Biennial Report of the Commissioners Superintendent Financial agent and Subordinate Officers of Texas State Penitentiaries; Fiscal Years ending August 31 A.D. 1906

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BIENNIAl, REPORT
OF THI!
1 SlONERS, SUPERIN'l'ENDEN'l\ FlNANCIAL
AGEN'l' AND SUBORDINA'l'E
OFFlCERS
OF THI!
TEXAS STATE PENITENTIARIES
FOR THill
AUSTIN:
VON BOECKUANN-JONES CO., PRINTERS.
1906.
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LETTER OF TRANSMIT'rAL.
OFFICE OF THE STATE PE~ITEKTI.ARY BOARD.
A"CSTIN,TEx-'\s. Xo\'ember 7, 1906.
To His Excellency, S. W. T. Lanham, Governor of Texas.
SIR: We have the honor to herewith transmit to you the reports of
the Superintendent, Financial Agent, Assistant Superintendents, Physi-cians,
Chaplains and Inspectors of the State Penitentiaries, and of the
Superintendent of the House of Correction and Reformatory, for the
two years ending August 31, 1906. These reports, in a full and com-plete
manner, set forth the condition of this important branch of your
administration, and in our humble opinion they demonstrate the fact
that Texas is keeping abreast with improved methods of treatment and
reformation of her criminal classes, and that at the same time the finan-cial
affaire of her penal system have been so conducted, that it ceases to
be a burden upon the taxpayers.
These results were accomplished through the ability and fidelity of the
officers and employes of the system, and they deserve the hearty approval
of yourself and the people of the State.
We find it unnecessary to review the foregoing reports and recommend-ation
of the officers in detail. While we endorse and approve them as a
whole, we desire to especially emphasize the following recommendations,
towit : The policy of working all convicts on State account, and abolish-ing
the contract and share farm system 'as soon as practicable, should be
energetically pursued .
A railroad (about six miles in length) should be built, by the Peni-tentiary
System, if necessary, to connect the sugar house on the William
Clemens plantation with the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexican rail-road
at Brazoria.
A comfortable room or building for school and library should be pro-vided
at the Huntsville penitentiary, where now the prison corridor is
the only facility (available) for the night school. The reformation and
moral, mental and physical improvement of the convicts should be the
prime object of the State during their penal servitude.
A sewerage system at the Rusk prison, to improve the sanitary condi-tion
and minimize the danger from epidemic diseases, we regard as an
urgent necessity.
Since the success and economy of smelting iron with coke has been
demonstrated at the Rusk furnace and the making of charcoal discon-tinued,
the timber. especiallv on the lands where the Penitentiary System
purchased the timber privileges only, should be sold. Also the railroad
constructed by the system to the coaling camp, should be sold as soon as
a fair price can be realized for it. This railroad. is not used now. nor is
it likely to be used in the future by the system.
LETTEH OJ, 'l'HAKSillI'l'TAL.
'I'he employment of one or more dentists for the convicts we heartily
recommend as both humanitarian and economical.
THE HOUSE OF COHREC'l'ION AND HEFOHUA'['OHL
In order to make this institution worthy of its pame and what the
law intended it to be, industrial training should be provided for these
youthful criminals, in such mechanical branches as would be most likely
to furnish them useful employment 'after their term of penal servitude
has expired. 'I'his is the most sure and effective method of reformation.
In this institution the races should be segregate I as soon as pructicable.
Ire, your Penitentiary Board, in our earnest endeavors to guard the
well-being of the convicts, and to have the penal institutes conducted in a
manner creditable to the State, feel that any measure of success we may
have been able to accomplish, is largely due to the wise counsel and ready
co-operation your Excellency has always accorded to this Board. and for
which we are sincerely grateful.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER TIPS,
S.1\1:. FHY,
J. L. ELLISON,
Penitentiary Cornm issioners.
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BIENNIAL REPORT
OF ~'HE
SlJPERINTENDENT
OF
TEXAS STATE PENITENTIARIES
FOR THE
'rWENTY-FOUR MONTHS ENDING AUGUST 31, A. D. 1906.
AUSTIN:
VON BOECKMANN-JONES CO., PRIK'l'ERS.
1906.
Assistant SU1lerintendent House of Correction and Reformatm'y,
L. J. TANKERSLEY,
GATESVILLE,TEXAS.
PRISON ROSTER.
Board of Commissioners.
HON. WALTER TIPS, CHAIR1LE,
AUSTIK,TEXAS.
RON. J. L. ELLISO~,
MARTINDALE,TEXAS.
HON. S; M. FRY,
FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
Superintendent of Texas State Penitentiaries.
SEARCY BAKER,
HUNTSVILLE,TEXAS.
Financial Agent of Texas State Penitentiaries.
JOHN L. WORTHAM,
HU_ TSVILLE,TEXAS.
Inspectors of Outside Cam ps.
HON. C. J. BRADY,
GEORGETOWXT,EXAS.
HON. C. A. ADAMS,
BRYAN,TEXAS.'
Assistant Superintendent of Hsuiisuille P em'tent'wry.
T. H. BROWN,
HUNTSVILLE,TEXAS.
Assistant Supe1'intendent of Husk: Penitentiary.
JOHN B. REAGAN,
RUSK, TEXAS.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
OF}'I()E OF SUPERIXTEXDEXTrrEX.c\.SSTATB PEXITEXTIARIES.
HuxTsnLI,E. TEXAS, .September 1, 1906.
Hon. Walter Tips, Ohairman; S. J1. Fry, and J. L. Ellison, Oommission-ers
of Texas State Peniieniiaries and Il ouse of Correction. and Re-
[ormaioru.
GEKTLE1IEK: I hare the honor to submit herewith, through you as
the Penitentiary Board, to his Excellency, Governor S. \V. T. Lanham,
my biennial report of the management and conditions of the Texas peni-tentiaries
for the two years ending August 31, 1906.
I also transmit reports of Assistant Superintendents of the Huntsville
and Rusk penitentiaries, and the Reformatorv at Gatesville, as well as
reports of Physicians and Chaplains at the respective prisons, and re-ports
of Inspectors of outside camps, all covering the same period. All
of the reports mentioned above have been carefully prepared and the
detail workings of the several departments are clearly shown, and I deem
it only necessary to make brief reference to them.
The report of Hen. John L. Wortham, Financial Agent, is complete
in every detail. It shows fully the financial condition of every depart-ment,
together with receipts and disbursements during the period covered
by same.
I submit as a part of my report, several exhibits which show location
of convicts, biennial changes according to counties of convicts, previous
pursuits, crimes, terms, etc. They also show how convicts are employed
at the Huntsville and Rusk prisons; mortality of convicts, provision re-port,
and other valuable information.
There has been but few changes in the management of these institu-tions
from those outlined in my report of the previous biennial term.
We have had only one fire of any consequence since m~r last report.
This occurred at Huntsville on July 24, 1905, when. from unknown
origin, the machine shop caught fire, and this building. together with all
machinery therein, burned, as did the second story of the building ad-joining,
which was being used in connection with the wheelwright shop.
A substantial new brick building has now been built to take the place of
the old machine shop, and new and up-to-date machinery has been pur-chased
and installed, which makes this branch far better than before.
The loss by this fire, and the cost of rebuilding and installing new ma-chinery,
will be Iullv shown by reference to the report of the Financial
Agent.
PRISON POPULATION.
Exhibit No. 1shows a slight decrease in the prison population during
the past twenty-four months, as follows: .
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'I'otal number of convicts on hand September 1, 190.! 3975
Total number of convicts on hand August 31, 1906 386.!
Net decrease 111
The greatest number occurred on August 10, 1905, being 402l.
The least number reached was on March 30, ] 905, being 3820.
Per cent of prison population is divided as follows: Whites, 32.08
per cent; negroes, 57.18 per cent; Mexicans, 10.69 per cent; Indians, .05
per cent.
An estimate of the number of convicts in the penitentiary at different
dates, as compared with the State population:
1870-0ne m penitentiary out of cvcry 1519 inhabitants. Basis,
818,519.
1880-0ne
1,650,000.
2,250,000.
1890-0nc
1900-0ne
3,048,828.
1902-0ne
3,048,828.
1904-0ne
3,0.!8,828.
in penitentiary out of eycr)' 769 inhabitants. Basis,
in penitentiary out of every 703 inhabitants. Basi,;;,
in penitentiary out of every '702 inhabitants. Basis,
In penitentiary out of every 789 inhabitants. Basis,
In peni ten tiary out of every "167 inhabitants. Basis,
RECEIPTSAND DISCHARGES.
Receipts. Discharges.
For two years ending October 31, 1884 . ...... . 1805 967
For two years ending October 31, 1886 . ....... 2191 1221
For two years ending October 31, 1888 . ...... . 2225 1354
For two years ending October 31, 1890 . ....... 2012 1647
For two years ending October 31, 1892 . ....... 2335 1669
For two years ending October 31, 1894 . ....... 28.!3 1740
For two years ending October 31, 1896 ....... 2866 1927
For two years ending October 31, 1898 . ....... 2904 2209
For two years ending October 31, 1900 . ....... 2628 2263
For twenty-two months ending August 31, 1902 ... 2326 1988
For two years ending August 31, 1904 ....... 2.593 1952
For two years ending August 31, 1906 ....... 2308 2017
PARDONS.
Number of convicts pardoned during the last twenty-four months is
189, an average of 7 21/24 per month.
During the previous biennial period 276 convicts were pardoned, an
average of 11 12/24 per month. The Governor also restored citizenship
to ~ number of other convicts, which took effect at the expiration of
their sentence, and show on the report as discharged.
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ESCAPES.
I am sorry to report even a small increase in the number of escapes
during the biennial period; ] 31 against 129, as shown by my last report.
This is partly due to the fact of the wholesale b~'eak made at the .T.. W.
House plantation in ::Uarch, 1905, when, by cutting O~lt of th~ bu~ldmg,
some twcntv-odd secured their libertv. Every precaution possible IS con-tinuallv
exercised to keep the escapes down to a minimum, but where
men are worked on the outside forces there are always some who will
accept any kind of a chance to g::;in their liberty.
Below 'rill be found a table showing the number of escapes and rc-captures
during the past twenty-four months:
'Total number of escapes . . 131
Total number of recaptures . 51
Net number of escapes. . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 80
The escapes are from the different forces as follows:
Huntsville . 1
Rusk 11
State Farms 10
. Contract Forces 93
Share Farms 9
Railroads . 7
Total. . 131
During the past twenty-four months the following forces had no es-
('apes: Wynne State Farm; Dyer & Bertrand; C. G. Ellis No.2; E. B.
Smith; Johnson Farm; Camp Searcy Baker; C. G. Ellis No.3; Har-rington
& Terrell; and Tom Peoples .
DKI.THS.
It is indeed very gratifying to note the marked decrease in the death
ra te. During the biennial term covered by my last report we had 173
deaths out of an average population of 3980, and for the term covered
bv this report we have had only 120 deaths with an average popula~ion
of 3912. This shows our death rate to have been 15 per 1000, which,
according to reports of like institutions, is indeed a remarkable s.how-ins.
The following is quoted from "Prison Reform," by F. S. Shields, ot the "Prison Reform Association of Louisiana," and Secretary of
"Board of Prisons and Asylums," which was printed for distribution by
the "Prison Reform Association of Louisiana."
Under the head of "Abolition of Lease System in the South," Mr.
Shields says: "The death rate per 1000, which is an index of the treat-ment
and care of prisoners, and somewhat also of the character of work
in which they are employed, is heavier than it should be in all t~ese
except Texas. In Alabama the death rate is 30 per 1000, a great im-provcment
over that of 1896, which was 85 per 1000, when there were
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many abuses in the mines. The death rate of Xlisscuri, where convicts
are also leased for work in the mines. is 5-1 per 1000. In Arkansas
where lea~e c?ndit~ons ~eem to be still had, the last reports show 98 pe~
1000, while in Virginia, Maryland, and Louisiana States where the
lease system has been abolished, the rates are, respectively, 17, 20, and 27
per 1000 for 1903 and 1904. The Texas death rate is comparatively
small for a lease system, being 22 per 1000 (1903 and 190-1). This is
due to the. fact that a large number of leased convicts, 1600 to 1700, are
employed in t~e h~althful work of farming, and to the further fact that
the .State maI~tams and ~ards ~ll convicts, and furnishes supplies,
medical attention, and. reqUIres strict supervision by the wardens. and
the forernor has exercised ~ood judgment in their selection." .
We now come forw~rd .Wlt~ a death rate of 15 per 1000, the lowest
shown by any other I~stltutIOn of a like character, whose report has
come before us. I attribute our low death rate to the extreme vizilance
~nd carefu~ attention given to prevent sickness, and to the excellent med-ical
atte.ntlOn and hospital facilities provided for the Huntsville and
~usk prisons, and all ~he outside camps. As heretofore, I have always
kept our sergeant~ reminded of the great importance of closely watchinz
the health of their .£orce; have cautioned them of the great 'danger at-tendant
upon w?rkmg the men long hours in the sun on the outside
forces, ~nd especially as to new men just from the jails.
. ~he inspectors have had instructions to closely watch the sanitary con-ditions
.of the camps under their charge and to see that the men were
at all ~Ime.s ~ed go~d, well-cooked, wholesome food and plenty of it and
to then vigilance in this respect is in a large measure ch;e the' zood
health and lo~ death rate which has prevailed. ;0
The following forces have had no deaths durinz the past twenty-four
months: Harlem N 4' C G E . State Farm' ' T. P. Barn . , Age:t'E,. H. . Cunnm..g ·1lam
r o. , . . 1~hs No.2; T. S. Henderson: C. W. Riddick: J. ~l. Robert-
So~); E. B. Smith ; w. J. Terrell; Texas Planting Co.: C. G. Ellis No.
3, Tom Peoples; and M. H. Turner. .
Tl;e deaths are divided among the forces as f0110,,'s:
Huntsville . ................... 28
~~I~ Cie~~~'~St'at~.F~~I;.l.'....... ........... ...... .... .... .. 2~
Wynne Farm (consumptiv~' ~~~p')'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'..:'': : : : : : : : : : : : : : .
SChoanrteracFt orFceosrces . . 23.-'510
Railroads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1il
•••.•••••••.•••..••. " •••••••. j • •• • • • • •• •• • • • • • •• 3
Total. ............................................. " .120
GE~ERAL TREATMENT OF CONVICTS.
Th: rul~s and regulations governing the penitentiaries and outside
camp~, which has been adopted by the Penitentiary Board, are full and
complete, and I have endeavored to see that they are strictly carried out
~nd obeyed to the letter. Some minor violations have come' to light and
m such cases a prompt and adequate remedy has been applied.' Of
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course, there are a great many agents employed in the care, discipline and
treatment of the convicts, and they have to be trusted, but that all will
be faithful to their trust can not be expected. Every possible precaution
is taken to employ, as under-officials and guards, humane, sober and dis,
creet men.
PAROLES.
The last Legislature passed a law authorizing the issuance of paroles
to meritorious convicts, an act conferring authority on the Penitentiary
Board to issue paroles to meritorious convicts, and to make and estab-lish
rules and regulations to carry same into effect. .
Complying with the provisions of said law, rules and regulations were
prepared and adopted at a joint session of the Board of Pardon Ad visors
and Penitentiary Commissioners, held in Austin, Texas, on the 9th clay
of August, 1905, and the said rules and regulations were approved by
Goveruor S. \\. T. Lanham on the 12th day of August, 1905. Only a
brief synopsis of its most important features are given here.
The law provides that meritorious prisoners, who are now, or hereafter
may be imprisoned under a sentence to penal servitude, and who may
have served not less than one-fourth of their respective terms of im-prisonment,
may be allowed to go upon parole outside the buildings and
jurisdiction of the penitentiary authorities, "Subject to the exceptions
hereinafter contained, provided, that in no case shall a convict be paroled
until he shall have served two veal'S of his term.
It also provides that no convict shall be eligible, and no application
shall be considered by the Penitentiary Board, until such prisoner is
recommended as worthy of such consideration by the Superintendent,
Assistant Superintendent, and Chaplain of the penitentiaries, and also
requires that no action shall be taken by said Penitentiarv Board until
after such recommendation be published in a newspaper in the county
from which the prisoner was sentenced.
Prisoners coming under either of the following classes are not eligible
for parole:
Convicts under sentence for rape .
Convicts undergoing imprisonment on a second or subsequent com-ic-tion
for felony.
Convicts who have a sustained charge of misconduct against them, or
who have forfeited any commutation of time earned bv previous good
conduct.
Convicts who have not served at least two full years of sentence; and
those who have served less than one-fourth of their respective terms of
imprisonment.
Convicts imprisoned for robbery by use of fire-arms or other deadly
weapon, or for murder in the first degree, who have not served fifteen full
vears of their sentence without any sustained charge of misconduct
against them; and those under sentence for murder in the second degree,
who have not served ten full years with a good prison record.
Convicts against whom it is shown there are pending one or more in-dictments
for felonious crime, or other bona fide prosecution for serious
breach of the law.
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Convicts who have been paroled, anel thereafter returned to prison
for a violation of the terms of their release.
The terms of the parole granted shall be wholly within the discre-tion
of the Board. It shall not be less than one year, unless the convict's
term of imprisonment expires sooner, and may continuo for the rest of
the convict's term, reckoning his good time the same as if he wero in
prison or otherwise employed in the convict forces.
'I'he Penitentiary Board has the absolute authority at any time to
terminate an~Tparole granted by them, or to reduce the time of the same,
when, in their opinion, thc welfare of society or the interests of tho
prison system may require such action, although there may haw been no
violation of any of the terms of the parole, and in such cases the parole
shall be declared annulled, and the convict named therein recommitted
to prison in the same manner as is provided in cases of forfeited paroles.
All prisoners rel cased on parole shall remain under control of the
l',;nitl'lltiary Board, and subject at any time to be taken back within
physical possession ana control of said Board, either for a breach of the
terms and conditions of their parole, or for any other reason which the
Board may determine to be sufficient; and the action of thc Board in
thi s respect shall be final.
This law has not been sufficiently tried yet for any marked results to
be noticed, but I am of the opinion that it will prove to be all that could
be desired.
Since the enactment of this law thirteen convicts have been paroled,
one of whom has died since his release from prison.
TREATMENT OF SICK OOXVICTS.
As stated in my last report, we have hospitals at both prisons and on
the outside camps, for the care of the sick and disabled. The phvsicians
at Huntsville and Rusk visit the hospitals twice dailv, and oftencr if
necessary, and on the outside camps visits are madc twice a week, and
if necessary, oftener. Where it is found that a convict for any reason
can not be given proper medical treatment on the farm, he is trans-ferred
as soon as the circumstances and his condition will permit, to
either the Huntsville or Rusk Hospital, or the 'Y"nnc Consumptive
Camp, if suffering with lung trouble, where better facilities can be had.
LABOR REQUIRED OF COc\'TIOTS.
All convicts when able to clo so, are required to perform a rcasonablc
day's work. Labor is essential to health, both physical and mental, ana
it is absolutely essential as a preventative of discontent and restlessness
among criminals, or for that matter, any other class of individuals, as
well as playing an important part in reformation. No convict is re-quired
to work when sick or disabled, and none are required to clo tasks
beyond their physical ability.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
OONTRAOT, SHAUE .·\SD R~ULROAD FOUOES.
Exhibit No. 15 shows 1529 convicts employed O~lcontract forces, 452
em 10 ed on share forces, and 338 en:ployed on. rmlroa\ls: izar
rthl forces engaged in farming raise, as then pr.lllclpal cr?ps'll s~~ t
cane cotton and c~rn. The labor furnished to convict forces IS a IS -
1 " nd the State receives $21 per month.. ,.
c aTsl~eanumber of farms which are worked on shares .IS at PI;S~t f~Ul .
The Burleson &, Johns; Johnson; Whatley & Herrmg; an 'as am.
The Johnson Farm are where. the women ~re;tn~ee1 T C No i . and
ute have three railroad forces. re . C ., ., 1
tll: C~;t~~nBe~t Xo. 1, which pay the State !jl1.25 per day per man; ane
1 G H X; N ~ 0 1 which pays $1 per day per man.
.t l~n '~ddit~o~ 't~ the' above mentioned forces we have a, crltr~~t grce
cnzazed in mining coal, which is known as the Consumers Igm e om-
1'>.0 _ . I vs the State $35 per month per man for labor. .
pan}, whic 1pa, . , f For revenue received rODlthese I refer you to the report of the Fiuan-ciaTl
hAe geSntta.te maintains and guards alI convi.c t s, an d supplies medical at-tention.
OONVEYANOE OF PRISONERS.
Tl ost per capita for transferring new convicts from jails to the
penitentiaries and reformatory during the past twentv-Iour months was
$l;~~;e were 2239 men and 69 women delivered to thc penitentiaries,
an J 159 boys delivered to the reformatory. v
HUNTSVILLE PENITENTIARY, WYNNE AND JOHNSON FARMS.
sup'AersVsi.Is.s.tIaOnnt 0Sfuptehnen. Ht eunndtesvnitlleT ..HPeniBternotwianr.y,hva. s atnhed• i1mftmreedeiarte 0 choinIStrorlepoarntd, ti for th ast two
which clearly sets forth the workings of the lllfstt~U;~.o~ ~Jcl "Chap-veal'S
and included with same are the reports 0 e YSlclan. (
'Jain, 'c~vering their departments t~o:' tll: Pt?t :;~rt~C~'~~ b~\.:~l~~,~nts~;~
erintendent Brown has been un ll'lllg III lIS '. "
~orte] by the under officials in the conduct of the affairs of th~ :pnsonci
disci;line has been exceptionally good, the treatment of the menltsau, an
everything done looking to better management andfbfette~ resu
d
~ths for
The mortality of this prison shows a decrease 0 oUI and e "
the two years as compared W.Ith. th e prevI.0u s twdod yfears theancfaitohufrul pIlcsaorne
physician Dr. W. E. Fowler, IS to be comn:en e ~r f tl h _
and atten'tion which has at all times been
l
g;ven th~ ltm~~~s dOetait: aso:o
ital. Reference is here made to Dr. Fow er s repol. or -ations etc.
~he diseases that have prevailed, treatment, surgical operat , ,
during the past two years, . . h ld b Dr W T Mclronald who
The Chaplaincy of the pnson IS e y H' h' :·t d the ho~pital
has labored in this field faithfully and welL.. e as .VlSle., Ch-daily
and ministered to the sick, and in addition t~ hl~ servlce;h~s wh~~h
lain, he has conducted a night school and a class III s enogra ,
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has indeed been very beneficial to the convicts who have taken advan-tage
of this opportunity.
The Wynne Farm is located about one and one-half miles northwest
of H1Jnts~ille, and is under the control of Assistant Superintendent T.
H. Brown. It is here that all the convicts of the entire system are kept
and isolated who are suffering with lung trouble and consumption. Dr.
Fowler also looks after the health of this force, and it is to his untiring
energy and efforts that the remarkable results obtained here are had.
The death rate on this force, although. slightly more than that during
the previous biennial term, is remarkable, considering the number of pa-tients
and the great mortality attributable to this dread disease. As
stated in my former report, the 'Y.'·!me Farm, as a consumptive camp.
hail truly been a success, as not only is this dread disease here isolated
from the balance of the convicts of the system, therebv preventing its
spread, 'but it is indeed gratifying to note that many of the men trans-ferred
to this place, who were suffering with weak lungs, have been
greatly improved and benefited, and some entirely cured.
The Johnson Farm is located about seven miles southwest of Hunts-ville,
and it is here that the women of the entire system are kept. The
health of this force is remarkably good, only three deaths occurring dur-ing
this biennial period. There have been no escapes from this place
during this term. The negro women are required to do light farm work,
and the white women sew and do light house work. They are excep-tionally
well fed and cared for, and the buildings and premises are at
all times kept in excellent sanitary condition.
These convicts arc worked on the share system, and under the man-agement
of Capt. J. G. Bowden, who continues to conduct it in a very
satisfactory manner.
RUSK PENITENTIARY A.~D IRO:\' INDUSTRY.
The Rusk Penitentiary is under the immediate charge of }Ir. John
B. Reagan, Assistant Superintendent. His report, which I beg to here-with
transmit, shows fully the workings and condition of the institution
in detail. Accompanying Mr. Reagan's report are the reports of Prison
Physician Dr. A. H. McCord and Chaplain J. L. Dawson, which are
complete in every detail and reflect much credit upon these gentlemen.
The Rusk Prison also shows a decrease in deaths during the biennial
term, which is indeed very gratifying. As stated in my last biennial
report, and as noted in the report of Dr. McCord, the sewerage system
at this prison is very poor and inadequate, and the health of the inmates
is thereby, to a certain degree, endangered, and I again earnestly recom-mend
that a new, up-to-date sewerage system be installed at this prison
just as soon as practicable.
The iron industry is under the charge and management 'of Mr. W. T.
'Weaver, who is in every wayan efficient and experienced iron man. A
large first-class blowing engine has been installed to the one already on
hand. We found that it was too expensive to smelt iron are with char-coal,
and therefore discontinued the use of charcoal, and in January,
1906, commenced using coke, and I am pleased to report that the re-sults
have been very satisfactory. The pipe shop has been repaired and
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the capacity dO~lbl.ed. On the l~t o~ January last a new foundry was
erected on the inside of the penitentiary walls, which gives this prison
a foundry as good as any in the State.
HOUSE OF CORRECTIO~ .,\SD REFOR:~IATORY.
. F.or ~ull and complete information as to the inner workings of this
~~~stItutlOn, I. beg to refer yon to the carefully prepared reports of As-sistant
Sup.ermtendent L. J. Tankersley, accompanied by thc reports of
the Chaplain and Physician.
HARLEM.
S~llce the 2d day of }Iarch, 1899, this farm has been under the im-mediate
charge of Capt. E. G. Douglas, Sergeant and Manager. and is
loca~ed at Ha:rl:m, Fort Bend county, .Texas. Crops on this plantation
CO:ISIStof sugar cane, corn, and sufficient forage for live stock. That
tl~IS pl~ce has proven a financial success is shown bv the report of the
Flllancwl Age~t and .by the. statement with which' I conclude mv re-marks
und.er this heading. Since m~T last biennial report we have leno-th-ened
the s~de-track at the Southern Pacific station, and now have a ;ail-road.
runrnng two ~nd one-half miles to the sugar house, and have also
put 111. telcphone \\'~re to the sugar house, all of which gives us excellent
facilities ~?r hand~mg our products in and ?ut. I am pleased to report
that, nohVl~hstandlllg the fact that we use lightweights and second-class
l~·bor on this fal'l:n. we have not had a single death during the past two
~ears out of a dailv average of 195 each dav.
I wish to again call your attention to th~ need of about 2500 acres of
land to add to the present acreage of the plantation.
Below find the table showing net receipts from the crops growing on
the Harlem State Farm from 1887 to date:
grop of 1887 (first C~~p~~i~~..~...'v.e.a.r.)..............................$ 5113;.247064 0654
C p f . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 371 46
C~~p ~f i~~..~...'.................................. 65:258 06
Cro~ of 1892: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :: ~~'~~~ ~6 Crop of 1893. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22' 280 69
CCrroopp off 1188994~. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .... 43',81I'1348'
Cro ~f 189~' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 45,372 62
C p f 189 56 532 00
C~~P ~f 189~" .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 19;806 18
Cro~ of 1899' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 17,635 08
C '" 22566 75
Crroap ooff 11990010.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15',702 90
Cro~ of 1902: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... 36,63~ 54
Cro of 1903* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 26,130 86
P 2664 72 . ,
dr*oTuhgehtctrroopmoAf p1r9i(ll).w3taosJuculyt ls,h1o9r0t3. by·•ext reme ,•wet weather in winter of 1903, and by the
14 TEXAS STATE PEKITENTIARIES.
Crop of 1904 ,__. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 65,173 57
Crop of 1905. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 58,510 21
Estimated crop of 1906 (gross)........................ 100,000 00
W1VL CLEMENS STATE FARM.
This farm is under the immediate charge of Capt. E. B. Mills, Ser-geant
and Manager, and is located at Perry's Landing, in Brazoria
county, Texas, and consists of the Norton tract, purchased December 9,
J899, containing 5527 acres, and the Lowood plantation of 2685.47 acres,
making a total of 8212.47 acres. It has two and one-half miles' frontage
on the west bank of the Brazos river, with an average depth of water of
twenty feet, is about nine miles north of Velasco, and is about five miles
southwest of Brazoria.
My last biennial report showed that we owed Mr. Heflin a balance of
$144,500, and I estimated that the crop of 1904 would reduce the in-debtedness
to $25,000, but instead of this I am pleased to report that we
were enabled out of this crop to pay him up in full.
Since last report, the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexican Railroad has
been constructed from Brawnsville to and connecting with the Santa Fe
at Algoa, passing through Brazoria, which is five miles from the sugar
house. By building a road from the sugar house to Brazoria to connect
with this railroad, the State should be able to handle the products of
this farm at a great deal less expense, and in addition be able to pur-chase
fifty or sixty thousand tons of cane from the farmers who have
no mills, and with the crops raised on the farm, the net revenues of this
farm should be between $150,000 and $200,000 per annum, according to
tonnage and price of sugar.
We have buildings on the farm sufficient to comfortably care for 400
men, fine artesian water in abundance for drinking, stock and sugar-making
purposes. The health of this place is remarkably good-only one
death in two years with an average population of 238 men.
The gross receipts from this farm crop of 1904 was $187,435.28, and
in 1905, $92,151.51, with 160 bags of sugar on hand as yet unsold, and
the gross receipts from the crop this year, 1906, are estimated to be
$135,000; the net receipts, $90,000.
CAMP SEARCY BAKER.
This camp was established on July 25, 1904, for the purpose of getting
out wood for use in making charcoal for the Rusk iron industry, but was
discontinued last January for the reason that charcoal was too expensive
to smelt iron are with compared to coke,
SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
I quote the fololwing from my last report:
"Few changes in the method and management of convicts have been
made during the past few years, and while I am sure much might be done
toward bettering the existing conditions, I feel that the abolishment of
REPORT UF SUPERINTENDENT. 15
the lease system, with its many uncertainties, which was adopted many
years ago, and the working of all convicts on State account, on State
farms and in the walls,. is our most urgent need. When this is done
better buildings for comfort and care of men, school buildings, which can
also be used. for chapel services, machine shops and blacksmith shops
should be bUll.t, ther~~y not only more closely guarding the health of the
inmates, but, in addition, teaching them a trade, and in. a way educating
them to become peaceable, law abiding citizens when released.
I would most earnestly suggest and recommend that the State erect
a c~ttonmill and .bi.nder twine plant on the site immediately east of the
penitentiary administration building at Huntsville, Texas, and work
therein all female convicts.
The sewerage system at Rusk is very poor and inadequate and as soon
as penitentiary finances will permit, or an appropriation can be secured.
I would recommend the installation of a complete and up-to-date sewer-age
system at that institution. We also need at the Rusk Penitentiarv
a store builJi?g on the outside of the walls. The present building, wher'e
all the supplies and stores are kept, is on the inside, which is indeed a
very bad arrangement, and by the erection of a new building, it woulo
thus enable us to use the old one for the purpose of cnlarzina the furni-ture
factory, which is much needed. '" '"
I would here again call attention to the need of about 2500 acres of
additional cane land, at and adjoining the Harlem State Farm and
recommend its purchase. '
I wish to call special attention to the need of a dentist to take care
of the teeth of the convicts confined in our penitentiaries and on outside
camps. I find th~t a great many have defective teeth, which, if proper
treatment were gIven them, would result very beneficially toward im-proving
their health, thereby decreasing our daily sick list," and enabling
them to do better work."
CONCLUSION.
. I have endeavored in this report to touch, in as brief a manner as pos-
SIble, upon the principal subjects connected with the penal institutions
under my charge.
As Superintendent, and in conjunction with official connections, J
have endeavored to manage the penitentiaries and outside forces in a
businesslike manner, and as I would a business of my own and I desire
to state that I have at all times had the hearty co-operation and support
of all the officials and employes connected with the system.
I have at all times received the able counsel of the Governor and each
n:ember of the Penitentiary Board, the Financial Agent, Assistant Finan-cial
Agents, and Assistant Superintendents, for which I here make due
acknowledgment. Respectfully submitted,
SEARCY BAKER,
Superintendent.
EX H I BIT S.
EXHIBIT NO.1.
Monthly Changes in Prison Population from Sept. I, 1904, to Aug. 31, 1906.
Months.
---------------
On hand September 1, 1904.•.....................
September. .
October · .
November .
December .
January · .
February .
March · · · · .
ApriL .
~:le·.::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::. July .
August r ••..••..•••••••••
September .
October .
November .
December .
~~~~~~:~::y::::::::::::'.:'::::::::::.::.::::::::::.::::::::::
March · · .
April. · .
May .
June .
July · .
August .
..... ......
1904 27 99 9 5
1904 128 2 94 7 3
1904 128 90 8 5
]904 122 3 84 33 3
190" 88 4 80 11 5
1905 54 4 81 2 1
1905 90 3 129 25
1905 156 8 99 2 6
1905 127 71 3 3
1905 91 44 4 6
11990055 15101 24 4850 1"1 "7
1905 36 1 97 6 6
1905 93 3 105 5 2
]905 111 2 76 2 e
1905 131 1 75 41 2
1906 120 2 88 4 1
1906 104 73 11 7
1906 68 1 100 5 2
1906 134 4 93 7 5
1906 ]02 1 61 6 4
1906 95 2 47 2 5
1906 94 3 77 3 8
1906 48 1 129 2 10
6 .....
: I::::::
3
4
4
32
1
9
H
8
879
5
4
7"2
4 1
4 7
2,
9
397:;
3883
3905
5926
3928
3920
3890
a826
3881
3930
3958
4010
:;958
3878
3855
3871
3881
3903
3911
3871
3899
3920
3961
3965
3864
SUMMARY.
3970
2308
51
6334
2017
189
131
120
13
3864
6334
17
EXHIBIT NO.2.
Biennial Changes According to Counties of Conviction. (
c . From September 1, 1904. o;g; 0~°~
'" to August 31, 1906. c,
.oo.~ . .o.o, .
OJ_ .;:;; -;:03 .,,; .0 > .
Uounties. """ ,,""
0", .,,; " " ,.j c" om •.. bD .,,; 0<: " p •.. " .0
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Z ~ ~ c, I'il P,;Z;
An<i.erson................. . .
Andrews .
Angelina _ .
Aransas .
Archer .
Armstrong............................... . .
Atascosa. ·····..···· ···..·· · . I~~"/;~j_-i Borden . i~_-if-ii-:~ ....................•••......................•........ Burleson . ~~f¥i~ .............................................................................. i,&~1!fit:-:
.......••........•...........................
Ell:s :::::::.:.::::::: '. ::::::::.:::::.::::::::::::
El Paso .
50 35 2 21 1 ... H2
Total number of convicts on hand September 1,1904 .................................•.............
Total number of convicts received since September 1, 1904 .
Total number of convicts recaptured since September 1,1901.. ·
Tota.lnumber of convicts discharged since September I, 1904................•.••............
Total number of convicts pardoned since September I, 1904..............................•....
Total number of convicts escaped since September I, 1804.. · .
Total number of convicts died since September I, 1904.. · · ........•.••.... ·
Total number of convicts paroled since :leptember, 1,1904 .•................................ · ..
Total number of convicts on band August 31, 1906......................•............. · ..· .
,.., . coo,.;
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0018
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.....~::::1:: }:::.:::::::::::..·i ::: ....~
5 7 1 4...... 1 8
11 19. 14 2... 14
49 2~"j "'24 ·4..·..3 '''3 ::: a~
.... '4 :::::: ::: .... 2 ..... j ::::::....·1 ::: ::::::
25 10. 10 1 24
19 14 1 13. 1... 20
125 53... 72 8 2 2 2 92
4 ~ 1 1 4
5
60
13
28
4 ::: ····2 .... "2:::::: :::::: ::: ····5
49 2 35 2 6 2 ... 66
U 1 3...... 2......... 15
18... 19 1 26
4 4 ....s "'i'1::: '''j'l ::::::::::::::::::::: ·....8
41 31... 13 1 1 57
5 3 :. 8
24 8... 12 1 19
I 1 2 . ~ 15 ::: ~ j ::::::.:::::::::
3~1" ..3 ::: ... ~.31 1 :::::. 1 .
34 18... 13 2 1 .
.......... '2 ::: :::::: :.:::: ::::: .
51 33... 25 1 1 .
6 1 .
3 1... 2 .
52
22
3
36
2
57
52
'} >:~.';>.~I::::~::::.::::.:::..~. .i
26 ]3... 14\ 1 2... 22
3 6 2 1 6
7 14... 10 ] 10
36
1
1!1::: '''jti '4 j ..·..3 ::: ~~
c:12 10 11 1 10
::::1 :::·~I:::.:.:::.> ;.:.;.::.::::::.::!
128 106 4 94 3 7 2... 132
7 ::: .... 2 :::::: :::::: :::::: ::: .....~
12 3... 6 1 8
23 9... 12 2 2 16
38 2'2... 13 2 2 1... 42
........j..:.::::::::::::::::::::.: :::.."j
2... . 2
15 5... 2 1...... I... IB
17 6 9 1 1... 12
..i...·2.,.l" '2 j :::::: .
51 38 2 23 2 2 1 6'1
99 74 ... ~1 3, 4 4 111
18 TEXAS STATE PENITENTIARIES.
EXHIBIT NO.2-continued.
Biennial Changes According to Counties of Conviction.
Oounties.
Erath 25 19.. 10 4 2... 28
Falls ~6 201'" 12 1 2 2.. 2!l
Fannin............................ 57 29... 23 3 3 2:.. b5
Fayette...... 59 18 1 22 1 2 1 52
Fisher........ 2... 2
Floyd ".. . 1 Jg~[~~~iC..::·.::·.::.:::.:::::::::::::::::::'.::::.:::'.::::::::::.::::::::: 35 18'" 9 ..·..il"..'2:::::::::. 422
Franklin. 6 4 4 . . 6
Freestone........................ 20 9... 14 2 1... 9
Frio......................... 17 3... 7...... 13
Galveston........... 67 30 1 25 1 2 70
Gaines 4 •.•.•. •.. •..... •.•.•. ....•. 4
Garza.............................. . .
gf~~~sto~ek..::::::::::::: .' ::.: ..::.::: .:.::::'.:..: :::.:.:::::..:::::.:::.::...... 2 .. 1 1 .
Goliad........................ . ...........j·7 5 ::: '''1'[ · i : ·1 ::: 9
Gonzales....... 53 12... 26 1 2 36
Gray.......................................... .. .
Grayson 93 68 1 45 5 6 4... 102
Gregg.................. 24 .1.28·.·".1.·1 lj.2
4
1N
O
•••• 1. '. 22 Greer . 1 1
Grimes 19 1 . 11
Guadalupe .. ,...... 39 18... 11 3... 43
Hale.... . 2 2 1 3
Hal!............................ 1 2... 1.. . . 2
Hamilton........ Iii 12... 8 2...... 14 :i~~J~~~ri·::::: :::::.::::.... .. ·i ·· ..i ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::·::2
~~~~i~n...:.:::::::.:.:::::::::::.::.::::..::::::::::::: :::::: I 24~ 1~~''71O( .... '5 1~ ·....3·3 2M;
Harrison......... ...-. I 45 25 2 19 2 1 ') 18
Hartley.................... .. :. 2...... 1 1
Ha.skell..................... 2... 2
Hays.. .. .. 12 7'11 9 . . 1.. 10 ~~~le~~~;;:::::::::::.:.::::::::.::::::::::::.:::::::::'::::'::'::::::::..3.J . 'io ::: 1~ · i :::·:.:.2:.::.: . 28
Hidalgo............ .. 12 4 .., 2 1... 13
Hill.. .. 38 16... 26 3 . 25 ~gg~~e.:.:::::::::::::::::::::.:. :::.,:::::.:::::::.:.:::::::::..... 9 4 ::: '7..·..1::::: :::::::::..·..5
Hopkins.......................... .. I 19 11 1 14 3 ! 2... 12
Howard..................... . 2...... . 2
Houston.................. 33 19 1 19 1 33
Hunt . . .. , 44 2ii 2 19 2 46
~y;~~i~~.~:::::.::.::::::::::::::::.:::::.::.::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::I.:.·:.:.i:::::. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::....j.
Jack........................ 6 1... 7
Jackson................................. .. 8 6... 3...... 11
J~~i:i~~.:.i:s.:... ...:.::::.:::.:..:::.: ::::::::.:::::.::::...:::::::: 2 i::.:.2.:.::::.::.:::: :::::. i
•Jefferson 84 52 1 40 5 1... 87
Juhnson................................... 35 24... 21 2 2...... .. 34
.Jones....... 6 2 5 3 .
Karnes 9 18... 19 8
Kaufman..... 36 18 1 12 2 41
Kendall... .. 7 3 1 9
Kerr. .. 4 5 1 1 1 6
Kimble......... . 2 3... 2 , 3 ~l~gey::::::::::::::::::::::.:.:::.:.::.:.::::::::::::::.:.:::::::::.:::.::::::: ·..6 i ::·: 4 . "i :::::: i ::.:·..i.
Knox.......................................................... 1......... 1
Lamar................................ .. 124 48... 46 6 f> 1 110
Lamb .. .
t~~~~l~~~ ..: :.:::.:...': ..:': :::::: :::::..::::::::::: ..::..::::::::.::: :::..:::::::: g ~ ::: 7 ::::: 1 ~
ti~:.~~::::::::::::::::::::::·::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.:::::: ~ is ::: H...:..:::::.:..~..::~i~
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT. l~
EXHIBIT NO. 2-·continued.
Biennial Changes According to Counties of Conviction.
Counties.
-------------------
Liberty......... .. .
Limestone............. . .
Lipscomb........... .. .
Live Oak.................. . .
Llano · .
Loving . .
Lubbock...................... . .
Lynn...................... .. .
l\ladison...................... . .
Mariun ·.. ···· .. .
Martin · · .. .
Mason · .
Matagorda · ··..· .
Maverick · .
McOulloch . .
McLennan .
McMullen........ .. .
Medina. .. .
Menard · .
Midland ·· , .
Milam .
?\lills ,...... ....................•.............
Mitchell · · · .
Montague ·· .
Montgomery .
Moore ·· ..· .
Morris ··..... . .
Motley.............. . .
Nacogdoches .. .. .
Navarro .. .
Ne\vton.... . .. .
Nolan.......... .. .
Nueces.... .. .
Ochiltree .
Oldham.... .. .
Orange .
Palo Pinto ··· . .
Pallola ·.. ······ .
Parker...... . .
Parmer .
Pecos · ·..· .
Polk · ·· ·..·..· .
Potter .
Presidio ···· ·· ·..· ··..····..· .
Rains ···.. · ··.. ··· ..······· .
Randall ·..··..· .
Red River .
Reeves ·..· . iit~~~r~:.i:.:..~:::.:..:..:.:.:..:.:.::~::..::.:.:..::.::::>..:.::'..:..::.: :.:::.::.:::.:.:::.'.:: .
Robertson .
Rockwall · ··..· .
Runnels ·.. . .
Rusk .
Sabine · · · ··..· ······
~:~.t~f;:£~~.~.~::.:::::::.:.:~:.:~..::::::::::::::':.':. :::~:::::::::::::
~~~l~i~~~~~.~:.:::::::::::::::.::..:::::::::::::::::::::.::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
San Saba .
~~~~Vei·fo:r::;:i::::::::::::::::::::::.:':::::::::::::.:.::::::::::::::::. Shelby .
~~1.~~~~.:::.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: .
Somerville .
Starr .
Stephens .
3...... 1 10
17 2...... 40
1 ••.•.••.•.•.•.•.•..•..••.
2...... 1
9 5 .
37 22 .
1 .
3 .
::::·:::·:T:::::::
1 ~ ... 2.
32 11... 17 0 4 2 .
2 .
8......... 3 1
14 8... 6..... .
54 21 1
2 1 ,
906824~ 5 5 4 .
1
18
24
165
3
96
22... 10 1... 22
3... . 3
1 . .. 1
1~ ..1 ~2 1 :::::. 41::: 3~
6... 3" 1 5
4... 3...... 1 .
21 1 14 1.... 2 42
2... I 2
7 to 5 1 11
2 2... 2...... 2
27 7 1 8 1 1 2 23
67 24... 31 2 . 1... 57
4\ 2. 2...... 4
~ 1... 2...... 1
" 6 4 1 to
50
63
37
1
"'21 '4 : ·4 :::::: :::::: :::::: ::: '''ii
9 3 3 1 I 7
23 18... 8...... 1 32
13 10 1 10 1 1 12
3
37
~3
1 2 ... 8 )0 1
2 8 .
3 2 .
3 3 .
13 "il I .
3 . ~ ,
3 .
56 19 1 30 4 4 2 . 36
6 1... 5 I 1
2......... 1...... 1
1 1 .
54 19... 28..... 45
4 4. . 5...... 3
3 2. 2...... 2
31 10... 16 1 21
13 10... 4 1 18
1 3... 3 1 .
20 7 3 ~ ..... 3 . 18
5 3... 1.... 7
2 2 2 1... 3
2 2... 1...... 3
'''i3 '''15 ::: 8 :::::: :::::: · 1 ::: '''i£9
'''iio 3~"j '''20 :::::: .. '1 '2 ::: 4~
2... :!
...... 3... 2...... 1 .
1 " 1 .
20
EXHIBI~ lIrO. 2-continued.
TEXAS STATF PEN"ITENTIARTES.
Biennial Changes According to Counties of Conviction.
---_ .. -----
Counties,
~lerling ...............•... _ ...........•..... . , .
:--tone\\"all .
SULtOIl .......••............ ....•.....•.••..... .•••....•..•.•....• _.••.•.••..
~\visht:r. . .
rrarl'alJt , .
'.ra.vlor.. . .
'I'crrel l.... . .
'!'erry . .
Tb rockmo r-ton.. , .. .
'I'tr u s ......................................................•..............................
~f.~~~~:~~:~:~:.::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
'I'vle r.. ....................•••..............................................................
Upshur .
Upton .
Uvalde , .
V"l Verde , , .
Van Zandt .
Victoria .....................................•.............................................
Walker .., .
W"ller .
Ward , .
\Vashington ...........•........•....................................................
Webb .
IVh"rton .
Whef'ler , .
Wie-hi ta , .
'Vilbar·ger .
Williamson , .
Wilson , , , , .
Winkler , , .
Wise .., , ,.... . .
Wood , .
~Yo:a~kgum~.t:1:i.:..'..::: .:. ::...:...: .:.:::::..:: :~~, ::. :::~::::.:: ::::::.::
Zavala .
Tot"ls, , , , .
....~ ::~:::::: :::::j :::::: :~:::::::::: ::: ....~
• 1 1
125 ' ..il2.j ·"7'0 .... 7 ..·~ ·'··2 ··i 123
13 7... 7 2,..... ... ..... It
1 ··'·1 :::::: :::::: :::::: ::: :.::::
16 11... 7 1 1 1 17
11 6.... 5
40 32 1 31 1 1... 40
14 6 7 , ,... 13
10 5 4 2 . 9
10 7... 9 3 1 4
, .. ...... ...... ...... ...... ...
S 6 ... 4 2 7
4 6 3 7
12 4 6 I ...... ...... ... 9
31 11 1 17 2 ...... ...... ... 24
20 13 ... 12 [I..··· 1 ... 19
18 8 ... 8 ::::~C::: 2 ... 16
5 2 ... 3 ... 4
42 15 ... 21 2 30
60 23 ... 26 2 ..... 6 1 48
il5 21 16 1 ...... ...... ... 39
1... ..... .. ... ...... ...... .. I
11 9 ... 7 1 1 ... 11
7 2 ... 2 2 1 ... 4
41 2~ ... 12 4 3 1 ... 44
16 14 ... 4 1 ...... 3 .,. 22
..... ...... ... ..... ...... ...... ......
5 ... 2 2 ...... .,. 1
19 10 ... 9 1 ...... I ... 18
'···2 '···2 ::: :::::: :::::: :::::: :::::: ::: ·····4
2,..... 2 .
-------- ---_._---- --- ---.- -------'-'--
3975 230~ 51 2017 189 131 120133864
REPORT OF SUPEUlN'L'ENDENT. 21
EXHIBI~ lIrO. 3.
Previous Pursuits.
g"'l From September I. 1904, Ic:g '~>"en,'""0,:-. to August 31.1906. ~,°,2-0=>-
c"" -ci .0 .s: tl£
Title of offenses. 00. u'u": -0 '.".. " -d ·8c<",
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.;:; c. ."c c0 "0. " '" o "'" '" ~Io~ -0
ci.c '"" 'o" sen c..:. ''"" s" :'d -=-.s::
Z ~ ~ I'ii Pol';
-- - - - --
Agents , , ,.......... 2 3... 4 .
Bakers and contectioners........ ]0 7... 4 .
Barbers .. .. . I 57 33 2 26 4 .
l!tK~:~~~~;.~:·.:::::::::::::::::::::::::.::::::::::::.:::::::::::::::::.::.:.:,:..:. !~]~::~I~....j : .
Bootblacks ,. . 1 4 4... 7 1 .
~~f~kint~~c~~d.c~p.p.e.~:.~~I.t~~::::.::.::::::::::::.::::::.:::::::::::::.::::. 1~ 3.. ·'6 :::::: :::::: :::::... 1~
Bl'oummakers.................... 1... I 1
Butchers................................. 25 10... 13 2 , ...• 20
Cabinet makers , ,...... 11 8... 7 10
Carpenters 57 25... 19 2... 57
Clerks and bookkeepers.i.i... 31 25... 22 9...... 1 I 23 gt~i\re~g~~:~~s~::.:.::~::::::.:.:.':::::.::.::.:::::::::.:.:::::::::~::::~::: r :::....~.::::::.:::::.': ::: ~ Coachmen 4 ,.. 1 •..... . ~
Cooks and wait-ers ,..................... 177 137 2 98 10 10 6 192
Coopers ,....... .. . 2 1 ,... 3
Oowboys ...............................•....... 15 14... 19 2 1 2 I 43
Dentists , ,.... 4 1 2 .
Dairymen........................................................................ 1... I
Electrjcians..................... 13 8... 10...... 11
Embalmers................................. II.' . Engravers :::: :::::: ::: ::::::1::'.:. :::::: :::::: ::: :::::: Factorymen , , .
Farmers 347 30710 3Jl ~8 16 17 1 261
Firemen............................. 16 13... 10...... I 18
Fishermen "..... .. .
Gamblers 1... 2 .
Gas fitters ,..................................................... . ,..
Hatters ,........ 1 , 1
Hostlers ,.................... 16 2... 4...... 1 13
Druggists......... . ,.......... 6 I 2
Hotel keepers ,.... 3 , 1 I... 1
Housekeepers ,..................... 2...... 1 ,.. 1
Jewelers .. , '........ 2...... 2 , .
Jockeys . ,...... 1,., ,. 1 .
Laundrymen and hwndresses..................... 131 12... 10 I 1 1... 12
tf~~~;~e::;:;:·:::::::::::::::.:::::::::'::::::::::':.:::::'::::::::::::~::::::::I::'::.:,:1 :::::: ~
Machinists and engineers....................................................... 5fi 30 I 31 2 5 1 47
Mattress makers ..,...... 1 I 1 . 1
Merchants ,.............. 9 2 2 1 8
Millers and millwrights 3. 2...... 1
Miners ,..................................... (j 15... 6 1 , 1... 13
Ministers .. 9........ I s
~~~lgi~':S:·:::::::.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::...... I~ ~ ::: ~ :.... . I ~
MUSic teachers 2...... 2
Net makers ,., .., ,. 1 ..,... 1
Opttcians and oculists........ 2 I 1 1
P"'inters................... 55 26 1 24 5 1 1... 01 ~~8~re~~~g.:.:~::.:~::·:~: ~'''.'j ;; ~
Penitentiary guards :::::::::::: ..::::.::: ::: ~ ::..:: :::::: ::::::
Plasterers ,..... 2... 2
~Inmbers and gasfitters ,....... 9~ ~"j I! 1 :::::: :::::: ::: ~
orters ,..... .. ~~
Printers and journalists... 10 9... 7 1 , 11
Photog raphers.. "........ 2 2... 1 1..".. 2
Physicians " ,..... 2... 2 ". ii~~r~~~~:g~~.l._.:~::s:...::_:::.::::::'.._:.:.::::::::.:"::._::.:.:.:.~':.._~.~..:::1::2.0::._2 7 1 .., 4'>
S ddl d b k 9 - 11 ·····i " "···5 i~?~i{f1~~I:'7T~)..<.:·:e~r:~·:::~~::~:':~I:.:J:~~..~.~./:.\;..:>:5/:/3j~:./ :~E~:l·l~
1
1 12
3 "·1 ~~
47
6
22 TEXAi; STATE PENITENTIARIES.
EXHIBIT NO.3-continued.
Previous Pursuits.
Occupations.
gg From September 1,190-1, i c~
Zl~ to August 31, 1900. 1°::':
~i ~~ I .!~ o~ rg ; ~ .g ro -0 g~
~~ .~ ~ ~ ~ ~ rei 1-3 org
.,.... Q 0 £ ~ 0::> <l.l ~ .~ ---------------------------I~-~~(5 p: (,3 is ~~~
Servants and nurses........ . 46 11 30 6 1 20
Sbeep berders......... . 2 1 I
Sboemakers........... 11 9 . 7 1 1 11
Showmen . 3 4 1 6
Soldiers and sailors.. 12 6 5 13
Spinners 1 1 :2
Stenographers I.... .. . ~~g~~~~~e·~s·a;;(i'm;;so;;s:::::::::::::::::::.:::::::: ':"2 i~::: .~:::::2 :::::. · 11::: ~
Tailors '" 12 8 8 1 II
Teamsters 15 20... 13 1 21
'l'elegraph operators 1 4 1 4
'I'Inne rs. 1 ....• Upholsterers . 2. ..•... 2\ .••••....•.••••••...•.•.•••.•••.•••••.•••••••.•••.....
Veterinary surgeons _ 1 1 .
Weavers........................... 1 1... 1 I
Wheelwrights........... 3 2 . . 2 3
No trade or profession....... 26661413321152 98 81 79 72694
Totals . 3975230851 2017 189 131 120 IJ 3S64
EXHIBIT NO.4.
Nativity.
u~c..;~?· F\rotmo ASuegputesmt be31r,19J0,6.1904, co~._,.
j.;IP"'! r:n ••
S~ ~~
~~ rc !=biJ
O~~~~rd !::~
1'..)00 <l.l P s, <l.l rc rd g<
t;'O .?: ~::e § <l.l Q) ca-.rr;I ~<l.l:rd.zrc~.ooo; -----------------------o----I~"" ~!a ~ .~ ~ ~~"" Al abama '" 123 53 2 62 5 3 4. 104
Arkansas . 125 62 1 61 2 7 5... 113
Arizona -,. 2 . . " '" 2 g~n~~rJ'~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.::::::::::::::::::::::..~.O. 7... 5...... 32
Connecticut.................................. i ~::: t ::::::::::::::::::::: ~ District of Columbia........................................... 7...... 2..... 5
Delaware. 3 .. 3
North Dakota.......... . I 1 j 2...... 1 ~1~;ld~~~{~~~:::::·:::::::::::::::.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::.:.:.::: 2 2
G eorgia...... 9269 345... 455 5 1 01...1 2776
Illinois......... .. 31 22.. 13 1 1 39
Indiana............ 25 8 1 9 1 24
Iowa........... .. 5 1... 4 3 .
Kansas 4 16 2 4 1 1... 16
Eg~J~~~,,:::::::.:.::.:·:::::::::::::::::::: :.:::.:.::::::::::::::::: l~g ~6~ ~g : 1~ ~ ~ 1~~
M~~~r:1;,:;d·.::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::·::.::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1........ 1 .
M h 5 1 4 1 1 .
jr¥l~!;"J ••i•••••.••·••·••·•••.••.••.••,J•.•1.•.•;.•..:..•)••.•!••.•:.1••"••••,•~
Republic of U. S. of A.
HEPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT. 23
EXHIBIT NO.4-continued.
Nativity.
-----------------------,-,----~.- . I·
I g.,; From September I, 1904, I§;g
Zl~ to August 31, 1906. I",::::"
o ~ ~1""'1
'>~ IlloI f ~ i .~: 'I!h ,H h'll!i
N~.," ~:.~•.~.~.t~•.":( ~~
New Hamsphire. . I 9
New Jersey......................................... 7 3... 1 · i 20
New york................ . .. 2~ 1.7::: ~.4 1 1.'::::1:'" "~4
New Mexico................... ~
North Carolina.............. 50 15... 9,...... 2 oOh~~~.~::.:::::::::::::::::::::::.. :.:.:::::::::::::.:::::.... 111 1:2!...... 1121............ 3 3 1 3g.
Pennsylvania.......... 24 'lf 1 10 3 2 .
Rhode Island........ . '''46 '''is :::· 7 .. ·..i · i :::::::'':'.5'0
Sou th Carolina....... . 102 00 6 66
1
7 7 1... 87
Tennessee.. 0 69 6 >2<9
TUetaxhas . 226fl1 5.~~.~.'.~:...~.~.8...1r~.24.r:7 ~. "11
Vermont... 31 13... 17 1...... 26
Virginia 12 ~i:;o~~~i~:i:~:.::.:::::::::·::::::::::::::·.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::It ~::: ~ :::::::::::: ::::::::: 2 ~~oT~~ii;(;~ies.:...··::··.·.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::'':'4:':4::':''ii '1 "'ii ....:.i ·.... 3 :::::: ::: '''39
Republic of U. S. of A.
Totals . 85872103501842 176 122 100 10
1
3490
EXHIBIT NO.4-continued.
Nativity.
Foreign Countries.
Austra.lia........ .. . .
Austria .
Belgium .
Bohemia . .
Canada .. .
England .
France.... .. .
Germany .
Gr€ece .
Holland .
India .
Ireland .
Italy .
Mexico " .
Nova Scotia .
~~~~::!..:~.: .:.; :::::'.::::::::::..':.'.::::.::'.:.:::::::'.::::::::
South America...... .. .
Sweden .
Switzerland .
Spain .
Scotland .
Syria .
West Indies. .. . .
I' 1... 1...... 1
4 1... 3...... 2
2g ....~ ::i ..... ~ :::::: :::::: ::.::~:" 2~
M B 5 ~
~ 1~:" ~ "4 ·..•. i :::::::::10
1......... 1I
1 ::::.: :: j :::::::: ::::::: .
4~ ~ ::: ~ ....1 .::::: .....i :::H~
222 163... 136 8 7 17 3 214
1...... . ~
'''i :<:(.::< :(/ ..::::.:...... ~
!I :i ::: i:::·.:i.::.::.:::..5..
~ i ::.:..1.::.:::: ::.::: ::::: ::: .....j
Totals . 388 205 ~ ~ ~ -;; -;;; -;;\-;4
24 'rEXAS STATE PENITEKTTAHlES.
EXHIBIT NO.4-continued.
Nativity.
RECAPITULATION.
-------------------1- - - - -- - _
Ro>public of U. S. of A. and Foreign Countt"ies.
From September 1, 1904, g~
to August 31,1906. _
!,-l-,,:,,-
.,; .c8>'<"'"'
.g ~'" ~~'O~
A p: i-c
Total natives of U. S. of A .
Natives of Texas............ 2264 1516261278 124 70 69 62259
Natives of other States and Territories 1323 58724 564 52 52 31 41231
---------
Total natives of Foretgn Countries.
Totals . ...............................................
3587 2103 50 1842 176 122 100 10 3490
---------
388 205~I~~~~~ 374
3975230851 2017 189 131 120133864,
• I
EXHIBIT 1'10. 5.
Crimes.
Title of Offenses.
Abduction .
~~~11~:1~~~t~~~i~~~:n:.:.:::::::::::~:::·:::::::::::::::::..::::::.:::~:.:::.::.:::;
!iif~i~·~~·~t~e:d:.::.e::.~:..::::::::::.::::::::::.:::::::::::::::
~~~~~:~;l;::~•t:•r,.•:.••2•. '~ii Disposinl!; of mortgageli property :: .
~£~~~~~~~~~et:~·:::·::i:::·::::-::·:·::::::::::::::::::·:::::::::::::::.::.:::::::
Forgery and passsing forged instruments . ~1\~\~~~J.J".).iHii. Murder, second degree " .
g~structin!! railroad .
ering bribe .
~erjury and false swearing . .
R~g:.(~~~..~:.:.i:::::::·:::::·::::::::::::::::.:::::::::::::.::::::::::.:::::::
~ecelvmg and concealing stolen property .
s~J~~&~;n·::::::::·:.::::::·:.:::::::::::·::::::::.:::::.:::::::.:.::::.:::::::::::::.
-------
1 . 1
I 1
~ ::: 4 :::::: :::::: :::::: ::: ~
3... 4 1...... 2
15... 5 3 1 36
216 6 213 6 13 11 I 255
44 ... 35 2 I 2 112
9 I 8. 2...... 9
18 2~ 3 1 .
15.. 5...... 2...... 17
697 19 651 26 48 29 I 1042
462
6
4
30
277
lOB
98
9
1081
46···3 ::: ...."2 ···1 :::::: :::::. ::.
11 16 ... 20 I 3 1 ...
4 ..........................•.......
5 14 I 7 2 1 .
2 3... 3 .
214 192 2 148 22 9 7 .
38 17 1 21 1 2 .
1 2 .
1 .
4 1 1 1 .
72 70 54 7 1 4 .
415 57 2 2 36 13 2
478 139 6 80 37 9 20 7
7 2... 3 .
2 2... 1 .
30 39... 32 3
1
1 .
1~~ 5~ ··i ···is ~ :::::: ~ :::
10 5... 8
1
.
14~ ...~~ ..~ 3; ~ 7 5 ::.
4 ro
2
222
32
3I
a
76
416
47()
63
311
40
176
7
140
2
RIJ:I'OR'f OF SUPERlN'l'ENDEN'l'. 25
EXHIBIT 1'10. 5-continned.
Crimes.
Title of Ofl'enses.
0c ;; From September 1, I904'o~cd
enS to August 31, 1906. ~ ~
E~ Q~ ~g~! rd ~$J rtg:t: ~ rd . ~tJ~<
'O'g ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .,; ~ '0]
. ~ o o ~ J..I t,) ~ ~ 0'= i-c ~ ~ A ~ ~ A Ii. z
------------ ... ~ ~ ~ -;; = =1-1 ~ 2316
Swmdling :::::::::::::::.... 22 14... 10 1 1 2 . ~~~1r'lr··cattie·........ . Ig~ ~~~ ~~ ~ J ::::~g
Theft of hogs...... 321 240 6 250 J8 17 8 2 2?2
Theft of horses........... .. 66 76 81 3 4 4 o~
Theft from person...... . 177 143 1 123 4 3 6 180
Theft, mtsoellaneous.. 10 1 9
UWnhlaitwe-fcualppimngarriage..... . . 1 . I .
'I'ot.als .
EXHIBIT 1'10. 6.
Terms.
Terms of sentence.
149 39 .1 26 13 Ii 4 ... 140
205 35 2 13 3 5 7 5 209
70 10 2 3 1 2 1 75
25 7 ... I 3 ...... 1 ... 27
41 10 ... ...... 8 ...... ..... 1 42
Short tel'mN.
1 year and less than 2 .
2 years and less than 3 .
3 yea rs and less than 4.. . .
4 years and less than 5... . .
5 years and less than 6 .
6 years and less than 7 .
7 years and less than S .
8 years and less than 9 .
9 years and less than 10 .
10 Ybars and less than 15 .
B!aclr Ball Men.
I 2... 2...... 1
12"261269 15 1253 42 39 41 .. 11·'5
173 108 2 111 3 6 4 159
318 196 6 206 22 12 3 277
517 281 4 214 18 15 J8 1 536
206 71 5 65 9 9 5 2 19~
159 59 3 45 8 11 6 I 150
9'! 39 1 18 7 3 1 103
28 12... 5 3 2 1 29
248 96 8 56 5 16 8 267
15 years and less than 20.. . .
20 years and less than 30..........................................•..........
30 years and less than 40.. . .
40 years and less than 50 .
50 years and less than 60. . .
Red Ball Men.
60 years over and life........ ........... 517 74 2 2 42 6 19 2 522 I
. ~~~~~~-;~~ To tu ls .
26 TEXA.S STATE PENITENTIAIUES.
EXHIBIT NO.7.
Ages.
'" From September 1. 1904. 0.0 •0".,."'<~"='>; to August 31, 1906. otn~ " "
.,..:
-0>'"""". .0 .0 ."~'"ti
Ages. 0"3"'5- .'c" '."".. O'"J) .0 .0 00<" ... '" .c ••.'.0. > ., oj " '" OJ ••••• '0
0" Q; "'- .0 0 Po .0 "0 o~
.oJ
.0 ~ '" oj o CJ ... t) '" ••. .0
0.0 '" ~ is '" Ul is ~ O~
Z Il:l •... r<l ••.•Z
---"-- - - - -- - - - --
Under 16 years...................... . .
16 years and under 20 .
20 years and under 2;; .........•..... Ifim~n~n~i~:~~~~~~./:..~.~:::~;.~::;::;:~.:~.,:~:;::::/~::: 60 years and under 70 .
70 years and upward .
23 1 30 1 2 1 ... 30
442 9· H61 36 12 12 1 740
660 17 609 60 50 38 1 1035
472 15 401 44 35 26 2 785
262 4 222 13 13 12 2 540
187 1 147 12 6 8 1 256
185 3 151 21 10 17 4 310
58 1 6S 2 3 2 ll~
17 26 3 3 . 4ti
2... 5...... 10
40
711
1116
806
536
242
325
125
61
13
Totals . 39752308 51 ~017 189 131 120 13 3H64
EXHIBIT NO.8.
Characteristics of Convicts.
Totals .
Whites 1253 814 13 663
Negroes... 23141251 38 1166
Mexicans.... . 405 242 187
Indians .. 3 I 1
J09 30 29 91240
69 91 67 12209
10 JO 24 3 41~
1 ...... ...... .,
Sex.
Totals . . 39752308512017 189 131 120 133864
Males .
Females .
Conju(Jal Relation.
Totals . ................... 39752308;'1 2017 189 131 120133864
~ril~:~::::::::::::::::::::::·::··· :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1~03 918 17 768 82 49 58 71474
2318 1278 31 WiO 98 78 06 5 2230
154 112 3 89 9 4 6 1 160 -1-- ------
Totals . 39752308 5112017 189 131 120 133864
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
EXHIBIT NO.8-continued.
Characteristics of Convicts.
27
0c3 . From S eptem b er 1. 1,904. "o.~0
",'" to August 31,1906. ",-:
~~ ~~
d~ rd rd '~M
co. Q.l <l> "0 o;:j
~~ ; ~ ~ g ~ ~;:
! c~ ~ ~ .~ ~ ~ ~ ~ o~ ,Z c:l Il:l A Po. >il A e, Z
---------------- 1- - - - --
---------
Totals ...
Education.
n~1t~~~~o~~oo:::.::.:·:,.::.:.:·::.:..:': ::::::.: ::::::::1::~~1~6~3~~~~~
Illiterate .. 1851 741 15 664
65 8209g
55 51766
41
97
51
18
76
37
15 5 320
53 71742
52 1 1802
Eabit~ of Life.
3975230851 2017 189 131 120133864
=== ::::::= == === :=:::::: === ~ == ====
Temperate 21831385301226 118
Intemperate 1792 92321 791 71
83
48
Totals .
---------
Use of TO/Jacco.
Users .
Non"users ······························ .
. 1397523081512017 189 131 120 13 3864
..i3274 1997: 1741\150 103 102: 3204
.. 701 311 10 2761 3~ 28 18 1 660
---------
:19752308512017 189 131 120133864
--------_--.---------
Totals .
Commitments and n-commitments
First term .
Second term .
Third term .
Fourth term .
Fifth term.......... . .
Sixth term .
Seventh term......... . .
Totals ....
32972027 411716 184
564 222 8 236 5
99 40 1 53 .
15 15 1 10 .
3... 2 .
1 .
---------
.................•••......................................... 139752308 51 2017 189 131 1201313864
107
19
32
110 13,3235
8 1 526
2 1 82
..... 191
EXHIBIT NO.9.
Location of Convicts on Hand August 31,1906. and Number of Escapes and DeathS
Since September 1.1904.
-ci .c
; '" J:4""'orce. Location . "" s: .0 .0
C 0 r'o<"l i's"
-----------1------------
Huntsville Prtson., .
Rusk Prison .
Harlem State Farm .
Wm. Clemens State Farm .
Wynne State Farm .
A. P. Borden, executor .
T. P. Barry, agent .
~.~. Sunn~ngham. No.2 .
E' . Ounning ham, No.4 .
C
. H. Cunningham. No, 5 .
onsumers Lignite company . g.~t\i~~r~rt:::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Huntsville. Walker county ····
Rusk. Cherokee county .
Harlem. Fort Bend county .
Perry's Landing, Brazoria county .
Huntsvllle •••Walker county .
Wharton. wharton county .
Chilton, Falls county .
Sugar-land, Fort Bend county .
Sugarland. Fort Bend county ··
Sugarland, Fort, Bend county .
Alba. Wood county ·········· ..··
Harlem. Fort Bend county ····
Sartartia. Fort Bend county .
Sartartia. Fort Bend county .
39752308512017 189 131 12013 3K64
Natives of United States of North America 35872103501842 176 122 100 10 34;;0
Natives of foreign countries................ 388 205 1 175 13 9 20 3 374
=== ::::::::=- - === === === === == ===
3861 2239511942 170 130 110 13 3751
114 69 ... 75 19 1 5 ... 83
==== === == === ==== ==== ===
463 23
831 11 21
139 6 .
155 4 I
44......... 25
62 1 1
50 2 .
68 3 2
64 6 .
G9 3 2
49 3 3
52......... 1
57 2 3
58 .
28 TEXAS 81ATE PENITENTIARIES.
EXHIBIT NO.9-continued.
Location of Convicts on Hand A\\gust 31,1906, and Number of Escapes and Deaths
Since September 1,1904.
Force.
W. T. Eldridge .
T. W. House .
H. D. Lindsey Land and Cattle Co.
T. S. Henderson .
Morrill Orchard company .
C. W. Riddick., .
Roach & Hughes .
.Ino. D. Rogers .
J. A. Robertson .
W. L. Steele .
E. B. Smith .
W. J. Te rrell., .
Texas Planttng ' company .
Ed. Wilson .
W.'!'. Watt .
W. W' Watts .
Burleson & .Iohns .
Johnson Farm .
Whatley & Herring .
Eastham . -g: :.~ ~:, ~':;. \::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Cotton Belt, No.!.. .
State Insane Asylum .
Total number or convicts on
hand August, ai, 1900 .
Forces Discont'd SinceLa~tReport.
Camp Searcy Baker .
C. G. Ellis, No. a .
!Harr~in.g~to;~n~?io&.:T:~er:r:e:l:l::::::::::::::::::::.::::::
Total number of escapes .
Total number of deaths .
Location.
Bonus, Wharton county .
Duke, Fort Bend county .
Seagov llle, Dallas county .
Oameron, Milam county .
Alto, Cherokee county .
Satartia, Fort Bend county .
Scurry, Kaufman county .
Allen Farm, Brazos county .
Simonton, Fort Bend county .
Allen IlJ'arm, Brazos county .
Shepherd, San Jacinto county .
Allenfarm, Brazos county .
Bonus, Wharton county .
Mumford, Robertson county .
Oameron, Milam county .
Mumford, Robertson county .
Fowler, Bosque county .
Huntsvlfle, W",lker county .
Midway, Madison county .
Weldon. Houston county .
Raflroad .
Railroad .
Ruil road .
Austin and TerrelJ. .
1 1
23 4
5 3
I .
1 I
5 .
2 1
10 2
Ja
Gent, Cherokee county .
Sartartia, Fort Bend county .
Navasota, Grimes county .
Ben Arnold, Milam county" .
Railroad .
Dallas, Dallas county .
.0""
..Q
C o
48
102
62
51
50
62
50
98
60
46
40 ...
48 1
102 1 .
4~ 7 2
60 1 4
79 e 2
145 ~ 4
84..... 3
62 1
161 6 5
80 a .
74 I .
89 2i 2
8 '1" .
3864 ·.. 1· ·
:::::::: ::::::::.!::::::::;
... .....!.........
1 I -~I= 131 .
........ / 120
EXHIBIT NO. 10.
Employment of Convicts in and about Huntsville and Rusk Prisons.
Huntsville Prison-Productive.
Blacksmith, paint and wheelwright shops .
~~~~~~~.~~.~...::::.::~::::~::::::::.::~:.::~::::~:::::~::::.::~::::':.:::::::::'::::::::::::
~~;~ ~~~~~~S.~~.~~~~.~.~.f~~~~.:.::::: ':.:::::. .:': .: .: .': .. .:':
Grist mill........................... . .
Improvements and repairs........... .. .
Ice factory .
Machine, foundry, boiler and tile shops .
~,!'!Jf:~~sd"'b'~r~~·:sm,:;~i;ers·:::::::::::::::::::::.:::::::' ..:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
71 80 63 76 72 36 40
171 166 165 192 127 In 145
35 37 35 36 ·32 36 20
157 144 197 30 ...... ...... ......
2 2 2 21 2 .....
2 I I 1 I
41
1
20 15 12 4 ~!'I ss
2 Q 1 I I
102 103 94 93 64 71
9 9 9 6 3 5 1
2 I 1 1 I ) I
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT. 29
EXHIBIT NO. 10-continued
Employment of Convicts in and about Huntsville and Rusk Prisons .
Totals 844 821 879 670 522 :;06 463
Huntsville Prison-Productive.
Shoesbop .. .
Soap makers ""'''' .
Servants hi r ed to penitentiary officials... . .
SawmilJ.. · .
State locomotive .
Southeastern railroad......... .. .
Tailor and mattress shop .
Teamsters........... . .
Tobacco factory.......... .. .
Tobacco farm
Totals .
Indi~pen~ible.
Building tenders .
Clerks and bookkeepers .
Cooks and bakers.................... . .
Dintng-room watters.L... .. . .
(tate keepers... .. .
Scavengers............ .. .
Hospital attendants..... .. .
Janitors and porters..... . . .
Electric light................. .. .
Librarian....................... .. .
Laundrymen .. .
Messengers .
Prison tinker .. .
Prison servants. . .
Stable men .. .
Woodyard and car loaders..... .. .
Yard cleaners........... .. .
Cold storage... .. .
Totals .
Non-Productive.
General roustabouts .
Incapacttated in hospital, etc .
'I'otals .
RECAPITULATION.
Productive labor .
Non-productive labor .
Indispensable labor .
Rusk Prisou-Produetit'e.
~last furnace (day and night) . f!;;di!~l~r~~~~~:~~~>:::::::::.:.~::·:i::::::::·::::::.::·;:L.:·:::::::::::::
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2 ~ 2 .
2 2 6 7 18 1~
15 26 21 .
I 2 2 2 . 3 2 14 13 .
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29 14
665 660 719 526 397 401 349
22 20 22 21 17 15 14
11 9 II 9 10 10 10
8 8 8 7 5 5
22 20 18 20 17 21 20
5 4 4 4 4 4
...... ...... ...... 2 5 2
5 5 5 5 7 7
5 6 6 9 9 3 3
2 2 2 2 2 4 2
I 1 I I 1 1 1
8 7 8 6 a 5 5
I 2 2 1 ! ............
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6 4 5
2 2 2 2 2 4
9 s a 7 3 I
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9
51 36
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11
58
10
54
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30 TEXAS STATE PENITENTIARIES.
EXHIBIT NO. 10-continued.
Employment of Convicts in and about Huntsville and Busk Prisons.
Rusk Prison-Productive.
Gunsmith " , """,,"""""""""""""""""""""""". &~t!~r~~ft~~.~.~s.~.~~.~.:.~.:.::.:.:~::·:~::~::~::.:~:::::::::':::::::4:~1:::2:~1:::2:~I:::2::I:.:2:1.~: l~1 ~.
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Engineers and firemen ·.... 6 6 7 3 4 4
State locomotive...................................................... 4 4 4 4 5 J" 18
Teamsters and carters............ 24 4' 5 7 "...... 4
Loading and unloading cars................. 15 33 8 14 7 8 12
Servants hired to penitentiary offlcials.i.; 2 2 2 1 2 6 10
Miscellaneous outside w0rk........... 44 65 a8 81 76 55 8
~~~f~W~:'::::::·::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::'::::::::'. ~ ~ i ~..4 .~..t
~~b~~~~rfa~~gray~t~.~~~ ..:::::::: ...::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ...:::::: .: : ::.::: ::...: :::...... 59 67 10"4 6~.
Broom factory........... 2 I I 1
~~i?~i~~t~~;;:~;;;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.::::::'''::::::::.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 2 1 .
At Woodlawn ~~ :::::: ::::::.
Steam shovel........... .. ' "... 24
Totals 799 703 654 519 3\17 5[,0 604
Indispensibte.
Clerks and bookkeepers............ 9 9 7
Building tenders.......................................... . 14 13 13
Cooks, waiters and bakers............ 25 24 28
Florists and yard cleaners .
g::~~:~p;::t::::::::::::.::::::::::::::.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.:::::':::::::::::2: ~ ~
Hospital attendants.......... 9 8 7
Hog pit .
Librarian................. 1 1
Electric light and lamp tenders.... .. 3 4 5
Laundrymen.................................................................................... 13 11 8
Mes.engers...................................................................................... 3 3 3
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Storekeepers " 4 2 2
Attending stock in pasture............ .. .. 4 3 3
7 7 8 6
14 11 14 15
25 24 24 23
..... ...... ...... 2
3 5 3 3
2 2 3 3
7 9 8 6
1
I 1 1 1
4 3 7 6
9 8 10 12
3 ...... 1 1 a 3 2 2
6 7 4 9
33 36
1 I I
2 2 2
3 3 4 5
Totals .
'I'otats 104 100 91 90 86 125 134
Non-Productive.
20 IS 26 ~7 14 39 93
RECAPITULATION.
Productive labor .
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Totals .
799 703 654 519 397 550 604
104 100 91 90 86 125 134
20 18 26 27 1-1 39 93
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EXHIBIT NO. 11.
Mortality of Convicts from September 1,1904, to August 31, 1906.
Cause of Death. __ -Izol Cause of Deatb.
General DiscaRes:
5 PeriCarditis .
1 Mitral regurgitation .
1 Fleux · · · ·
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Malarial fever .
Cramp colic .
Black jaundice .
Ery~ipelas... .. .
La ~rippe .
Diabetis milletus .
Intermittent fever .
M:Llarial toxemia . ~~r~.~.r~~~~:::::.::.:·::::::·.::::·.:::::::.::::·:::::::::::: Remittent fever · .
Malarial hermatura .
Potts' disease of spine. .. .
'I'otn.I. .
Nervous System:
Epilepsy...... .. ! Apoplexy........ .. .
Insanity......... 2
Congestion of brain.. 5
Sunstroke 3
Menengitis 1
............•........... 23 Total 16
Oonstitutional Diseases:
Total ·
Digestive system:
Eutero colitis ' I
Locked bowels 2
Hemorrhage of bowels.. 1
Oongestion I ~~::~~~;;~;O.·••;•.•.;.·.::.·.: ·.·.I~ Miscellaneous:
Gunshot wound in attempt to escape......... ;;
Leg amputation I
Killed accidentally 4
Killed by fellow con vict 4
Drowned :...................... 1
Killed by lightning .. . 2
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Blood poison ~
Dropsy .
Total............ .. IQ.
RespiratoTY System:
Consumption .. 29
Pneumonia 8
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RECA PITULATION.
Cause of Death. No.
Total n umber of deaths................ 120
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Sept 1904 89,719 .~ 56,18~ - 74.4671~,629 ~ 2,918 ~ 5,684 -:,078 4,536 18,"60'~ P,951I 4,663'~ 878'~,156 ~~ 3,919,••
Oct 1904 92,061 58,926 74,455 75,634 7,174 3,119 437 6,260 47,123 6,059 11,335 38,403 1O,6~9 5,42~ 688 1,988 4,OnB 3,899,,\
Nov 1904 92,999 405 55,968 71,010 71,297 7,074 2,686 a83 5,457 59,416 5,250 8,463 44,5;;5 9,770 6,194 707 1,033 ",188 3,924H
Dec 1904 92,633 1,956 58,755 73,985 75,907 7,167 3,003 365 6,107 60,261 5,425 8,437 44,036 10,232 4,429 741 1,852 3,676 3,935H
.Ian 1905 90,916 2,:162 55,009 77,398 74.263 7,966 3,181 398 6,686 5~,27:2 5,601 9,843 4',224 10,337 5,937 951 2,242 2,886 3,908*
Feb 1905 82,775 3.799 51.561 70,139 67,928 7,271 2,966 287 8,657 88,524 4,739 9,949 25,523 10,178 7,654 763 1,603 3,271 3,OOOH
Mar 1905 9~.689 1,15H 50,589 80,397 75,321 7,8P2 3,744 294 6,290 2a,353 6,217 13'168 30,870 11,928 8,085 1,166 J,571 3.319 a,849M
Apr 1905/ 91;444........... 53,877 79,428 71,968 7,363 3,513 291 6,673 16,555 6.936 12,505 27,974 11,459 5,536 859 5.508 3750 3852M
May 1905 93,282,.......... 50,048 84,114 76,637 7,856 3,997 247 6,258 19,735 6,611 11,090 34,464 11,775 7,269 1,311 10,285 3;296 3;899/r
June 1905 91,683 354 50,701 79,850 76,961 6,898 3,113 310 6,561 60,972 6,174 11,399 40,675 10,615 3,443 1,127 2,986 3339 3953H
July 1905 96,669 150 [,8,005 86,428 78,682 7,043 2,208 376 7,210 41,528 6,680 10,552 51,683 10,895 4,969 889 5,967 a:845 8'982H
Aug 1905 96,475........... 60,133 83,856 79.297 6,505 3,140 H70 5,650 26,976 6,873 18,171 25,573 10,380 6,272 832 1,655 3381 3'P89H
Sept 1905 93,096 50 fO,539 81,189 75.512 6,424 2,963 372 6,03B 10,147 6,061 15,777 20,367 10,619 6.847 720 812 3'502 3'876~1I
Oct 1905 90,304 331 61,754 82,550 76,043 6.650 3,005 372 6,676 26,263 6,616 17,036 19,572 9,829 6;662 635 570 3:690 3:880M
Nov 1905 82.023 744 64,lal 90,129 74,866 7,341 2,709 297 5,475 44,359 6,141 15,189 35,835 10,390 6,807 799 1509 3255 3864M
Dec 1905 9J,552 3,437 65,475 78,920 75,426 7,522 2,991 340 5,652 44,983 6,950 13,839 36,376 9,971 5,677 440 1:149 3:771 3;877U
Jan 1906 91,455 2,331 61,416 81,286 76,466 7,100 2,998 314 5,521 38,775 6.559 10,550 37,551 9,714 5,230 647 835 3,497 3,872#
Feb 1906 84,477 3,441 54,657 78,595 70.521 6.381 3,030 ~66 5,516 27,680 5,268 12,654 31,049 9,060 0,396 649 1,~07 3281 3917N
Mar 1906 96,518 2,434 60,779 87,532 77,755 6,V55 3,31>0 34li 5,528 18,682 7,172 15.357 35,989. 7,231 6,027 937 855 3;494 a'873H
Apr 1806 92,266 3,966 51,691 82,839 75,718 6,830 3,504 294 5,357 12,614 6,940 15,821 27,423 9,676 6,089 92" 4,42~ 2 967 3'896~
May 1906 95,961 320 56,463 85,294 78,269 6,772 3,468 360 5,666 17.583 7,028 15,112 33,475 10,107 5,985 632 5.566 3:250 3;904*
June 1906 93,437 100 58,793 83,254 78,406 6,463 3,098 ,13 5,499 38,517 6,249 11,217 43,859 lO,W8 4,753 48S 2,016 3,678 3,929H
July ..". 1906 95.268 305 60,7~8 85,172 81,179 6,151 3,848 456 ~,404 2~,119 7,160 10,2~4 61,366 9,631 4,5~4 f23 6.6~7 3,857 3,964•.,.
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Cony ct Population Daily ElLchMonth From September 1,1904, to August 31, 1906.
Date. September October November December January Fobruary March April May I June July August
1904. 1904. 1904. 1904. 1905. 1905. 1905. 1905. 1905. 1905. 190". 1905.
1..•.•.•.•.......•...•.•........ ~.971 3.883 3.908 3.926 3.930 3.920 3.882 3,825 3,877 3.932 3.962 4.007
2.•.•.•.•....•..•..•............. 3.969 3,879 3.906 3.923 3,927 3.918 3,876 3,846 a.874 3,930 3,959 4,006
3..•.•....•..•.•.•..........•.... a.958 3,875 3.905 3;922 3,9aO 3.916 3.873 3.849 3.872 3.949 3.967 4,004
4...•...•.....•..•............... 3.953 3.884 3.915 3,916 3.927 2.912 3.865 3.844 3.870 3.949 3.978 4,0,7
5..•.•....•..•.................. 3,952 a,883 3,921 3,9~4 3,926 3,911 a,874 3,844 3,~93 3.948 3,976 4,006
6.•......•..•.•.•.......•....•... ~,955 3,~90 3.919 3,926 3,9~8 3,912 3,867 3.846 3,903 3,902 3,976 4.012
7...•.....•.........•........... 3,948 3,897 3,927 3.940 3,929 3,911 3,870 3;850 3,"02 3,962 3,983 4.013
8...•...•......•............•... 3,939 3,895 3.9~3 3,960 3,9'l6 3,910 3,865 3,844 3,902 3,966 3,981 4,013
9..•.........•.•.............•... 3,936 3,892 3,934 3.957 3,925 3,906 3.865 3,845 3,901 3,962 3.984 4,020
10....•..•.•.•.•.......•..•....... 3,934 3,893 3,931 3,960 3,924 3,904 3,86~ 3,842 3,898 3.960 3,983 4,021
11....•.•.•....•.•.•............. 3,932 3.888 3,9~6 3,955 3,928 3,901 3,868 3,841 3,900 3,962 3,989 4,021
12........•.............•........ 3,931 3,903 3,921 3,954 3,926 3,801 3,867 3.84'l a,899 3,961 3,994 4.014
13..·•.· •.•....................... 3.928 3,901 3.918 3,953 3.925 3.897 3.859 3.8;'5 3.896 3,960 3.993 4.010
14............••..•.............. 3.930 3.903 3.919 3,952 3.922 3.899 3,856 3.8M 3,894 3.9BI 0.991 4,005
15...... ·....•................•.. 3.928 3.899 3.923 3.952 3,920 3.901 :!.850 3.850 3.896 3.962 3.988 3.9P9
16..•.•...•....•.•.•.•............ 3.924 3.899 3.935 3.951 3.916 3.896 3.847 3.849 3.895 3.960 3.989 3.993
17.......... , .................... 3,922 3.907 3.931 3.947 3,911 3.89; 3.852 3.848 3.912 0.962 3,991 3,990
18.•...............•............. 3.920 3,909 3.929 3.945 3.909 3.898 3.841; 3,855 3.921 3.958 3.986 0.994
19..•........................•... 3,915 3.904 3.923 0.935 0.920 8.901 3.842 3.850 3,924 3.957 3.995 3.986
20.......... , ..•...•...........•.. 3,912 3.nOO 3.916 3.926 3.916 3.904 3,837 3.876 3,917 3.957 3.994 3,983
~1.......•......•..............•.. 3.909 3.897 3.917 3.927 3.915 3.904 3.852 3.874 3,915 3,959 3,999 3,975
~2.......•....•.......•.•...... 3,906 3.906 3,912 3,9~ 3.618 3.907 3,851 3.B71 3.913 3.960 3.996 3.974
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~5.........•......•. " •........... 3.897 3.898 3;921 3.920 3.924 3.902 3.844 3.862 3.916 3.955 3.997 3.971
26"....... " •.. "" ..•........... 3,81l0 3.899 3.919 3.919 3,926 3.900 3.838 3,857 3.915 3.954 3.995 3.969
27..·..•.•...•.•.•. " ........... 3,889 3,901 3.912 3.~26 3.926 3.894 3,833 3.872 3.917 3.958 3.995 3.970
28.·•.•.•" ................. ". 3.888 3.899 3.925 3.927 3.922 3.890 3.829 3,Sn 3.915 3,959 I 4.001 3,988
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30..",." •., ..•.•. ·•.,,·· •.·.·,,· 3,883 3.907 3.926 3.929 3.919 ...... ............ 3,820 3.881 3.916 3,958 4.008 3.960
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1905, 1905. J905. 1905. 1906. 1906, 1906. 19~6, 1906. 1906. 1906.
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2..•...•.•. · ......•....... ·· .... · 3.954 3.866 3.865 3.807 a.875 3.912 3.900 3.864 3.901 3.916 3.975 3.960
3..•.,··,· •.·•.·.. ·· .. ·· .... ·· •.· 3.950 3.865 3.864 3.864 3.874 3.913 3.899 3,859 3.901 3,918 19~~ 3.956
(.............................. 3.949 3.865 3.864 3.867 3.869 3.912 3,900 3,862 3,904 3.928 3.956
5.....•. ·· •... · •.•••·.. ,·· ...... · 3,950 3,866 3.864 3.879 3.865 3,914 3.894 3,886 3,901 3,934 3.969 3.953
6...... · .•.•.................... 3,941 3.875 3.869 3.878 3,864 3.913 3.888 3,883 3.898 3.944 3.965 3,953
7.............................. 3.943 3,870 3.866 3.880 3.871 3.916 3,886 3,884 3.906 3.944 a.974 3,948
8..... ·,·· •. ·•.·•... ········· .. ·· 3.940 3.868 3.864 3.890 3.873 \ 3.914 3,886 3.883 3,916 3947 3,972 3.957
9...... ··,. ......•..... ·· •....... 3.937 3.863 3.874 3.890 3,867 3,911 3.897 3.891 3,913 b52 3,972 3.955
10...•.....•......... · ............ 3,933 3.862 3.879 3.886 3.~66 3,910 3.898 3.891 3.912 3,949 3.911 3,953
11...•.•....•......•..•......... 3.925 3,860 3,877 ~,886 3.864 3.904 3.890 3,895 3.918 3.951 3.974 3.950
12....... · •.......•.•... · ..•.•. · .. 3,922 3.859 3.875 3.891 3,861 \
3.900 3.886 3.897 3.916 3.953 3,97" 3,944
13....•.•...•.........•.. ,. .... 3,916 3,859 3.872 3.892 3,866 3,901 3.881 3.897 a.915 3.954 3.980 3,942
14 .....•... · •.•..... · ..........•. 3.915 3.851 3.869 3.894 3.878 3.915 3.880 3.900 3,915 3.954 3.979 3,933
15...•..•. ·•.•.....•. · .... ·· ....•. 3,914 3.846 3.875 3.892 3.876 3,918 3.878 3.89~ 3.919 3.958 3.977 3.929
16...•...•...•.....•.........•.... 3,911 3.844 3.872 3.892 3.876 3,015 3.873 a.889 3.924 3.959 3,976 3.924
17.......•.•......... · .. ·· .... · .. · 3.908 3.M7 3,875 3.888 3.873 3,917 3.872 3,880 3.924 3.957 3:978 3.919
18..•.•.•.......•... ·•.· ......... 3.899 3.850 3.870 ,.894 3.871 3.909 3,882 3,884 3,925 3.960 3;983 3.915
19...•... ·......••.•.......... 3.903 3.847 3,871 3,904 3.870 3.918 3.880 3.881 3.923 3.960 3.978 3.911
20..•.•.•.•.............•...... 3.898 3,847 3,867 3,877 3.868 3.922 3.875 3.882 3,925 3,958 3.981 3.910
21....... · .. ·•.· ......•. · .. ·..•.•. 3.897 3,845 3.869 3.877 3.873 3.918 3,874 3.887 3.924 3,955 3.979 3.905
22........•.•...•.....•..•....... 3,894 3.848 3.866 3.875 3.878 3.917 3.874 3.907 3.923 3.953 3.977 3.898
23......•........•.........•... 3,897 3.846 3,870 3.871 3.876 3,911 3.87~ 3,910 3.922 3.962 3.973 3.894
24... ,. •.•...•. · ..•..... · ..•..... · 3,892 3.843 3,868 3;872 3.877 3.906 3.877 3;9U8 3.920 3,965 3.970 3.893
25.....•. ·-•.·•.·•.•... ··· .. ·· •... 3,884 3.e39 3.866 3.869 3.872 \ 3.910
3.870 3.908 3.918 3.969 3.968 3.889
26 ......... ···· .... ·.. ········ .. 3.884 3.837 3.861 3.866 3.874 3,910 3,864 3,907 3.913 3.964 3,965 3,884
27 .•.•..•.......•...•. ·•.•...•... · 3,876 3,838 3.858 3.866 3.884 3.912 3.861 3.906 3,911 3.964 3,96~ 3.880
28...•. ·· .."· •.·,, .... ········· .. 3.879 3.835 3.856 3.871 ~:~~....~....~:~...~~3.860 3.904 3.908 3.960 3.960 3.872
29..•.... " ..•..•..•... _..•... 3,~18 3.848 3.869 3.869
3,866 3.901 3.906 3.961 3.958 3.871
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3,855 .................. 3.881 3.903 .................. 3,871 ................. 3.920 ................. 3,965 3.864
Totals, ..", ......,,· 119.467 116.047 120.279 120.133 109.533 120,316 116.711 121.346 118.527 123.158 121.556
AVl'rage .......... 3.91~ 3.853H 3.868;" 3.879~~ 3,875,A- 3.911U 3.881-1r 3.890M 3.914M 3.950* 3.972;/\- 3,921/r
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Distribution of Convicts Each Year From 1885 to 1906.
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In and about Huntsville. 432 508 616 708 75~ 712 7371 827 879 844 874 820 7!l'Z 8791 785 6701 583 522 52!' 506 510 463
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Totals 983 1,056 1,487 1,551 1,650 1,589 1,58711,750 1,938\1,767 1,798 1,641\1,661 1,65111,642 1,30711,074 1,020\1,329 1,22-2\1,294 1,302
Number ot convicts em- 270 234 294 427 513 473 500 588 284 397 427 317 296 322 407 333 289 82 82 158 2431 243
ployed on railroads.
No. or convicts employ- 914 851 869 ~96 874 827 865
ed on contract torces.
No. ofconvicts employed 537 268 269 263 181 135 142
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Totalnu m bel' at--------- ----1------- --1-1-'-1-1- outside forces 1,787 1,803 1,563 1,751 1,750 1,610 1,051 1,825 1,919 2,35R 2,521 2,7~0 2,862 2,824 2,571 2,802 2,.44 2,845 2,653 2,753 2,664 ~,562
89611,13511,26111,11111,56011,73411,69011,24711,37211,438
143 296 478 815 735 666 641 755 671 6~7
1,774 1,768\1,64611,60211,529
589 409 345 283 ~52
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Per-cent e m ploy e d In 33.07 36.94 48,76 46.98147.13 49.66 49.01 48.98 50.251 42.841 41.631 37.121 36.721 36,881 38,971 31.781 28.131 ~6.391 33.381 30,741 32.701 33.69
and abont prisons.
Per-cent employed on ".. " " .."" .
share farms, State,
Farms and rock quarries 2259 25.11 13.11 12.96 10.90 9.70 8.83 9.53 12.96116.96 22.76 20,42118.40 18.15 21.76 26.69 26.64 25.59 20,16 23,87120.70 20,45
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railroads.
Per-cent employed on 34.23 29,77 28.49 27.13 20.39 25,35 26.71 25,05 29.43 30.57 25.73 35.29
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Grand total of convicts... 2,67012,859 il,050 3,302 3,310 3,199 3,238 3,575 3,87514,125 4,319 4,421 4,523 4,474 4,213 4,109 3,8!8 3,865 il,982 3,975 3,958 3,864
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REPORT OF ASSIS'I'ANT SUPERIN'I'ENDEN'f.
liCSTsnLLE, TEXAS, September 1, 1906.
Holt. :iearcy Bake1·, 8uperintendent Texas Penitentiaries, Huntsvill~,
Texas.
DEAR ~lR: According to law, 1beg to hand you herewith my second
hiennial report as Assistant Superintendent in charge of the Huntsville
Penitentiary for the period of two years commencing September 1, 1904,
and ending August 31, 1906.
You will also find hereto attached and made part hereof the reports
of Prison Physician Dr. W. E. Fowler and Prison Ohaplain Dr. W. T.
}lcDonald.
Although this is my second biennial report, nevertheless it is the first
that I have had control during the entire twenty-four months.
1 beg to call your especial attention to the marked improvement in
the conduct of the prisoners confined in this institution, so much so
until now it is a very rare occurrence when we are called upon to inflict
. any kind of punishment. This is not due to a lack of discipline, but
rather to strict and rigid enforcement of discipline and the strong,
healthy growth of morality among the prisoners. With but very few
exceptions every prisoner is taking a greater interest in the work as-signed
them, trying daily to improve and equip themselves in some good
trade when they shall again go out into the world.
ESCAPES.
I am sorry to report to you that I have had one escape during the
period covered by this report-convict No. 26,099, Josephine Winfrey.
This woman was a trusty working at the Superintendent's residence
and some time during the night slipped out. This we consider a very
good showing and speaks well for the officers and guards whose duty it is
to hold them.
No one was responsible either directly or indirectly for this woman's
escape. It was merely a case of misplaced confidence.
DEATHS.
During the past two years we have had two violent deaths. One of
these was a prisoner, No. 19,727, W. C. 'Wilson, attempting to escape by
seizing the engine of the 1. & G. N. Railway, and was shot by the picket
as he passed out of the walls.
The other convict, No. 19,468, George Johnson, who was stabbed to
death by a fellow convict with a dirk knife made of a file.
The proper civil authorities' attention was called to bith of these
cases, and investigations had in both instances.
40 'l'EXAS STATE PENITENTTARIES.
Including these tWG violent deaths we have only had twenty-three
deaths in the past twenty-four months as against thirty-six deaths in the
preceding twenty-four months, a decrease of over 33:\ per cent. This is
the lowest death rate in the history of the institution for over twenty
years and is attributed to the care and attention of our efficient Prison
Physician, Dr. W. E. Fowler, to the careful and painstaking manner in
which our Steward. Captain W. F. Baldwin, sees that every meal is pre-pared,
and the strict enforcemen t of everv sani tan' la II' possible under con-ditions,
and to the fact that we have provided greatcr facilities for exer-cise
and recreation, and to granting every freedom consistent with the
rules and regulations governing the institution.
Of the twenty-three deaths recorded only fifteen wore f'rom the prison
proper, and eight were sent in from outside forces.
CHAPEL SERVICES.
Our efficient Chaplain, Dr. W. 1'. McDonald, holds religious services
three Sundays in each month, tho fourth Sunday being devoted to the
women at the Johnson Farm.
He also visits the hospital dailv. arlll1 in istering spiritua I consolation
to the sick and disconsolate.
By his efficient work, gentle behavior, kindly acts and Christ-like ex-ample,
greater interest in those thing» pertaining to their spiritual wel-fare
and welldoing haR been greatly increased.
RECO)DIEND.I '1'1ONS.
While we have so improved our sanitarv conditions by eliminating the
old, antiquated buckets and boxes used promiscuously in the closets, by
concentrating them and using every effort to destroy all disease-breeding
germs and obnoxious odors, still we th ink it would be a great improve-ment
on our sanitarv conditions if we could have up-to-date water closets
and sewerage throughout the entire institution.
We are still without a school building, which would greatly facilitate
and accelerate matters educational if it were possible to have a C01l1-
fortable and convenient school room.
?I[ACHJNE SHOP.
This department is still under tho direct control of our Master Me-chanic,
C. H. Robinson. and his efficient assistant, J. K. Elkins.
The greater part of this shop was totally destroyed by fire something
over a year ago, bu t has since been rebuilt in a more modern and efficient
manner, and equipped with the very best and most improved machinery
with an outlay of $2] ,768.03. ,V0 refer you to the report of om Finan-cial
Agent for the financial standing of this department.
CABINE'I' DEPARTMENT.
This department is still under the direction of Xlr, A. E. King and
his assistant, Mr. J. W. Mitchell.
J~E])ORT OF ASSI::;TANT SUPERINTENDENT. 41
The output of this department has been greatly increased within the
past two years. As to its financial condition W0111drefer you to our
Financial Agent.
WAGOX DEPARTMENT.
This department is still under the supervision of Captain J. T. Jar-rard.
Part of this department was also destroyed by fire at the same
time the machine shop was destroyed, but has since been rebuilt and
equipped at an expenditure of $2077.99. Reference is made to the report
of our Financial Agent for its financial condition.
FACTORY.
This department is now under the management of :Mr. W. L. l Iam-blen,
and during the past year we had gotten such an amount of goods
made in advance that we found it necessary to shut down for six months.
'This, I am informed, is the first time such a condition has existed in the
history of the institution, and was accomplished without an increase in
the number of those employed therein.
I refer you to the Financial Agent's report as to its financial standing.
TAILOR SHOP AND SHOE SHOP.
These two departments are supervised by :Mr. A. J. Stuart and Mr.
W. A. Cotton, respectively. In the tailoring department we had gotten so
far ahead with our garments that it became necessary to greatly reduce
our force; another unprecedented matter in the history of the institu-tion.
They are now both running on full time an.I making all the clothing
and shoes used in the entire system.
STEW~\RD'S DEPART)IENT.
This department is presided over by Captain W. F. Baldwin, and so
far as the health of those confined herein is concerned, is one of the
most potential factors. In providing food for such a number of men
the greatest care and judgment must be exercised to see that it is prop-erly
cooked and seasoned. Captain Baldwin gives it his close personal
attention.
WYNNE FARM.
The Wynne Farm is still under the direct control of Sergeant T. G.
Walker. At this camp all the consumptives of the entire system are
kept.
The improvements and reforms we have inaugurated have prov~n very
beneficial to those confined there, and it is very gratifying to state that
a great number of those sent there and treated are discharged sound and
healthy men. I refer you to the Financial Agent's report for condi-tions
financially of this camp.
42 'rEXAS ~T.-\'TEi:'ENl'l'ENTIARIES.
JOHNSON FARM.
At this camp, which is under the direct control of Captain J. G. Bow-den,
all the womeI~ of the entire institution are sent. Ninety per cent
of. those sen.t ~o this camp are in very baJ physical condition when re-ceIved,.
and It. I~ a S?UfCe of pleasure to see the wonderful improvement
III their conditions III .a very 'Short period, due, no doubt, to plenty of
good, wholesome exercise, plenty of well-cooked provisions, and an en-forcement
of regular habits. Captain Bowden has always taken great
interest and co-operated with me in everything looking to the better-ment
of those under him.
Mrs. Bowden visits them often in their sickness and administers to
the~ personally when they are in need of a woman's gentle care and
nurslllg. '. REMARKS.
Before closing this l~tter I wish to call your attention to the improve-m~
nts .maJe III the various departments under my control, and in doing
this will take up such matters inside the walls first.
Every building inside the penitentiary has been more or less repaired
as the need of same was apparent.
The blacksmit~ shop, the woodwork department, the tailor shop, the
shoe shop, the boiler shop and the machine shop hale all received a (Ten-era~
overhauling, pilasters built, walls plastered and stuccoed, roofs I;ade
entire new, until.now buildings that heretofore were pronounced in such
bad state of repair as to be dangerous, are in first-class condition.
The cabinet shop has been covered with a splendid new roof. The
fa~to~y has been repaired. The chapel, the hospital and the three-cell
buildings have all been fully repaired and overhauled.
The court, which we found covered with piles of rubbish, has been
transformed into a beautiful lawn laid off in sections, beautiful shade
trees planted, a band-stand erected, and horizontal bars put up where the
men can have and hear good music and take good exercise.
y:p-to:date water closets have been placed in our hospital, thereby
eliminating all the bad odors consequent to improper seweraze,
On the outside many improvements have been made. Wtfound old.
dilapidated cow-sheds with ten or fifteen cows. Now we have a very fine:
up-to-date cow-barn, twenty-seven head of beautiful J ersev cows. and
about thirty splendid Jersey heifers, besides those we have sold, fattened
and butchered.
The two old barns formerly used for storage of tobacco have been over-hauled
and repaired and are now full of manufactured furniture.
The old and comparatively worthless dry kiln has been replaced with
a modern dry kiln with five times its former capacity.
~ur horse ?arn has been repaired and placed in splendid condition.
SUItable repmrs have been made on the store-house and the residence of
the. Superintendent, Financial Agent, Chaplain, and the Assistant Su-penntendent.
Within the past year over $39,000 of improvements and repai rs have
been made.
REPORT OF ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. 43
Our wood supply, which in the past has cost up from $1500 to $tOOO
annually, has cost us in the past three years less than $200.
Our hay supply, which formerly cost us from $1000 to $1500 annually,
has not cost us one cent for the past three years, and we now have on
hand a sufficient amount of both wood and hay to run us through the
winter and spring.
At the Wynne Farm we now have a herd of the finest thoroughbred
registered hogs in the South, numbering over two hundred head.
We merely call your attention to these facts to ad vise you of what we
have accomplished during our administration of affairs as Assistant
Superintendent of this institution.
And now, in conclusion, permit me to thank you for your kind ad vice
and co-operation in those things looking to the betterment of the institu-tion
and the system.
We wish also to thank our Financial Agent and his corps of assistants
for their kind assistance and treatmen t.
We would feel that we had omitted something if we failed to speak of
the very efficient assistance and co-operation of Captain Jeff Kelly. our
Underkeeper, who has at all times and under every circumstance ren-dered
us the most valuable assistance, and whatever of success 1 have
made it is in a large measure due to his assistance.
T. H. BROWN,
Assistant Superintendent.
44 TEXAS STATE PENITENTIARIES.
EXHIBI'l'A.
Changes in PrisoD Population fromlSeptember 1,1904 to August 31,1906.
Months.
September .....................•...............•..........
October .
November ...................................•...........
December .
January .
February .
March .
April .
May .
June .
.Tuly .
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October .
November .
December .
January ........................•.........................
February 1
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June 1 i':,~us;;::::.::::.::::::::·::::::::::::::::::::::·::::::::::::
4 17 5 1
13 39 1......... .. .
29 Z 16 6 1... 2... I
9 5279 1 .
4 1 1 51 7 .
6 3...... 17 7 2 .
29 16 11.... 1 .
293 1 7 8 .
37... 21 4 1 .
18 1 1 22 3 .
8... 32 1 1 .
4 22111 2 .
4 .., 1 17 11..... 1... 1
15 ... 1 24 6 1... 2... 1
30 1 1 21 5 1...... 2 2
24 1 2 37 10 8......... 2
3611809 2 .
24 10 5 2 1 1 .
6 2 27 6 .
14 23 5 1... 1 1 1
23 320 61 43 .
3:3 234 1 .
3'2... 1 17 3.... 2... 1
12 3 1 40 15 .
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Recapitulation.
Total number of convicts on hand September 1, 190L j m Total number of convicts received from Jails 597
Total number of convicts received trom outstde forces... 54
Total number of convicts received from Rusk.................................... 14
Total number of convicts recaptured........................................................ 181K32
Total number of convicts received from bench warrants _
Total number of convicts discharged..................................... .............•..... 12558
Total number of convicts pardoned............................................... 1
Total number of convicts escaped........................................... 23
Total Dumber of convicts died.. 8~
Total number of convicts sent to outside forces 47
Total number of convicts sent to Rusk.. 9
Total number of convicts delivered on bench warrants......... . 6
Total number of convicts paroled........... 4 116~
Total number 01 convicts sent to Insane Asylum.......................................................... I
Total number of convicts on hand September 1, 1906 =,460
49;;
443
452
467
493
508
504
502
502
517
540
510
508
436 «3 478
494
511
491
479
494
516
518
463
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EXHIBI'l' B.
Average Daily Population of Huntsville Penitentiary from September 1, 1904, to
August 31, 1906.
Months.
September .
October .
Novern ber.. · .
December .
January .
February .
March .
April.. .
May .
June .
July .
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September .
October .
November .
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January .
February .
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April .
May ....................................•.......................................................
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July .
August .
September .
1904
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1906
1906
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1906
1906
1906
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1906
1906
497
493
450
465
488
499
499
501
510
515
530
534 ill 3
520
421
457
500
500
498
486
486
486
501
513
474
Average 514
EXHIBI~ C.
Escapes from September 1,1904, to August 31,1906.
Still at
large.
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captured. surrender.
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46 'fEXAS STATE PENlTENTIA.RIES.
EXHIBI'l'D.
Distribution of Labor.
------.-------------------------- ----------
• Productive . Indispensablp" •.
Wagon department ,., . a6
Furniture department ,. 173
l<'actory.................................................. 36
Improvements and repairs .
Lumber, woodyard and r•.ilro"d......... 29
Machine department ,.... 64
EnJ;ineers, firemen.............................. 5
Saddle, harness- maker...... 1
Shoe shop.......................... 11
Servants hired, officials.... 18
Tailor shop.......................... 20
Teamsters........................... 4
Ice factory........... 1
Grist milL .. 3
40
145
20
3
22
71
4
I
10
18
94
11
Buildlug tenders .
Clerks and bookkeepers.. . .
Steward's department .
Gatekeepers .
Hospital attendants .
Janitors and porters .
Electric light .
Librarian .
~~~~e~:.r~:::::::::::::::,::::::::.::::::::::::: Dairymen .
Laundrymen .
Cold storage .
Scavengers .. .
Yard cleaners .
rl'otais " . 401 349
I Totals .
15 14
10 10
26 25
4 4
7 7
3 a
4 2
I I
I .
522 ,22
I I
5 2
3 2 ~I~O
Non-Productive. Recapitulation.
General roustabouts .
Incapacitated, sick in bospital and
lunatics .
2 Productive labor 401 349
16 32 &nO~~E~gd~':~::i':r::e:::::::::::::::::::.~::~::.~~
Totals . 16 34 Totals 5061~3
EXHIBI'l' E.
Estimated Value of Lands and Buildings at Huntsville Penitentiary with Im
provements fer Past 'l'wo Years Added 'l'hereto.
Administration and cell buildings .
Dining-room and chapel building .
Stable building .
Store building and land .
Superintendent's residence .
Financial agent's residence .
Blacksmith and wheelwright shop buildings .
Cabinet shop building .
Machine shop building .
Boiler, tailor and shoe shop buildings .
Factory building , .
Underkeeper's office building , .
Foundry building .
Penitentiary walls .
Water works, stand pipe and artesian well .
Railway spur track to 1. & G. N. Railway .
Wharves and loading sheds .
Wells and cisterns .
Dry, lime and shuck houses .
Picket houses and stairways................. . .
Oil warehouse at store .,
Laundry and clothes house building .
Factory and central station engine room .
Sewerage system complete .
Fencing and sidewalk inside and outside walls .
Ice factory building .
$ 120,207 00
21,057 00
4,112 00
10,735 00
12,368 00
3,626 00
41,335 00
42,725 00
12,10500
11,206 00
21,062 00
1,500 00
6,084 00
44,847 00
23,135 00
2,674 00
775 00
1,500 00
200 00
750 00
125 00
519 00
5,90000
19,690 00
1,028 00
2,545 00
R.EPOUT OF ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT.
EXHIBI'l' E-continued.
Estima.ted Value of La.nds and Buildings at Huntsville Penitentiary with Im-provements
for Past 'l'wo Years Added'l'hereto.
Cold storage " .
One set 5-ton wagon scales " .
Steward's office building" " .
Electric light building " " .
Hospital, jail and asylum buildings " " .
Dry kiln " ". __." .. " .
Chaplain's residence " " .
Photograph gallery , " " .
Dog houses and fences , .
Five corn cribs " ,,, .
Lands on which penitentiary is situated .
Two old tobacco barns " " " .
Sixty-ton railroad track scales .
Boiler house and pumping station .
Twenty-eight are lights, insulation. etc .
Telephone system complete " .
Tota,l " _"" .
$ 600 00
70 00
15000
2,000 00
20,755 00
4.42500
1,624 00
100 00
50 00
175 00
34,000 00
1,218 00
1,400 00
4,752 00
725 00
250 00
$484,104 00
REPORT OF PRISON PHYSICIAN.
HUN'l'SnLLE, TBXAS. September 1. 1906.
Hon. T. H. Brown, Assistant Superintendent, Huntsville, Texas.
DEAR SIR: In pre~nti~g this 1)))' fourth biennial report ail physician
of the Huntsville penitentiary, ending August 3], 1906, I wish to state
that the sanitation of the prison is excellent, since the careful attention
o~. }'ours~lf a~d employes have accomplished all that could be desired.
'i~ith sati sfaction and pleasure, I have noted the cleanliness of all build-ings,
bedding, grounds, etc. This is one of the primary factors in
preservation and mamtenance of health and reduction of disease. 'I'hc
food is wholesome and sufficient, and we are indebted to our able stew-ard,
Captain W. F. Baldwin, of the prison, under whoso manazcment
it has becn served in the best manner possible, and for his hea~·ty co-operation
in procuring propel' diet for the sick. .
During the past twenty-four month", we have had 986 bed patients.
among whom have been found most of the diseases common to this
climate. Though we have had none of a contagious character. such
as smallpox. measles, etc., which latter fact. I am convinced, is alone
attl'lb:ltable to th~ prudent precaution of all the officials and employes
hereof', Considering the fact that o.ur hospital draws largely, patient>
from outside forces, and that the dally P?pulation of the prison propel'
ranges from five to SIX hundred men. l think it remarkable that we haw
so little sickness :vitwn the walls. In fact, thc health of thc prison
11.asbeen good. "Ve have ha? but few. caSCBof surgery, and the opera-tions
have been successful lJl evorv instance except one. the patient
dying while under surgical shock.
I make re~ular visits to the 'iVynne Farm, where the consumptives of
th~ pel1Jt.e~tJal'Y svstom arc isolated for treatment and propel' care. And
It 15 grabfY1l1g to note the success that has crowned the wise and humane
act of creating such a camp. Special care has been zi ven under vour
supervision in procuring a hi~'h sanitarv condition at this camp. ~[ost
of the patients have grcatlv improved by their light outdoor work. I
want to express my gratitude to Sergeant IValker, in charge of this
camp,. for mu~h of the succ~s,; of the management is clue to his ex peri-encc
m handling consumptives, and to his zealous work. On the 13t
day of September, 190J, there was on hand at this camp 48 patients;
fro~l September 1, 190J, to August 31, 1906, this camp received 71
patients, making a total of 119 treated. Durinz this time there were
discharged 2,1, by eXl?irati~n of term. 12 pardoned, 2 paroled; 25 died,
9 transferred to van ous j orces, 2 escaped, and 2 -Ielivered to sheriffs,
leaving a balance of .,1.3 on hand August 3], 1906.
. Those discharged were greatly improved in health; in fact, thc ma-
Jon ty of them were able to earn a Iivelihood for themselves. Of the
~5. who died, s~x were received in an advanced stage of consumption from
~3J13 and outside forces. and were vcrv much emaciated; notwithstand-
1l1!!', every aiel possible was rendered them. Of those pardoned and
'REPORT OF PUYSICIAK. 49
paroled, at' least. 50 per cent were in better condition than when re-ceired.
It is worthy of mention that during the last two years the death rate
has been very 10\\', when we consider that our hospital receives all
chronic and incurable cases from over three thousand men; in fact, this
is the lowest mortality since I assumed charge of this hospital.
There seems to be a gcneral improvement. in the physical as well as
the moral and mental condition of the men, and I believe they are as
lll~lCh contented :as it is possible for a prisoner to be. This being an
endence of the kind and generous treatment received at the hands of the
officials-eyery one trying to help the convict to be a better man.
'Exhibit .\ "hO\\-3 the number of bed patients treated in the hospital for
the twenty-four months included in this report, while Exhibit C shows
the surgical case'S and injuries separately. Exhibit B shows those. dying
in the hospital from prison proper and outside forces. . . L
Thanks arc due Rev, "-. T. :JlcDonald. Prison Chaplain hereof. 'rho
visits thc hospi tal frequently and ministers comfort and consolation to
the sick.
1 am grateful to our efficient Underkeeper, Captain Kelly who is
always at the hospital at sick call, and, through his untiring en~ro:.y 1111
devotion to duty, I hare been aided in the discharge of all my (h~tie3.
In conclusion, permit me to state that I have bcen rendered every
assistance b)' yourself, Superintendent Baker, Financial Agent Wortham,
and other officials and employes. which hare made my duties pleasant,
. and I trust profitable to the State, and for all of which I incerelv render
my thanks. .
Yours very respectfully,
W. E. FOWLER,
Prison Physician.
50 TEXAS STATE PENITENTIARIES.
EXHIBIT A,
Diseases Treated in Huntsville Prison Hospital from September 1, 1904, to
August 31, 1906, Inclusive.
Diagnosis.
Abscesses .
~:yB:tI~i~:~·ciE;n;;y.:: :.::·:::::::::::.::::::
Asthma .
Aphasia , .
Bronchitis .
Burns .
Cancer .
Catarrh, chronic .
Catarrh, appendicitis .
Cellulitis .
Colic .
g~~fi's~;.i~~~.i~:..~.~~~~".:::::::::::::::: :::::::::::
Congestion of brain .
Constipation, chronic .
Debility, genera!.. .
gDia~rrb~oo:~{~~~~g~:~ic::::::::::::::::::::::..:::::::·
~r~~1~~ja::s:::::::::::::::.:::::.:.:::::::.:: Excision of tumor .
Fever, intermittent .
Fever, remittent " .
F'ist.ula, anus .
Fracture .
Gastritis .
Glancoma of eyes .
Gonorrhoe ••..........................................
Hemoptisis .
Hemorrhoids................ . .
Hernia .
Herpes Zoster .
Hydrocele .
Heart prostration .
Hydrocele, bernia .
Insanity, temporary .
Insa.ntty, masturbation .
Insipient pbtbisis . i~l~~~l;m:·fa~:il::::::::::::::::::·:::::::::::::: Jaunders .
La Grippe .......................•...................
<Ii ..!. <Ii "'" 'c0 '"" :c5 'c" ·.....d•i '" '~$ .•... ...."" Diagnosis. .•o... .....'" 0 0" 0 0"
0 0.''-0 0 0.''-0 Z Z~ Z Z•.
14
9
2
10
1
4
22
2
I
8
5
2
111
38
33
6
732
280
35
36
8
3
I
2
63
1
3I11
1II
I1
230
10 Laryngitis, acute .
9 Lumbago .
2 Lacerated finger .
10 Lacerated ankle .
1 Malaria, acute .
4 Malaria, chronic .
~~m~~l~~~~.~.~.i.~.~.~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: i~f~!~it~i~~~:::c:::··:·::~~~~~~::::::~~:~·::~~:1
i~~gr~~~~~:.~~~~~:::::::::::.:::::::::::::::::::::::1
1 Opium habit I
1 Orcbitis .
3 Otitis .
8 Pericarditis .
25 Pleurisy, acute .
6 Pleurisy, chronic .
fi Prolapsus, a.ni., .
2 Palpitation of heart .
2 Proctitis ' .
210 Rheumatism, acute .
25 Rbeumatism, chronic .
3 Scrofula .
6 Stricture, urethral. .
7 Syphilis, tertiary .
2 Sprained ankle .
1 Spider bite ......................•.....................
2 Tapeworm .
4 Tonsilitis .
3 Tracboma .
1 Tuberculosis . a 'I'u ruor .
I Ulcer of leg, chronic . ~g~~r~a~f.(.l~.~.~.:~.~~::::::::::::::~::::::.·",~:::::: 1 Wbitlow .
1 Wounds, gunshot .
1 Wounds, contused .
I Wounds, incised .
I Wounds, lacerated .
200, Wounds, punctured .
1
6
1
2
15
to
12
1I 6354
122
I
22
111
1
10
4
2
10
33
11
73
2
44
1
2
11
23
23
3
16
5
Totals 986 816
:Recapitulation.
This SynopSis Shows the Total Number of Cases Treated andDischarged at th e
Huntsville Prison Hospital fromSept. 1, 1904, to Aug. 31, 1906, Incl.
Total. 986
On hand September 1, 1904 ...............•.....•.
Received from jails .
Received from railroads .
Received from farms .
Received from Rusk prison •.....................
Received from prison proper .
23 Discharged by death .
11 Discbarged and convalescent .
17 Discharged on expiration of term .
153 Discbarged by pardon .
20 Discbarged by parole .
762 On hand August 31, 1906 .
Tota!..................................................... 986
1
3
1
2
10
7
10
11
635
41
2212
2
1
11
1
8
4
2
10
24
1
1532
38
12
11
2
3
2.
3
16
5
23
933
42
I
23
REPORT OF PHYSIOJAN. 51
EXHIBIT B.
Mortality at the Huntsville Prison Hospital, from September1,1904, to August
31,1906, inclusive.
Received from the Prison Proper.
Cause of deatb-cbronic diseases.
Erysipelas, involving brain .
Hyporemia, cerebral. .
Pneumonia .
Remittent fever witb beart complications ..
Acute .
Wounds, caused by gunsbot inflicted while
trying to escape r: 1
Wounds, incised, inflicted by fellow convict. 1
Violent death 2
TotaL .
Cause of death-acute diseases and
violent deatb.
zo zo
Total .
Received from Outs'ide Forces.
Cause of death-cbronic diseases.
Run over by train, breaking th igh and
ankle, producing pyaemia, thereby ne-cessitating
amputation, and died under
surgical shock .
TotaL I
o z Cause of death-acute diseases. o z
Cancer of liver .
Nepbritis .
Pericarditis................................ . .
'l'uberculosis of bowels .
'I'uber cu loais, insanity and masturbation .
Syphilis, tertiary.. . .
'I'ot.al. 7
RECAPITULATION.
From prison proper-chronic diseases ~
From prison proper-acute diseases .......................•.............................. 6
From outstde forces and jails-cbronic diseases 7
From outside forces and jatls=acut.e diseases 1
Total.. 23
EXHIBIT C.
Surgical Cases Treated at the Huntsville Prison Hospital, fromSeptember 1,1904,
to August 31, 1906.
Diagnosis. oz
Diagnosis. o z
Abscesses 14 Stricture, urethral.. .
Burns ~ Sprained ankle .
Cancers l ••••••••••••• ~............ 2 Tumor .
J!~~l:~eaJ~rm::::::::::: ..::::·:::::.:: ::::::::::::::::::: iBlg~~~f'~e":~'·C~b";O;;iC:::::::::::::.:::::::::::::::::
Fractured leg....... 4 Wbitlow .
~~~~\~".~.~.~~.~.~.~~~..r:::.:::::::::: ..:::::::::::::::::::'::::. ~ ;g~~g~~g:r:'£J~etd..:::::::::::::::::::::::::.:::::::::::
Hydrocele.................................................. 3 Wounds, incised .
Hemorrhoids.......... 6 Wounds, lacerated . ~~~~~~lO:emg·fii.ij::·:::::::.:::: .: :::::::::::::::::::::::::· ~ Wounds, punctured .
Prolapsus, ant., 1 TotaL...................... 112
10
1
1
~2
3
23
3
16
5
AMPu'rATlONS.
Arm, left, gunsbot : , 1
Fingers, from accidents " _ 6
Fingers, from injury, se.lf-infiicted.!........ .. 2
TotaL 9
REPORT OF THE CHAPLAIN.
HL~'l'S\TLU. TEXAS, August 31, 1906.
!JOIl. T. II. Brown. Assistant Superinieruleni.
. DR~.R Sm: ~nother . biennial period of this institution has passed
into history, which requires of me a report of the progress of the work
of m1' department, .
It behooves n:e at this time to extend to vou my sincere gratitude
a:r:cLleepes~ feelmg of appreciation for the very able, and, at all time"
willing assistance you have given 111ein my endeavors to conduct alonz
consi~tent.and practical lines the duties of my department. I also de"ir~
a.t this point to express my sincere thanks to our efficient and conscien-tious
Superintendent, Hon. Searcy Baker, for the kindly counsel and
hearty co-operation he has always favored me with. .
"In unison there is strength." This axiom has been fully verified in
my judgment, during the past two years, and its truthfulness has been
must visibly manifested in the production of our labors. wherein all
have co-operated that the best possible results might be obtained. and
,1'1111eI feel that under different conditions there mizht have been 11111C11
more accomplished in my work, I am satisfied that there has been a
marked improvement on all lines during the last biennial. The men
seem to be as cheerful and as contented as their environments ,,'0111(1
permit .
.It has beer:- ou.r ea.rnest endeavor to encourage all to respect the disci-pline
of the institution and to love one 'another, and in this I think we
have succeeded to a good degree. I have at all times conscientiouslv
held up the h~mds of the officers in the performance of their dutv. and
at the. same time fulfilled my obligations to them and the inmate ., of
the pT180n. emphasizing the fact that the true marks of reformation are
obedience to and respect for those who are in authority.
Religious "Services have been held regularly within the walls each Sun-da:".
and monthly at two farms near by. ViTehave endeavorod to make
this branch of work efficient and fruitful in its results. and I can trulv
say that it has been a pleasant vocation, since the spirit of earnest-ness
and resultant good has more than compensated for the efforts sot
forth to bring our charges into the path of duty.
Each Sabbath morning we havr. conducted a Christian Endeavor
m~ting. wher: a spirit of fervent interest seems manifested, as well as
being p~oducbv~ of genuine moral influence in the shaping and doing
of the lives of lts. me.ll1b.ers. The attendance upon these meetings are
voluntarv, ancl then' services are conducted by the members which serv-ices
are t,ruly. "Spiritual. and edifying. The average atte;clance upon
these services IS about sixty out of about five hundred inmates which
I.consider a fair average, and I believe that it will compare f;yorably
WIth the average congregations of the same number on the outside,
I am fully persuaded that the devotional readinz and studv of a
good per cent of the inmates indicata, that their motives are good and
REPORT OF CHAPLAI~. 53
their reformation genuine. I am frank to say to vou that the last four
years' service has been of great benefit to me. I have learnerl to know
men as I have. never known them before, and I have been fullv con-vinced
that men are the saI~le cyer\,\\,here .. so. far .as the pO'H'r 0:. ,the
o-o~pel is concerned in reachmg them. 'I'his IS eVloent .from the great
';;.llmher who respond at various times to calls ~or penitents, manv of
whom zive evidence of their 'sincerity. I say this bec?use there are. so
m~nv ~ho ',10 not understand this w?rk, as well ~'" ltS. needs, haY~ng
verv' little confidence in the reformation of t.he pnson mmate.s, O~vlllg
to the fact that so many who profess reformabon. do not. prove ~t b, the
conduct of their lives after their discharge. While 1 ",111admit that a,
goo(l number will profess refOr?11a.tion for effect, there are ll:aI~Y wh,o
~lo dcterrn ine to reform that fall owing to the fact that manx who ale
interested in the reformation of these men do not under.stand the con-ditions
and what these men are confronted with when dlschal:gec1. .1'0
.illustrate : Xlany will write nice Chris~ian letters, eXl?ressll:~ kind
wishes, and quote the promises of God, which are .all good m their place,
'and appreciated by the men, but if. you wel:e to interrogate ~llel:l abou~
it they would 'say these letters 11'111not glye me work, nor \\ III the'
feed me. The help these men need it: that which is the product of prac-tical
religion. Sentimental Chri"Stianity will never s.aye the~e .me.n;
we 11 aye too much sentimental and not enough practical SJhnstwl1lty
in th~ prison reform work. If ".~ ey~r make much progress I~.the ~'o,rk
of raforrninz the criminal class, It will he done when the outside "o~ld
'realizes that these men are our fallen brethr~n. and as such show a;; 1l1-
terest in them to the dezree that we WIll not glye them a cold
shoulder" "hen' discharged, but when ,YC ~ncl oue who seems worthy, en-courage
him to a better life,