Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1895 — PRISON SOUTH DIRECTORS. [ARTICLE]

PRISON SOUTH DIRECTORS.

Deadlock Broken and Thr<-« Kepublivam Named. The deadlock which has’existed in th» Republican State Appointing Board was broken, Thursday, by the appointmentrof the following directors for the. Staff Prison South:*Winfield Scott Carpenter, Brazil; James R. Henry, Indianapolis, and John Nugent, of Evansville. The appointees are •al! Republicans. They were appointed with the understanding that they will appoint A. N, Hprt, ol Brazil, warden of the Prison. The meeting at which the appointments were made was held at 11 o’clock, with the AttorneyGeneral, Secretary of State, Auditor <4 State and Treasurer cf State present. The members of the Board wonld’notsay who surrendered in order that the deadlock might be broken. They declared that “We all got the men wc wanted.’’ Governor Matthews appointed a hoard (or Jhe Prison composed of two Democrats and one Republican, on March 23, the day on which the Legislature said a Board should be appointed. Warden Patten will not surrender possession oi the. Prison until he is told to do so by the Supreme Court. The situation that confronts the directors is identical with the one at the State 'Prison Nortii, and it i« understood that they will probably not authorize Mr. H.irt to begin a now suit, but will await tho decision in the suit brought to oust Warden French at the Prison North.