Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
NONEWSPAPER
MEN IN THE
PEN
NEARLY EVERY OTHER PROFESS
SION REPRESENTED BEHIND
GEORGIA PRISON WALLS.
LAWYERS ALSO ON OUTSIDE.

No newspaper men or lawyers grace the
walls of the Georgia penitentiary, but
every otner profession and class Of labor
is represented. Statistics. which have
been compiled by Secretary Goodloe Yam
cey, of the prison commission. for the
annual report Of the commission, shows
the previous occupation Of the various
convicts, and although there are preach
ers, cotton mill operators. bankers. capt.
talists and others in the penitentiary'
members of the third and fourth estate
are not represented.
The following table shows the number
of convicts in the penitentiary and the
occupation OF the convicts before being
sentenced:
Accountants. ........ 2
Awning Makers. I
BlacksmithS.-..5 1890. 4s
Broom makerS -. 49, -. -. -.
Buffers $4,000. 70
Barbers.... -. -. .-........ y
Bootblacks.. o.. .............. ~
BartenderS.... $500. ...s......
Boilermakers.. '.......
Butchers .......... II
Bakers. 5000. 49,. ...- 1900.
Candy Makers. ...... 1890. :
Cooks. -. -. -. A
Clerks..-.... 5000. ........... .......... -
Coachmen...... s'..s.... II
Collectors. ....... -. -. ......
Cotton mill OPERATORS. !
Coopers.... 49,. -. $500. ....-.......
Cowboys ...-.. ........... 49,
Distillers.....-.- ......
DrayEnen. .-......... ....-...-. -. 1900 ~
Dyers...... 49,. -. -. ................ J
Dentists. go. 80. -. -. ......
E,pCravorQ ........ -
Engineers. -. ...-.........
Farmers. .......... 81
Hotel Keepers. -. :
HostlerS.... ....... ........-..
Harness makers. 5000. ....-.....
Jockeys.-...... ........-.. ].
LaborerS..-... ...- ....s.-.....1,Vz,
Miners...........- ............ .....---
Mechanics.
Machintsts....
Moulders
Marble workers.. 80.
Nurses.
Physicians. -. -. 49, -.
Painters. 80. -. 49,. 49,.
Preachers. II
Peddlers... ....... -. 49, ..-'.-
Printers. 80. -. ...-.
Plumbers. -. -. -. -
Porters -. q
49, -''"'"''
Policemen. -.
Pilots.... J
Railroad brakemen..
Railroad 6remen.. g
Railroad hands,. .
School teachers
Saw mill operators
Stone CUTTERS.
Shoemakers.. -. 49,
Saiors...... 80. .... 49,. -. $3.50 -.
SteVedores.... 49,. 49,. 49,.
Sl.versmiths.... -. 80. :. ..la. J
TailorS.. ....-.-. -. 49, -. 500
Timers. -. -. -.
Telegraph operators -.
Migrants. -. -. -. -. -. 2
Walters. -. -. -. -. "a
Total. $500. -. -. ...... ..z.ol7
There are 1,O4s married convicts and 1,26l
who are single.
One of the most interesting things shown
by the report are the figures giving the
number of convicts who can read and
write and those who are wholly tlliterate
The following table gives the figures;
Able to read and write. ..lOI4
Read only. -. -. 70.
Wholly illiterate.... ..l,Ooi
There are 2,O9S convicts in the peniten-
tiary who are serving their first term, 19s
who are serving their second term, 2
who are serving their third term, . VINO
are serving their fourth term; who are
serving their fifth term, and one who Is
serving his sixth term.
The number of convicts discharged last
year was 376. The number pardoned was
so. Out Of a total of 2,S15 convicts only 81
died during the year. This Is regarded as
a remarkable health record. Thirty-seven
convicts escaped during the year, and
three went crazy and were'transferred and
sent to the asylum.
When the lease Of the convicts began,
several years ago, there were only ,23C
convicts, and the increase since that time
has been Loss. The total number of con-
victs in the penitentiary last year. on Oc-
tober LIST, was 2,245. The number this year
is 2.315
There are 628 convicts serving sentences
for burglary, 231 for attempt to murder.
: 221 for manslaughter, 566 for murder, IS for
arson, IS for robbery, IS for perjury. These
figures viii be shown in the annual report
of the prison commission which will be IS
sued on November 1st.