The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-12
THE CITY JAZZ.
Cluverius' Room IL Said to be Haunted and
10 is Stunned.

IL is Stunned.
The report Of the Committee on Grounds and
Buildings. on the condition Of the iail. was
more than substantiated by visit of TrMys
reporter Yesterday afternoon. The entire
pl'acc wears an air OK cleanliness. and the APP
pesrahce OF the prisoners indicates the best OF
eaie ana attention. and reflects great credit
upoh sergeant Epps and his corps Of assist
ants. On the ground floor there are
e"o long courts upon which the cells
", tuo male prisoners open. One
siue Is used for tho white and tho other for
s"e cyiored prisoners. The courts are paved
PACK PACK the entire length Of the main building.
mere IS lower tier Of cells and an upper
one, reached by means of an iron staircase.
Doth OF these yards are supplied with water
nose connections, and the scantily robed pris-
oners looked cool and satisfied.
IN the white mems department there are but
Few prisoners OF any special note, tho major
NV being confined for slight ofienses. John
D. Morgan. the man who stolo the diamonds
from Spott. has nearly completed his
sentence. and will be liberated in October
;. DcCorrin ls awaiting tho action of the
grand Jury IN regard 70 the charge of forgery
ne Is the man who was an enthusiastic chess
PLAYER at the rooms OF the Young Mems
christian Association, and who was also q
book agent for Collier & Co., of New York.
John FlournOY, tho dexterous thief who re-
heyed the passengers Of their valises on the
railroad trains entering the city IS also among
tie prisoners. There are about thirty five
white male prisoners.
Jesse Mitchell. recently brought here from
Amelia county To escape the threatened yio-
lence of the citizens OF that county, is con-
fined IN a lOck-cell on the white side At
certain hours in the day he is brought out
and compelled to run up and down the court
for exercise.
The colored yard contains ninety eight men
and boys, whose crimes range from the most
serious 70 the very commonplace Eddie
Jones, who has already been sentenced TO
thirteen years in the penitentiary. still re-
mains ID his old quarters, but will be removed
IN few days TO the penitentlary. Sherman
Fountain, charged with murder, is also among
the prisoners.
John Thomas and Riley Brown, two col
ored noted thieves. are confined in this por-
ton of the Jail. Jack Harris, the porter who
robbed Cohen Brothers. is serving his three
years ia jail and will then 90 10 serve three
years more IN the peniteutiary. Samuel
smith alias Garner tho man who assaulted
Omcer Robert Brown, and who gave both the
Manchester and Richmond police such
chase IS now safely enscOnced behind the
bars and will not trouble the public again
soon.
A. the upstairs corridor is reached the front
room Is now vacant. Lewis Booker and Blu
ford Grymes have each slept lately within its
walls, but to-day il has no occupant. little
lower down the hall is the cell n which Gu
verius spent his last hours on earth.
There is popular superstition about the
iaI that on each Friday night the ghost OF
Cluvarius roams about this room and bangs
the doors and otherwise mOlests the quiet
slumbers Of the inmates No greater punish
ment can be meted out 10 either white or
black than 10 compel them TO be locked up
during one single night IN this haunted room.
in tie women 8 corridor there are now con-
fined tTenty-eight colored women and three
whites. None of these are il for any special
long term. and the ma lOrity are in for fighting
or drunkenness They range in ages and
and the white look fully III keeping with their
There are two female lunatics one white
and one cOlOred, now waiting an entrance
into tho already crOwded asylums Of the
State
There is not single case of illness at the
JAIL and the food and good general condition |
& the premises indicate y continuance of the |
SPLENDID supervision Of Sergeant EppS.
Tho prisoners are allowed - buy anything |
they desire except liquors and kerosene oil. |
Candles are used entirely in order to prevent |
fires The vendors Of fruit and tobacco do a |
good business and the watermelon fend |
finds active trade daily on the colOred side of |
Ihe prison.
The present force on duty at the iail are ex-
and efficient men, and are as fol- |
ows. Sergeant Charles u. Epps II. Clai-
)orne Eppes W. Ii. G. kalstOn and Robert |