Newport Jail News
Daily Press, Tuesday, 3 May 1859, page 4
The US Soldier, who was arrested a few days since, and placed in the Newport jail, for stealing a watch, succeeded, Sunday night last, in effecting his escape. He has not been arrested.
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Penny Press, Saturday, 27 August 1859, page 4
Our City Marshall, Mr. Cook, yesterday received a letter from McDonald, a burglar, who escaped from the Newport Jail some time ago, purporting he was in the Fairmount Virginia Jail and invited Mr. C to come up and see him. The officers have been on the lookout for him ever since his escape, but up to the time of the letter, nothing had been heard of him. Mr. Cook telegraphed to the authorities of Fairmount to hold McDonald until he arrived there.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, Tuesday, 3 March 1863, page 5
The prisoners confined in the Newport Jail, consisting of two white men and two negroes, effected their escape yesterday morning between the hours of three and four am, by removing a few bricks in the wall of the building near the door. The work was performed with a chisel, which they procured in some manner.
The names of the white men are Joseph Sterling and Thomas Stockwell. The former is a resident of Newport and was charged with stealing a coat. The latter was confined on the charge of house breaking. He lived in Covington. The negroes, who are fugitive slaves, will probably be captured.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, Thursday, 7 May 1863, page 2
A locksmith named Patrick Smith, doing business on Sycamore street, in under arrest on the charge of having made the key used by Pancoast in opening his cell, by which he escaped from the Newport Jail on Saturday night last. A man name R W Becroft is also in custody on the charge of conveying the order to Smith to make the key.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, Thursday, 14 May 1863, page 2
A Cincinnati detective police officer caught David Pascoast, who escaped from the Newport Jail, a short time ago at Marietta Ohio on Tuesday.
A man named John Oder, residing near the mouth of Ten Mile Creek, Campbell County, was arrested yesterday and brought on the charge of utterling disloyal sentiment. He was lodged in the Newport Jail.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, Monday , 19 October 1863, page 3
David Pancoast, who has been confined for six months past in the Newport Jail, awaiting trial before the Circuit Court on the charge of grand larceny was released on Saturday, upon giving $600 bail.
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Cincinnati Daily Commercial, 10 August 1864
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Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, Tuesday, 31 October 1865, page 3
The inmates of the Newport Jail firmly believe that the building in which they are confined is haunted. They say that every night about the witching hour of twelve, a very ghostly looking man, wearing a plug hat, glides into their cells, although they are locked and after looking around a moment departs.
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Cincinnati Daily Gazette, Thursday, 27 December 1866, page 1
The following is the opinion of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky in the Newport Jail Case, delivered Dec 19, 1866:
"Jonathan Horsfall, applicant vs. Henry Hamilton. The legislation of the State and city ordinances harmonizing with the city jail in Newport to municipal uses, under the care and superintendance of a special keepers, independent of the county jail and county jailer, whose duties are confined to the county jail and cannot conflict with the city jailer. If a State prisoner be committed to the city jail, his custodian will be the city jailer and the county jailer will neither have control over him nor have responsible for his safe keeping."
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Cincinnati Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 27 March 1867, page 1
John Spronk, a citizen of Dayton Ky. was committed to the Jail of Newport yesterday for five days, by the Mayor of the former place for abusing his wife and family.
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Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, Thursday, 25 April 1867, page 1
R W Becroft, indicted some three years ago for aiding prisoners to escape from the Newport Jail, having fled the country, judgment was awarded against his surety, Mary K Williamson for $500.
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Cincinnati Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 13 August 1867, page 1
D W Clark and a women claiming to be his wife, arrested on the charge of stealing two horses, one belonging to Joseph Clark of Jamestown and the other to James Southgate, residing a few miles back of that place. Detective Clint Butts visiting the Newport Jail and identified Clark as the man who stole a horse form the late James C Foy of Covington in 1860, for which he was sent to the Kentucky Penitentiary for a term of four years.
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Cincinnati Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 17 December 1867, page 2
Two prisoners in the Newport Jail named West and Theising, attempted to make their escape Friday evening. They succeeded in removing a few bricks from the wall of the building when their operations were discovered and a stop put to them.
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Cincinnati Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 9 June 1868, page 1
Thomas Orrell, a crazy man who has been in the Newport Jail for a week past, made a determined effort to escape yesterday morning while the jailer had the door open for a few moments. Mr. Horsfall called the Mayor and several others to his assistance and the lunatic was finally forced into a cell.
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Cincinnati Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 15 September 1868, page 1
George Clinton and Andrew Lytle, the two men who are charged with stabbing Robert Adams, were brought back from Cincinnati yesterday and lodged in the Newport Jail.
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Cincinnati Daily Gazette, Monday, 14 December 1868, page 1
The Newport Jail is without a single occupant at the present time. The jailer says he will take boarders at reduced rates and if he fails to secure them in this way, he will receive a few just for their company. Jonathan is in earnest about this.