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State Reformatory. (Photo submitted by John and
Texans, though ‘pleasant and affable gentlemen.‘
The prisoners were reportedly members of a band of
outlaws and were officers in 'Garza's army‘ and were
‘among the most noted and dangerous class of
désperadoes
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known to the criminal annals of the
rln the summer of 1901, the reformatory
administration building was nearing completion. The
Eureka described the lions at the entrance as weighing
five tons each, with the stone taken from the Scott
Joslin quarry. The paper reported that the floors were
laid with scrap marble, cut in regular forms. "Some
estimate of the numbers can be inferred from the fact
that there are 37.000 pieces in the second story hallway
and 21.000 in the dining room adjoining."
BettieMiller)
In February 1907, a cob pipe factory was a going
concem. The cobs were sent from Missouri and it-was
hoped to plan and experiment for the raising of that
corn here. However. by June, the cob factory was
nothing but a pipe-dream.
In 1904. according to the Warden Hunter's Biennial
Report. as published in the Eureka, the total cost of
maintaining the prison since the beginning, 30 years
before. included 5.092 prisoners. and $852,590 was
spent.
The institution passed under the Board of Control
April 1, 1898.
A separate institution for women was constructed at
Rockwell City in 1918.