The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-01-08
STATES PENAL COLONY.
Statistics Concerning Those seques'
tered for M~ontana's Good.

AS shown by the annual report of
the state prison contractors Yellow
stone county has more than a fair
representation in the colony main
tanned at Deer Lodge by the state for
the general good. January /, there
were % inmates of the penitentiary
who had been sent up from this ~
ty. Silver Bow led the list with Sc,
while Powell was at the foot, being
credited with only one prisoner.
Meagher and Rosebud were the next
fortunate counties, each of these hav-
ing but two. Chouteau had the Sec
ond highest number, 46.
The total number Of prisoners was
$50, of whom 172 were received dur
ing the year ending December 81.
Twenty-Five are serving life sentences;
SO are in for terms of five years and
66 for n year, each. Eleven are
murderers, 40 murderers in the sec
ond degree; % rapists, 80 grand lar
cenists, A burglars and 80 forgers.
During the year 1852 were discharg-
ed by virtue of the expiration of their
respective sentences; "a were par
doned; four. were released by diminu-
ton of sentences, while four obtained
their release on orders of court and
four made their escape. One was sent
to the reform school and one transfer
red to the insane asylum, making
a total of 189 released in one way or
another. Of this number 1859 were al
lowed time for good behavior. To
181 a cash gratuity was given, the
aggregate of which was $905. Cloth
ing to the value of $2,770 was furnish
ed to 1876.
Sixty-nine of the men are classed as
laborers, 40 as miners, 81 as ranchers,
% as teamsters, % as cooks, 20 as
cowboys, eight as sheepherders and
10 as walters.
Only 81 of the convicts are married.
Two of the population are between
the ages of 70 and 80, and % are be"
tween the ages of so and go. There
are 10 women in the list.
During the year the number of con
victs punished for infractions Of the
, prison rules was $50. The punish
! ishment consisted of terms in the
dungeon ranging from two to 30 days
with bread and water accompaniment
In three cases chains for six months
: were added.
The financial accounts of the con
victs is no small matter in a year, a!
, the report shows that last year money
was received by $40 of the prisoners
During the year money was expend
ed by 1876 of them, the total amour
of the expenditures being $8,900.50
o Few Native Montanans.
OF the whole number only IL ar
Montanans. New York contribute
the largest number of boarders in tn
Conley & McTague bastile, the tota
q to the credit or discredit of the En-
II pire state being SO. Illinois quot
Is vas 2e, that of Iowa %, Michigan 2.
Wisconsin 81, Missouri II, Minnesot
16, Ohio IA, Oregon four and Wyomin
u two.
In the list of foreign lands contril
uting to the prison population Canad
leads with %, Ireland has 90 sons i
,s the list, Austria five,- Brazil one Chin
one, England 10, Finland Ave, De-
mark two, Germany II, ITALY fo'2
o. Russia one, Sweden and .o,way TO.
,h each.
~ The report includes a complt Il!
of the %convicts, with a description
: each, the length of term, and the dat
IS OF expiration of sentence, with an
Id without the good time Communication.