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Title	Jail/prison legend, Lake County, Indiana
Alternative Title	Jails and prisons; Prisons and jails;
Genre	Legends -- Crimes Legends
Description	Dorothy Goldschmidt's transcribed interview of Mrs. John Goldschmidt about a prison legend. According to Goldschmidt, there was a prison where the prisoners were going missing. Officials said they were escaping, but when the prison yard was dug up many bodies were found. The guards had been killing prisoners and burying the bodies so no one would find them. The prisoners were killed so the prison didn't have to pay to feed or house them.
Informant	Goldschmidt, Mrs. John
Collector	Goldschmidt, Dorothy
Date of Original	1970-04-24
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Lake County -- Hobart -- 1970
Subject	Legends Jails Prisons Prisoners Prison guards
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2011-07-21
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2011 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf-JailsandPrisons002

Jail/prison legend, Lake County, Indiana

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