Letters in ledger linked to lock in escape
that took turnkey’s life?
Are 7 letters
found tucked together between pages of the ledger linked to a faulty door
locking mechanism that figured in a 1948 jail breakout that took the life of
a turnkey?
4 of the
letters were from the Cincinnati-based Stewart Iron Works Company whose
letterhead proclaimed itself “Jail and Prison Builders.”
3 of the were
from the foremen of Essex County Grand Juries reporting on its inspection of
the Elizabethtown jail.
