The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-29
Seventeen Up for Life.

Seventeen Up for Life.
/ OF the 210 male inmates Of the in-ss
1 Stitution seventeen of them are MUIR
derers and serving life sentencea.
There are others in for manslaughter
Rnd murder in different degrees. who.
are serving definite sentences. Accord
tng to the figures obtained from Ward-g
pm IT. T. Parmley, the average term Of n
the prisoners is between three and four
PEARS. There are, however, between
1. twenty and twenty-five prisoners who
| ilre serving sentences from fifteen t0Ss
| eighteen years. But most of the prtS-Is
.pners here are what are known a.
\ yshort termers."
TO Pardon Female Convict.
Efforts are now being made looking
prisoners. which, if successful. which
seems probable, will leave the instttu-
tion with but one woman prisoner.
According to the figures of Warden
Parn1ley about 10 per cent. Of the
prisoners are second or third term
men. Il.
OF the 210 male prisoners forty Ave
are employed in the Kitchen, dining
room, laundry or inside the peniten-I NJ
siary proper, on work connected with
the institution. OF the remainder 100
are employed in the shirt factory, in-s
Stalled less than a year ago, ana tho
1 remainder are kept at work getting out
stone or working on the penitentta%
farm and garden in the summer ttnae.s
The indications are that the next
legislature will provide ways and
means for the establishment of q twines
factory. The men engaged In getting
out stone could be put to work In such 4
Ia factory, and large majority OF the
people Of the state desire the twinea
factory installed.
lt 10 Not . Rsformatory.
The South Dakota penitenttary is not
a '.reformatory' in the pure sense Of
the word. While the officials aim to
throw such influence around the pris-:
!oners as to show them the error OF their
way, no special efforts in the line of re-s
forming is undertaken. Church serv-:
ices are held every Sunday morning.
lone or another of the local minister1s
preaching q sermon. Semi-relfgiouD
services of a musical nature are held
quite often. The prisoners enjoy the
latter, and when familiar hymn or
song Is sung, and they are invited to-
join in the singing, they respond with
"a will.
The crimes for which the prisoners;
;have been sent up cover about every
thing in the category OF crime. OF
course burglary and grand larceny
which prisoners now here are doing
time are:
The Many Grimes Committed.
Murder, manslaughter In different de-
grees, embezzlement, rape. forgery ar
son. assault, perjury, counterfeiting,s
bling postoffices, obliterating cattls
brands. mailing obscene matter, adul-
Is terry, returning false accounts (North
Dakota deputy marshal padded expense
account). bigamy, aiding prisoner to-
escape, assault to commit rape. driving
horses from Indian reservation. incest,
stealing government property. abstract
ing funds, escaping from jail. attempt
ing extortfon, selling liquor to indiana.
The last mentioned crime is quite pre-
valent among the Indians.
OF the 212 prisoners in the peniten-
ttary thirty-six are government prison
ers That is prisoners sent up for fed
eral offenses by either South Dakota,
North Dakota or Nebraska, the Sioux
Falls penitentiary being the prison des-s
ignated for each Of these states for
federal prisoners. OF the federal prls-s
oners nine are from Nebraska.
No Longer Federal Prison.
However there will be no more re-
ceived from that state AZ the depart
ment of justice has recently issued an
order that in the future federal pris-S
oners from Nebraska shall be impris-s
oned at Lincoln. The nine Nebraska
federal prisoners will have to complete
their terms here as their sentence was
for certain periods In the Sioux Falls
penitentiary. ss
In looking over the list of prisoners,
the occupation, trade or profession fOl-
lows each name, and 1t was found that
almost every profession and trade
known is representa-. There was one
trade and one profession conspicuous
by their absence and TINT Is the trade;
of printer and profession of q Journal
list. There is not q printer or journAl.s
list in the Sioux Falls penitentiary.
FACES NEWTERM in pRiso ON.
Sioux Falls, 8. D., Dec Is Philip Ne
Intyre, who is about to complete = terri
in the penitentlary Of Virginia for forGefyss
kota has issued g reputation upon the 1oys
serncr Of Virginia. has an extended pollGo
record and Is one Of the m ~ theat bank