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Show SOME STATE PRISON STATISTICS. ' Curious Farts Atkuuc )ku CoiiUnetl In! New York's NutmJ Hrnftmii lary. There are now confined in Sinn prison over a t housand-fl ,Smu prisoner-., who rep-; resent nearly till tin- nationalities of earth, ! ami whose crimes embrace nearly nil mimed in the calendar of wickedness. Of theeon vict-s - re suliermii punishment for advertising adver-tising counterfeit money, 11 fur arson, 37'-; for hurnlary, 5 for carrying lurglars' tools, 0 for destroying property, -IS fur (orrery, 44u for grand larceny, I for horse stealing and 31 for receiving stolen goods. One hundred ami seveuiy-otie crimes were commit ted against persons and prop eny aud 2y against the person alone. Sixty are held (or manslaughter, W for murder, 39 for felony, 101 for assault Mi harm and IS for assault to kill. The average term of service is 5 years ti months and 'ia days, and there are 115 men serving life sentences. Over'-ioOoccupalioiisnre represented in the prison, as follows: Bakers, bartenders, 23; blacksmiths, 14; bookkeepers, 34; bricklayers, brick-layers, 10; butchers, 2ll; carpenters, 24; cigar makers, 14; clerks, 42; cooks, 31; drivers, 113; farmers, 19; homlers, 11; laborers, 222; machinists, 14; peddlers. So; plunilers, 10, policemen, 1U; printers, 31; sailors, 23; (talesmen, (tales-men, 14, shoemakers, 111; stonecutters, 2ir tit) lore, 27; tinsmiths, IK; waiters, tU; clergymen, cler-gymen, 2; Sunday school supcrintc udcnli, 3. Ten men gave, no occupation, 7 register as t hieves, and there are 3 lawyers anil 3 physicians also. The following professions have hut one each: Railroad president, reporter, re-porter, editor, hotel keeper, sexton and al- i derm an. Of nationalities, Austria seuds 11; Bermuda, Ber-muda, I; Bohemia, 2: Canada, 9; Cuba, 2, Denmark, 1; Kust Indies, 2; fcngland, 3T; Finland, 5; France, 6; Gcrmuny, 97; Holland, Hol-land, 3; Hungary, 8; Ireland, 111; Italy. 80; Mexico, I; Nova Scotia, 3; Poland, 15; Portugal, I; Greece, 2; Kussia, 10, Scot-land, Scot-land, 0; Sweden, 5; Switzerland, 9; Wales, I; West Indies, 1, and Spain, 2. Out of the 1,380 convicts only 375 are foreign for-eign born. Their ages vary from 15 to 70 and the average aye is 28. Only 50 of the convicts are over 50 years of age. One thousand two hundred and eighty-one are white, 103 are black, 2 are Indians and 2 ure Chinamen; China-men; 1,243 had a common school education, 18 an academic, ti collegiate and only 120 arc uneducated. Of the 1.H80, 1,050 aro there for the firs time. Seven hundred and sixty-six had attended at-tended Sunday school when they were boys, 865 were brought up at home and only 3 among struugers. New York World. |
