Show CITY JAIL TOOL FOUL FOULS I ITO S S TO AN EXTREME Dungeon D neon n Under Und r Police Station Reeks Filth I I PURE AIR I IS IMPO IMPOSSIBLE o OFTEN SO SEEN MEN BAVE EtA VE VETO TO STAND TIP uP I 1 1 Salt Lake has baa at sent time one of oC the worst Jails from a sanitary point Of view in to th the United States S To be con rott convinced on j vinced V of this one needs only to pause a aS S moment before the tile iron grating in m inS S front ot of the e stat n and catch a whiff of the stench that arises from the S cells below The temporary tem jail Is only twenty feet I wide by thirty f feet teet e t In la length and is situ situated situated directly under police n lice headquarters It is being occupied during the construe tion of the new NIl Jail It is nothing more than a dugout having a dirt floor with the foundation of the bul for walls I There inere are rude wooden bunks along the side that will accommodate about twenty men in every possible imaginable trying I the to eat from It Jt more store than twenty men are imprisoned there at one time as is 18 frequently the case the extra I ones have the choice o or sleeping SIeDing on the damp floor or standing up We Wednesday De day night there were wore forty men shea menI in the Black Hole and a glimpse into the lace ulace brought to mind the stories st rles of I I Andersonville and an Li prisons during dunn I the civil war The h bunks TV were ere all fu lf and the floor was literally covered cover a with men toes in every position po imaginable trying to snatch a little sleep I rhe he air In the place was foul tout The only means of ven yen ventilation is the grating gra in front about four feet long and eighteen eish n inches wide vide which does not t admit enough e h air to properly hs ventilate I a room with six she s people This j was the condition Wednesday night and while it is not always as bad as that S there is seldom a night that some persons do not have ha ve to sleep on en the tite floor without bedding S S I Dungeon Is Preferable Jailer Kimball said he was well aware of ot the condition of the prisoners but says that the police are powerless to remedy I it The city council will m not permit the themen th men lass to be taken to the Ute county jail jaB so 50 the i police POUce are compelled to put them theta in the beanery or turn them loose Tim The Jail il is doing good in n one respect c however ho v A man wG who has once o spent a night ht in the foul damp hole below the po police police police lice station will never go there again if he can help it An named John Kelly who it is saW saUl has seen the inside of nearly every jail JaU Il in the country was released yesterday esterday after fter doing ten tea days When asked how he would enjoy another I term he be said sakI saidI I tell teJi you bud Ive Iva been pinched I many a time but out dat joint down der den is de worst hole I Ive ve ever flopped In I weeded a guy guyS s poke in K C an got fifty in de dungeon but dat was easy long iong side sid e of dis No more of it for mine Im goin to blow de town n tonight |