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Show I STATISTICS OP CRIMINALS t .. reiMNALS r.RjMMMSBYtATMTlES PAUPERS PAUPER5 BY tiAWlW MShttE BY 'ftfflVmE? JH Tour persons out of every S 000 men. Wm women nnd children In tho United Wjffi W Btatos aro either In Jail, or out on ball Kh ! or aro fugitives from Justice. Their BPS ft total number Is 90.000 out of a popu- 5i$ ? latlon estimated nt 70.000.000 fji if American women mnko an excellent IM X showlng-or rather, lack of showlng- Wf, In crime statistics Only 0 per cent of i'-A 4 nil those who have fallen foul of tho L", B law nro women "'jj' Tho box is most prominent In what " arc known ns Crimea against society, Including bigamy. To this class of of fenders It contributes 25 per cent ot tho total The total number of crimes committed commit-ted against tho perton, running tho whole gamut from assault to murder, nro 20 per cent of tho total of crimes committed In tho country Agntnst society are 25 per cent of all tho crimes punished In tho United States, while 10 per cent are miscellaneous miscel-laneous ones which It Is Impossible to classify. Tho proportion of tho natives to tho foreign classes and to the colored class among tb.i prisoners In tho United States Is Interesting It Is surprlslrg to find that less than S per cent ot all prisoners nro colored I'orclgnera are much moro numerous In tho criminal courts, 20 per rent, perhaps, wlillo 05 per cent aro natives It la recorded that of the total Insane In tho United States 7 per cent nro colored, 28 per cent aro foreigners onil C5 per cent aro natives This ot course does not mean that tho number 0' Insano natives Is greater In proportion to the population. Judged on tali basis tho percentage ot natlvo Insane Is smolUr than among tho foreigners or colored people. In sex thcro Is almost al-most no difference, tho women out-Bsmborlng out-Bsmborlng tho men bo slightly that tho difference Is scarcely appreciable In tho pauper rards the relation of chisses Is very different. Hut 50 per cent of the total number of paupers oro satltrfl, while 41 por cent lire foreign-ers foreign-ers nnd 9 per cent oro colored Tho omcn nro outnumbered by tho men 10 tho nsylums throu&fiout tho country by a ratio of 44 to 60 The Insane como In largo proportions from country regions, In splto of the quiet, monotonous life. |
