Submitted by: Jeanette Johnson

Last week, we commissioned a special reporter to take a look at the boys now serving a term in the penitentiary from this county. He reports as follows:

Wenzie Schindler, age 60 years, crime, murder of his wife, term for life; he looks well; working on the new buildings at the penitentiary.

Samuel White, age 40 years, term for life, looks badly; working in the foundry.

Jerry Spears, age 40 years, partner of Price, who was hung; crime, murder of Hilgenburg; term, for life; Jerry looks very badly and says it is a hard life; he expects to end his days there; he said if they had hung him with Price, he would be better off; is working at the idle room keeping it in order.

Mrs. Smith age 50 crime abortion; term 3 years; is working at sewing; looks better than I ever saw her.

Josh. Dyer, age 35 years, crime, grand larceny; term 1 year; Josh looks well; is working on the new buildings.

James Smith, age 45 years; crime, grand burglary; term, term 4 years; is working in the wire mill, looks well.

William Anderson, age 30 years; crime, poisoning horses at Sciotoville, Scioto County; term, 3 years; looks badly; is working in the wire mill.

Charles Fillgrove, age 20 years; crime, manslaughter of Helwig; term, 1 year, his term will be out Feb 2, 1879. Charley feels very badly and says if he had a million dollars he would give it for one month at home; Charley is working at the tinner's trade.

Frank Anderson, age 21 years; crime, murder of Mays; term, for life; he says that he expects to end his days here. He looks badly and seems like a man of 35 years old; Frank is working in the hollow-ware department and

Richard Barron, guard from this county, is his captain. He has the best record for good behavior of any man in this penitentiary.

James Logan, age 30 years; crime manslaughter; term, 3 years; looks badly,

could not talk to me he felt so badly; he is working in the foundry at molding.

Clawson Morris, age 16 years; crime, burglary; term, 1 year; in the idle room.

Charles Jackson, age 30 years; crime burglary; term, 4 years; in the idle room.

James Collins, age 42 years; crime, burglary; term, 3 years; in idle room.

John Sharp, age 21 years; crime, stabbing; term, 1 year; in idle room.

Charley Mariner, age 52 years; crime, burglary; term, 10 years; in the idle room.