Evening journal., 1914-11-12
Grand JURY ENDS
WORK WITH REPORT
InduStrialSchOol, ,AlmShOuSe,
WorkhouSe and Other lnSti-
tutionS in Good Condition
273 INDICTMENTS
FOUND DURING YEAR

me New CaSJle county Gfan0 jury
completed its duties yesterday after
noon and presented the annual re-
port to the Court Of General Sessions,
after which the body was discharged.
Copies of the report will be sent to
the Levy Court and to the Trustees
of the Workhouse and the Trustees
of the Poor. The court thanked the
members for the efficient services
rendered during the year.
The report follows:
Wilmington, Del, Nov. IL. 1914.
To the Honorable Judges of the Court
of General Sessions in and for New
Castle County and State Of Della
ware
The grand inquest for the year 1914
herewith presents respectfully its re-
port:
W. General Information.
The grand inquest held its first ses-
sion on January 4, 1914, twenty-one
members reporting for duty, Charles
Bird, j. Talley Smith and Abraham
Stats, who had been selected as
jurors. were excused by the court.
(2). Action on Indictments.
During the several terms of the
court the grand inquest has acted
upon 302 indictments, as follows:
January term, ST. March term, As;
May term, 3S; September term, 1870;
November term, 50; total 302.
OF the above. 27S true bills we're
found and 20 we're ignored.
Inspection of County Institutions.
Ca. Industrial School for Girls,
Twenty-fifth and Market streets.
This institution was visited or
September 25th, 1914. The jurors
were received by Mrs. Emma S. Jack
son, superintendent. They found the
school conducted economically and
we'll managed The buildings were
clean and the girls well cared for
and apparently contented. While the
present quarters are very inadequate
for housing the sixty-siX girls, which
are being cared for at the present
time, the new buildings which are
being built on the Wilmington and
Chester turnpike. through an appro-
priation of thirty-five thousand dol
lars of the last Legislature, will have
accommodations for seventy-twO. The
new buildings will be ready for oc-
cupancy January /. 1915. We learn
that since its opening this institution
has cared for two hundred and six
girls.
CO. County Almshouse.
This institution was visited on
September 80. 1914 The jurors we're
received by James 3. Foster, super
intendent and the members of the
board of trustees. The total num-
Der of inmates for the past year
was two hundred and twenty-three,
which were supported at a cost of
eighty-eight dollars and eigthy-four
cents per capita. The buildings were
found TO be in good condition with
the exception of the floors. which we
understand are to be renewed at
once. The farm is well equipped
and shows a net income for the
past year of two thousand six hun
dred and ninety-throe dollars and
seventy-four cents, which is returned
TO the Levy Court. The trustees eX-
ceeded their appropriation of forty
three thousand dollars last year by
nine hundred and forty dollars and
twenty-eight cents.
{c) County Court House.
While we know that a new build
ing is being erected suitable for the
needs of the county, yet we feel that
we should comment upon some of
the appointments of the present
Court House We find rooms one
two and three very dirty, and should
have a thorough renovating. The bed
linen in the jury's sleeping quarters
is very dirty. The halls are dirty
Chairs are needed I'm the detention
room and for the cells, the prisoners
having no place to sit The toilet for
female prisoners is exposed and
should be curtained. The odor from
the public toilet near the Market
street entrance is very obnoxious
the toilet needing a thorough disin-
fecting.
(d) County WOrkhOuse.
This institution was visited on 0c.
tober Is, 1914. The jurors were re-
ceived by Warden Leonard Crawford
and J. Frank Ball, the latter being &
trustee. We found confined in tn,
workhouse at this time three hundred
and thirty-eight prisoners anC
twenty-one thousand and ninety
eight had been confined since the
opening. The original bond Issue
was two hundred and seventy-fiv'
thousand dollars, of which one hun
dred and twenty-eight thousand ha'
since been paid, leaving a bonded in
debtedness at the present time of on
hundred and forty-seven Thousand
dollars. The buildings we're scrupu
lously clean and the prisoners al
comfortable as they could be in al
institution of this kind.
On March 25. 1914, the Board o
Trustees of the New Castle Count.
Workhouse leased the Finn farm o
90 acres, adjoining the workhous'
property. We believe this to hav
been a wise move on the part of tn
board Of trustees, for it not only fur
nished a useful and healthful occu
patton for certain classes of the in
mates of the institution, but also
profitable employment. We woul
recommend that the Legislature pas
a law giving authority to the boar
of trustees to purchase a farm of a
least $50 acres, as in our opinion tn
said board of trustees would manag
such a farm in a way that woul
greatly reduce the upkeep of the in
stitution. and give the said board tn
means of furnishing healthful en-
ployment to a larger number Of th
inmates.
Truck farming to be worked success