Iowa
Old Press
Anamosa Eureka
Anamosa, Jones co. Iowa
Thursday, December 28, 1876
Page 3
Prison Items
The following named persons have been sent to the
penitentiary at Anamosa since are last report about a month ago:
From Clinton County – Geo. Samuels, larceny, 15 months;
Chas. Miller, aiding prisoners to escape, 6 months; James and P.
Malone, larceny, 2 years each; Robert Irving, assault with intent
to murder, 6 months; James Cleghorn, burglary, 18 months; Wm.
Johnson, larceny, 4 months.
From Dubuque County – A. J. Nichols, passing counterfeit
money, 6 months; Jackson McCullough, same offense, 2 years; W. Y.
Wells, same offense and resisting an officer –sent here for
safekeeping; John Wilson, offense not stated, here for safe
keeping; Edwin Barlow, larceny, 9 months; W. S. Berry, forgery, 2
years; Anton Meyer, larceny, 8 months.
From Cedar County – Wm. McIntyre, assault with intent to
commit rape, 2 years; C. A. Rockwill, embezzlement, 18 months;
Thos. Simpson, burglary and larceny, 6 months; John Long, same
offense, 6 months; Geo. Heurst, larceny, 1 year.
Allamakee County – Melvin Clark, grand larceny, 16 months;
L. Buecker, assault with intent to kill, 1 year.
Floyd County – E. H. Meyers, 150 days.
Warden Martin informs us that a certain number of temporary cells
are to be put up in the cell rooms, the present accommodations
for 140 men being very nearly exhausted. The warden possesses a
very hospital disposition and proposes to “take in” all
who are anxious to apprentice themselves in the stone-cutting
business for the benefit of the state.
And, speaking of stone-cutting, reminds us that the new wooden
building for the stone-cutters is a busy place just now. It is
located west of the prison and is something like a hundred feet
in length, with a side track running to the center. Here blocks
of stone of all sizes are unloaded, and in due time the unshapely
ledges are merged into forms of beauty and utility and will fill
their allotted positions in the main building next season.
The men are comfortably housed and three stoves provide all
necessary heat, under the direction of the superintendent
Lovelace and his assistant, Mr. Lester, the work goes on steadily
and the force is being increased as rapidly as the blacksmith
shop can furnish the tools. In fact the stonecutters, blacksmiths
carpenters, shoe-makers, tailors and all others are kept steadily
occupied in their various duties, and every department wears a
look of activity and good order that is not only creditable to
the officers in charge but gratifying to all that visit the
institution.
[transcribed by C.M., January 2018