Word: gills
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...concluding the summary which he handed to Commissioner Dillon last night, Superintendent Gill wrote, "For more than three months an intensive effort was made by the Auditor to find everything. . . derogatory to Norfolk or the Superintendent. The most serious culmination of that effort is these thirty-six allegations. The wonder is that nothing more could be found to criticize in the planning, erection, and administration of a new prison, over such a long period of time." And, recalling what Gill has done to the sickly thirty-six, the intelligent citizenry will join in a hearty yea. Whatever the outcome...
Some will lament that Gill's energies should have been diverted to so tiring and useless a task. The CRIMSON is inclined to the opinion that his time has been well spent...
Although he was obviously tired and nervous after the four day's grilling, Mr. Gill was definitely on the aggressive. He charged, "Hurley spent three months on this report. He submitted it to the governor and left town. He hit and ran." He styled the activities of James W. Nawn, treasurer at Norfolk, and assistant to Hurley, as "nothing less than treason." He produced evidence that under the present Norfolk administration, two men hired last week have already been discharged for drunkenness. He cracked down on the Herald by stating, "The papers said there was a riot in December. There...
...peroration, slow and methodical. Mr. Gill drove home, into the record, if not into the ears of Commissioner Dillon, the basic theories upon which Norfolk is run, and stated that once upon a time Hurley, Ely, and Dillon had all confessed to favor these ideas. Previously he had informed Governor Ely that if he favored the Norfolk plan, he must also favor the administration, since the terms were synonymous...
...testimony was in sharp contrast to that of Deputy Auditor Thomas Buckley, who was on hand to defend Hurley. To Gill's "hit and run" charge, which came almost at the end of his closing argument, Buckley, stocky, red-faced, jumped up and snarled, "Mr. Hurley has been an elected officer of the Common-wealth for the past four years. He never offered charges he could not substantiate. He left town, not because he was a hit and run driver, but because he was ordered away (much laughter) to recover from the strain of three months delving into the frightful...