The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-15
587 TRUSTEES
LISTED ON ROLL
Of STATE PEN
WARDEN DICK, IN REPORT,
/ STRESSES HONOR SYSTEM
FOR CONvICTs

Oklahoma Iltg, July l3.-Almos
. nalf OF the number Of prisoners of the
/, Oklahoma penitentiary at McAlesteI
are TRUSTEES BY the term is meant
, prisoners who are permitted TO do
their work within or beyond the walls
without guards. This is one Of the
proud showings made BY Warden R.
w. Dick in his annual report to Gov
ernor Williams for the year ending
June 80, 1915. IN addition to tending
to make these men better and increas-
ing their stock of character against
the day when they may resume their
places in society the state saved $26,-
100 year that 1t would cost to guard
them MIR Dick in his report deducts
the cost of recapturing and returning
to the prison OF those who escaped
and shows net saving in money to
the state amounting to s24,69O.29.
Out OF the total prison population Of
lr3lS there are now 5S7 TRUSTEES. The
highest number of TRUSTEES during
the year was OF. One year ago the
humber of TRUSTEES was 40. OF the
TRUSTEES in the prison 81 are there
for their natural lives. OF these life
term TRUSTEES are 80 whites, 21
negroes and 10 Indians. Of the to-
tai TRUSTEES in the penitentiary 2SS
are white, 2s9 negro and 65 Indians.
Forty TRUSTEES made their escape dur
ing the year and % of these were re-
captured and returned to the prison.
The average cost of each recapture
was $e1.2l.
How Population is Divided.
The total prison population Of L.
31S consists of ESQ white males. 25
white females, 49l negro males. 2s
negro females, Z Mexican males and |
so Indians
-Four counties are not represented |
at all by prisoners in the peniten-
tiary. These are Cimarron, Ellis, Har-
per and Maior countiesC all in the
northwestern part of the state. Mus
kogee county has most prisoners, Her
quota being 90, Choctaw following
VITA 10 and Oklahoma third with Sc. ,
Sc, gal counties have but one each.
Merder and manslaughter convic- /
tion brought 1888 of the prisoners to
the penitentiary, the former offense
claiming 2s2 and the latter 151. Lar /
ceny in three forms accounts for 294
of the prison population, theft Of ami
mails leading with 176, grand larceny
S5 and larceny %. Burglary was the
downfall Of 243 of the prison popula-
tion.
Farmers lead all the rest in num-
bers as to occupation that calling
having ID its distredit ASH Of the1,-
sIs. Common ,aborers number PAS.
The others are divide damong the yo-
cations and professions in numbers of !
less than 100 to each.
Native sons of Oklahoma lead in :
population of the prison by states
with $50. Texas contributed 272. Ar
kansas 1870, Missouri a2 and Kansas !
is. L
Most of Prisoners Young. {
Youth is characteristic of most of
he prisoners. Between q and %
rears Of age there are S64 Between n
Is and so years of age there are 27O. t
rhen comes the class of 16 to 20 II
ears Of age with 1S9 From 81 to So Ii
ears Of age are IT'S prisoners. while
s to 30 claims le5 OF them. The old
st man in the prison is 81 years of a.
ge. He is serving a life term. y
The report indicates that Of the L. 8
is prisoners in the McAlester pen u
entiary seS have no religion. Bap-
st is the faith OF 164. Methodist 6s. :,
atholic 46. Christian SO, Presbyter- fl,
IN is, Several other denominations in
re represented. br
The mothers of 800 of the prisoners 60
re living Fathers Of 1877 are living -
I'd both parents OF 34l are alive 7
Ability both to read and write is
aimed by S57 of the prisoners. while
a claim to be able to read but not
write. This leaves a considerable -.
Inber who can neither read nor of
-, ans
rue yol