The Wetmore Calaboose was begun on November 20, 1882, and completed on July 7, 1883, at a total cost of $263.40, including the purchase of Block 22, Lot 20, from Elvis Campfield. Its walls were built of 15-inch-thick native stone, and the inside ceiling and wooden door were covered with metal sheeting. The original jail had an earthen floor, but a concrete floor was laid many years later after a prisoner tried to dig out. The first prisoner in the newly built calaboose was John Martin, arrested on Aug. 31st, 1883, for disturbing the peace and quiet of Wetmore by getting drunk; he pleaded guilty, was fined $1.00, and paid a total of $3.00 including court costs. The Wetmore Police Log records the last arrest and incarceration there on June 22nd, 1942, when a defendant was charged with disturbing the peace by appearing on the streets drunk, using vile and obscene language, and resisting arrest by cursing and striking the officers; the fine and court costs totaled $6.50. A.W. Dickson was Police Judge and Wm. Porter was City Marshal. Although several later prisoners have been named, no written account later than June 22, 1942, has been found. Local anecdotes about City Marshal John Rucker recall that during the Depression years he sometimes locked traveling men inside for their own protection so they would not be robbed, and that on one occasion he used pliers from his overalls to pinch a reluctant drunk on the cheek and make him go along.