The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-02

Dave subsequently, to'd ore Of he gsAr'is
/ that The regoivsrs had been banded 10 b
{ + re the sftemPt 70 b7ezk jail several weeks
previous bad been discovered and that
they ~ese handed to Joe through the ven
silasor.
goE's OILY ruysUK
H5ws Mil whes DID the balls strike
! him
whsn told ttat th4 asFarg she-iG rss ia
q very erisiesl condition and thar he ssl-
ie,s entrre.i Isl-s below me hear. be quietly
remarked
n; wont xii him they arr too low
How did this atf4iroocur. Joe p
Vel, DOW, III tel yoa all about Il We
were convicted when Ne were innocent. ard
IS the chances we're all against US. We deter
mined to escape Letters have been Feoe'F-
Ell too saying THAI the jail was to Be blown
uP wiki dynamite. and Ne didn't want 70 be
here when that happened
Yoa have gotten yourseif IN nice posi-
tton By attempting TO marteT the deputy
sheriff, veniured the reporter " can't
understand Why innocent men would made
break OF this kind
We made up our minds TO 20 about a
week ago. The sheriff went away this morn
iag everybody II town was likely al din
ner. and thought We eoald scare Milt In
stesd Of that be grabbed ne BY both wrists
when Jumped out of the door had new
Ct handled a self cocking revolver before and
It went Of accidentally Milt held on 70 me
and We kept on scufiing. when the pistol
again went OF I'm sorry if the shot hit
him
How does it come that Dave Ieit you 50
far in the rear when you were running ?
asked the reporter You know he's siekiy.
That's something can't understand.
used 10 do three miles without stopping I
guess this long confinement Is the reason.
/ Dave run Ike deer couldn't begin 10
keep up with him.
This kocks your case in the Supreme
Court high and dry. suggested some one
standing by.
/ suppose i, viii, said Joe we've
made bad mess Of it all around, and I'm
mighty sorry for IT,
Were the boys close 10 you in the wood -
should say they were one time lad
to draw in my legs to keep some fellows
horse from tr4nlpisg on them. Dozens OF
+ people passed within few feet Of me. NheI
Z ! first got into The woods and was running
Z bullet xhistled by my ear that think must
( have cat nv hair. When We got to the far
end Of the woods we saw that escape was cut
off,
when were the pistols handed into jail -
Let me see this IS Monday they were
handed IN through the ventilasor Monday
night
When Dave Nicely was searched loaded
revolver and an unbroken box Of cartridge.
were found in bis pockets.
Joe had thrown his revolver away before
be was captured, aud it was picked up few
feet from the spot. Two chambers had BEEN
discharged A large number Of loose car
tridges we're found in his pocket
Shortly after O'Clock four stalxart black
smiths appeared at the Jail with sled.es
sIung over their shoulders, and in q short
time the Nicely brothers the Rockvood bar
glars, and Lshr, who shot and killed young
seott at Confluence. were in chains. secured
10 the aoor of their cells.
TEE ATTACK
/ unlocked The door. said Deputy Ne
Milleu, TO permit the v4tchman TO take a
baeket Of water into the prisoners. A soon
IS the door was thrown open Joe Nicely
leaped out aad flashed revolver in my fsoe.
/ noticed one Of the prisoners inside had
draEn revolver on the ws;chman- / grab
bed Joe and ve commenced a scufiie al Of
my efforts were directed to keeping him
{ from getting a shot 81 q vital SPOT, but as
soon as be GOT the muzle Of his pistol oter
my heart be pulled the trigger. In about
minute be got another shot in the same
place Dave bad run ont in the meanwhile,
and as ! was playing losing game left
Joe 20 and staggered back to the jail door
I and turned the key. Then / went TO ny
room adjoining the hall for my ride By
/ this tine the women came running in. and
seeing that l vas shot. made me lie down.
JoE sHoI 70 XIII.
DO you think Joe meant 10 Kill you p
t oer
~of course be did; there can Be no doubt
OF Il, vas the reply While was sirug-
cling 10 keep the muzzie Of his revolver
away from my heart, his every effort was
directed toward getting shot s, a vital
part He kept watching lis revolver much
more closely than be did me. and then.
when b. was told where the bullets had
struck me be said al once that il wouldn't
Kill me; that il was too low showing that
ne had faH knowledge Of where 10 shoot to
kiH
The instant it covered ny heart, he pull
ed the trigger The second shot vas not
hred uIl eight o. ten seconds afterwari,
when he got another crack al the sane spot.
That he was shooting to kiH aad Whist be
was aiming at, is shown b. the holes in my
side. They are scarcely bali al inch apart.
and If i bad not been for my psss-5 box,
would noi De talking to you to-day.
rHE PAss-Bcok ssvED HIN.
For long time have carried this book
IN my upper left vest pocket The first bull
LEI struck the book. which deaected its
+ course, o. il would have gone straight in.
F aud probably struck ny heart
The book was produced and showed clear
( iy that the bullet had been slightly turned
I in downward direction By coming in con
z tact With il. A clean hole was made through
( the top cover and The first few pages. While
only the outside edges Of the other usres.
and the lower cover was cut BY the bullet.
-0h. Joe Is an old-timer at this sort Of
( business. and an expert shot, continued the
Deputy sheriH. did the similarity of the
Eay that Herman Um5erger and myself
( we're both shot ever strike yog2 Umberser
/ must have Nresiied With joe much the same
as d:i. and the balls entered his body al
most precisely At the same place they enter
( ed mine,oniy Umbsrgsr didn't have a friend
I " pass-boOk TO divert the course of one Of
the balls and 1t passed through his hear; and
3 killed him The revolvers used were Of the
! same eali0re aud pattern. II had had nv
revolver Joe would never have shot twice.
he gos the drop on me, bot l would have
bad the second shot, and the brave yoang
officer, his face eonIoned by the intense
pain be wAs enduring, sank YEARLY back on
his pillows.
M AeAilien recovered. although his life
Sas despaired Of foI some DAYS and wSs one
oi the death watch placed over the doomed