Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-13
CHIsESE CONyICTS.
An Effort Being Made to Pardon and
Ship Them West.

An Effort Being Made to Pardon ans
Ship Them West.
/ General John McComb, Warden of tn
Branch State Prison at Folsom, farnishe
| the following items regarding the in
mates of that institution; Number o
prisoners on Land January /, 1886, 600
Received during the month, 50. Discharged
on account of expiration OF. sentences ant
pardons, S. Taken out for new trial. l
Sent to the Insane Asylum at Napa, .
| Died, l, leaving in the prison February LIST
623. OF that number 81, or IA per cent.
are Chinese. The following statistics re
garding the Mongol convicts. will no doub
prove of interest TO the general reader. The
| Oldest, rag-picker, from San Francisco, i.
| aged 60 years. The youngest, cook, from
San Francisco. is 10. The counties are rep.
resented as follows Alameda, 6 Butte. 3
Colusa, 3; Contra Costa. l Del Norte, l
Ell Dorado. /; Nevada, Sacramento, Ii
San Francisco, IS; San Joaquin, .; Santa
Clara, l Sonoma. ] Stanislaus, Trinity
2; Yuba, g. They were convicted as fol.
| lows Assault to murder, 3 murder frs;
and second degree, IL manslaughter,
| assault with a deadly weapon, 5 robbery
3; perjury, 3; burglary. Sc; grand larceny
Il; petit larceny, g; bribery, . felony.
| arson, l kidnapping, l. The terms for
which they were sentenced were: One
year. 5; two 5; two and one-half, . three
8; four, 5 five, Is; six, 5 F.; seven. eight.
II ten, 7; fourteen, / fifteen, twenty
five, 3; twenty-eight, fifty, / during
their natural lives, I. Occupations before
going to prison Tailors. { miners, 8:
cooks, %; laundrymen, 10; laborers, I3
carpenter, shoemaker, | /; rag picker.
wool-washer, cigarmakers, 4 gardeners.
6 physician, / BARRIERS, 3 Since their in
generation at Folsom they have been en-
ployed as follows: Laundrymen. I3:
cooks, I6; stone-cntters, Is; laborers. 6;
tool carriers, Is; waiter, l. confined in
cell, I; cbronics, 3 invalids, .. Ofthe 81
Chinese 81 are Of sickly appearance aud
suffer many ills occasioned by the opium
habit Of the last y received al the
prison 10 were confirmed opium fiends.
But few of them are good workers, but. on
the contrary, lazy. Some are confirmed
criminals, have mean dispositions, thievish
natures, and have to be closely watched.
Some few are jolly, good-natured, and
seem TO be happy. but that class. as a rule,
are lazy. One of the Cinnamon was born
in Japan. He was sent up from Alameda
county to serve q life sentence for murder.
u
worker. One was born in New York and
sent up from San Francisco to serve q SEN
tence for perjury; he is wicked. aggressive
and quarrelsome, and is confined 10 his
cell.
SAN QUENTIN.
In the San Quentin Prison, according to
the report of Warden Shirley, there were,
on the 1st day of January. 1856. 1910 pris-
oners admitted during the month. 80: re-
turned convict witnesses, 4. Total, .277.
Discharged on account of expiration of
sentences, with combinations 20; served
time sentence, IL pardoned by the Gov
ernor, removed to the insane ASYLUM. l .
taken our as witnesses, .; died, 2: suicide
l. Total, 40. Number remaining in prison
February l, 1886, ], 237. OF this number.
40, or about u per cent, are Chinese. The
counties are represented as follows: Ala
media, s; Butte, 3; Calaveras, l; Contra
Costa, / Fresno, 3 Inyo 1 :; Kern. Los
angeles, Z Marin, 4 MERGED, ] Monterey,
) N9pa, l Nevada, +; Placer, 4; Sacra-
mento, > San Bernardino. / san Diego
San Francisco, &c; San JOAQUIN. & san
Mateo, l Santa Barbara, l; Santa Clara
] Santa Cruz, Shasta, 2; Sierra, l Sis
kiyou, 2 SOlano, ,; Sonoma, 5 S.anislaus
2;Iehama,l Tulare, ?; Tuolumne, 1; Ven
tura, Yolo, ,. The terms for which thew
were sentenced were One year, :; two. 10 I:
three, four, . five, "a six, 4 saven
10; seven and one-half, ! eight. 4 nine
3 s; len, D twelve, twelve and one-half
thirteen, fourteen, 8 fifteen. ~
fifteen and one-half, twenty, , twenty
two. twenty-five, 2; thirty, ] life, q
They We're convicted for the follow
ing otfen!ses: Murder, 81 burglary,
%; robbery, 3; manslaughter 4;
forgery |; perjury 3; tape, .
grand larceny. II; assault to murder, 20 .
felony, ! kidnapping, arson. J. petit
larceny, - embezzleinent 2 They are
employed in the prison as follows Jute
mills 90; chair shop, 8 door shop, 20 ;
harness shop, .; tailor shop, /; laundry, q E:
servants, 10; porters, ) ; scavengers, 5:
barber, cripples, s. iinbeciles. 6.
The number Of Chinese conyicts in Fol-
som and San Quentin is 232 Whole num-
Der OF prisoners in both institutions, 1850
The percentage Of Chinese conyicts is al
most Is.
Governor Stoneman IS being petitioned
10 pardon this whole lot of criminals,
brand them and load them on a ship for
China with he understanding that if they
return the prison bars viii again close
upon them. Many think this would be q
good move; il certainly would be a
good way to solve the Chinese question, 50
far as criminals already convicted is con
cerned. One Judge learned in the law
says Either hang them. Of brand them
and ship them TO China If they return
hang them, and the next time they are
shipped they will stay shipped.