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| Officials to Offer Jail on Internet |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 06/15/2001 |
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For sale: one jail, 115 years old, sleeps 147. Daviess County officials have agreed to auction a jail over the Internet, although fiscal court members haven't settled on an asking price. 'It's an asset for the county,' said county Judge-Executive Reid Haire. 'And its value is whatever someone is willing to pay for it.' Several groups interested in preservation are seeking a $5,000 federal grant to research possible uses for the building. The jail was the site of two hangings in 1905, and it lists notorious Chicago gangster George 'Bugs' Moran as a former inmate. Haire said the county would then take 60 to 90 days for discussions on uses of the old jail before posting it on the eBay auction site. The county plans to transfer inmates in July to a new jail, the 423-bed Daviess County Detention Center. |
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