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

lo-y TIE ,,orsss,,sfi,I, toxes earh couiain lev
hour or tive after SUPPER, before they are poi
10 bed f5r the night For these reasons he
streets ofSomerssf always present. sn anina-
ted appearances of 2 Saturday sEening and
last sstardsy evening wzs no exception 70
the rule. A few niartes before seven Q eioek
the Il nair on Main Cross street, ths thor
ougbfAre mostly crowded, was startled [ ?
cries of help helpr TIE Cry cane from
The direction Of the court house and mo
ment following came The shout the Nee
ly's have escaped Had ball Of fre fallen
from. the heavens in the midst ofthe crowd
assembled OF this stree. i. coald not have
caused greater CONSERVATION. But there
was no tine 10 conjecture and ssery oocy
rushed psll msli TO the jail. The cry was
:akea % by hundreds OF voices and IN 3
vsrv f.x minutes almost the entire HoPula-
ton Of the town was cro~sa into the jail
ward in al excited and infarist~d mass
cEIEs o. rak rRAIR,z ss-F.
Serarzi genllentn were sitsins il The
HEksLp ofsiee euie:iy reading few minutes
besare. when sn9aenly their attention was
stirsc-ed by ihus, as though caused oy TIE
ali Of heavy body GA ibe earth outsids-
Hnrrying to the i ,or, their ears were piers
es IL the asonizing shrseks OF nan eFi-
dea.lr suffering great bodily pair FslioT-
ins the direction Of the noise they were
brought to The northeast corner Of the IAiii
where they found & man writing On The
ground and insisting that he was bleeding
10 death. A glance sufhse3 TO show thar
general jail delivery had been accomplished,
and the alarmed wss raised inmediAieiy- 4
light was procured before The excited ioEHs
people had time to respond to the alarm
and bv its dim Light the features OF Alex
oa,sr. csmnsnly known Is the Prairie
Wolf were discerned IN ihs poor creature
who claimed that be xa. bleeding to death
Al his side lay large wooden blanket, wiiise
thirty feet above his head d2ngled the broken
end of quarter inch rope, which explained
hox Queer came 10 be o. the outside Of Tie
jAn walls in such Pitishle plight Very
little sympathy WIS shown the unfortunate
cripple. who had oaly been lodged IN Jail
one week before. charged with having SCI
hre to bis neigh5orlss Mr. AbTzm ssyits
barn. and he Was n isiy gathered into
blank,1 and carried iato the sherif's res
dence. HIS shrieks Of pain might have
gained him geniler treatment under any
Other circumstance, bat as i was. they only
elieited jeers from the rapidly ihersasiDg
crowd. When be announced that he would
have given "a ihoasand dollars Il he hsd
stzid in JAIL be was ordered TO sh1t Up On
penalty Of his life By this time Or. H. :.
Kimmei put il Al appearance and on exam
ination found that oa=er had sustained 5
double fracture bs,xeen the knee and hif
i1in,s Of his right lsg. The unlucky victim
has gone thr9agh life WITH his ieil leg badiy
crippled
Meanwhile the sheriff. accompanied by
his deputy. the janitor and number Of CIT
gems, hsi gone into the Jail 10 make an ex
animation. while The vast crowd gathered
on the outside were giving vent 70 their IL
dignalion at the insecurity Of the new jaii
and expressing their views Of Governor
Bsaser's diiato-y eJarse II p-olonsing the
day for the execution Of the Nicely boys.
The Sheriff fund two Of the seven prisoners
he haiIef. in the jail Al hour before siill
there. Jere MeCar;y, one legged boy q
sb0ut twenty years, who is aEaiIing iriAi
on 8 charge Of enbszzIeDeri, ARd negro
charged with carrying concealed weapons.
MeCarty told yery interesting story to cur
reporter Sunday morning. he says Fred
Humbe-.son, the lockwood bargiar, sawed
The lock of the trap door ten days ago and
went up izto the loft every daJ thereafter,
where he ceaid be heard working on The
back wall. The 6oy Keiser alxATs stood
guard and bad plenty Of tine m which 70
notify Hazaberts5n of the approach oi
any OF the ;aii osscisls- McC4-ty claims 10
have heea in the fall c0afi isace Of the Nlce-
IL boys and had talked over tb- plan Of
escape ~itb them frequently. l. was frsi
intended to oyerpowe- the deputy, take the
keys from him and walk olt. McCArsT vas
10 hold the Deputy while Hnnberto7,
Keiser. and fhs dArkey were tote Am. A
the last minute Mcc4uy weakened and this
pan fell through
THEY TOOK THE ROPE EerTE
When /; vas finally decided te 70 hy the
rope route, il was sgreed that Joe Nieel y and
HanbeusOn were 10 travel together, whale
Dave and Ks;ser were TO Be conpanioHs.
Ncczrsy. being cripple. was 70 find his wsy
to the home OF 4 A. Nicely. father Of Joe
ard Dave. and that venerable ge1tle-nan
was TO conceal hiEn. The LOCKS on the Nice-
IL boys' cells were saved more than ball
through q week ago. the seams being flied
with tin fsil and saw filings and every thing
was in readiness 10 leave when ihesppoinsed
time should srrive The prisoners al koes
that the bolts inthe continuation box bad re
fused 70 fsfin their grooves repezicoiy and al
Eve O'Clock Saturday evening. sfeef. the sae7-
il hsd finished showing Sheriff elect Good
through the jail Il was known. thsi theccin-
binafion box was not IN working order
Preparations 10 leave were Al once begun
The Nicely boys were soon released ron
their cells and hsd bid shf saws beneath ths
dry closets. When the door Of Husneert
soa's cell was opened il required very li'il'
esf,rt 10 crawl frc-n II through the rap d0ol
shove. Hunbersson vas the first 10 go ~
The blankets and hammock in bis cell wen
handed 70 him. snd in secOnd Joe Nicsl,
,oinsd him. Il wzs almost seTen O'Clock b,
this tine. and the prisoners were greatly ex
cited Joe and Humbertson were engage
in making a rope BY the light Of = snaal
handiAmp that had been handed Up &
them. aud EenoTsng the outer layer ofbr7ck
frouu tie hole that bad been dag aloagsie
tae xsier syeas in The northeast c0snsr Q
lhe wall Everything IS ready come OF