Podcast Episode 74 – Warden C. P. Hoyt and his Magnificent Spanking Machine

Warden C. P. Hoyt had a long history in Law Enforcement and was an experienced penitentiary warden when he came up with a new, more effective way to punish unruly prisoners.

A newspaper’s drawing of what a spanking chair could look like.

References:

Clarence Patee Hoyt. (n.d.). FamilySearch. Retrieved July 11, 2023. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKMY-J79.

Rufus K. Hoyt. (n.d.) FamilySearch. Retrieved July 11, 2023. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHQK-RWY

Person Record: Clarence Patee Hoyt. (n.d.) Golden History Museum and Park. Retrieved July 11, 2023. http://goldenhistory.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?keyword=Hoyt%2C%20Clarence%20Patee

Gardner, R. J. (n.d.). Mayors of Golden. Gardner History & Preservation. Retrieved July 12, 2023. http://gardnerhistory.com/goldenelected/mayors/

Westlake, G., Pierce, F. W., & Wilson, A. D. (1885, July 17). Report To His Excellency, Benjamin H. Eaton, Governor of the State of Colorado. Reprinted in The Idaho Springs News. 3.

Holmes, H. J. (1895, February 15). Buena Vista Reformatory. The Avalanche-Echo. 1.

Author Unknown. (1898, March 15). Mechanical spanking. The Herald Democrat. 7.

Logan & Turner. (1898, April 7). The Spanking Machine. The Chafee County Republican. 2.

Hardy, G. (1899, April 6). Warden Hoyt. The Cañon City Record. 2.

Author Unknown. (1899, August 6). Hoyt will explain his invention. The Rocky Mountain News. 5.

Author Unknown. (1900, August 21). Condensations. The Rocky Mountain News. 5.

Author Unknown. (1902, November 20). Ho! He’d Spank!. The Rocky Mountain News. 5.

Paddock, L. C. (1918, February 16). C. P. Hoyt, Noted Warden of Colorado Pen, Is Dead. The Daily Camera. 2.