The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-22
CAPITAL OF THE STATE.
COL. TOWERS ADVOCATES STATE
JAIL INSPECTORS.

Many of the County Institutions Re-
ported to Be in a Eorribly Filthy
Representative Venable
to Propose the establishment of a
State Inebriate Asylum-The School
Fund and Liquor Dealers to Be
Drawn Oh For It's Support
ATLANTA, GA, June 2L-Col. John r.
Towers, principal keeper of the peniten-
tiary. thinks that the state needs some
officers to be known as jail inspectors,
whose duty it would be to inspect at irregu-
lar intervals the various jails of the state.
He said to the NEWS correspondent this
morning that it will be impossible to de-
crease the death rate in the penitentiary as
long as prisoners are received in bad phys
ical condition from diseases contracted in
the jails. A man was received from the
Harris county Jail with a terrible case Of
scurvy and other bodily Affections of a
serious type. This, the colonel said, is not
the first diseased prisoner that has come to
the convict camps from that Jail. Two
negroes that were sent from there to serve
out sentences on the North Georgia rail-
road two years ago, died before they did
any work.
IN TERRIBLE CONDITION.
Some of the jails of the state, Col. Towers
said, are in terrible condition, poorly venti-
lated and as filthy as a hog pen. There is a
good deal of abuse. said he, heaped on the
convict les,ees that justly belongs in other
quarters, The colonel thinks that the re-
cent Jail Investigations will do good all over
the state. Yesterday, he said, when one of
his guards went to the Fulton county jail
to get some prisoners, who had been SEN
fenced to the chain-gang, he found one of
them naked and the guard had to go out
and buy the poor fellow suit of clothes
before he could take him out of Jail.
A PECULIAR CASE.
A peculiar case was disposed of in the
superior court this morning. Perino Brown
was working for the w estern and Atlantic
railroad in Chattanooga as record clerk.
He owed J. S. McLendon a certain sum and
the road owed him So. The creditor
served a garnlshment on the road for
Browns salary. Ia the meantime Browns
name disappeared from the employees list
of the road and that of w. II. Patterson
appeared in its stead. The gist of the legal
investigation was to determine the real
identity of the employee. The jury decided
that it was Patterson,
THE DIVORCE MILL.
The Atlanta divorce mill was in full
blast this morning. The souls of three
were made happy with total divorces and
seven with partial divorces. The cases
were tried before Judge Marshall ]. Clark,
and were disposed of very rapidly.
BULLET HOLE IN HIS FOREHEAD
George Altman, a negro well known in
police circles, was found staggering along
Decatur street to-day with bullet hole in
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not, give any intelligent information as to
how he got shot. He was locked up in police
headquarters.
STATE INEBRIATE ASYLUM.
Hon. w. H. Venable will present a bill
to the legislature at the July session pro-
viding for the es ablishment by the state of
an inebriate asylum for the cure and
reformation of confirmed drunkards and
opium victims. His design is to have an
institution established ON or near the prop
erty owned by the state at Indian Springs,
in Butts county. 1t is to be built and sus-
tanned by taking $25, 900 from the commo
school fund tax for each of the years 1890
1891 and 1892, and that amount, or so much
of it as may be needed, rom the same fund
for each successive year thereafter. The
bill will also provide for the levying Of an
additional tax on the sale of liquor to aid
in the maintenance of the home. Mr. Veua-
BILE has corresponded with large nu nber
of representatives. outliningsthe provisions
of his bill, and has received gratifying as
surances that it viii be favorably consid-
cred by the legislature.
FULToNs FEDERAL PRISONERS.
1t now appears that the federal prisoners
will not be removed from the Fulton coun-
ty Jail. Sheriff 7 omas this morni lg sub
mitted plan to United States District At
torney Darnell by which the existing diff
culties may be overcome. This plai is ap-
proved by the county commissioners
and is received with favor by Mr.. DarnelI.
Sheriff Thomas proposes to huild a
separate apartment on land owned by the
county, at the jail, for federal prisoners.
There is a vacant lot connected with the
jail, and the plan is to have the county
build prison on this lot with
apartments for prisoners above
ground, and to supply in connection there
with hospital By the adoption of this
plan federal prisoners would be entirely
separate from state prisoners in every way.
1t is likely t at the plan will be adopted
and that work will begin at once
DRAWS PRIZE OF $4,000.
The fortunate holder of the ticket in At.
ianta which drew S15, 900 in the Louisiana
lottery on Tuesday has been found. It ia
u. 4. EdWalNs, an empioye or the Atlanta
Epening Journal The old gentleman runs
the Journals press engine, and was not
sure of his good luck until last mig {, when
he and his wife examined the ticket and
found it all right. The ticket was placed
with the Capital City Bank to-day for col
lection.
THE CovINGToN AND MACON.
The assessors. appointed by Gov. Gordon
for the Covington aud Macon road presented
their report TO Comptroller General Wrig t
this morning. The report shows large in
crease over the returns as given by the road,
The road returned its entire property at
$64S, 240 AZ, and the assessors aln,d it at
$3.50, 1863 ~, a difference of 1882. 1879 40 in
favor of the state The largest amount of
increase is on the road ed and track. The
management valued this property at $780,
600 and il was valued by the assessors at
1921 900. There was also an increased valua-
ton of locomotives and cars over that of
the original returns.
wHITLoCK'S TRIAL. FOR MURDER,
The Whitlock murder trial has been in
progress two days before the criminal court
and will consume all of tomorrow. The
prisoner made statement this afternoon
and the prosecution is examining witnesses
in rebuttal. The evidence will t be all in
till tomorrow afternoon. Should tie ar
gumentS begin then, the court will probably
hold light session. A verdict is not ex-
pected till Monday. 1t is believed that the
prisoner will be acquitted OF that there will
be a mistrial.