Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-03-23
Ohio PenifenIinrr

Ohio Penitenliary. -
The Warden has made his report but,
as we have not been furnished with copy
we avail ourselves Of the following abslrac.
made By the State Journal: oF -aT
This institution bas passed through some
changes in its officers during the pas! year.
On the first of July, Mr.. Dimmock re-
signed his post as Warden, and Samuel
Wilson, of Columbus, was appointed 10
Gil the vacancy. In January, Mr Wilson
died, and Mr.. J. B. Buttlee, Of TrumbulI
county. is now the Warden. AT the time
Mr.. Wilson was appointed, DR.. De Laziuski
was appointed Ply can. and Rev. L. War
ner, of Mt. Vernon, Chaplain. These gem
tlemen continue to occupy their respect
i've posts.
The report shows the following as the e.
nancial condition of the Institution: Total
earnings and receipts Of the year, $74.s76.
Total expenditures, including the salary OF
officers, $66,977. Balance in favor Of the
institution, $1,000. Total expenditures for
SuppOAh VI h0% GOnbfSAoI GAIAQ5hE u
the salaries, $47.66s. II
The erection Of a new Chapel, the re-
building Of the row Of work shops destroy
ed by FIRE. and the erection of new kilch-
en-, and other repairs, have cost S26, ,693.--
OF this sum, $I9, ,223 have been expended
during the past fiscal yeat.
Add to this the other expenditures and
the Institution is brought in debt sIo.s24.
The cost Of conviction and transportation Of
criminals during the past year has been
$27,954 which is paid by the State on
the certificate Of the Warden. Il will be
seen that the State does not realize enough
from the services of the criminals 10 defray
the expenses il ineurs in their trial and pun
ishment. by many thousand dollars.
The labor of the conviets is hired 10 con-
tractors for term of yeais. and at prices
ranging from forty cents TO one dollar per
day, stone mssons being the ones whose
services command the latter sum. The eff
fort has been TO arrange the lettings so as
to come as little as possible in competition
with the mechanical labor of the State.
During the past year $644 have been
earned by the conYicts by extra work; this
is TO remain in the hands Of the Warden
til their time Of service expires, when # Is
20 be paid to them. .-s-
There are l22 conyicts who cannot read
and write. sixty Of whom attend the pri on
school, by the chaplain. Sunday schools
are Kept up, and six teachers are in regu-
lar attendance.
The Directors refer TO the system Of pill
fering that was carried on prior to the time
Mr. Wilson took charge. Two Of the
guards are in the Jail of Franklin couuiys and
will be tried at the present term Of Com
mon Pleas.
There we're 5s7 coneicts at the close Of
the fiscal year Nov. 15th); Of this number
229 have been committed during the past
year. OF these, Hamilton county has furn-
ished 73, Lucas %, and Cuvahoga IT,
OF he l73 who have left during the year,
% have been pardoned By the Governor,
By the President, and have escaped.
or the 5s7 convicls, As are in on the
second conviction. on the third. on The
fourth, and l on the 5th; 81 have been
intemperaie, $40 are unmarried, 50 are
blacks, and are elemales; 35 are sentenced
for life sbs
During the past year 20 conviets have
died. or this number two died of cholera,
and 2l of acute scurvy, or putrid fever
This is new disease in the PeniteniiaFy,
and il has proved quite fatal.
The Journal aJds:-"Snch is a brief
summary Of the report. The number Of
convicis is at this time considerably over
six hundred. but We have great faith in
the idea that a thorough enforcement Of the
liquor law viii essentially reduce the list of
recruits for the coming year. This has
been the effect in New England, and there
are good reasons for expecting similar re-
suits in Ohio. Let US, at least, faithfully
try the experiment"