Ogden Daily Standard | 1903-05-14 | Page 6 | Prisoner is Frightened

PRISONER IS frightened thinks he saw a couple of ghosts in jail corridor a colored prisoner at the county jail hns been the victim of much joking by fellow prisoners and has at the same time received a groat fright since alio jail improvements were waited the wall between the main jail corridor and the womans comans cell which waa used for alic insane people has been torn out kome of the overheard some ono about the jul idling about the number of insane people who tried to liang themselves upon tho beating pipes which run along the ceiling of alic cell knowing that was of a superstitious and did not relah bauli stories lie prisoners told of the number of people who had hung themselves there and the return of their ghosts ml stories were greatly elaborated and the supposed death of the victims was told in detail last night bubblo slept in alic jail corridor ily the time the latits ly tits were put out hubble had heard more stories of tho death aud hideous actions of many of weber countes coun tys jn feane finally ho mui up courage to take a candle anil go to the other end of the corridor for a drink A he cautiously approached the drinking tap he paw a couple of people wath ropa around necks drinking a red fluid from the tap lie giap ft ell and ran down the corridor nt the came time colliding with a chair anil jumping over a table fijn chiea soon brought jailer sam cave in full undress and deputy sheriff hoa shiaw to the door lo 10 if a ight was on amoia the prisoners A few faint chuckles from allie nearby cells told hie that me nerg had been doing they told th zt his beara were groundless and locked ham jn a cell with the othora 1 l 1