Evening star., 1896-12-09
THE DISTRICT JAIL.
Report Of Its Operations for the Past
Fiscal Year.

Fiscal Year.
Mr.. John r. Leonard. warden of the
United States Jail. has made brief report
to Attorney General Harmon In regard to
the operations of that institution during
the past fiscal year. A statement is given
showing tho number of prisoners COM
mitted and released during the year. with
daily average, etc., as follows:
Number in jaif November 1, 1895, 3O2
received during the year, 3.2O2 discharged
during the year, 3,147; in Jail October 81
ls9G. Ss!; largest number in any one day,
53l; smallest number in any one day, 253;
average daily number for 1896, 3081s
average daily number for 1895. 3O6; of the
357 inmates at the close of 1895 there were:
White males. so; white females, /; colored
males. 275; colored females. 81; number of
visitors to see prisoners during the year,
1881; number Of prisoners visited during
the jail. 2,415
or the number committed to jail during
the past year. 10 were charged with mur-
der, accessory to murder, l arson, 55 in
Z highway robbery. II burglary, 11S house
breaking. 131 grand larceny, so false pre-
lenses. perjury. IA forgery. IA embezzle-
ment, bigamy, II receiving stolen goods.
police officer. manslaughter, 20 fornica-
ton. 962 assault and battery. 81 ARRAY,
13 keeping gambling table. 45 policy, 2
grave robbery 55 unlicensed bar, keeping
ba"dy house. 162 carrying concealed
weapons, l violating oleomargarine law, 46
adultery and IA for vagrancy. The total
number of prisoners sent to the Albany
pententiary during the year was 12O.
In regard to the general condition of the
jail the warden says:
I'VE need concrete around the base of
the jail wall outside to protect 1t from wa
ter and frost. The wall leaks badly ana
the stone and brick are crumbling.
The heating pipes need overhauling and
char giEg.
mo fault can be found with the contrac-
tors for supplies. They are all giving en-
tire t!sfaction.
The Jail Is in good sanitary condition
apart from the mnlarial fever of inmates.
induced by the proximity of the jail to the
marshes of the Eastern branch Of the Po-
tomac.
I'VE are indebted to the Department of
Justice and to the honorable judges of the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
and the United States district attorney for
their assistance and for their promptness
in dispt sing Of those cases held for trial
DR.. X. X. Shute. the physician of the jail,
makes brief report in the following words
During the year three deaths occurred
one from advanced pulmonary tuberculosis,
one from heart disease and the other from
acute meningitis in an old man of chronic
alcoholic disease
Apart from the severe attacks of ma
iarlal IeVer mat offlcerS and prisoners alike
have had. the health Of the inmates of the
jail has been as good could be expected.
The leaking of the steam pipes of the heat
1Es apparatus induces such a condition as
to impair the otherwise good sanitary con-
diton CT the Jail.
During the months of September and
October the officers of the Jail suffer ed SO
severely from malarial fever as seriously to
cripple the working force Of the jail
AS l stated in my report of last year,
the close proximity of the Jail to the
marshes of the Eastern branch Of the Po-
tomac constantly exposes the inmates of
the Jail during spring and autumn to the
malarial miasm'