Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-24
Twenty Murderers, Ferger
Thieves, PlnHs, and Pros-
titutea, White and Black
in one Promiscuous
heap TeEcther.


probably, considered triumph in
western architecture. It is about 40
by go feet square, two stories high,
while in the rear is hall way or gen.
eral reception room, u by ~ feet.
where the prisoners receive visitors,
and pass the hours Of day light. It 10
lighted by two heavily ironed win.
dows below and three above. This
room is all one story, the walls of the
lower part are built Of stone and cased
- high q the first story with heavy
boiler iron. The walls ere dark. smoked
and drsary looking enough to make .
man ''svcn wish no was dead" The
cells, fonr In number, with their heavy
cross.barrsd irun doors, heavily bolt.
sd,creak dismally on their rusty hinges
- they open int this hall, aad re-
mind one OF tho legend over the door
Of that old French Bastile: "Ho who
enters here, leaves hope behind"
The Windows are deep cot, and the
thick cobwebs almost entirely shut
frem view the sunny world outside,
and about the whole concern there 10
. sort Of . homesick smell, musty
odor; peryading the place and more
cherries hAbifAsion, perhaps cannot
b found this side tho grave. The
CELLS forming . gloomy row, are each
shout 6 BY s feet square but
are secure. They, partially,
have two double beds il each, and q
night ass oil crowded, while the dar.
kies slsep contsntedly On palles u
the hall way, - happy to all %.
peasanoes - though they were q
home. A Des Noines river bird's-eye
marble Foek, high above The front door,
gives The public The Information that
ths building was erected In 1851 BY
Sllae Osborn, end built BY John J.
Adans, both Of whom are nying yet.
There sever he's boen but one man ju-
diclally stsangled IN the county: B.
4. 0cCoWb, for the murder Of Laura
Harvey, near enough 70 this city 70 b
81 sighe o. the building from which hs
stArted On his flying "Trip 70 investigate
the chimegioal great hereeltsr. The
eircumstaneos Of The murder aro no
doubt well remembered yet, BY most
OF our readers also how Niss Harvey
lsfry In the riysr-NeC ombsasrest IN
Davenport n 1858, his arrival md his
trial here for the crime. hie convio.
zion, his bribery Of sheriff DsrbyS
boy, HE eseape, re-arrest, being taken
ont By . mob By force, baptized into
The CAtholie Church, bic reec1e, from
turn 10 ian "a ia eubgeousnt exc
cntio. a IN se..e IA I'm. IA mn
ss@s IA =. r. from IN S sc.tysld protsstsd
m innooanee 10 IA lsst and ~
mors ~ noeaaesed nm IT. Darby.
wAo Wss ~ exeoutioner. Ths cid
hall 10 now very insecure md The
Sheriff % compelled 20 keep his moro
l1@portsat prisoner constantly chain.
q 20 u Nsall o. locked ND In . coll.
Thsre wcre tWsaty prisoners in the
Aotsl sAls mosniaG, which 10 about =
many q ie win possibly hold, and
should any Of them make their o.,
cape people should not hOld Mr..
0pilmsn too severe IN aeoesas.
there, two are charged with murder.
u., ne M. ~ s.u . mv..l ~ Ros. rh..ss.
!. .Sy' sSU R. ~ ~, ~ oy e. =. ~
Uisy, last summer, vino 10 : Pow essS.
fellow physically, about thirty-lhree
or thirty. i've years Of age. He 10 IN
Irishman by birth, and e standing his
S~... .h.s. Wy Sou -, ncr...ns,,,
~. Su.aneu ~ .no ~Sn Sw .hoy,
his situation while We were In. His
il.
Loroy Sargent, the youthful Kirk.
william, who 10 charged with killing
young Harrison, last fall, 10 taking
Il about e easy q an old shoe, and
instead Of pining away, Il getting fat.
he 10 . boy only nineteen years OF aye,
but II kopt chaiued to the wall all the