The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-14
ing a Jail. and he was at loss how

ing a Jail. and he was at loss now
10 proceed.
He could not replevy the lookup. for
there was none within his Jurlsdlcuon'
mandamus would not lie, though MI.
Bulgcr did select the middle Syllable Oh
that legal term and apply II forciDiy 10
the moving Pulaski county caiaboose'
and as for certiorari quo warranto' anu
Injunction. all were equally ultra wires
to Sheriff Bulger AT last he went ana
reused the neighbors. II all else failed
him he had the posse comitatus, and he
would use il. Tie residents Of Winamac
heard his oft-repeated tale with increauil-
~. Their lack OF faith annoyed hifn' anu
their visibility exasperated.
When n sufficient number Of assorted
men and small boys had been assembled.
Sheriff Bulger sent half of them along
the Panhandle track one way, while ne
went In the other. to walk as FAR as
the county line in each direction, ana
see If anything could be found or the
perpatetic calabOose. He also telegraph
ed TO have the jail arrested and brough
back. If any officers OF the law In ad-
joining counties came upon IL. The
posse comitatus returned from its hope
less quest and IL is feared Pulaski
county viii see its Jail no more. Not
sign Of it IS left. Even the little
places it's wheels had kept from being
rusted on the Panhandle side-track were
coated with ferric oxide by the time
the men who would have rescued their
jail returned TO the respective bosons
of their families.
Public sentiment divides the response
hility for the lost penal institution about
equally between the sheriff and the COM
missloners OF Pulaski county. The lat
III fflh la q
having ordered the old jail, when
was much more like the ordinary
lookup OF commerce. 10 be demolished
before a new one was constructed Tor the
restraint. reformation. and punishment
Of the Pink Mink Marsh criminal Inc
county commissioners. however JUSTIFY
themselves by asking:
How I'm thunder could we build n
new jail whore the old one was, UNI
less We tore the old one down.
The argument Is generally regarded
among the thinking portion OF the rest
dents Of Pulaski county in general, and
Monroe township i'm particular, as I'M
answerable. But not so with Shef-n
Bulger. IL was he who originally sug-
gested the idea Of using an old Pam
handle freight car as the Pulaski county
ian. When asked why he didn't tie
II up. or take IT indoors overnight, so
any locomotive coming down the pike
couldn't run or with II, he shook his
head sadly. and for answer silently
strOkcd his PETERS.
II is generally believed that the inmates
Of the missing Pulaski jail were Kid
mapped, this Intentionally by n train crew
which comes along during the night
and I'm the darkness was unable 10 tell
common brown freight car on n side
track from n pulask-c0unty institute OF
penolOgy. They therefore htchcl the
engine 10 a.. and carried IL. with its hui
man freight, far. FAR away. regardless %
the fact that they had committed a
crime or series Of crimes believed 10 be
without parallel in American history.
But as for Sheriff Bulgcr. he is wan
dcring with n lantern I'm the waning
moonlight. sadly singing. where is my
wandering jail tonight