{"id":204,"date":"2009-04-06T22:15:02","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T02:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"\/universal\/2009\/04\/06\/york-county-commissioners-outr\/"},"modified":"2009-04-06T22:15:02","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T02:15:02","slug":"york-county-commissioners-outr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/universal\/york-county-commissioners-outr\/","title":{"rendered":"York County Commissioners Outraged by Jail Vandalism"},"content":{"rendered":"

1850s York County Prison<\/em><\/strong>
\nHere we were with a nice new jail that resembled a castle and someone had the nerve to deface the tablet over the entrance. When you look at the photo above you wonder how in the world anyone could get to it unnoticed. The arched entrance is quite high and very visible from the street and from the railroad track. The tablet must be the light colored rectangle above the arch.
\nThe commissioners certainly took offense, offering a substantial reward and threatening to throw the book at the perpetrators, as reported in the Democratic Press<\/em> of September 5, 1854.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

“FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.<\/strong><\/div>\n

Whereas, some malicious, evil disposed person has defaced the marble Tablet placed over the entrance of the New County Prison for York County. The above reward will be paid for the detection and conviction of the said person, and any one who may be caught defacing or otherwise injuring any part of the said building, will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
\nPHILIP SHEFFER,
\nGEO. DICK.
\nFELIX C. HERBERT
\nCommissioners of York County.”
\nFor sake of comparison: Barnum’s Museum and Menagerie, the premier circus of the day, was appearing in York. Admission was 25 cents, so if you turned in the vandals, you would have enough cash to treat 200 of your dearest friends to “the largest Traveling Exhibition in the world.”
\nClick the links below for more on York County prisons.
\nEscape from earlier jail.<\/a>
\nA still earlier escape.<\/a>
\nAnd from the one above.<\/a>
\nFire at the next prison.<\/a>
\nJail expenses in the 1820s.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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