The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-06
POLICE CELLS PACKED.
Thirty Prisoners shut Up in Seven
Small Cells Last Night.

Small Cells Last Night.
Thsrty prisoners are in seven small
cells at the police barracks awaiting a
bearing in police court this morning. 1t
was thought last night that the number
damned in the cells would run to forty by
midnight, in which event the station house
would be altogether in adequate. DRINKS
and disorderlies were coming slow about
supper time, however, which was taken as
an encouraging omen.
Chief McDermott said that additional
room is needed for the keeping of prison
ers. The present quarters were construct
cd IN 1851 when the city had a population
OF only about 1000 people. The structure
is of brick and has four rooms in addition
TO the cells. These rooms are constantly
occupied, one being used a storage place
Tor guns, another as sleeping quarters for
ramps unable to obtain quarters else
where another as a kitchen and the fourth
as quartermasters office.
Inc cells are back of these rooms, and
while kept in the cleanest condition. are
SUBJECT TO that foulness which comes from
superabundance Of negroes in small
compartments. The cells are six feet long,
three feet wide and seven feet high. Be
ing entered from a small corridor four
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properly ventilate the quarters when so
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atio'l mouse ana nave accordingly
which ~ Ill 40 an dPpIopIladoh with
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ho 49, H., - lC.uoily eAlsts' Whlch may
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IT. - ~ 80 .lle oaLracks
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Not - 81 uc.uIe they would build
tba n "lsI'ls, Oh course, 10 dispense with
70 ra pS71.'' nouse' we luea Is 10 allow 1t
~ Enc o'l-e'i1, OUIISlluttlHg the new building
,,',ot - ~. 81 ilapeIsnam street and con-
- Us me Two by TINS arrangement
s Slc - house couid De used exclusively
- ~ ~ lsoA purposes ana conveniently di-
, ntHe1 on INTO sections for black and
"nltes' males and females.
- - also proposed to remove the ser
SeS". once ana ponce court room to
t .i new statIoh mouse and to use
tlle upper rooms as detectives. headquar-
'e[s ana dormltory for the fiNa detail of
ponce. with such an arrangement the
daVantages would be manifold in many re-
5sPecls. Fflsoners gould be handled from
the prison 70 police court much better
present Xxrh he,