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PRESENT OFFICERS.
Name.
Year Term Commenced.
Title.
G. A. Doren, M. D.
1860
Superintendent.
George Evans
1884.
Financial Officer.
Mrs. N. L. Doren
1860
Superintendent of Schools
Miss H. F. Purple
1858
Matron.
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PAST OFFICERS.
Name.
Year Term Commenced.
Title.
R. Patterson, M. D.
1857.
W. L. Hughes
1881.
Superintendent. Financial Officer.
TRUSTEES.
Name.
Year Appointed.
County.
William Dennison, Jr.
1857.
Franklin. Wood.
Asher Cook
1857.
Norton S. Townshend
1857.
Lorain.
William Dennison, Jr.
1858.
Franklin.
Herman Canfield
1858.
Medina.
Asher Cook
1859
Wood.
William E. Ide
1859.
Franklin.
N. S. Townshend
1860.
Lorain.
H. Canfield
1861.
Medina.
Jno. A. Lutz,
1861.
Pickaway.
Peter Hitchcock
1862
Geauga.
N. S. Townshend
1863
Lorain.
Jno. A. Lutz
1864.
Pickaway. Geauga.
N. S. Townshend
1866
Lorain.
Jno. A. Lutz
1867
Pickaway.
Peter Hitchcock
1868
Geauga.
N. S. Townshend
1869
Lorain
Jno. A. Lutz
1870.
Pickaway.
Peter Hitchcock
1871.
Geauga
N. S. Townshend
1872.
Franklin.
Jno. A. Lutz
1873.
Pickaway.
John A. Shank
1874.
Hamilton.
N. S. Townshend
1875.
Franklin.
Jno. A. Lutz
1876.
Pickaway.
Peter Hitchcock
1877.
Geauga ..
John A. Shank
1878.
Hamilton.
J. K. Rukenbrod
1878
Columbiana.
J. Miles Montgomery
1878.
Franklın. Hamilton.
John A. Shank
1879.
J. K. Rukenbrod
1880
Columbiana.
J. M. Holmes
1880.
Harrison.
John A. Shank
1880.
George W. Monypeny
1880.
Aaron Wilcox
1880.
Hamilton. Franklin. Lake.
Peter Hitchcock
1865
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TRUSTEES - Concluded.
Name.
Year Appointed.
County.
J. K. Rukenbrod
1881
Columbiana.
B. B. Woodbury
1881
Geauga.
J. M. Holmes
1882
Harrison.
M. A. Daugherty
1882.
Franklin.
Silas A. Conrad
1883.
Stark.
Ross J. Alexander
1884.
Belmont.
A. McGregor
1884.
Stark.
B. B. Woodbury
1885.
Geauga.
Edward Squire
1886.
Defiance.
J. N. Williams
1887
Huron.
Ross J. Alexander
1887.
Belmont.
Robert Mehaffey
1887
Allen.
Silas A. Conrad
1888.
Stark.
George H. Ford
1888.
Geauga.
Robert Mehaffey
1889
Allen.
William Reed
1890
Ross.
J. B. Worley
1890.
Highland.
Edward Squire
1891.
Defiance.
Jno. E. Bruce
1891
Hamilton.
Jno. A. Williamson
1892.
Huron.
Silas A. Conrad
1893:
Stark. Allen.
Edward Squire
1895.
Defiance.
William E. Haynes
1895.
Sandusky.
J. Park Alexander
1896.
Summit.
Jno. A. Williamson
1897
Huron.
Silas A. Conrad
1897
Stark.
A. P. Baldwin
1898.
Summit.
Charles P. Griffin
1898
Lucas.
Robert Mehaffey
1899
Allen.
William E. Haynes
1900
Sandusky.
James J. Hooker
1899
Hamilton.
Boyd Vincent
1900
Hamilton.
Robert Mehaffey
1894.
THE HOSPITAL FOR EPILEPTICS. .
T HE Ohio Hospital for Epileptics at Gallipolis is the pioneer of its kind in the United States.
The problem of providing proper accommodations for epilep- tics, especially for those with unsound or defective minds, has engrossed the attention of persons interested in nervous and mental diseases for many years. In Ohio, as far back as 1879, a bill for the establishment of a separate institution for their accommodation and treatment almost became a law, passing one branch of the legislature. Not, however, until 1890 was a law enacted providing for the establishment of a hospital for epileptics and epileptic insane. All epileptics resident in Ohio are eligible for admission to this institution, up to the measure of its capacity, each county being entitled to a number proportionate to its population. No discrimination is made on accaunt of mental condition, age or sex.
The buildings, as originally planned, consisted of stone cottages having a capacity of fifty beds each, located symmetrically about a group of executive buildings and connected by tunnels with a central power- house, which was to furnish heat and light for all, and a central kitchen and bakery, flanked by two congregate dining-rooms, one for each sex. The whole group, with estimated accommodations for one thousand patients, was planned so compactly as to cover scarcely more than twenty- five acres, leaving the balance of one hundred acres of the original tract for ornamentation and gardens. The wisdom of this plan was seriously questioned, and subsequent experience and events have led to an entire modification of it, so far as practicable. Of the original thirty-six build- ings, only thirteen have been built as designed. The location and design of six others, now nearly completed, have been materially changed. One hundred and twenty-five additional acres of land have been purchased, and a cottage for the insane constructed at a distance of one-half mile from the original group. Other buildings, projected for the future, are to-be much farther away, their precise location depending upon the possi- bilities in the selection and purchase of land, which may or may not adjoin the tract now owned by the state.
A tract of 110 acres of farm land has recently been purchased, on which a group of cottages will be erected, and in which the husbandmen among the male patients will be accommodated. This land adjoins the sewage-disposal beds of the Hospital, and it is intended to utilize the sew- age for fertilizing the farm. It is purposed to expand the institution in the future by erecting small, homelike cottages for small and selected groups of patients, leaving the large central cottages with their common
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kitchen and congregate dining-rooms for the accommodation of more ad- vanced cases of epilepsy and for the infirmary class of inmates. A new style of architecture has been decided upon, by which it is believed the monotony of the present symmetrical groups of large stone cottages can be relieved.
A board of construction was appointed in 1890, which consisted of James E. Neal, of Hamilton; John E. Vance, of Gallipolis; George H. Bunnell, of Sidney; Lewis Slusser, of Canton.
The hospital was opened for the reception of patients, November 30, 1893. Six more cottages have since been erected, and when the buildings now in course of construction are completed, which will be during the present year (1901), accommodations will have been made for 1,060 patients. The buildings will then consist of thirteen residence cottages with from fifty to seventy-six beds each; one laundry cottage for seventy- five patients; one cottage for the insane, with a capacity of 200; one schoolhouse; two industrial buildings, each containing eight large, well- lighted and well-ventilated rooms, accommodating twenty-five patients each-in many of the manual industries commonly followed; one kitchen and bakery building; one ice machine and cold storage building, with a capacity of eighteen tons daily; two large congregate dining-rooms; one boiler, power, and electric light building; one waterworks building; one hospital building, accommodating sixty, and one administration building. The cost of the buildings up to the time when those under way shall have been completed, will be $565,000.
.A pathological laboratory in which researches into the nature, cause, and prevention of epilepsy are carried forward, has been a feature of this institution for the past five years. Through the scientific studies pursued in this laboratory and published to the medical profession the Ohio Hos- pital for Epileptics has achieved international fame. The medical profes- sion of Ohio, and of the United States, is deeply interested in seeing this important work encouraged and properly supported, since it is realized that by this method alone can the mysteries as to the nature, cause treat- ment and prevention of epilepsy be solved. The investigations already pursued by the scientific staff in this laboratory have already disclosed some very important facts relative to the cause and preventon of epilepsy.
Many of the patients came from almshouses, many from the lower walks of life, and were uncouth in their manners and dress, filthy in their habits, and rude in their conversation. The improvement most noticed by visitors has been the wonderful change in their deportment.
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LIST OF TRUSTEES. OHIO HOSPITAL FOR EPILEPTICS-1891-1902.
Name.
Term of Service.
Residence.
C. C. Wait
1891-1896.
James E. Neal
1891-1892.
Dr. T. M. Gaumer
1891-1894.
Dr. Lewis Slusser
1891-1892
James D. Brown
1891-1901
Athens.
John M. Sweeney
1892-1901.
Wooster.
E. S. Wilson
1892-1900
Ironton.
George W. McCork
1894-1901.
Steubenville.
George K. Nash
1896-1898
Columbus.
I. F. Mack
1898-1901.
Sandusky.
O. B. Gould
1900-1903
Wellston.
F. F. Graves
1901-1902
Toledo.
Daniel W. Sowers
1901-1905
Columbus.
Curtis V. Harris
1901-1904 ..
Athens.
Dr. P. Maxwell Foshay
1901-1907.
Cleveland.
Harry J. Hoover
1902-1906
Newark.
Columbus. Hamilton. Urbana.
THE BOYS' INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
T HE Boys' Industrial School is Ohio's reformatory for juvenile male offenders. It is six miles south of Lancaster, Fairfield county, on the Hocking Hills. The state owns 1,210 acres of land in this pic- turesque region, and the boys are taught agriculture and horticulture to the extent of producing all the vegetables and fruit that the institution consumes. The institution is organized on the cottage or segregate sys- tem, is not surrounded by walls, and is entirely free from bolts, bars or other suggestions of restraint. It was the first penal institution in Amer- ica to make the "open system" experiment, and so successfully was it operated that twenty-eight states have used the Lancaster school as a model. There are now 820 boys confined in the school for offenses against the statutes. These boys range in age from 8 to 18 years and are serving indeterminate sentences. When received at the School they are charged with demerits corresponding in number to the nature ofthe crime. These demerits must be cancelled by exemplary deportment in schoolandshop, before release. When released, a boy is on parole and can be returned for misconduct at any time before he reaches his majority.
The boys are required to attend school one-half of each day, and are in shop or on the farm the other half. There are many trades schools where the boys are taught useful mechanical knowledge and at the same time contribute to the comfort and support of their fellows. Chief among these trades are blacksmithing, floriculture, tailoring, baking, printing, carpentering, telegraphy, stenography, brickmaking, shoe-making, dairy- ing, cooking, etc. They also operate the steam, cold storage and electric plants, the barn, laundry and poultry plant. A boy band of forty-two pieces is maintained, and the school is organized into a regiment of three batallions, under instructions of a competent military man. Music and physical culture are also features of the training.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Name.
Term of Service.
Residence.
Charles Remelin
1856-1859.
J. A. Foote
1854-1874.
J. D. Ladd
1856-1866
Geo. E. Howe
1859-1879
Lake.
B. W. Chidlaw
1866-1880
Hamilton.
John M. Pugh
1875-1880
Franklin.
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H. J. Reinmund
1878-1884.
Fairfield.
Jacob Cherryholmes
1878-1880
Holmes.
Charles Maines
1878-1880
Logan.
Lewis Miller
1880-1881.
Summit.
John D. Martin
1880-1881.
Fairfield.
John Hunter
1880- 1884.
Stark.
Geo. W. Gardner
1880-1884.
Cuyahoga.
John B. Jones
1881-1884.
Licking.
Mills Gardner
1881-1884.
Fayette.
W. L. Rigby
1882-1883.
Fairfield.
B. Eason
1884-1884.
Wayne.
B. W. Childaw
1884-1886.
Hamilton.
John G. Reeves
1884-1889
Fairfield.
S. D. Houpt
1884-1886.
Hancock
J. K. Rukenbrod
1884-1890.
Columbiana.
J. H. Ayres
1884-1887
Champaign.
D. H. Boldridge
1886-1887
Gallia.
W. W. Luckey
1886-1890.
Fairfield.
C. A. Phelps
1887-1887.
Auglaize.
J. D. Brown
1887-1890.
Athens.
Wm. Beatty
1888-1901.
Lucas.
B. S. Wydman
1889-1894.
Hamilton.
John G. Reeves
1890-1892.
Fairfield.
0. W. H. Wright
1890-1892.
Hocking.
Daniel Wolf
1890-1892.
Hamilton.
John F. White
1892-1893.
Hocking. Highland.
Thaddeus E. Cromley
1892-1896.
Pickaway. Franklin.
Malcolm Jennings
1894-1896.
E. W. Poe
1896-1898.
John L. Vance
1896-1905
Franklin. Gallia.
R. E. Jones
1898-1904.
Franklin
R. S. Warner
1902-
Franklin.
J. J. Pugsley
1892-1892.
Hamilton. Cuyahoga. Jefferson.
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THE GIRLS' INDUSTRIAL HOME.
LOCATION.
T HE home is situated ten miles southwest of Delaware, with which it is connected by good pikes and long distance telephone. It is four and one-half miles from Hyatts, six from Powell on the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railroad; and eight miles from Arnold on the Toledo division of the Ohio Central Lines. The two latter stations are connected with the home by telephone, and all are easily accessible at all seasons of the year because of the excellent pikes.
FARM.
The farm comprises one hundred and eighty-nine acres on the west bank of the Scioto River. It is beautifully situated in an unusually health- ful location. The grounds around the buildings are adorned with shade trees a large portion of which are of the original growth.
The celebrated White Sulphur Spring furnishes an abundant sup- ply of excellent water which is used for domestic purposes. The water flows constantly from a vein more than one hundred feet below the mar- ble basin from which it overflows.
BUILDINGS.
The buildings consist of the Administration, or Central Building, in which reside the Superintendent and family, the Clerk, Storekeeper, Superintendent of Schools, and a Housekeeper; eight cottages, a school building, and a hospital. The latter is a valuable acquisition to the insti- tution, furnishing commodious quarters for all hospital purposes and com- plete isolation for inmates affected with contagious diseases. In each cot- tage an Assistant Matron, Teacher and Housekeeper, with from forty to fifty inmates, reside.
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MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS.
Appointed.
Name.
County.
1869
Stanley Matthews
Hamilton. Delaware.
1869
Frederick Merrick
1869
M. D. Leggett
Muskingum. Delaware.
1869
Abram Thompson
1869
Claude Waggoner
1870.
Wm. M. Garvey
1872.
M. F. Cawdrey
1873 . .
Frederick Merrick
1874.
Vandyke Stayman
1875.
J. K. Newcomer
Marion. Delaware.
1877
Wm. M. Garvey
Miami.
1878.
H. B. Kelly
Crawford.
1878.
F. B. Sprague
1878.
J. W. Watkins
1878.
S. D. West
1878
F. H. Thornhill
1878
R. R. Henderson
1879
John McSweeney
Wayne. Delaware.
1880
Jno. D. Watkins
1880
R. D. Williams
Champaign. Delaware.
1880
F. H. Thornhill
Union.
1881
James Curry
Wayne
1881.
J. W. Watkins
Delaware.
1881
Amos Woodward
Sandusky. Wood.
1883.
R. D. Dumm
1883
B. Tristram
1884.
Wm. Batchelor
1884.
F. H. Thornhill
1885
Wm. Batchelor
1886
Geo. A. Hay
1886.
J. W. Watkins
1887.
B. H. Milliken
1888.
J. K. Pollard.
1889
F. H. Thornhill
1890
W. W. Pennell
Brown.
1890
B. Tristram
1891
E. L. Lybarger Henry C. Houston
1892.
B. H. Milliken
1893.
L. H. Williams
1894.
M. E. Stamats
1894.
M. E. Stamats
1894.
I. N. Hathaway
Champaign. Fayette. Brown. Union. Union. Geauga.
Marion. Coshocton.
1892
Coshocton. Coshocton. Delaware. Fayette. Adams. Union.
1882.
E. W. Merry
1880.
R. R. Henderson
Delaware.
1876.
A. Thompson
Lucas. Miami. Erie.
Delaware.
Delaware. Delaware.
Erie. Union. Delaware.
Wyandot. Marion. Coshocton. Union.
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MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS - Concluded.
Appointed.
Name.
County.
1895.
T. E. Hoyt
1895.
T. E. Hoyt
1896.
J. C. Beatty
Portage.
1897
*B. H. Milliken
Fayette.
1898
J. V. Roudebush
Carrollton. Union.
1899
M. E. Stamats
1900
*B. Tristram
Marion.
1900
T. E. Hoyt
Ashtabula.
1901
J. C. Beatty
1902.
Frank C. Hubbard
Portage. Franklin.
PRESENT OFFICERS OF THE HOME.
Name.
Office.
Residence.
Term Expires.
A. W. Stiles
Superintendent
Ashtabula
1904.
Mrs. A. W. Stiles
Matron
Ashtabula
1904.
Miss Birdine C. Stanley
Superintendent of Schools
Hardin
1904.
Miss Maud Stiles
Clerk and Librarian
Ashtabula
1904.
Miss Sarah L. Balfe
Storek'p'r and Dir. of Music
Lucas
1904.
W. B. Hedges, M. D.
Physician
Delaware
Sidney Moore
Financial Officer
Delaware
W. F. Whitlock, M. D.
Chaplain
Delaware
Ashtabula. Ashtabula.
*Deceased April 1902; succeeded by George B. Christian, Jr., of Marion County.
HON. AARON WAGONER.
HON. HARRY
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HON. BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE
OHIO PENITENTIARY.
HON. MªELDIN DUN
FRANK COOK. Secretary.
HON. ARTHUR J. SHEPPARD.
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. GRIFFITH
THE OHIO PENITENTIARY.
T HE Ohio Penitentiary covers 26 acres within the walls. About two acres outside the prison proper are occupied by offices, the Dep- uty Warden's residence, store rooms, barn and stables. The prison itself is walled on three sides, the fourth being wholly absorbed by cell houses, offices and the Warden's home. This side presents an imposing front, about 800 feet in length, on Spring street, facing the Scioto river, with the street and outer buildings between it and that stream, and a wide fringe of green lawn before it that in summer is beautified by parterres of flowers and shaded by fine trees. The cell houses and offices form a contin- uous building from the southeast to the southwest gate, in which are more than 1,600 cells, about 600 of these being provided with beds for two in- mates, the remainder being too small to receive more than one each. The Female Department, which abuts on the southeast gate, is somewhat ad- vanced toward the street beyond the frontal line of the main prison, and reaches to the public sidewalk. It contains 46 cells.
The walls are dominated by towers at short distances apart, and of which there are eleven. Within the enclosure is a small manufacturing city, comprising the shops of The Columbus Bolt Works, The George B. Sprague Cigar Co., C. S. Reynolds & Co., The E. B. Lanman Co., The P. Hayden Saddlery Hardware Co., The Ohio Glove Co., The Columbus Chair Co., The National Broom Co., The Brown-Hinman & Huntington Co., and the Columbus Hollow Ware Co., all private corporations that con- tract with the state, through the Board of Managers, for the labor of prisoners, at specified prices for able-bodied and infirm men, respec- tively, and in many instances paying to the prisoners certain agreed amounts for all work produced beyond an appointed task. The total amount earned by such overwork and paid in to the account of the men who have earned it averages about $2,500 per year. These contracts employ about 1,000 prisoners. In addition to the labor utilized by these enter- prises, the state employs about 700 men in the manufacture of the pris- oners' clothing, the care of their sleeping quarters, repairs to buildings, the preparation of food, the management of the gas works-which supply gas to the State Blind Asylum and the State Deaf and Dumb Asylum, as well as to the Penitentiary-the care of the inside park and other grounds, and in the general administration of the mural city with its two thousand population. A tour of inspection more than repays the visitors, who come in great numbers. The number of visitors is increasing yearly, as the peo- ple realize more and more that an interesting development of modern ideas relative to the protection of society through the reformation of the crim-
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inal may be seen in its various phases from day to day. Since 1834, when the present prison was first occupied-or, rather, that rudimentary portion of it that is now known as the West Hall-an army of more than 34,532 prisoners has passed through its portals, as prisoners. The male prisoners, until a few years ago, wore the old regulation striped uniform of the con- vict. The striped clothing is now used only as a temporary garb of punish- ment.
The walled city has been swept by pestilence but once in its history. In 1849, the cholera raged here, and 121 prisoners died within twelve months, exacting the life of every third man among the prisoners. Now the death rate has fallen from 55 to 36 in one year.
There is a finely appointed and well equipped hospital on the inside grounds, but it is more scantily inhabited than has been the case for years. Since the present administration has assumed control a reform has been introduced into the Penitentiary that has lessened the number of patients, halved the death rate, and removed the source of a danger- ous discontent. That improvement is a change in the dietary, which the present directorate of this great institution has adopted and made a suc- cess, showing that economy and humanity go hand in hand. It has saved lives, the cost of medicine, the price of enforced idleness and loss from poor work. It has also contributed much to the improved good feeling and morality of the prisoners.
THE MORAL, RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL WORK
of the prison is carried on through the library, Sunday-school, prayer- meetings, Bible classes and preaching services, under the care of the Chap- lain, and a night school under the care of a teacher employed from the out- side. While the rules of the prison forbid sectarianism, they also provide that a prisoner desiring to have instruction in his particular faith may be accommodated by the Warden. Under this provision Roman Catholic Church services are held by a priest in the Catholic chapel every Sunday morning.
THE PRISON BUILDINGS
are old and inadequate. The cells are of heavy stone walls, that admit but little light and only poor ventilation. What is worse is that the peniten- tiary is badly located. For several years the subject of disposing of this property, and securing a new sight, in a suburb of Columbus, and erecting new and up-to-date buildings, with sanitary features, has been agitated, but nothing done. It is important that a commission should be appointed to take this matter in hand and push it to a consummation.
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The Ohio Penitentiary.
PENITENTIARY BOARD OF MANAGERS.
The Board of Managers of the Ohio Penitentiary consists of five members. Near the beginning of his administration, in February, 1900, Hon. Governor Nash appointed to this high and responsible position the following gentlemen :
HON. AARON WAGONER, of Akron, Ohio, who was a Union soldier in the Civil War, and has had much experience in financial and business ad- ministrations, having been Auditor of Summit County, Ohio, and is now Cashier of one of the banks of Akron. Captain Wagoner is well accredited with being a careful and painstaking financier, and has looked well to the financial interest of the penitentiary since his appointment.
The HON. COLEMAN GILLILAN was also a Union soldier iu the Civil War, and since his retirement from the Army has had an extensive business experience and acquaintance, having traveled very widely in his commercial relations. Captain Gillilan's business experience has made him a valuable adviser of the business affairs of the penitentiary, and he shares with the other members of the board the credit of the improved business conditions prevailing in the institution. Captain Gillilan resides at Portsmouth, Ohio.
HON. MCELDIN DUNN, of Bellefontaine, O., by his well-balanced judgment, and fair discriminating habit of mind, added to his experience as a prosperous farmer and manufacturer, has shown eminent fitness for the responsible office he has filled with advantage to the state since his ap- pointment.
HON. A. J. SHEPPARD, of Zanesville, Ohio, has combined for a num- ber of years with his profession as a lawyer, manufacturing and commer- cial business. He is familiarly spoken of as the lawyer of the Board, but his eminence as an attorney does not detract from his value as a practical business man.
The HON. HARRY S. GRIFFITH, of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, is the junior member of the Board of Managers, and combines with personal energy that maturity of judgment and careful attention to business which give dis- tinction and success to men of affairs. Mr. Griffith is the editor and pub- lisher of the Morrow County Sentinel, which is one of the leading papers of the state. To these gentlemen is committed not only the management of the business affairs of the Ohio Penitentiary, but the caring for the hun- dreds of men and women who are continually passing through the prison, and are released under their direction either by discharge or parole. The attention they have given to the welfare of the prison population has secured for them the gratitude of the prisoners. The good judgment of the managers in appointing HON. WILLIAM N. DARBY, WARDEN, has been attested by his kindly and careful administration of the affairs of the
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The Ohio Penitentiary.
prison. Mr. Darby brought to his position a large experience in dealing with unfortunate and criminal persons, in the several terms he had served as the Sheriff of Belmont Co., and a considerable business experience and knowledge of law, relating to criminal and civil affairs.
The Board, as now organized, is officered by Hon. McEldin Dunn, President, and Mr. Frank Cook, Secretary. Mr. Cook is a native of Ohio, and when appointed was and still is a resident of Mansfield, Ohio. He is well known throughout the state. Mr. Cook has evidenced capability, devotion and tact in his work as Secretary. He is widely known over the state as an active and intelligent citizen.
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