The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11
PUBLIC INsPEfTs
NEW COUNTY JAIL
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More than $500 people took advan-
tage of the invitation extended to the
general public by Sheriff Justus and
visited the new county jail yesterday
and last night.
All the afternoon. and for two hours
last evening, hundreds of visitors; men,
women and children, applied for adj
mission and were shown through the
building by Sheriff Justus and. his
corps of deputies. The sheriffs resi-
dence was also opened to. the public
and was visited by at least half of the
people who inspected the jail.
When the doors were thrown open at
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon several
hundred people were in line waiting for.
admission, and during the first half
hour the crowd was so large that it
was with much difficulty that it was
cared for.
Deputies and guides, however, were.
on every floor and at every turn, and
there was nothing about the entire
building from the large subbasement,
many feet under the ground, to the
apartments on the top floor. that was
not explained to the visitors.
On each floor a deputy explained to
the sightseers what the different apart
ments were used for, and up on the
third floor, from which the prisoners
had been removed Deputy Miller was
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Illustrating the manner in, which the
cells are opened and closed by means of
levers which are worked from the cor
ridor. On the fourth floor, which is
the woman's apartments, the Jail ma
tron cared for the visitors,
Admired the Marble Perches.
So well was the reception arranged
that the visitors We're shown every
thing in connection with the building,
which is conceded to be the finest jail
in the entire Northwest The Italian
marble window perches were gazed
upon and admired.
Even the prisoners appeared to en-
joy the gala event, and for the edifca-
ton of the crowds which peered at
them through the heavy steel gratings,
they paced up and down the corridors
in true prison fashion. .ssafss e.B
Say, on the square, pardner," asked
trampish-appearing Individual, ap-
the real jail?" ~sS&t
And when informed that it was, he
remarked:
1T certainly beats anything L was
ever in, and 1 have seen the inside of
a few of them; say, / wouldn't mind
stopping here for while myself" and
he turned up his coat collar and re-
luctantly left the comfortable place for
the cold world outside, -
An amusing incident happened on
the third floor, where Deputy Miller
was showing the visitors the manner
in which the cells were locked and ,un-
locked by means Of the lever system.
Locked in the Girls sssf
Among, the visitors who had entered
the corridor between the two rows of
cells were two girls, who were appar-
emily intent upoH seeing all there was
to see, and when they spied atcell door
open and no one near it, theyf walked
inside. No sooner had they, entered,
however, than the door closed with
slam and they were locked within.
For a. period of two Or three min
utes, while Deputy Miller was devoting
his attention to other doors, the girls
were locked securely within, and it was
only when their shrieks were. heard by
other visitors that their unpleasant
predicament was discovered and they
were released.s1oi4s go
The crowd which visited the Jail yes
terday was much larger than had been
expected by Sheriff Justus, and he was
much pleased with the compliments
paid the building.
In order that all may have an OPP
portunity to inspect the place Sheriff
Justus announced yesterday that the
building would be thrown open again
this afternoon from 2 to o'clock, when
guides will be on hand the same as
yesterday to show all visitors through
out the building