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| Ocean to Ocean Highway Bridge | Original Adobe | PICT9330.jpg | Colorado River Rafters | 1875 Prison Entrance |
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| Water Supply | Main Guard Tower | Maximum Occupancy 49 | Behind Bars | Museum |
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| Chief Pasqual's Favorite Daughter, Age 17 | Chief Pasqual's Daughter and Son-in-Law | Indian Men | Indian Women | Captain T.J.F. Iagger, Chief Pasqual, 3 Ferry Service Indian Runners |
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| Small Doll Cradle Board | Quechan Indian Doll | Cocopah Paddle Wheel Ferry | Gold Dry Washer - Separates Gold from other particles | Crucibles used in assaying Gold Ore |
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| Lamp | Convict
Ryan Suicide, Dan Ryan, a prison convict, committed suicide by hanging
himself in what is known as the "snake den," a place for
keeping unruly prisoners in solitary confinement. It is only
used in extreme cases. Ryan was one of the most vicious and
insubordinate convicts in the pen and has spent a large portion of the
past two years in solitary confinement as a result of his ungovernable
temper an utter disregard of prison rules and discipline and even
common decency. Ryan was sent from Graham County and was under a
sentence of fife years for the crime of sodomy.
Arizona Sentinel, May 6, 1903 |
J.H. Floyed Died Aug 22 1883 | As the sheriff's posse from
Tombstone were bringing their batch of convicts to the penitentiary
last Friday night, one of the prisoners, Pete Devaux, under 10 years
sentence, jumped from the window of the train was then about 10 miles
this side of Gila Bend, and Devaux struck his head upon a stone
culvert, fracturing his skull in a number of places. The
conductor stopped the train, and when they got back to where the man
was lying he was unconscious. He was placed in the baggage car,
and brought to Yuma. He died the next day, and was buried Monday
afternoon about one o'clock.
Arizona Sentinel, December 8, 1883 |
The flag
on prison hill was at half mast Sunday on account of the death of one
of the prisoners.
Arizona Sentinel, July 16, 1892 |
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| The High
Pardoning Power released a prisoner from the penitentiary on last
Monday. It seems that one of the inmates named Brooks was in an
excavation being made in one of the banks when a cave-in occurred
burying him in the debris. D. Baldwin was sent for at 1 P.M.,
but found the man beyond medical aid, and he was evidently injured
inwardly. A Coroner's inquest next day found the facts to be as
above, and that no blame could be attached to anyone. The weight
of the falling dirt drove Brooks astride a pick which bufied one of
its points in his body fully three inches.
Arizona Sentinel, September 13, 1884 |
Exie Sedgemore was found guilty of assault by a jury who was shocked to hear the Judge sentence her to the Yuma Territorial Prison. Feeling the verdict was too harsh, the jury signed a petition to have her released. She served only three months of her sentence. | Teresa Garcia was convicted of stealing a grey dress, a set of silver knives, a jewelry case filled with a watch, gold finger rings, earrings and cuff buttons. | Jennie McCleary worked as a laundress at the prison. Asking for a few yards of striped prison material, she made her own uniform in the fashion of the day. | Fanny King was the last woman convict to enter this prison. When the prison was moved to Florence in 1909, all the women inmates were transferred along with the rest of the prison population. |
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| Eulogia Bracameyate was called ... newspapers, "The Husband Slasher," ...knife she attacked her husband's back ..., delivered his... hide to shoe .. strings...not fatal. | Pearl Eiker was the only woman to die in prison. Seven months after entering the prison she died of a bowel obstruction. | Maria Moreno was sixteen when she took a shotgun and blew off the side of her older brothers head. They had been arguing about her conduct at a public dance hall. | Georgie Clifford had an eight grain a day morphine habit when she entered prison. Working with the doctor, she was down to less than a grain when she was pardoned. | Isabella Washington, an unmarried girl of 19, was went to prison for throwing her new born baby into an irrigation canal near Tempe. |
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| Kate Nelson, along with B.W. Birch, was convicted of breaking the federal law called the Edmunds Act. The charge was adultery and both parties were found guilty and sent to this prison. | Alfrida Mercer became involved with a younger man, Fred Crossley, both were convicted of adultery. Her husband an children stood by her to the l... | Chirst with a Crown of Thorns | Print from a painting done by Gabriel Max, an Austrian born in 1840. The original is in a private collection in Prague. If you watch the eyes they will appear to open. The frame was made by a Yuma convict from the wood of the crucifixion thorn tree, which grows locally and in the Holy Land. | Lace Collar |
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| Lace Collar | Chile's Chemise | Thorn Bush | Thorn Bush Frame | Cribbage Board, Utensils |
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| Horse Hair | PICT9388.jpg | American Weapons, Harper Ferry Musket, Model 1847, U.S. Springfield Muzzel Loading Rifle 1858 (Used in the Civil War), Winchester 22 Caliber Rifle, Model 1873, Marlin Lever Action Rifle, 45 Caliber, Pat 1880, Marlin Lever Action Rifle, 32 Caliber, Pat. 1892, Winchester Lever Action Rifle, 32 Caliber, Model 1894, Winchester Bolt Action, 22 Caliber, Childs Rifle, Pat. 1899, American Training Rifle During WW1, Bolt Action | American Weapons, Harper Ferry Musket, Model 1847, U.S. Springfield Muzzel Loading Rifle 1858 (Used in the Civil War), Winchester 22 Caliber Rifle, Model 1873, Marlin Lever Action Rifle, 45 Caliber, Pat 1880, Marlin Lever Action Rifle, 32 Caliber, Pat. 1892, Winchester Lever Action Rifle, 32 Caliber, Model 1894, Winchester Bolt Action, 22 Caliber, Childs Rifle, Pat. 1899, American Training Rifle During WW1, Bolt Action | Foreign Weapons, W.W. Greener Musketoon Falling Block Action Shotgun, French 1878, 11mm Carbine Rifle Drop Action T-Bolt, Italian Toreni 6.5mm Caliber Rifle, Pat 1883, Enfield Single Shot Rolling Block Rifle 458 Caliber, 1887, Italian Bolt Action Rifle 1913 7mm Carbine, Russian Rifle 1934, 7.61mm Carbine, Austrian Steyer Rifle 8mm Carbine, German Mauser Bolt Action Rifle, World War 1 (Fond in the Argonne Forest Nov. 22, 1918 |
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