The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-31
AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT
WOTkhOuse Prisoners With Jail
Sentences Cause Trouble.
Judge KimbaII Offers a Solution of
the DiHcUItics-PubIic Work Or
dered by the Commissioners.
Property Owners File n Protest.

dered by the Commissioners.
Property Owners File IA Protest.
\ few days ago W. H. Stoutenburgh. the
fntendant Of the Washington Asylum,
informed the Commissioners that one OF
the prisoners of the workhouse had at
tempted to escape from the institution to
avoid serving sentence in jail after that
in the workhouse- Mr.. Stoutenburgh in
formed the Commissioners that he haG
three other men in the workhouse who
still had sentences to serve in Jail, and
complained that these prisoners gave him
q great deal Of trouble for fear of escape.
The Intendant asked the Commissioners
To induce the courts to order the serving
Of the Jail sentence first where prisoners
had the two terms to serve, as the Jail is
better prepared 70 hold the prisoners and
deliver them to the workhouse keepers
than vice versa.
The Commissioners addressed the judges
of the Police Court in regard to the mat
ter, saying:
IN view of the suggestions advanced
by the Intendant Of the Washington Asy-
lum and as a result or consideration Of
the facts stated. the Commissioners cake
the liberty of enquiring whether, where
prisoners are to serve both a Jail and a
public interest TO have the jail sentence
take effect first Of course, the work
house Is not as well prepared to keep Sc
curely desperate prisoners as the jail is:
and the temptation to seek to escape from
the workhouse, in view of the ensuing
jail sentence, might rot operate as dis
advantageously to the public interests If
the workhouse prisoner has already serv-
ed his jail sentence
Judge / G. Kiuban replied TO the note
Of the Commissioners informing them
that he had made an investigation Of the
case referred to by the Intendant of the
Washington Asylum and said:
The facts as 1 find them are that the
prisoner was tried on both sides of the
court without either the judge or the
clerk Of the separate courts knowing he
was charged in the other. on that day
the workhouse prisoners were sent away
first, and he was sent to the workhoUse
under 4 commitment from the District Of
Columbia side of the court When the
marshal found this out he went in car
rage to the workhouse for the purpose
Of having the prisoner removed to jail to
serve out that sentence first. but he could
not secure his transmittaI and the prison
ct remained in the BOrkhouse
1.-The rule is that where a defendant is
convicted and given sentence IN both the
jail and the workhoUse he shall be com
mitted to jail first 1t sometimes happens,
however that a man already IN the work
house under sentence is tried in a United
States case, and upon conviction is SEN
fenced to jail upon the expiration of the
existing sentence In such cases, of
course, he will have to serve out his
wOTkhOUse Imprisonment before being
sent to Jail In all other cases it is our
order and intention that they be sent to
jail first. I have requested the marshal
where cases of this kind occur and the
two sentences are imposed by the courts
to always see that the prisoner is sent to
Jail first. We hope that no cases of this
kind will occur again"