mUk was from cows owned by bythe bythe bythe the marshal cared for by prison labor and fed principally from food either raised upon th reservation reser or paid for b by by the govern government government government ment the deputy wardens presented tile the vouchers voucher for such supplies in their re respective respective respective names but the money went to the marshals These potatoes cost the govern govern- govern sixty to seventy-five seventy cents per bushel and the milk from twenty five to cents From 1882 1862 to the present time the gov gov- government government government has paid on account of these milk vouchers between two thousand five hundred and three thousand dollars this this for the use uee of one and a por portion tion of the time two cows to supply milk for the wardens warden's table and guards and occasionally a few quarts for the prison hospital It was wa also made to appear that during the time Mr Brown was deputy warden not half the milk was furnished Which tile vouchers called for We are unable unable to state the amount of money the government paid on these so- so called so-called U potato vouchers voucher but are entirely satisfied d that it was in excess of the amount paid for milk There were confined at the penitentiary durin the fiscal year ending May 81 1889 a daily average of 5 10 prisoners which f with the twelve guards and the deputy warden and matront matron t made a total of 5 persons to be provided provided for The total cost of this for the year was about de- de deducting deducting de deducting ducting salaries of guards warden and matron the expense was wan about The expense expense of keeping prisoners for the year ending July 1889 fl including pay and board of guards and the wardens warden's salary was about 48 cents per day deducting pay of guards and Var wardens warden's salary it was about 85 cents per day Weare We are of the opinion that many of the supplies furnished were excessive in quan- quan q an quantity and extravagant in price In March 1889 there was wa pounds of fresh meat used at 8 cents ham hamand hama and aad d bacon for same month cost 1020 1020 In April 1889 they had pounds of fresh beef at 8 cents per pound C In May 1889 they had pounds of fresh meat bt fat 8 cents per pound In February 1889 they had pounds of flour at 1260 to 1 per hundred In April 1889 pounds of flour at 1 per hundred In May 1889 8 pounds of flour at per hundred PRICES PRICKS FOR SUPPLIES SURPLUS During these months there was an aver average age of about prisoners and we are of the opinion that the fresh meat ham and bacon furnished durin during this time was as a to quantity about 25 per cent in excess of what was necessary aud and as to price orice was 25 85 per cent too high The price paid for flour 10 per cent higher than it might have been purchased for In June 1889 candles cost the govern govern- government government government ment 5 per forty pound box they could have been bought for per box For many months the hay corn cern oats and bran purchased on the penitentiary account for the use of the penitentiary team and cows owned by the warden cost the government from fifty to sixty dollars dollar per this month month this in addition to the h hay raised by prison labor on the penitentiary reservation For years past the marshal has been beaD bee paid by one grocery firm the sum of per month for lor delivering their groceries to the penitentiary and the gentlemen who f have furnished meat eat to the prison have 1 also paid him 80 30 per mOD month th for the delivery 1 of that article There There is an n account kept and aud charged against the government w which l h is known as a the wagon account this thi i is made up from the earnings of a team and aDd wagon owned by the marshal which is 18 kept at the penitentiary and fed at the ex- ex expense ex expense 01 pense of the government it is cared oared for forand and driven by prison labor between the theM i penitentiary M and the city and other places place for transportation tation of prisoners ud and nd other other- nece necessary sary business This team is in charge of a trusty convict as 88 driver The mar mar- marshal marshal mar marshal receives for the use of it 5 15 for each trip to and from the city with one or more J prisoners This wagon account for one y year r r from June JUDe 1 1888 to May 81 1889 itemized itemized shows hows the following M MS S 06 trips at t 85 5 per trip trip 1540 12 18 months delivery of m meat ot 00 OO 30 per month 12 months delivery of groceries 25 25 per month month Total for the year 2200 year u THE T E PRESENT MARSHAL Parson P r on has the same arrangements as his predecessors in res t to compensation compensation tion tion for hauling groceries and meat 25 meat per r month for the one and nd 30 per month for the the other government feeding caring for and proving a driver for the team and paying the mar mar- ma 25 per trip between the peni penitentiary J e a city forthe for forthe forthe the use of it During Duling August September and twenty-three twenty days day in October of this year it made sixty-four sixty trips trip at 5 cartage of groceries and meat during said months total For the government can provide it it- it itself Belt it-Belt self with a span pan of horses wagon and har har- harness harness harness ness to perform this service and ad- ad ad may purchase two good cows cow suf- suf sufficient sufficient to furnish all the milk necessary for forthe forthe forthe the penitentiary and it would seem eem as though it were wore economy to do so 0 The present marshal has twelve cows about one hundred hogs and two ex- ex extra extra ex extra tra horses bone it t the penitential's The deputy warden Mr Amos keeps two horses and anda anda a large number of turkeys turkey and chickens at atthe atthe atthe the same place All these are fed and cared for by prison labor a portion of the food for these animals and fowls fowl is derived from surplus food and swill from the prison tables and kitchen the balance is paid for forby I the marshal and deputy warden I From his twelve cows the marshal sup sup- supplies supplies plies milk for tor the table of the deputy warden and guards at the expense 0 of r the government and sells from 70 to 80 worth of milk per month to the prisoners or such of them as have money to buy it at the uniform price of twenty-five twenty cents per gallon This industry furnishes a revenue to the marshal of not less than per month and aud at the same time has solved a disputed question concerning prison dis- dis discipline discipline dis discipline viz as to whether it is best to furnish healthy penitentiary con convicts convicts convicts with articles of food other than the regular prison fare even though it brings profit to the officers in charge It is but justice to w the marshal to state in this connection that when ques ques- questioned questioned questioned in regard to this milk supply he answered that many of the convicts were old men with poor teeth and obliged to eat mush CHARGE OF FRAUD We find under the management of the several marshals during the period covered by our in investigations vesti 1 That I-That That nearly all the vouchers rendered the government by the deputy wardens for potatoes or milk were fraudulent in whole or in part That 2 2 That the supplies furnished have been excessive in quantity That B-That 8 That the prices paid for tor such supplies I have in many instances f That 4 4 That the wagon account is an impo impo- imposition imposition I upon the government 5 That 5 That it is bad policy and worse judg judg- judgment judgment judgment ment to permit the marshal or any em em- employees employees under him to keep p private property or animals in or about the premises or to permit prisoners to perform any kind of work or labor for the personal benefit of the marshal That 6 6 That men servin serving of imprison imprison- imprisonment imprisonment imprisonment I ment for violation of the the laws of Con Congress ess against polygamy and unlawful cohabit cohabit- cohabitation cohabitation tion have been granted greater liberties and I more generous favors than those imprisoned imprisoned imprisoned for other offenses Believing this to tobe tobe tobe be unwise and an unjust discrimination E we respectfully sug suggest est that it be discon discon- discontinued discontinued discontinued J We are of opinion that the person who acts as warden of the penitentiary ought ou to have better rank and pay than a mere F guard His position is a most responsible one and calls for a peculiar order of talent if he is fitted for the position he is certainly certainly certainly entitled to what is here sug suggested ested We believe that such a change would also conduce to the improvement of prison discipline This officer ou ought ht also to beY ber be r r I f Y 14 J provided with a horse and li light ht wagon at atthe atthe atthe the expense of the government his duties call bun to the city almost every day and andas andas as the penitentiary is four miles distant th the use of a conveyance is a necessity The Marshal Harshal His Deputies and Compensation We have devoted as much time to an ex- ex examination examination ex examination of the marshals marshal's office proper i his books accounts and manner of doing business as justice to our other and cur cur- current current current rent business would permit The em emolument returns we did not ex- ex examine examine ex examine amine but confined our inquiry mainly to the matter of charges an and fees for tor the ser ser- service service service vice of criminal processes from 1880 1830 to the present time We find tind that in 1880 1 1880 1 2 when actual expense was charged team hire cost 10 per day for a double team 5 for single horse 1 to per day was charged during this period for subsistence From 82 to 85 this item for team hire when actual expense was charged in- in increased increased in increased creased to as high a rate as 15 per day for team and subsistence In some instances the deputies were employed at stated sal sal- salariEs salaries salaries aries the marshal furnishing his own teams and in such cases canes had all the earnings oI 01 the deputy Other deputies worked on commission getting from 60 to 75 per cent of their earnings in such cases they usually usually ally owned and used their own teams beams but butin butin butin in some instances the teams were owned jointly by the marshal and his deputy We find that during I THE ADMINISTRATION OF OT MR DYER wherever his deputy worked upon commission commission commis- commis sion say 60 per cent for fer illustration marshal retained 40 per cent of the actual expense for team hire as well as upon other items of the actual cost that is to say if a deputy charged 8 for a team and 2 3 for subsistence total 10 |
