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Old Hunt County Jail to BeUsed as City Bastile After♦ ♦♦♦♦♦Work Finished on BuildingMayor A 8. Moore and City Attorney Linton L. Bowmai today closed a year * contxMt with the Hunt County Comfldssloners' Court for the uae of the old Hunt County Jail at the Intersection of Jordan and Stuart streets as a city prison. Work will begin tomorrow on renovating the bu'ldlng to prepare it for receiving prisoners arrested by city officers, and Its use as a city prison will begin Immediately after the renovation Is completed Mayor Moore sa‘d.The contract agreed on by Mayor Moore, City Attorney Bowman and the Commissioner's Court was satisfactory, according to Mayor Moore. It was stipulated by the Commissioners' Court that the city would renovate the building, make minor Improvements and keep It tn the best cond'tlon possible as long as the contract endures.Polk Gets KeysKeys to the historic old buildingwhich served both the county and city as a Jail, were placed In cua tody of Mayor Moore and he In turn presented them to Chief of Po lice 8am R Polk. When the city takes over the baUdlng and places Its f rat prisoner within Its walls. It will have been more than three years since It was last occupied. In 1S29, prisoners confined In this building were moved to the new county Jail atop Hunt County'sSee JAIL on Page 8.Rumor GangsterHeld in Mexico— ^ ^ Came from JokeMEXICO CITY, May 18. (AP).— A search bv nolle#* nffWn ihrAnoh.
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Greenville Evening Banner
Greenville, Texas, US
Wed, May 18, 1932
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