The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-22
THE JAIL ovERCROWDED.
OVER 100 PRISONERS NOW BOARD
ING WITH THE COUNTY.

Six of These Are Lunatics, Who
intendent of the State SanitRrium
Because of the Reported Exist
ence of Smallpox in Savannah.
Many others Are Jail Prisoners
From the Police Court Who Had
Much Better he Out on the County
WOrk-Frank Wright and Toby
Bowen to Hang Mt Early Dates.
An Effort by the City Court to Re-
Iieve the Jail.
The county Jail is just now suffering
from a congestion of prisoners. There are
1OS at the jail and the number is not be-
ing reduced rapidly enough to suit Sheriff
Roman. The criminal day in the City
Court yesterday relieved the Jail of about
score, but this little decrease will soon
be made up.
OF the number now in the Jail six are
lunatics. whom the superintendent of the
state sanltarium declines to receive on
the ground that they may convey the
smallpox infection from Chatham county
to the sanitarium. County Physician CHS
holm has written Superintendent Powell,
explaining that this fear is utterly ground
less, there not having been a case of
smallpox in the city in several weeks at
the time the letter was written and the
prisoners at the jail not having been ex-
posed to infection in any manner. This
does not seem to satisfy the superintend-
ent, however. The negro quarters at the
sanitarium are doubtless crowded as usual
and any excuse that will keep down the
number is good.
Unless providential Intervention should
take place the sheriff is likely to be re-
lieved of two of his permanent boarders
at the Jail in the near future. Frank
Wright, under sentence of death for the
murder of Amos Foy, is to die April 20,
and Tony Bowen, who killed his wife, Rosa
Bowen, is to die May II. The Supreme
Court has affirmed the decision of the
lower court in the Bowen case, while no
appeal was taken in the Wright case
The main thing which accounts for the
congestion at the JAIL Sheriff Roman stat
ed yesterday, is the number of jail pris-
oners who are turned over from the Po-
lice Court. The majority of the prison
ers from the Police Court who are unable
to pay their fines are turned over to the
jail on short sentences, usually of from
tve TO fifteen days As their sentences
do not allow of their being sent to the
gang they are kept at the Jail. There is
no work for them to do at the JAIL and
they are simply an expense to the coun-
ty, besides keeping the jail crowded.
The following jail cases were disposed
of in the City Court yesterday
Annie White, the negro girl employed
as a servant in the house of Mr. w. C.
Powell, who was charged with stealing
money from a room in the house and then
setting fire to the room in order to con-
ceal the theft, was sentenced 20 twelve
months on the Changing for larceny from
the house.
Charles Williams. Max Knight, John
Wilson and Sam Brown were sentenced to
pay fine of $40 each or spend six months
on the gang for stealing rides on the
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad.
Barlow Thompson was sentenced to six
months for stealing a sack of rice from
L. L. Cubbedge.
Ella Jones was given six months sen
tence for the larceny of s21.35.
Jacob Lyons was sent to the gang for
twelve months for larceny.
George William was given three month :
for assault and battery.
Nancy Taylor was given two months for
malicious mischief.
Eddie Davis was let off with one month
for stealing a knife from a white how.
William Smith was given three months
for misdemeanor.
Several parties, against whom the
charges could not be substantiated were
allowed to go free.