Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-15

| Extra guard ..'.....'' ''''''' - 90
n Once and guards ...."........ Sz,eo' oe
Total .......... .:''''''''''''''F - 00O OK
Balance net gain'''''''''''''. Y9,--1 ~
H27.s6i o.
,,ouou,,rg is the balance sheet showing
ro ae0an'ot condition of the penitentiary
ON october /, 1893:
Provisions. clothing furniture D, 400 25
| machinery, etc ...........'
Tue nv contractors, etc Nes' q o,Q 81
81 g22 90 due prisoners .'''...'.i. '''''
Farm-materal, produce stocN Of 90 Sg
fixtures, etc. .......'': ....'',.''ii,'
Real estate, buildings. Farm, .e S7o722 50
In treasury, to creul VI p.''' 1870 Sc
tiary fund ........' ''''''''''''''
, .......... s5O5, 2s5 81
LIABILITIES.
| Commonwealth of Virginia :....: S4'S'oo' -
I Net gain Oess 81. 4O149, deficit at ,e -oo 70
farm ......... .........''''.'''''' 49, -
NJ, .S5O5, 2S5 81
PRISONERS FUND.
Balance due prisoners .........s 6124 OF
Received from oVer"orh uu'."e 1881 81
HSOSi 90 fr,ro other sot,rces .... 1888 l9
rota, .............S 1878 80
| DISBURSEMENTS.
/ Paid for supplies for prisoners
/ fruits. chickens, canned gOods) .oo -, o.,
during fiscal year .;..........'.S l5'g g55 ~ ~
/ Paid prisoners at discharge -: 1000 10
Amount IN treasury 10 'ieu'' 4.922 90
| run lunu bbaa,n,i' ........ 4C6 A
Oa mn o cost '' of Keeping. 26s prisoners che
! average for one year,, 81, 1888 per capita
per year, 1864; per capita per uay' lOoO0'
THE STATE FARM.
The state Farm was not self-supporung
This wear bv 50. 4Ol. 40, due to freshets ana
droughts. 1t is pointed out that the lafn
is largely home for the SICK disabled
indrm old and the weak. The statement
of the farm operations is as follows
| Cost of operating farm for the 49,,
year,. ...... ........ ..'.''''''F-l'Sit ."
Received from farm for the year. l29ll 81
The amount deposited with the state
| Auditor during the year from the earn
ings of the penitentiary was Sl5l, 2O2'4S;
the amount drawn during the same time
was $40 23l SO; amount paid officers and
guards out of general appropriation,
Ss2. SCI. 30 leaving net balance. after
| paying operating expenses, $40 1850.
NEW coNVICTs.
The number of convicts received du-
ring the wear was Az. OF this number
| the greatest number received any one
| month of the fiscal year was Il, IN DC
| tober 1898: the smallest number was In
March. 1889 The total cost OF bring
ing the convicts to the penitentiary was
S3,3l6S5.
The average number Of prisoners in
the penitentiary was l,262; the number
of deaths, s; number of deaths per l,vJV
622 The number of deaths in the peni-
Tertiary during the year was only 8; OF
these. were white and colored. The
causes of death were varied, including
typhoid-fever, grip, apoplexy, etc. Deaths
| at the farm were 10; 10 of these
were from consumption. Fourteen of the
dead were colored.
IN GOOD HEALTH.
Surgeon Benjamin Harrison reports the
health of the institution phenomeuallS
good. considering its poor sanitation
! crowded condition, etc. The total mum
! Der reported sick to the surgeon wa'
I 2l,lO5; men excused from work on ac
4 count of sickness 6Oi3: women excused
an. There were received during the yea
! 80 white men. Sol colored men, and j
! | colored women.
, Fifty-three white men, S04 colored men
/. white woman, and p colored womei
!, were discharged. escaped. pardoned, ant
y died.
During the year four persons were sen
: TO tho lunatic asylum (all colored).
ono prisoner escaped from the Capito
Square. and "trusty" from the peniten
tiary escaped; white and colored mel
escaped from the farm during the year
OF these were recaptured, leaving
y still at large.
1 OF the Az prisoners received during tn
. year. Richmond contributed 46; Danvill,
Y and Norfolk, 20 each; Fredericksburg sen
2 none Ohe only city IL the State not send
I Ing a prisoner; Radford and Alexandra
| sent J each.
! NORFOLK'S RECORD.
l The largest number received from any
. ono county was p from Norfolk county
n a large number of counties contributed
n each; 70 counties sent no prisoners. Onl,
$ 1 foreigner was received during the yea
c Il Frenchman): 81 OF the years recruits
y were native Nirginians, 40 North Caro-
inians, q States being claimed by th'
prisoners as place of their nativity.
The crimes for which the convicts wer
committed embrace all named in tbs
b. Decalogue and some unnamed: Abduc
: ton, ]; attempted robbery, 2; attempted
n assault. Is; breaking and entering, 1872
/. bigamy 2; burglary. Is; burglary, will
: intent TO assault. 9; cattle stealing, 20
= felony S: forgery, 10; grand larceny 10
third offence petit larceny. IL; horse
stealing. Is; Jail burning. 3; malicious as
A sault 20: malicious burning. o; man
. slaughter, s; murder, 26; obstructing rail
Y roads A. criminal assault, 5; robbery, IL
y riotng, 3; seduction /. stealing from per
n son, IS; unlawful assault, IS.