Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-02
Wisconsin State Prison

The annual report of the Wisconsin
State Prison for the year ending Sept.
3Oth, is just issued. From it is COM
piled a>short abstract as fellows: # i
& The whole numberof convicts-- # YEA 4
So A Males. Females. Total.
Confined Sept 80, 1877 was. 253 13 PCS
Received during theyear. =. nv ~ 176
Totals. 49,. ............ 425 II 442
Discharged and died during
In confinement at this date. $50 10 aaO
The average for the year was 300, and.
the average for the four preceding years
was as follows:
September 80, 1876 POI
September ~ 1872. Sao
September 80, 1864. j.. ~. 5-.... 2O3f
September 30, 1S73.s4,-. ti.-..f -,-...,r:. $50
1.-The convicts are employed at the fol.
lowing trades: eld 10 aggit a&l isl l'oi h'le
Chair shops .................! Nag1.g1. & 1856
Wagon and blacksmith shops ............... &c
MASH mouse, ~ 7r r,i i'Itf =
Tailor shop. .o-.. 49,. A.i. So rs! j.-. II 4
Mood Yards I..jji.;. IS
Chore men* "a. $50. !.s'.. ~. 500. - o
miscellaneous .s-,-.c.r.. y
Not emp Dyed (insane, old and sicKl ...t-.. %
Females (washing and seWing) 10
The crimes for which the convicts
were incareerated, are as follows :Ii9sol.il
Murder a... - I.s .s:s:... ,srs,.. sos. 49, At
Assault With attempt to Kin. .:. IS
Assault with intent to ravisl io,4
Assault with intent to robe. ..t -. .! ist,t4s
PoIvgamyi iSjit, nt1ii,,iiili,.,I. .fi mi
Adultery. ....1 .@.!..a. -. 80 i....A ..1'a z
Robbery -. ~. .:.a.s. ...j:.s..ss.t .sti
RurUlarV
Horse stealing Observation-Disclosures: u
Larceny 80
Arson .,...... -. 49,. ..t.t. u y a
Forgery :;5.. ,i.. .h'r:.'t 70
Couhterfeitng. ................ ..........
h abortion " .,tl;- ,i.iil 70 +
Obstructng railroad track ...... .-......L
Accessory before the fact TO the crime Of rape
Violation of section 500, u; s. Stat.
Violation conditions Of pardon ..... 1907
to1aDuring the year goods to the amount
of ST., lie. % We're manufactured In the
| prison; and there remained Sept. Both,
of goods on hand, not sold $2S, 066.56-
The average cost of of sustaining each
convict per annum, is $137 "a. .llo The
amount of earnings per day Of produce
| tive labor necessary to render the prison
self-supporting, is 66S cents; the actual
net earnings per day during tae last
year were Il cents. ,.,,r ...l. ,.n .r.f,'
No additions have been made to the
prison buildings during the year, except
in the way of necessary repairs In
| the assets of the institution is reported
| Sc, 631 OF which amount was deposited
| in the Corn Exchange Bank Of Wau-'
pun st the time the president Of that
concern fled the. country. The direc
tors held that as this was a debt due to
| the state from the. bank, the claim took
precedence of all other claims. The
encouragement conceded in this view
az did also Judge Dyer, of the United
States district court, but on appeal to
the United States circuit court, Judge
Drummond reversed the judgment.
AS there is no appeal from this deci-
sion, the state is left to take
It's. chances with the other creditors of
the old bank, and this item in the
assets may therefore be set down as of
very smallvalue.s 39oda 2t b93nua41
The directors have concluded a con
tract for the lease of the prison labor to
M. D. Wells & Co. of Chicago, at the
rate of forty cents per man per day.
provides for the transfer of all the able
bodied convicts to the contractors on
the LIST day of january 1873. The con-
| ditions Of the lease prescribe all the
necessary restrictions necessary to the
maintainance of discipline ETC. The
directors express a hope that this ar
rangem ent will prove more lucrative to
the state than the old plan. ..'1't.5 - 1
Horatio n Smith of Sheboygan
county, and Jacob Fuss, of Brown
county, were appointed respectively
warden and clerk for term Of three
years from January l, 1877. The
warden gives an encouraging and pros
porous report as to the financial con-
dition. He estimates that no appro-
priation will be needed from the legisla-
ture, very unusual circumstance in
connection with all state institutions. !
He even goes SO far as to say that there
will doubtless be no need of an appro-
priation in 1879. "r..e. edi ,e |# 1lr
The physician reports but four deaths
in the prison during the year. This is
a remarkably good showing, especially
when the cause of death is considered.
One death resulted from suicide one
from consumption, one from heart
disease and one from paralysis y; rr f..
The chaplains, one Protestant and
one Catholic, report favorably as to the
means and opportunities for Christian
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