Submitted By Lisa Malloy, 10/25/18
On Saturday, October 20, 2018 the Haddam Historical Society hosted a Cell Block Tour of the Haddam Jail featuring former inmates who served time in jail in the 19th and 20th centuries. Featured were the Notorious Widow McIntosh jailed for arson and burglary and released after four months to her little house on Candlewood Hill Road. She later was washed away in the famous 1869 Higganum flood, the only local casualty of that storm. Also jailed was Fred Henderson for stealing a car. He married his very pregnant girlfriend, Dorothy Cooper while behind bars in 1921. Visitors also met the famous forger Mrs. Harper who had more aliases than the Haddam phone book. Other prisoners included bigamist Thomas Moran and sweet Susie Avery while former State Trooper Jack Calhoun told the story of murderer Emil Schutte of Cremation Hill fame. Over 300 people attended the event and the Haddam Historical Society would like to thank the Town of Haddam, Chris Corsa, Amy Roper, Joanne Nesti, Bill Schneider, Laura Schneider, Marijean Conrad, Dianne and Anne McHutchison, Ron and Mary Alice Matulevich, Sarah and David Neal, Jack Calhoun, Gerry Matthews, Arjun Badami, Valleri Freibauer, and Maranda Morrell.
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