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JAIL SCANDAL
IS REVIEWED IN
‘COUNTY GRAFT’
(Continued From rage One.)
outers into a scheme to make more
than <B.OOO or <IO,OOO a year off the
Government?
SHERIFF AND SIX
OF AIDS INDICTED.
Bheriff Robert F. Miller and six of his
former deputies or appointees were in
dicted April 17, 1920, by the Marion Coun
ty grand Jury.
Tnfe indictment charged the sheriff with
misuse of office and neglect in the per
formance of his duties.
The penalty l provided hy the statute
covering this matter is a fine of not less
than SIO.OO and not more than $500.00
and imprisonment of six months in the
county jail.
Only one indictment was returned
against Miller, but there were several
other Indictments returned against dep
uties and appointees, charging assault
•nd battery on prisoners, keeping a gam
bling house and permitting gambling to
go on in the jail.
The report of the grand Jury, In part,
follows •
The general sanitary condition of
the jail is very bad, due in part at
least to the fact that the plumbing
system and plumbing fixtures are in
very bad repair; that the toilets for
the most part have ceased to func
tion, and it is necessary to flush
them by pouring water into the bowl.
In the colored men’s section, the
toilets are rusted out and the wood
work around the toilets Is rotted to
such an extent that It would be pos
sible for a man to crawl through
some of the holes. ...
Furthermore, there Is no toilet
paper for use In the entire Jail so far
ss we were able to ascertain.
The beds and bunks are in very
bad condition. Some of the beds
have the springs entirely torn off and
In many other cases the springs are
so badly damaged that they are en
tirely unserviceable and unfit for any
human being to sleep upon. The
mattresses and straw ticks are in
verv bad condition. Not only are
theV soiled to the point of being
filthy, ns are the blankets also, but
the straw has been used for so long
that it has become unfit for Its pur
pose both from the standpoint of
sanitation and comfort to the pris
oners.
The grand Jnry reported ‘'that the
prisoners are not provided with indi
vidual drinking cups, and in view of the
Sarahljngerfelt.tfMiCounly.
iWYJfflO Tennessee,Recorded in (heCensus
g£ ' vntd b^ ed R S ort
HER YOGNCIST DAUGHTER RECFH7LY
a tuttt crrrtnv Wfi celebrated her birthday, with
A TRUE STORY M §pp|ijr-| a cake of 70 camples.
“lARAH LINOERFELT, whose por- 4| ' The accompanying picture was taken
S trait is here shown, and who, In 1 from a photograph of that remarkable old
k ' December, 1920, will be 119 years feJSLv' woman, Mrs. Sarah Lingerfelt, now living
years old, is still a woman of remarkable at Servilla, 1 en.n., the mother of 13 chil
vitality and possessor of an unusually good dren, the only surviving one of which, the
memory. She not only remembers things y /v'/'ifyJy/nA If Jtf x youngest, a daughter, is over 70 years old.
which happened in the past, but has a f /! \I M >; * I Mrs. Lingerfelt was bom In Cherokee
keen memory for every-day happenings. ' lj > y North in Decem-
A. Frank Smith, and her youngestdaugh- h * r eariy childhood, and has lived in
ter, Margaret Smith, who recently cele- \I 'f c He at^°‘n ‘ ng counties all the rest
brated her 70th birthday. To a reporter who recently visited her
The story of her hfe ia a record of he- /!§ ak-\: ~ j? home, this old lady talked entertainingly
froic struggles against poverty and unfavor- Yj about her early life and her struggles dur
able circumstances. At the age of 18 she * ng the Civil War, and a brief resume of
married Jonathan Smith, who died during /% sjf v|| ' °{ |l e , r history is given in the first column
the Civil War, leaving his widow to make a // pi P llc tc i ße p cr °f
living for herself and U children. Several j LA Sr use of Thedford’s Black-Draught
Lingerfelt, and in a few years was again SARAH LINGERFELT, 118 YEARS OLD *
Until about 20 years ago, when she . h , B fiSijjttw*' wfh A /Wt \
lost her eyesight, she did a man’s work by The Chattanooga Medicine Cos, | I S!r| 11 \ \
around the farm, plowing and homing the Wla& ft \ h / ik-i 2 mS\
com, raising the cotton and working in the Mrs. Lingerfelt, the oldest ic-C jySt I /f\\\
field, by day. At night, by candle light, person in the Third Congressional \ /fifS i sHf f // \\\\
she spun and wove the children’s clothes. District, if not in Tennessee, has no mil / \\\
made old-fashioned patch-work quilts, formula for attaining longevity, except ity vs / \ I U\ S\\ H | \
and looked after the house work. Since hard work and the use of herbs for me- M fflWf Rtr* sJ I \ R I
losing her eyesight, Mrs. Lingerfelt has dicinal purposes. The statement of her irnff/i
been unable so work in the field, but grandson, given below, tells about the HSF 111 im'R 1\ i /
ti hergTandso^s l^! herSClf VCfy useful S er j b medicine which she has used for Jjj
I said JR [Yank Smith, o! Scrvlßa, Teon., "my grandmother,
I ”bUCK-DRAU6HT |M|v|
“We keep it in the house, for it is such a splendid liver 1J I\\ l(\\ \
medicine. She used to get herbs and make teas f Later, after I ft' iJI f/JM Ml \\ x
I was grown, she heard of Black-Draught, and mat 1 ? tea from it H \
I “It certainly has given satisfaction.” \ I V
fact that many persons infected with
venereal diseases enter the Jail, the fail
ure to provide individual drinking cups
or sanitary cups for the prisoners is a
constant menace. We found at least one
prisoner who had contracted a loathsome
disease of this description while In jail.”
“Furthermore the county commis
sioners should take immediate steps to
provide some place for the prisoners
infected with venereal diseases. It Is
entirely unjust that all people who are
incarcerated, some of whom it later de
velops are innocent of the crime charged
against them, should be forced to eat
and drink and constantly associate with
those having communicable diseases of
this description.”
FINDS PRISONERS
NOT SEPARATED.
Regarding insane persons being ad
mitted to the county jail with the pres
ent facilities for handling these cases, the
report says:
The whole atmosphere is conducive
to an aggravation rather than an
amelioration of their mental state.
We found boys from 17 to 20 years
of age are lodged in the same tier
of cells and mingle freely with men
charged with serious crimes, includ
ing every species of sexual perver
sions, as well as men who have long
criminal records.
Many of these youths are awaiting
trial. Their guilt or innocence has
not yet been established. Their as
sociation vrith older men of this type
is exceedingly destructive to their
morals-
We also found that those prisoners
who are awaiting trial are assigned
principally to the first floor of the
jail, which is necessarily the darkest,
most poorly ventilated and uninvit
ing portion thereof, and as a matter
of fact is the most filthy and Insani
tary, while those whose guilt has
already been established, those who,
having been convicted, are serving a
sentence for their crimes, are as
signed principally to the top floor of
the jail, which Is the lightest, best
ventilated and most comfortable In
every way. This, in our judgment,
should be changed, so that the pref
erence. if any. should be granted to
those whose trial has not vet been
had. and who it may be, are not
guilty of the offense with which they
are charged, instead of to those who
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are serving a sentence as punishment
for their misdemeanors.
This Investigation has convinced us
of the utter viciousness of the system
now in vogue In this State of per
mitting the sheriff to reap a reward
from feeding his prisoners. We do
not seek to excuse the sheriff for
falling to properly feed prisoners un
der his charge, for if he can not feed
them properly and still make money
out of his allowance, his first duty
unquestionably is to provide prisoners
with wholesome food, Instead of first
enriching himself at the expense of
the prisoners
SHERIFF NOT YET
BROFGHT TO TRIAD.
SHERIFF MILLER HAS NOT YET
BEEN BROUGHT TO TRIAL, THOUGH
MANY MONTHS HAVE ELAPSED
SINCE lIIS INDICTMENT
Prior to 1919 the. sheriff of Marion
County was allowed 40 cents a day vv-tn
which to feed each prisoner.
In the first three months of 1919 the
countv commissioners, without legal
authority, allowed the sheriff 60 cents a
A statute approved in March, 1919,
raised the allowance to 60 cents and
legalized the action of the county com
missioners in previously allowing 00
Ce From Sept. 1 to Sept. 50. 1918, the In
dianapolis Chamber of Commerce fed
1.34S men at a cost per day of 45 cents
for each man, and out of this paid all
overhead expense and the cost of help,
rent, light and heat bills.
In the Investigation of jail conditions
made bv the Federal Court, it was
shown that the food the prisoners re
ceived under the allowance of 60 cents
could not have cost the sheriff more than
20 cents n day.
Judge Anderson asked publicly:
If this Is not fraud, what is It?
Jury Says MacSwiney
Died of Heart Failure
LONDON. Oct. 27.—A verdict that Ter
ence MacSwiney, late lord mayor of Cork,
died of heart failure was returned by a
coroner’s jury In Brixton Jail today.
The verdict did not mention “suicide.”
The coroner refused permission to ship
the body to Ireland for burial on the
ground that It- was outside his Jurisdic
tion.
BELFAST, Oct. 27.—Rioting broke out
at St Matthews Chapel today. Troops
were rushed to the scene In armored car*
and dispersed the rioters.
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1920.
PAGE FINDS COX
SAFE CANDIDATE
(Continued From Page One.)
a campaign of detraction that they have
made the more uninformed people be
lieve Mr. Wilson and hts administration
are to blame for the present confused
situation.
“Every thinking man and woman
knows that confusion and dislocation
necessarily follow such a revolution as
the great war, but these senatorial and
ex-senatorial foes of Democracy have
discarded the league, which is the only
possible means of our getting to a peace
basis, and charge tbat the Democratic
administration is responsible.
“They charge that the league was the
sole product of Mr. Wilson, while the
truth is he had the vision and led in the
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great work of organizing to prevent a
recurrence of a world war, calling to his
aid the greatest thinkers and Jurists in
the land, and accepted practically all the
suggeestlons of Messrs. Taft, Root and
Hughes, all of whom formerly believed In
the league.
“The leaders now impose on the peo
ple with the charge that the league de
stroys the Monroe doctrine, but In fact
that doctrine was originaled by a Demo
cratic President.
“It was re-established by President
Cleveland and Mr. Wilson in his speeches
before Congress and in his tour advo
cating preparedness In the spring of
1916, again and again based his request
on the Monroe doctrine.
“The Incredible campalgri of misrep
resentation carried on by the Republican
leaders through the press controlled
by them base undoubtedly mislead
many people, but tney appear now to be
awakening to the fact of having been
deluded as the day approaches for the
decision whether we ehall try the only
means of peace and safety In sight, or
shall be dragged back where we must
face vast armaments and a second world
war.
“You have only to look at the shocking
and blasphemous cartoon In the cam
paign number of Harvey’s weekly to
see to what length they are going to
prevent the tide from setting In for
Governor Cox and the league.
It must, as Allan Ryan has so well
said, shocked profoundly the sentiment;
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had done by him as they have now
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glasses." Another who need it says: "1
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1 cannot express my joy at what it has
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It is believed that thousands who wear
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