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


they arrived ihr7s. That j. daEhie tire
-ezarsi 81 red 6 = us. asisei Dase. Ferusr
spurned be ciI-re5 bribe. and sbout half
past eight o'cis~k he hiiehs,i up hi- horse
and br0ugsf tie POOR devil 10 the jail
on e1s-uinsfian, Dr. Eimmei found that
Dave Nicais's feis ankle zss badly broken.
5osh Of his asst f-czsu. and that his lea wriss
vas terribly sprained The Doctor did
svsrything ia Ais power to relieve the suffer
ings of iie miserable mar. bar kared he
Foais Henra5ls fe s.ge hira from as.ns q
helpless Fricre
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Toa FfR,la lerorer Dave N'resr sid
u am uos sorry that attempted to esoape.
and ihink any msu zonld have made the
sane ea5rt had be been in my position We
had our pans for escape all made and were
ouly waiting til an opporsune moment ar
Egei Tie time arrived saturday evening
The hole IN The sal vas al ready for Is to
20 through. ali thai renamed 10 be done was
to remove the outside brick Joe and Hum
bertsou went up into the Ion Of the jail hrst-
Joe was the 6rst to 60 down the rope and II
broke vf,h him Henderson followed
Joe. bat ! dent know hoE be got down
NJ turn oame next and ny bold on the
spo1i ar the SIDE Of the building slipped and
{ droPped TO the ground. sli crippled up.
Joe was waiting for me. and asked II Z was
hurt; I tod him that I could nos Ealk. and
be said thai his leg vas broken. We all got
over 10 the rear Of the Jail stable. when we
heard queer yell. told Joe and the other
fellows &C strike ont for themselves, and
they did 50. Then commenced 10 crawl
down the alley on my hands and knees, and
managed 20 ges over the fence A. the end Of
the alley laid there for al least an hour /;
heard the court house bell ring. and could
hear sbs people yelling Il il hadn't been
for the e1citeineat Of the people. would
have crav led back % the jail and given my
sell up but there i no telling Shst the peo-
pie would have done With me in their ex-
cited condition: my lex and arm pained ne
50 thar iound If very hard travelling on
my hands and knees. bur managed 10
reach tie barn where I was found some
time during the night and went into il.
thinking hat Z could secure 3 horse a get
away While in the barn thought Z heard
people Surrounding II. and climbing into the
ioh covered myself mp with straw my
SUFFERING was terrible al Of the time was
in the barn. and / thought il was guarded
by men from town; was very glsd when
vas discovered IN the morning. because I
could rot have lived there. in my condition.
much longer. have no idea where Joe i.
but Il be : where thiIk be IS. a thousand
men VII never ind bin.
Jos sICELT RETCESED To JAIL.
About O'Clock Tuesday afternoon two
horses hitehed TO a spring wagon drove qui-
ely up the street back Of The jail and stop
ped at the rear Of the shena-s residence. IN
the wagon were three men-two Of them
were easily recognized a. farmers Jonathan
J. Barclay and VIZ Miller. The third oc-
cupant Of the wagon zss muffled up in
heavy overcoat and had q felt bat pulled
vel down over his eye. The two farmers
aiigdted as SON a. the wagon stopped and
assisted their companion down and into the
basement Of the Jail 10 3 few moments
Mr. Barclay returned TO the wagon and
smlingIy announced % the small crowd
that had gathered around il that the nan be
bad just taken into the jail vass no less
personaEe than Joe Nicely
In response 10 the HEz,Ln scr.bes request
70 tell bin the story of Joes arrest Mr.. Bar
clay good nature5lly replied. vel. there Is
not much 70 tai. AL my neighbors' barns
were being searched - / concluded 10 search
mine.
- searChei The barn this morning.
would Jam my FORK down into the straw
and Would boiier Nicely cone out here and
gei good dinner I had no idea that be
was in ny barn. Just aaer dinner my lii
tie hi-ed Coy. Robert Hochsteiler. Is OF Il
years old. and went to the barn to feed the
cattle 7 was giving the stock their fodder,
when the toy came running down from the
ihreshing ioor and said there was some one
ap there and be believed il was Nicely.
a-Ar- rtaAA "a z aait al4Al4 au- -f41r-N -A-iAAlz
on a log on the m0x. He said be was Joe
Nicely snd that he bad sprained his Ieg and
eouldn't 20 any further said the rope tore
when be Vas trying % get out ofths jail and
he fell and hun himself. helped him 10
the house be was trembling. and could
scarcely Ealk when We got him % the
house my neighbor. Nm Miller came be
ar5 harbsd bis sprained foot in coid va
ter We then gave him dinner, hitched the
horses TO the spring wagon and brought hin
10 jaii be ssked US NOT 70 tel any one who
be was til after he was back in Jail be had
thin clothes on, and was almost perished I
put my ofero1at aud cap on aim when se
started 20 town his lef hand was badly
skinned aad torn, and Was very much sEol-
len coming up the road he said / dspise
goiHE into that jail again have ben there
for u mouths almost Two years coming
up The alley be pointed to the hole ID the
val o. the jar. and said, there Is the hole
came out Of
JOBS srlEY oF rHE EscArE
A reporter Of the Hzs.1n visited Joe Vice
ly in his cell ten minutes after be bad
been returned 70 H. He said. " want to tell
you tie straight story, and everything tel
you WIZ Be the truth We bean this JOB
four or hre days before We got out ali the
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