Enoch Young and his brother-in-law went their separate ways after the separate trials...by the time Gilman was acquitted in Kenton in 1881, Enoch was almost one year into his lifetime sentence at the house of horrors known as the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus.
The State Prison opened in the state capitol in 1834, finally closing in 1983...it was described in it's history as primitive at best.....the peak population year was 1955 when well over 5,000 prisoners were housed their at one time.
I visited the location in 1983 shortly after it's closing....the checkered past included two major riots, the Halloween Riot on October 31, 1952, and another in 1968...there was one major fire that claimed 322 inmates in 1930.
The building and land was eventually purchased in 1993...and the Nationwide Arena, home of the Columbus Blue Jackets NHL Hockey team currently calls it home.
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Enoch's daughters fight to free their father...that story next.
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(photo-the old prison}
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Enjoying this. Good job.
Hi, my name is Joseph Rittman Houseworth. My grandfather, Rittman Wayne Houseworth Sr. was from Medina OH until relocating to northern California (Eureka) in the 30s or 40s. I am trying to find the origins of our family in the US, and it may be that we are related. I believe we are also related to the Lance family. My email is bmwjoe@motomugger.com. Can you contact me? Thanks!!
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