South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-03
TRAMPS AND DRINKS
COST STATE BIG SUM
Average Annual Board Bill is
$557.36 a COunty-FeW
JaiIS Are Empty.
News Times Special Service (:

News Times Special Service:
INDIANAPOLiS. Ind. Feb. s.
The board bill for tramps and
drunkards in Indiana's county jails
for the last fiscal year was SSH
276.75. or an average of S557.36 for
each Of the 90 counties From re-
ports Of county auditors. the board
Of state charities also has discov-
cred that in the calendar year OF
1914 the Jail expenses of the cOun-
ties totaled S1O9.OS4.92. while the
various sherifs Of the state collected
total Of S2O4.887.91 in fees. EEK
cept per diem. including boarding
and care of prisoners" Permanent
improvements at the jails cost So
1908. thus completing a total ex-
pense Of $31S,123.S2. to the counties
for their county Jail system.
Sheriffs receive 40 cents day for
the board OF each inmate and this
is paid by the county treasurer. Al
most one-half of the total popula-
ton of the county jails of the state
during the last fiscal year were
drunkards or Migrants and the for
mer We're in the lead numerically.
OF the 40, $50 persons confined. dur
ing the year in county jails, "a total
Of 21,1e4 were imprisoned for drunk
enness or vagrancy. Those charged
with drunkenness numbered 14,6S4.
The board in its report on drunk
enness and vagrancy in county jails
and the Marion county wOrkhouse.
discusses the figures. as follows:
Drunkenness is Blamed.
Complete data doubtless would
disclose that others charged with a
more or less serious offepse and ap-
pearing under other headings i'm the
(jaiD reports we're Migrants on were
drunk when they broke the law"
The persons committed TO Jail for
drunkenness were classified. as fol-
lows: White males, 1892; colored
males. ia: white women. 4g7;
colOred women, 141. Twenty-four
Of the males were under 16 years
old: those. from Il to 50. numbered
5,737; from SO TO so years. 5.535;
more than so years old, 1865. Two
of the women were under 16 years
old, 377 were from II 10 80 years
old; 215 were between 80 and so
years old; AZ were more than 80
years old
The total number Of Migrants ar
rested included. 6,4SS white persons
and 597 negroes. There were 50
women and girls. % boys and 6.973
mem OF the men. 9S per cent were
between the ages of Il and so years
JaiIs Have Increases.
At the same time. 80 county jalls
had more inmates at the close of
the last fiscal year than they did at
the close of the year before The
greatest increases were Is each in
Floyd and Posey counties 10 each,
in Clay and Wayne counties: eight
each in DeKalb and Grant counties:
six each; ia Fountain. st. Jo-
seph and Vermillion counties. Six
teen counties reported exactly the
same number of persons on Septem-
Der 30, in 1915 and the year
previous.
During the year just passed AZ
779 men and boys and 2,971 women
and girls. a total Of AS. $50, were
admitted TO these institutions. OF
the whole number 1,347 were less
than Is years old. There were IA,
64f commitments TO serve sentence
or lay out fines. 5.O62 on account
of vagrancy. go because of insan-
ity. 25, 124 for all other causes. The
latter figures included all who we're
sent TO state penal and correctional
institutions. or were discharged
after trial, runaways and witnesses.
OF the 45.75O persons confined dur
ing the year in these institutions.
5,062 were committed for vagrancy
and 2.01S others were given tenn
pOrary lodging.