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Mattie Lemmons was a female prisoner incarcerated during Warden C. P. Hoyt's tenure. The penitentiary record and photograph are the courtesy of the Colorado State Archives.


Prisoner #: 1138
When convicted: December 26, 1884
When received: December 28, 1884
Crime: Murder
Sentence: 10 years
County sent from: Arapahoe
Date of birth: N/A
Age: 32
Height: 5' 4-1'2"
Weight N/A
Complexion: Mulatto
Color of eyes: N/A
Color of hair: N/A
Occupation: Housekeeper
Education: N/A
Where born: Kentucky
Name of parents: Myers N. Belle, 513 East Locust Street, Des Moines, Iowa (mother)
Married or single: Single
Name of wife or husband and where living: N/A
Reads: Yes
Writes: Yes
Temperate: N/A
Tobacco: No
Prison before: No
Religion: N/A
Scars: Scar right side of forehead.
Discharged: March 18, 1891
Paroled: N/A
Comments: Both wrists double jointed.


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