Grim Old Prison of Sing Sing Passes Into History
(United Service) Reed. 9.5 a.m. VANCOUVER, Wednesday. HISTORIC old Sing Sing prison, a shelter for thousands of “crooks,” has passed into history. Its antiquated stone cells, poisonous with memories of over a century of human wretchedness, have been abandoned for a beautiful new building costing £1,000,000, and housing 1.700.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 552, 3 January 1929, Page 9
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58Grim Old Prison of Sing Sing Passes Into History Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 552, 3 January 1929, Page 9
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