What They Were There For

During the year preceding September 8, 1893, there were confined in the county jail 368 persons, of whom 168 have been confined during the past six months and 200 during the first six months. The number of females thus in the jail during the year has been 11, of whom 2 were charged with drunkenness; 2, larceny; 2, truants; 2, keeping houses of ill fame; 1, receiving stolen goods; 1, jumping board bill; and 1 insane. The men were charged with the following offenses: drunk, 190; larceny, 50; assault, 20; vagrancy, 41; begging, 4; violation of city ordinance, 6; boarding train, 6; bastardy, 3; garhbling, 4; receiving stolen goods, 1; disorderly, 13; jumping board bill, 1; insane, 3; burglary, 3; false pretenses, 2; truant, 1; rape, 3; non-support, 1; murder, 1; arson, 1; destroying property, 1.