The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-02
TERRELL'S STATE FELONS
THIRTY-THREE SENT FROM THIS
COUNTY DOING TIME IN
THE PENITENTIARY.
PRISON POPULATION GROWING

The Color and Sex of the 2,668 Per-
sons Convicted of Crimes of the
Higher Grades, and Number Sery-
irg Sentences for Each OfYense.
Alarming Number of Murders.
The News has received from the
Georgia prison commission the annu.
al report of that board, and from it
some interesting facts in connection
with the states penal department
are cleaned.
There are in the penitentiary from
Terrell county 33 convicts who are
doing time for felonious crimes, the
sentences vearying from one year to
life imprisonment The number from
each of the adjoining counties to
Terrell are: Sumter 81, Dougherty
3S, Randolph 20, Lee 16, Calhoun
%.
The number from Fulton is 342.
the largest from any county. There
are 106 from Bib, 1866 from Chat
ham, sc from Muscogee and So from
Richmond-the counties having the
largest cities in the state. There is
not convict from Dawson, Echols
and Union counties, while Pickens
and Towns have only / each. Banks.
Dade, Gilmer, Glascock, Gordon. Jeff
Davis, Lumpkin and White have on
ly each, and several counties have
only four.
Increase of Prison Population.
On June list, 1910, there were in
the penitentiary 2,548 felony con-
victs, while now there are 2,668. an
increase numerically of 100, or Ats
per cent. In haingangs on former
date there were 1876 misdemeanor
convicts, while now there are 2,347.
In the last ten years there has been
an increase of 423 felony convicts in
the penitentiary, and an increase of
about l25 misdemeanor conVicts.
In the penitentiary there are o.
312 negro males, 81 negro females,
290 white males and five white fe-
males. In the chaingangs there are
2,046 negro males, and 179 white
males; 121 negro females and one
white woman, the latter confined at
the state farm.
The number of convicts in the
state penitentiary for each crime
committed is as follows:
Accessory to murder, g. aiding to
escape, z; arson and attempt to ar
son, 81; attempt to murder, 296;
attempt to rape, 100; attempt to rob,
2; attempt to wreck street car, /;
attempt to wreck railroad train, 8;
bestiality, 3; bigamy, IL; burglary,
els; car-breaking, 10; forgery, As;
incest, 2; infanticide, /; Kidnapping,
3; larceny, 1870; manslaughter, 296;
murder, 1893; mayhem, 2; perjury,
! 8; rape, lis; receiving stolen goods,
16; riot, l; robbery, 81; seduction,
q; shooting at another, z; sodomy,
3; wrecking railroad train, 2. To-
tai, 1858.
Alarming Increase of Murders.
The report calls attention to the
continued increase in the peniten-
tlary population, and adds:
This fact alone might not be of
interest, but when considered in con-
Tnectlon with an alarming increase OF
convictions for murder and assault
to murder it does not attract and de-
mandmand the serious consideration
OF all good citizens, indicating a con-
dltlon at once dangerous to the citi-
zen and seriously menacing the peace
and tranquility of the government y
The number of convicts in the
penitentiary between the ages of IL
and 10 years, inclusive, is 297. and
between the ages of 20 and 20. in
elusive, is 1904, and 598 conyicts
between the ages of 80 and SO. in
elusive. About one-half of the peni-
Tertiary population is between the
ages of 20 and 20, inclusive. Two
thirds between the ages of 90 ana
o. mclusiYe-all of which indicates
the normal criminal tendency of that
period of life.