The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-05-06
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week. The sanitary condition OF
Jail is resilient. Tn, bedding
furnished Is sufficient, and the
food supplied is wholesome and
sufficient In amount. The Jail
lie heated by steam, and Is n model
institution In every respect, and
Is perfectly safe. Chas. NJ. Wilson,
the county jailor. Is to be highly
commended for the splendid con-
dition OF the Jail and the treat
mcnt OF the prisoners there con-
fined.
We deem II the duty OF the
county court, under section 1893,
of the revised statutes of this state,
10 at once make an order that tho
sheriff work all prisoners serving
sentences In the county jail, each
day during their torn, Mt breaking
rock, to be sold for the use Of
tho county or used on the
public highways OF the county, or
at other public works for the use
OF the county. We recommend
that such action bo taken by tho
county court at once.
We find that large proportion
Of the persons convicted and
sentenced to the county Jail the
past six months have been parolcd
Immediately, or long before they
had served their terms. We doubt
the wisdom oi libcrality In the
granting Of paroles to county
prisoners. especially after a con-
viction and Assessment of punish-
ment by n jury Of citizens Of the
county. Especially do We believe
u parole should be Withheld where
the prisoner before trial denied
his guilt, and put the county to
great expense TO prove him guilty.
Such prisoners as plead guilty
and throw themselves on the mercy
Of the court are In our opinion the
only class that should be granted
clcmency. Any other course
would be little encouragement to
the officers Of the law to put forth
their best efforts to apprchcnd and
convict violators OF the law, at
great public expense and personal
toll.
We believe that the sheriff
should be very careful In making
what is called n "trusty" OF n
prisoner. We believe that when
n person is sentenced to be COM
mittcd to the common Jail OF the
county that he should be treated
with kindness, but treated as
prisoner during his term. This Is
n discretion that rests with the
shcriI, and he IL always RESPONSE
bic under the law for the safo
keeping Of his prisoners, but we
urgently recommend that not more
than one prisoner at time be
treated as "trusty", aud that no
prisoner be so treated till he has
served at lcast half Of his sentence.
We commend most highly tho
energy and ability with which
sheriff Wilson and deputy Britt
have run down and approhcnded
persons guilty OF crime In the
past year, during the construction
Of the new railroad through the
county. In view of the fact that a
number Of offenders were strangers
and Immediately fled the state
and have been apprehended, these
officers ore entitled TO great credit
and the thanks OF the grand Jury.
, Respectfully submitted,
/ FRED BLATTNER, Foreman.
The New Florence Leader says
that:--Uncle Peter Harris, an old
and respected colored man, livln <
! east Of town died Wednesday
3 night, aged IL years. He has lived
near this place for long time and
was respected by all who knew
him. He will be buried today. ..Dr.
Wyatt and son Douglas were here
: from Prices Branch last Monday.
Douglas has just finished his med
e ical course at Kansas City and is