NEWGATE PRISON AUCTION ( N.Y.TIMES ) , 1903.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Newgate Prison Relics Sold
Articles with grusome histories fetched very low prices at public auction
LONDON FEB 4, 1903.
The relics of Old Newgate Prison were sold at auction this afternoon and hardly fetched the value of scrap iron.There was a large crowd of spectators present, including a number of Americans, but the bidding was very slack. There was some competition for the old oak, the hangman's key and the cupboard mentioned in
" Barnaby Rudge ", which brought $62.50.
The old death bell fetched $500. The staff on which the black flag was hoisted went for $60, copper washbowls used by the prisoners were sold for $5 each, nine plaster heads of persons executed were knocked down at $25 and the main entrance door, which was broken down by the Gordon rioters, brought $150.
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