The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1883-02-03
PRISON POPULATION.

-ANtiAL' ------------shA
The commissioners having instructed the
warden to leave no stone unturned to re-
take escaped prisoners, s,ia. officer has i.sen
indeidtiEahle in his efforts in this direction.
and unavoidably spent the sum Of S2,S63.45
in capturing runaTays.
MAINTENANCE OF THE PRISON.
The cost of running the institution for
the past two years has been i0,3433i, or
a fraction over sevcnty-siS cents per man
per day. This does not, of course, include
any improvements, ropairs or forage for ex-
ira teams, etc. which the warden's report
shows in detail.
SANITARY MATTERS.
The arrangements for keeping the prison
thoroughly cleanscd arc 50 perfect that dur
ing the entire term hut two prisoners have
died from natural causcs-a sanitary con-
dition uncxcelled by any institution of like
character in the United States
FINANCIAL FACTS.
In his report the warden gives the fol-
lowing figures, which speak for themselves
Expenditures for two years----------Seoi.Ts8O OI
Earnings by convict labor------------s 597SI II
5alance on inventory, ,------1,---------- LisI6 IS
Material for permanent improve
Labor on inipT5ScIncnts aud repairs s5 3
Total ss135S5 3
Excess OF maintenance over earn
ings and improNcmcnts--------sl 1894 Il
NATIVITY, GRIMES, TRADES SOCIAL AND
MORAL RELATIONS.
Among the convicts there are fifty-onc
New Workers, twenty four Pennsylvanians,
twenty-five MisSouriaus, twenty-onc Ohio
ans, twenty lllinoiSans, fifteen natives of
ireland, twelve Germans and eleven Eng
lishmen.
The crimes for which they have been
sentenced are:
Tapcny y------------------------
SlulyeL Si
R.5auit with Intent to i.-- murier------------ =
roTSers ---------------------- x
For the various other crimes the num-
bers range from one TO ten.
Arapahoo county, of course, heads the
list, and has 100 in the prison; Lake, thir-
ty-ono; Ell Paso, twenty y-onc; Pueblo, eigh-
teen; Gunnison, seventeen; Fremont, ten
Tho other counties of the state are roprc-
sentcd by from one TO ten.
Among them thorc are cighty-threc In
borers, twenty-onc miners, eighteen cooks
sixteen tcamsters, fourteen farmers, eleven
painters, eleven clerks, ten stock herdcrs,
ten waters ana clght shoemakcrs. Nari-
Gus other trades are also represented.
There are 265 single men, forty mine mar
ried men and eight widowcrs.
The number of those who can read and
write is 2Sl; read and not write, twelve;
neither read nor write, twenty-nine
As TO habits of drink, etc, the table
stands thus:
Moderate drinkers 100
Occasionally yintemporatc--..---.-.-- ip7
strictly temperate ---------- ii
iabltually intempcrate------------- sj
The following table shows the number of
terms served:
SERVING FIRST term OF imprisonmcnt.-------sis
third
The oldest man in the prison was 81 years
old when received the youngest, 10. From
the latter age up to n the number increases.
there having been twenty-six conyicts rc-
ccived at that age From the age of aS the
number gradually decreases until the old
man of go is reached, there having been
from one TO twcnty-six received ut every
aye below that.
There are thirty-four liia prisoners, fortv-
seven for three years, forty four for two ;cars.
twcnty-six for four years, twenty-five for
iiye years, nineteen for six years, and 81, on,
the number decreasing as the length of tho
term increases.
GENERAL REMARKS.
About eighty eonvicts aro employed in
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