The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-01-17
THE WARDEN'S REPORT.
An Interesting Array of Facts
and Figures Regarding the
Missouri Penitentiary.

COl. JOnn. Il. NlOrrlSOn, warden oI
the penitentiary, has submitted his
biennial report to the governor, show
ing the transactions of the penitentiary
for the two years ending December
81, 1892. In his report Col. Morri-
son says that the dicipline AMI general
health of the prison has been good,
and he commends the faithful services
oi' the officers and the efficient manner
in which they have discharged their
duties.
The report deals with statistics,
some of which are quite interesting.
At present /, 133 convicts are en-
ployed by the contractors at a COM
pensation to the state of 80 cents per
day; 327 are employed by the state in
doing the work of the institution; IL
in the hospital; Is in solitary con-
iinement and the remainder, about
l23, are idle. The earnings for the
two years amounted to 1883, 9O6. IA.
The legislature two years ago appro-
priated sl75, 900 tor support of the
institution. OF this sum S66, 724 has
been used and the remainder, s1OS.-
1885. goes back tn the state treas
ury. New shop buildings were ereted
at a cost of s3S, 1876. Is and the repairs
OF the Institution cost S9,4l7.95.
There were I, 424 prisoners received
the last two years, and of this number
922 were white males, 451 negro
males, 20 white females. and 81 negro
females. There are now 1859 con-
victs in the penitentiary. This is n
decrease of 124 over the two years
previous. The prison was established
in 1886. That year one convict was
received. The greatest number re-
ceived any two years was from 1886
to 1888, the number being 1886.
Since its organization to December 81
last, %, 429 persons have been con-
fined in the penitentiary. The coun-
ties that have contributed most liber-
ally to the institution the last two
years are: Buchanan, 80; Butler, Is;
Greene, A; jackson, 1853; Jasper, AZ;
Lafayette, %; Marion, So; Pettis, "a;
Pike, 20; Randolph, 81; Saline. So; st.
Louis, %; st. Louis City, $50. The
counties Of Benton, Camden, Nc
Donald, Miller, Usage, Ray, Shelby,
Washington, Wayne and Worth are
only credited with one convict each.
The states making heavy contributions
are: Missouri, 6l9; Illinois, 1913;
Nav York, So; Ohio, 50 Pennsyl-
vania, n; Tennessee So. There were
received 1922 native born convicts
and SO Of foreign birth. Canada is
represented by II; Germany SO;
Ireland, 10; England, 10. China.
France, Prussia, Poland and Mexico
have one representative each.
OF the l, 424 convicts received for
1912, 1,O7l can read and write: IS
can read only and 2S5 are illiterate.
There wee 300 sentenced for otfenses
against the lives and persons of indi-
viduals. No less than 954 come under
the head of burglary, larceny and oc
fenses against the property of indi-
viduals. For bigamy and similar
oHenses, 90 are serving time; 60 for
forgery, fraud, etc; 10 for Jail break
ing, perjury, etc; for miscellaneous
oHenses, and SO arc government pris-
oners, serving time for counterfeiting
and pension frauds. The cenvicts
claiming to have religious beliefs are
classified as follows: Baptist, Al ;Catho-
lies, l55; Christians, Is; Episcopal
lians. Is; Hebrews, 1; Lutherns, -;
Congregationalis;s. 1; Methodists, IL;
Presbyterians, IA; Adventists, |;
MOrmons, /; United Brethren, 81.
There are 1 ,Os6 who claims n, religi-
Gus belief or hope Of a glorious ressur-
rection. The argument frequently
usp1 hy temnerence OratOrs that in