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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1856<br />
Abstracts 2094 - 2103<br />
PENAL & CORRECTIVE INSTITUTIONS (Cont'd)<br />
2094 - L July 23: i/5 - The city council last nigbt authorized the repair<br />
of city jail at a cost not to exceed $50. (2)<br />
2095 - L July 29:3/2 - Juhn Frazee, jailor, prevented a jail break, when<br />
he took jail breaking instruments, consisting of two jimmies, t\\O saws, and<br />
a key for the inner door, from a prisoner codined for counterfeiting United<br />
States coin. (4)<br />
2098 - L July 30:1/4 - The key which John Frazee took from the prisoner in<br />
county jai 1 the other day was well hidden. A pine block, used for a candlestick,<br />
had been bored through wi th an auger. This key was inserted in the<br />
hole and covered with tallow from the candle. (2)<br />
2097 - L Aug. 5:3/2 - Officer A. Lawrence returned from Columbus Aug. 3,<br />
having safely delivered to his keeper the escaped convict, Edward Murphy.<br />
Lawrence received the $50 reward. (2)<br />
2098 - L Aug. 9: 1/5 - Thomas Watson, arrested for disturbance, escaped from<br />
the officers yesterday. (1)<br />
L Aug. 12: 3/2 - See Juvenile Delinquency<br />
2099 - L Aug. 14: 3/2 - In a letter to the editor, "Bigelow" says: The city<br />
should spend its money more usefully by building a workhouse, rather than<br />
by building fountains in the Public Square. "Then, too, there are boys<br />
from ten to 17 years of age stealing, drinking and gambling allover the<br />
city. A house of refuge is needed to keep them off the streets and out of<br />
the penitentiary in later years." (8)<br />
2100 - L Sept. 5; ed: 1/5 - After severa 1 people had hunted and captured an<br />
escaped state penitentiary convict, they were rewarded for all their expense<br />
and trouble with ten dollars. "How were they rewarded by the officials<br />
of the institution, for their energy and expenses of railroad travel, etc?<br />
By handing them, after much hesitation, the paltry sum of ten dollars!<br />
Shame on such meanness." (4)<br />
2101 - L Oct. 31: 1/4 - The reform school commissioners, appointed by the<br />
state legislature to receive donations for such a school, to select a site,<br />
report plans, and estimates, will hold a session at the Angier House in this<br />
city on Nov. 6. (4)<br />
2102 -L Nov. 6: 1/4 - Phi 11 ip Furst escaped from jai 1 yesterday. He had<br />
been arrested on a charge of stealing a coat. (1)<br />
PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS<br />
2103 - L Jan. 7: 3/2 - GRAHAM'S iIli:1gazine and the HOME JOURNAL are at Hawks<br />
and Brothers. The HOME JOURl\AL contains the first chapter of a new novel<br />
by Willis, the IDLEWILD EVENING LAMP, which is very attractive.<br />
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