The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-12-03

v hith locz ali OF TIE cells in q ter
Dare E whispered Joe from the hole in the
ceiling. and the next ninEte Dave had join
ed his brother and Humbesfson in the gar
ut Joe Was tbs first to attempt to crawl
down The hurrisdly Constructed rope. ard
il broke under his weight, letting him drop
about ten seet 10 The ground. Hnmberison
fdlowea next. and catching bold Of the VA
Ter sp0uf. succeeded in reaching the ground
in safsty Dawes surn came next, but be
missed his bold on the spout. and
fell more than half Of the entire
distance from the rope 10 the grourd. keiser
scaled the Eater pipe in safety By this time
Queer bsd eraEled into the Ioft. notvitb-
standing he warnings given him by the
dArkey and MeCzTty, who told him ihst be
could never crawl doxn s rope Both Of
these prisoners say that Qlser mas greatly
exciied and vas blowing ike bellows, and
that I.e Nicely had ordered him from The
frsp-dcor above to keep s;ill aud stay where
be was O be would XII him But Queer
sid. i am going 10 leave and two or
three MINUTES sfierEsrd the prisoners ieft
behind heard MS body falling 10 the ground,
quickly lallowed by his eris OF pain Nc
Csrty says that none Of the prisoners wanted
70 take ,saeer with them, and that Hnmbert-
son had told hiIn il be Eznfed 10 90 With
them he sBoald wait until they hsd dug the
hole through tile wall, when they would let
him know
A PRlsoSER's EARSlxG.
Meanwhile McCariy had gone to the foot
hole leading from The guards corridor and
passed no:e.Eith three dollars wrapped up
in il through to Sheriff NoMilIen's thirteen
year old son who was playing in the corri-
dor and asked him 10 give ii to Milt al once
and have him gel a registered letter. The
boy seemed - be IN no hurry about deliver
ing The note and in his excitement and fear
McC,arty was afraid something might hap
zen hy Viii the aifenp. TO escape might
lail and that the Nicely boys xoold ind out
that be had given them away and for thai
reason be csllei the boy back and took The
note ard money IRON him. he ssys that
be had been expecting their plans to De dis
covered svery day for a week .,ut was afraid
70 ieil what be knew. When the SsDerif
went into the jail after the four prisoners
bad made good their escape McCAriy hand
Cd him shes; OF paper on which The fol-
loEing was written;
Joe and Dave Is saving out. they viii
Iezse tonight, plsoea guard On lhe Sls SIDE
81 the corner next % the stable fou csn
come ard So for yourself but don't let them
know that told you ! have TO send this
mossy in orIier 70 fool the resi- Of the boy.
but be sure s3d give i back, come Up and
do not go 10 ihe place at once. You mus
NOT think hard q ne ify0cbear what ] said
Don'f tel anyone who told YOU ! trus1 you
viii do tbs, the combination box i open,
o0n1e s1d ses fo- yuurseif and you must
5same nse for il and they Won't eafeh on
JEkRf Mc1AETT.
LETTER THAT NEVER CANE
Mccary says Joe Nicely asked him to
take his ssichel into his cell and keep it un-
IL his fstber. A. a. Nicely, came for Il pro
vidins Mccarfy did not ges away and that
the Old man would bring him 3 letter that
nocne could eet any meaning oui ofexcept n 3
Mccarty. He SAYS further tina; il was agreed
upon smong tbose who were 70 escape. that
they would NEE. II chestnut grove north
Of ;he toll gate on the mountain shove
Laaghlinsfoxn, and from there Joe wss 70
o5nduot them 70 = cave that had been occu-
pied by himself and fellow rogaes on former
occasions and which be said they weuld 6nd
stocked with blankets. provisions and Ere
arms that had been deposited there by
Dawes and bis friends.
McCarsy's story WIS told Ia straighffor-
wsrd manner aEd seemed 10 impress those
sho heard Il with its truthfalaess
While the sheriff and his party were in
the jAil tie coEri hoase BEL was ruDg by
some Of the more excited citizens, and when
The Sheriff appeared among the crowd and
asked that al the men present follow him
TO the court nom, he was accompanied By
small number Of the great conconrse Of peo-
pie.
What's the use Of ne capturing them If
Ire Governor is neveE goisg 70 set day for
ihesr execution. and they are permitted to
break jsil whenever they choose p VS. heard
On Sn sides, while the same sentiment sP-
teared 10 be entertained By nineiy-nine out
Of every one hundred persons present
n IHE oorKr Room
The sLsriF announcel that be would give
g reward Of 500 fsr the re capture Of the
Sieelv bovs and would pzy the expenses Of
al the men present who would 20 in pursuit
Of them. John R scsst, E>g said he xoaId
add siee 10 the rsward offered by The Sheriff
ana John II Uhl, ESQ said he soald agree
10 give the same amount Not exceeding
ten men enlisted in she slsrif7s posse. and
soon as they could secure horses they were
sslF IN the direction Of Ligonser
TeEegrsms were sent To ali ofthe towns in
SonerSei and westmoreland coaLties tell
ing Of the escape. and dazens OF messages
were received asking for particular
There seemed to be 10 diversity Of opinion
in rezzrd to the direction the Nicely boys
would take, everybody apparently jumping
Al the conclusion that they would make for
the mountains above Liganier, with which
they are known 10 be familiar, and where
they cza be commaniested with BIZ Their
relsssxes. AZ the line Of their arrest. il will
be remembered. a nnsp Of The mountain
was founi II joe Sioely's possession, cover
ed With mysterious chA-zcierz- all Of which
be claimed were fall Of meaning to him and
abont which be declined 70 disa.ss szy'
thing a#
The ezctsInsnt csniinusd until late IN fh'
night, and Governor Beaver and the nes
coun,y jail were hsndled without gloves b,
the fhoronghly indignant ressdspss Of o.
sora-
oaisids Of de sAsH.rs oaisiAl heasehel'