OHIO PENITENTIARY Stereoview COLUMBUS Civil War PRISON Photo JOHN HUNT MORGAN for Sale

OHIO PENITENTIARY Stereoview COLUMBUS Civil War PRISON Photo JOHN HUNT MORGAN For Sale

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OHIO PENITENTIARY Stereoview COLUMBUS Civil War PRISON Photo JOHN HUNT MORGAN:
$249.99

Original antique 1878 Kelton & Gates stereoview of the Ohio Penitentiary. 15 years prior to this stereoview, Confederate Civil War General John Hunt Morgan escaped with several of his men. One of them, ThomasOne of them, Thomas Hines, left a note for "Warden N. Merion, the Faithful, the Vigilant" that read, "Castle Merion, Cell No. 20. November 27, 1863. Commencement, November 4, 1863. Conclusion, November 20, 1863. Hours for labor per day, three. Tools, two small knives. La patience est amere, mais son fruit est doux. (Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.) By order of my six honorable Ohio Penitentiary, also known as the Ohio State Penitentiary, was a prison operated from 1834 to 1984 in downtown Columbus, Ohio, in what is now known as the Arena District. The state had built a small prison in Columbus in 1813, but as the state's population grew the earlier facility was not able to handle the number of prisoners sent to it by the courts. When the penitentiary first opened in 1834, not all of the buildings were completed. The prison housed 5,235 prisoners at its peak in 1955. Prison conditions were described as "primitive" and the facility was eventually replaced by the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, a maximum security facility in Lucasville. During its operation, it housed several well-known inmates, including Civil War Confederate General John H. Morgan, Al Capone’s archnemesis George "Bugs" Moran, O. Henry, Al Jennings, Chester Himes, and Sam Sheppard. A separate women's prison was built within its walls in 1837. The buildings were demolished in 1997.On April 21, 1930, a fire broke out in the Ohio Penitentiary that would claim the lives of 322 inmates.The source of the fire came from a candle that was ignited on some oily rags, left on the roof of the West Block of the penitentiary. The cell block, adjacent to the start of the fire, housed 800 prisoners, most of whom were already locked in for the night. The inmates begged to be let out, but guards refused to unlock their cells, in fear of a mass prison break. The fire soon spread to the roof, which endangered the lives of the inmates on the Prison’s upper level. Approximately 50 inmates made it out of their cells, before the heavy smoke stopped the unplanned evacuation. The roof then caved in on the upper cells burning 160 prisoners to death. By the time the fire was controlled, 322 people were dead and another 130 were seriously injured.Investigations took place, after the tragedy, and the event was condemned by the press, as preventable. The reasons why someone started the fire has been heavily disputed. Prison officials claimed that three prisoners, carrying out an escape attempt, had intentionally lit the fire. Two of the three accused inmates died by suicide in the months following the fire, which helped to support these claims. Others believe that the fire had been an accident and that the prison officials accused the inmates to divert attention away from the administrations poor handling of the emergency.Regardless of the cause, conditions within the prison had been abysmal for years and action needed to be taken. In the aftermath of the fire, the state legislature created measures to address overcrowding. The General Assembly established the Ohio Parole Board in 1931, leading to the eventual release of thousands of prisoners.
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