illegal gambling – Noel B. Poirier

Ruffled Feathers: A Gunfight at the County Jail

Aerial view of the Tuscarawas County Jail and grounds, c. 1930. (Source: ohiomemory.org)

Early in the evening on a cold February night in 1912 neighbors of the Tuscarawas County Jail on East Fair Street in New Philadelphia heard the sounds of gunfire ring out. It was the exclamation point on a busy and successful weekend by local law enforcement, having broken up a large gambling event two daysContinue reading “Ruffled Feathers: A Gunfight at the County Jail”