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Domestic News
August 14, 1867
The Fairfield Herald
Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
A New Hampshire legislative investigating committee reports on lax conditions at the State Prison in Concord, revealing privileges for prisoners such as one keeping horses, living with his wife in the best room, another cutting hay outside, and a convicted murderess getting dental work on the streets.
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The State Prison at Concord, N. H., is evidently the felon's paradise. Witness the following particulars recently brought to light by an investigating committee of the New Hampshire Legislature. It appears from their report that one of the prisoners, Delany, was allowed to keep three horses in the stables and allowed to go out to curry them. His wife was also there, and she and her husband were allowed to occupy the "parlor chamber," the best room in the house. Another prisoner was detailed to cut the Warden's hay in a neighboring town, and a woman who had been convicted of murder, was allowed to get out on the streets of Concord to get her teeth "filled!"
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Crime
What keywords are associated?
State Prison
Concord
Investigating Committee
Prisoner Privileges
New Hampshire Legislature
What entities or persons were involved?
Delany
Warden
Where did it happen?
Concord, N. H.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Concord, N. H.
Key Persons
Delany
Warden
Event Details
Investigating committee of the New Hampshire Legislature reports that prisoner Delany kept three horses, went out to curry them, lived with his wife in the parlor chamber; another prisoner cut Warden's hay in neighboring town; woman convicted of murder got teeth filled on streets of Concord.