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Soon after Sutton County was organized in 1890, the commissioners authorized the Pauley Jail Building and Manufacturing Co. of St. Louis to erect this jail. Construction began in Feb. 1891 under the supervision of Judge J.L. Dunagan. Completed in Sept. 1891, the two story native stone building included a jailer's residence in addition to cells for lawbreakers. The first prisoner held here was gambler and gunman John Denson, a cousin of outlaw John Wesley Hardin.
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