Schley County GaArchives News.....Ellaville Jail 1898 March 6, 1898
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Columbus Enquirer-Sun March 6, 1898
BROKE JAIL AT ELLAVILLE
 
Two Men Charged With Burglary Broke Cell Bars and Escaped.
 
Ellaville, Ga., March 5.--Red Oliver and John Willis broke jail last night and 
escaped.  The cells of the jail, and in fact the building, was built by the 
Panly Jail Company, of St. Louis, and this county paid them $5,600 for the 
same, but it seems as if the iron bars were broken as easily as could be.  The 
cross bars were broken off and the long bars pried apart and off they went.  
They were in jail for burglary.  Berry Meeks, who has just been refused a new 
trial by the supreme court, refused to go.  He is sentenced to the 
penitentiary for two years for arson.

Additional Comments:
Is this the ail building that still stands, or a predecessor(sp)?

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