A history of Newgate of Connecticut, at Simsbury, now East Granby; . them. In the cel-lar kitchen where they were all secreted, there wasa well. Into this well they talked of putting ; but the old lady of the house begged theywould not think of it, as it would spoil the water !They stayed in this house a number of days: after-wards they went to Oxford, where they were secret-ed for several days longer in a barn ; from thencethey went to Stratford, took a whale boat, andcrossed over to Long Island. The people at Derby,having received information of their passingthrough that place, two wh
A history of Newgate of Connecticut, at Simsbury, now East Granby; . them. In the cel-lar kitchen where they were all secreted, there wasa well. Into this well they talked of putting ; but the old lady of the house begged theywould not think of it, as it would spoil the water !They stayed in this house a number of days: after-wards they went to Oxford, where they were secret-ed for several days longer in a barn ; from thencethey went to Stratford, took a whale boat, andcrossed over to Long Island. The people at Derby,having received information of their passingthrough that place, two whale boats and crews,commanded by Capt. William Clarke and Harvey, pursued them to the Island, andwere fortunate enough to catch them all but one,just within the British lines. They were broughtback, tried, condemned, and sent to Newgate;they however broke prison, and fled to Nova was at this time used by the state forthe confinement of criminals, and they were keptchiefly at work in making wrought nails. It was Newgate of Connecticut. 81. Newgate Prison. not until 1790, that it was established permanentlyas a state prison. It is said to have been the de-sign to employ the convicts in working the mines,which for a while was practiced, but it was soonfound that they must necessarily have for thatwork, precisely the right kind of tools for diggingout, and they several times used them for thatpurpose; this reason, with the consequent neces-sity of keeping so strong a guard, both day and night,finally induced them to abandon the 1760 an act was passed constituting Newgate-aTpermanent prison, and providing for the erectionof the necessary buildings. eCt/itfi^y /7^C 11 82 Newgate of Connecticut. A wooden palisade, mounted with iron spikes,was constructed, inclosing half an acre of ground,within which, workshops and other buildings wereplaced, and a deep trench was opened on thewestern side. The wooden enclosure remaineduntil 1802, when a strong
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