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  NEW SERIES                  Nos. 47 and 48

  PUBLISHED ANNUALLY

  BY THE

  PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY

  INSTITUTED MAY 8, 1787

  THE JOURNAL

  OF

  PRISON DISCIPLINE

  AND

  PHILANTHROPY

  JANUARY, 1909

  OFFICE: STATE HOUSE ROW

  S. W. CORNER FIFTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS

  PHILADELPHIA, PA.




OFFICIAL VISITORS.


No person who is not an official visitor of the prison, or who has not a
written permission, according to such rules as the Inspectors may adopt
as aforesaid, shall be allowed to visit the same; the official visitors
are: the Governor, the Speaker and members of the Senate; the Speaker
and members of the House of Representatives; the Secretary of the
Commonwealth; the Judges of the Supreme Court; the Attorney-General and
his Deputies; the President and Associate Judges of all the courts in
the State; the Mayor and Recorders of the cities of Philadelphia,
Lancaster, and Pittsburg; Commissioners and Sheriffs of the several
Counties; and the “Acting Committee of the Philadelphia Society for
Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons.” (Note: Now named “The
Pennsylvania Prison Society.”)--_Section 7, Act of April 23, 1829._

The above was supplemented by the following Act, approved March 20,
1903:


AN ACT.

  To make active or visiting committees of societies incorporated
  for the purpose of visiting and instructing prisoners official
  visitors of penal and reformatory institutions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc., That the active or visiting committee of
any society heretofore incorporated and now existing in the Commonwealth
for the purpose of visiting and instructing prisoners, or persons
confined in any penal or reformatory institution, and alleviating their
miseries, shall be and are hereby made official visitors of any jail,
penitentiary, or other penal or reformatory institution in this
Commonwealth, maintained at the public expense, with the same powers,
privileges, and functions as are vested in the official visitors of
prisons and penitentiaries, as now prescribed by law: Provided, That no
active or visiting committee of any such society shall be entitled to
visit such jails or penal institutions, under this act, unless notice of
the names of the members of such committee, and the terms of their
appointment, is given by such society, in writing, under its corporate
seal, to the warden, superintendent or other officer in charge of such
jail, or other officer in charge of any such jail or other penal
institution.

Approved--The 20th day of March, A. D. 1903.

  SAML. W. PENNYPACKER.

The foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Act of the General
Assembly No. 48.

  FRANK M. FULLER,
  _Secretary of the Commonwealth_.

[Illustration: RIGHT REV. WILLIAM WHITE, D. D., LL. D.

First President of The Pennsylvania Prison Society, from 1787 to 1836.]




  NEW SERIES      NOS. 47 AND 48.

  THE JOURNAL
  OF
  PRISON DISCIPLINE
  AND
  PHILANTHROPY

  PUBLISHED ANNUALLY

  UNDER THE DIRECTION OF “THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY”
  INSTITUTED MAY 8TH, 1787

  JANUARY, 1909

  OFFICE: STATE HOUSE ROW
  S. W. CORNER FIFTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS
  PHILADELPHIA, PA.




THE

PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY

(FORMERLY CALLED THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR ALLEVIATING THE MISERIES
OF PUBLIC PRISONS.)

Place of Meeting, S. W. Cor. Fifth and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia.


The 122d Annual Meeting of “THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY” was held
First month (January) 28th, 1909.

The meeting was called to order by the President, JOSHUA L. BAILY, at
whose request the Vice-President, the REV. H. L. DUHRING, D. D., took
the chair.

The Secretary, JOHN J. LYTLE, being absent on account of illness, ALBERT
H. VOTAW was appointed Secretary _pro tem_.

The Minutes of the 121st Annual Meeting were read and approved.

The Treasurer presented a report which was satisfactory. (See page 15.)

The officers and the members of the Acting Committee for 1909 were
elected. (See pages 3 and 4.)

GEORGE S. WETHERELL, on behalf of the Acting Committee, presented a
draft of proposed amendments to the Constitution of the Society. This
report was referred to the Acting Committee for further consideration.

The Nominating Committee presented the following resolution:

“In recognition of the long, faithful and unselfish services of JOHN J.
LYTLE as Secretary of ‘THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY,’ the Nominating
Committee recommend that he be elected Honorary Secretary....”

The resolution was adopted unanimously by a rising vote.

  ALBERT H. VOTAW, _Secretary_.


SPECIAL NOTICES.

  All correspondence with reference to the work of the Society, or
  to the JOURNAL OF PRISON DISCIPLINE AND PHILANTHROPY, should be
  addressed to THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY, 500 Chestnut St.,
  Philadelphia, Pa.

  The National Prison Congress of the United States for the past ten
  years has designated the fourth Sunday in October, annually, as
  Prison Sunday. To aid the movement for reformation, some speakers
  may be supplied from this Society. Apply to chairman of the
  Committee on Prison Sunday.

  FREDERICK J. POOLEY is the General Agent of the Society at the
  Eastern Penitentiary and at the Philadelphia County Prison. His
  address is 500 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

  Contributions for the work of the Society may be sent to JOHN WAY,
  Treasurer, 409 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.




OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR 1909.


PRESIDENT

  JOSHUA L. BAILY, 30 S. Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia.


VICE-PRESIDENTS

  REV. HERMAN L. DUHRING, D. D., 225 S. Third Street, Philadelphia.
  REV. F. H. SENFT, 360 N. Twentieth Street, Philadelphia.


TREASURER

  JOHN WAY, 409 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.


SECRETARIES

  ALBERT H. VOTAW, 300 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
  FRED. J. POOLEY, 300 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.


COUNSELORS

  HON. WM. N. ASHMAN, Forty-fourth and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia.
  HENRY S. CATTELL, 1218 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.


THE ACTING COMMITTEE

  John J. Lytle                     Moorestown, N. J.
  John H. Dillingham            140 N. Sixteenth Street, Philadelphia.
  P. H. Spellissy               120 S. Eighteenth Street, Philadelphia.
  Dr. Emily J. Ingram           Telford, Pa.
  William Scattergood           West Chester, Pa.
  Mrs. P. W. Lawrence           1338 N. Thirteenth Street, Philadelphia.
  Mary S. Whelen                1520 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
  William Koelle                1209 Girard Avenue, Philadelphia.
  Rev. R. Heber Barnes          600 N. Thirty-second Street, Philadelphia.
  Dr. William C. Stokes         2003 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
  William T. W. Jester          412 Spruce Street, Philadelphia.
  Deborah C. Leeds              West Chester, Pa.
  Mrs. Horace Fassett           220 S. Twentieth Street, Philadelphia.
  George R. Meloney             4809 Springfield Avenue, Philadelphia.
  Joseph C. Noblit              1521 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia.
  Miss C. V. Hodges             2102 Master Street, Philadelphia.
  Rebecca P. Latimer            4131 Westminster Avenue, Philadelphia.
  Rev. Floyd W. Tomkins, D. D.  1904 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
  Rev. J. F. Ohl                826 S. St.Bernard Street, Philadelphia.
  Harry Kennedy                 Eaglesville, Pa.
  Layyah Barakat                236 S. Forty-fourth Street, Philadelphia.
  William E. Tatum              843 N. Forty-first Street, Philadelphia.
  Mary S. Wetherell             2036 Race Street, Philadelphia.
  George S. Wetherell           2036 Race Street. Philadelphia.
  Henry C. Cassel               2316 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.
  Albert Oetinger               Warminster, Pa.
  Rev. Philip Lamerdin          Olney, Philadelphia.
  David Sulzberger              316 Race Street, Philadelphia.
  Mrs. E. W. Gormly             Pittsburg, Pa.
  A. Jackson Wright             2141 N. Camac Street, Philadelphia.
  Frank H. Longshore            2359 E. Cumberland Street, Philadelphia.
  Charles H. LeFevre            827 Race Street. Philadelphia.
  Mrs. E. M. Stillwell          1248 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.
  Solomon G. Engle              648 N. Thirty-ninth Street, Philadelphia.
  Charles P. Hastings           2304 N. Twenty-second Street, Philadelphia.
  Isaac P. Miller               409 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
  Elias H. White                West End Trust Building, Philadelphia.
  John Smallzell                Haddonfield, N. J.
  John D. Hampton               Twenty-ninth and Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia.
  John A Duncan                 257 S. Fifty-first Street, Philadelphia.
  Jonas G. Clemmer              2209 N. Franklin Street, Philadelphia.
  Charles McDole                812 Race Street, Philadelphia.
  Samuel B. Garrigues           1719 N. Twenty-eighth Street, Philadelphia.
  Harrison Walton               1706 Columbia Avenue, Philadelphia.
  Rev. C. Theodore Benze        Erie, Pa.
  Rev. A. J. D. Haupt, D. D.    Pittsburg, Pa.
  Arthur Buckler                2209 Tulip Avenue, Philadelphia.
  Mrs. Mary S. Grigg            1235 N. Thirteenth Street, Philadelphia.
  C. Wilfred Conard             Lansdowne, Pa.
  Henry W. Comfort              Fallsington, Pa.




COMMITTEES.


_Visiting Committee for the Eastern State Penitentiary_:

  John J. Lytle, Rev.      Philip Lamerdin,      Charles P. Hastings,
  P. H. Spellissy,         Harry Kennedy,        Solomon G. Engle,
  John H. Dillingham,      Layyah Barakat,       Isaac P. Miller,
  William Koelle,          Rev. J. F. Ohl,       Elias H. White,
  Rev. R. Heber Barnes,    William E. Tatum,     John Smallzell,
  Dr. William C. Stokes,   Mary S. Wetherell,    John D. Hampton,
  William T. W. Jester,    George S. Wetherell,  Jonas G. Clemmer,
  Deborah C, Leeds,        Henry C. Cassel,      Charles McDole,
  Mrs. Horace Fassett,     Albert Oetinger,      Samuel B. Garrigues,
  George R. Meloney,       David Sulzberger,     Harrison Walton,
  Joseph C. Noblit,        Frank H. Longshore,   Arthur Buckler,
  Rebecca P. Latimer,      A. J. Wright,         Mrs. Mary S. Grigg,
  Rev. Floyd W. Tomkins,   Charles H. LeFevre,   Albert H. Votaw.


_Visiting Committee for the Philadelphia County Prison_:

  Fred. J. Pooley,         William T. W. Jester,   Mary S. Wetherell,
  Dr. Emily J. Ingram,     Deborah C. Leeds,       David Sulzberger,
  Mrs. P. W. Lawrence,     Mrs. Horace Fassett,    Mrs. E. M. Stillwell,
  Mary S. Whelen,          Miss C. V. Hodges,      John A. Duncan.


_For the Holmesburg Prison_:

  Fred. J. Pooley,                               David Sulzberger.


_For the Chester County Prison_:

  William Scattergood,                           Deborah C. Leeds.


_For the Delaware County Prison_:

  Deborah C. Leeds,                              C. Wilfred Conard.


_For the Western Penitentiary and Allegheny County Prison_:

  Rev. A. J. D. Haupt, D. D.,                    Mrs. E. W. Gormly.


_For the Bucks County Prison_:

  Henry W. Comfort.


_For the Erie County Prison_:

  Rev. C. Theodore Benze.


_For the Counties of the State at Large_:

  Fred. J. Pooley,         Deborah C. Leeds,     Mrs. E. W. Gormly.
  Layyah Barakat,          Albert H. Votaw,


_For the House of Correction_:

  Fred. J. Pooley,         David Sulzberger,     Layyah Barakat,
                           Deborah C. Leeds.


_Auditors of Acting Committee_:

  Charles P. Hastings,     Dr. Wm. C. Stokes,    John Smallzell.


_Editorial Committee_:

  Rev. J. F. Ohl,          Rev. R. Heber Barnes,   Dr. Wm. C. Stokes.
  John Way,                Albert H. Votaw,


_On Membership in the Acting Committee_:

  Dr. Wm. C. Stokes,       Albert Oetinger,      Charles P. Hastings.
  George S. Wetherell,     Elias H. White,


_On Finance_:

  George S. Wetherell,     David Sulzberger,     A. Jackson Wright.
  Joseph C. Noblit,        C. Wilfred Conard,


_On Discharged Prisoners_:

  Joseph C. Noblit,        George S. Wetherell,  Dr. Wm. C. Stokes.
  Mrs. Horace Fassett,     Mrs. P. W. Lawrence,


_Auditors of the Society_:

  A. Jackson Wright,                             Elias H. White.


_On Police Matrons in Station Houses_:

  Mrs. P. W. Lawrence,     Dr. Emily J. Ingram,  Mary S. Wetherell.


_On Prison Sunday_:

  Rev. H. L. Duhring, D. D., Rev. R. Heber Barnes,   Rev. J. F. Ohl.
                             Rev. F. H. Senft,


_On Legislation_:

  Rev. J. F. Ohl,          Joseph C. Noblit,     Rev. R. Heber Barnes.
  David Sulzberger,        Elias H. White,




JOURNAL OF PRISON DISCIPLINE AND PHILANTHROPY

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SECOND YEAR.

  1787.      OF      1909.

THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY


ANNUAL REPORT OF JOHN J. LYTLE, GENERAL SECRETARY.

In submitting this, my Eighteenth Report, covering the last two years, I
realize that I have much cause for gratitude. For a large part of this
time, I have been blessed with health and strength to continue my labors
among the prisoners of the Eastern Penitentiary.

I have been an Official Visitor at this institution for fifty-six years,
and for more than a score of years I have given my entire service to
this work for which I have felt that I had a special call.

While providing prisoners at the time of their discharge with a
respectable outfit, it has also been my earnest desire to point them to
the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world. I have also
continued my visits to the cells of the prisoners, and I have felt that
a blessing has attended my efforts. While I can never know the result of
these labors, I have worked in faith endeavoring to minister to both
their temporal and spiritual needs. Many have confessed to me that their
imprisonment had been to them a blessing. Arrested in their career of
crime, they had resolved to lead better lives in the future. I have not
doubted their sincerity, and have encouraged such to