THE DUNEDIN GAOL INQUIRY.
Wellington, This day.
The Dunedin Gaol Commission continued their enquiries at Mount Cook gaol yesterday. Warder Proctor was tho first witness. He said he was in Dunedin from 1569 to 1882. He had seen prisoners roughly handled by Mr Caldwell. The feeling between the officers of the gaol was not good. Prisoner Plummer deposed that Ellcock, a prisoner, died one night while being taken from his cell to have a bath, which had been ordered by Mr Caldwell. "Witness had often seen Sergeant Watson and a warder dnnik. On one occasion witness and the gaoler Bat far into the night drinking brandy and smoking, Mr Caldwell urging him to deny having written letters to the Minister of Justice. Witness did write something, but was too muddled to know what. Another prisoner and the chief officer in charge of Mount Cook gaol were examined, but their evidence was unimportant. The Commission resumed this morning. Two prisoners have been examined. The evidence so far in unimportant, with the exception that one prisoner stated that he often paw warders drunk, and on one occasion Sergeant Watson was so drunk that ho let half the prisoners out of their cells.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), 20 July 1883, Page 2
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200THE DUNEDIN GAOL INQUIRY. Daily Telegraph (Napier), 20 July 1883, Page 2
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