The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-03-11
THIRTEEN SHARP SAWS
FOUND IN THE NICELY BOYS
CELLS SUNDAY.
Tnzr GAVE -zn Ur wr1Lserr WEEK
THr FovxD THEy xoulD sO1 CIT TIE
TEu BsEs


Thirteea bright, k=sz-too,hei ssseI SAWS
measuring from 6ss 70 nine inches in length
and Of the thickness ofezaih,ozrd, we're found
IN The cells occupiea By The Nicely boys in
the county jail. Sunday. Sheriff Good vas
walking throogh the corridor into which the
Nicely boys eells open. az noon. xheu his
attention wzs attracted By bright spo. on
one Of The bars Of Dare Sicelys cell door.
almost six feei above the hoor. and jass oy,-
Eosite the stalEzrz sberids eyes The sher-
il did not stop to make an examination bgt
pEOoeeied al once 10 the tioCTt House, where
be invited two or three gentlemen 10 return
TO the Jail with him. saying ihs. be believed
the Nicely boys xere preparing 10 make an
other attempt 10 esczpe
Going directly 70 The csIl occupied BY Dave
be conducted the prisoner into another cell
before commencing a searrh. IN sbo-l
time be sacceeaed in bringing seven Of sbe
dangerous little saws 10 light Some oftbem
rere concealed beneath the lids of Iha water
closef. Others in the seams between The
sheets Of sleel that compose the cell walls.
and one O. Two OF them we-s hidden be
tween the corrugated ceiling and the iron
beams on which il rests. All OF the saws
bad been carefully slowed away where The
prisoner could get At them aay moment
and prcceed 10 saw his way oa,-
How much viii you give Us i we tell
~
with laugh. vhen the sheriff held the sew
en- sharp piects Q. steel before his izre-
a You ought 10 leave Us a few for seed, any
way be continued
The sheriff replied that be thought be
oaald make better Use OF the saws than the
pris0ner.
A close watch was KEEP; on Joe Nicely TO
prevent him from throwing anything down
the closet while his brotier's cell was being
searched. and when sbe sheriff acoossed him
with. Wei. Joe bo~ many saws have
you in your cell = the prisoner oooIiy rs-
plied. :. guess yea can hnd couple in
here
Nov. Joe. III tell you what want you
10 DO. said Sheriff Good You remember
when We were school boys and ose the
boys Was hunting after something tha; had /
been concealed. The fellow who hid the OBJ /
iect would CAL oat. bot or cold, when The /
se.rcher was near or far froa il. That's 1
what want yoa 10 do while s1n looking /
for saws in your cell
The sheriff soon foand three saws con-
cesled in the seams between The plates and .
turning 10 the prisoner. asked, are there 1
any more
Well. ys. answered Joe. who knew
there uas nothing 10 be gained BY lying, 1
believe there Is one OF two in my bunk"
one sas. and file for sharpening the saws
were foGnd concealed in the TICK on the
prisoners bunk Is this al = demanded
the sheriH, after be had sdsabsiitaiei the tick
with one from another cell
e No. believe there : one there ia that
corner. responded the prisoDer- Aler the
sheriff had taken il on; Of the seam IN which
!. bad been concealed Joe remarked, '- You
have them ali nov they were OF 10 use 70
Is. a. the bars we're TOO hzra TO Dc sawed
Ihsse saws are good enough 70 get through
= paddock with. but are not strong enough /
for cells ike thess"
Both Of the Nicely boys insist that the
saws we're in their cells since before their /
lzss attempt 70 escape in Decenbs-, bat this
can hardly be possible, because after they /
we're returned TO the jail Joe Sioely vas
placed IN diferent cell froa the one in /
which he bad been confined. and none Of
he prisoners IN the jail have had access to
The mardererz corridor Sinoe that tine 1
Tie Nicely boys were both perfectly helpless, /
sor weeks following that s-senpt 20 esczpet /
and have never been permitted TO see one
another since then.
Sheriff Good Is satisfied that the saws Ezs
have been in The jail before be took possess
ION of il, Is be has been extremely careful |
thz, DO one should see the Nicely boys ex-
oepting their counsel and relatives and their
relatives we're never permitted 10 visit them 1
unless scoonpauied by 81 officer Many
persons are inclined 70 think. hoxeFer. that
the saw. were handed in by some Of The fe
male relatives Of the Sioelys when the offioeE
conduciisg them Vas of his guard
The fact that thirteen saws were concealed
il bis Own and his brothers cell may &C
count for Joe Sioeiy's shAming insanity.
Sheriff Good bad noticed that the lock on
Joes cell had been iznpered with more
than week ago, bet said nothing about II
excepting to his deputies until his suspicious
were further aroused sunday Joseph prob
Ably realized thsi the jzil officials we're IN
ussslly viEilsns. aad thought BY sbaInming
insanity 10 throw them OF their g1ard-
When il Became known on the streets that
thirteen saws had been FUND N the Nicely
boys cells men stared 81 each other in blank
Amszemenf and dshDOk their heads
The resources Of the Nioelysa are wonderfa
and il Is within the possibilities thai they
NAV Be among the missing when the day
- for their execution arrives
Sheriff Good should lose 10 tim. in plac-
inz death watch on these desperate criu-
insls, As self-des;r1ction could very easily
be accomplished with such instruments a.
we're found IN their cells Sunday.