New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-06

murder in the first degree, and it is
interesting to note that all told fourteen
persons have been held upon that
serious charge. In 1888 five alleged
murderers were confined in the jail at
the same time, restlessly pacing its
steel corridors and impatiently await
ing trial. That was when William
Rose and Clifton Holden were under
arrest for killings at Redwood Falls.
Rose was brought here Aug. "a, 1888,
accused of numbering Moses L. Lufkin,
and after being convicted left the jail
on Oct. Is, 1891, to go to his execution.
For Strengthening his cousin, Frank
Dodge, Holden was locked up Nov.
26, 1888, and on May II, 1891, was
taken from the Brown county sheriff
to commence upon the life term he is
now serving in Saltwater. In October.
1895, A. E. Koehne, a veterinary
surgeon, was held for a short time for
the murder of Policeman Albert
Winkelmann and there have been
other murderers of lesser Importance
since.
It should be cited that the old prison
has held its prisoners remarkably
we'll, for only once was a jail de-
livery successfully executed. In the
year 1894 a desperate crook who gave
the seemingly fictitious name of U. S.
Grant was apprehended in Redwood
county and brought to New Ulm for
safe keeping. A variety of charges,
including forgery and larceny, rested
over him and rather than face trial he
resolved to risk an attempt at escape.
A dark night was chosen for the
trial, number of bricks removed
above grated window on the south
side of the building and then Grant
and a companion slipped from the
clutches of the law. The second jail
bird was recaptured but Grant evaded
all pursuit and disappeared.
Such, in brief, is the record of the
jail soon to be torn down, but its place
will be taken by a modern structure in
which every taxpayer can take pride.
Brown county's new jail and sheriff S
residence will be large and comforta-
BILE, constructed along lines that are
approved by the state board of con-
troll. Its ground plan calls for 43x6O
feet of space and in selecting the hand
some and massive style of architecture
the commissioners have insisted upon
the specifications demanding an abso-
lutely fre-proof building. Its con-
struction and appointments will be
modern throughout and the cost of
about $4,000 is a very conservative
figure, when the present high prices Of
steel and other building materials are
taken into consideration.
In drawing the plans for the jail
| Architect A. j. Van Deusen of Vino
ma, has arranged the interior in a
most convenient manner, SO that there
is no waste of space. The bastile will
be provided with ten cells, including
separate cells for female prisoners
and insane patients, and there will be
| baths and lavatories in a number of
the rooms. The sheriff's apartments
are commodious and pleasant, all
parts of the building are connected
with speaking tubes and it is to be
wired throughout for electric lights.
Pullman & Gronau, the local firm
which was given the work of erecting
the superstructure, will have the build
ing off their hands in a comparatively
short time. They put in the founda-
ton last fall and will complete the
brick and wood work we'll within con-
tract time, October 1st. This may also
be said of the Pauly Jail company OF
st. Louis, Mo-, the firm which will in
stall the cells, and of Cuddy & Cava-
naugh of this city, who are to do the
plumbing and steam fitting.
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