New-York tribune., 1902-10-17
FIND IMENET READYTOE ESCAPE
MADE A KNIFE OF RAZoRLIkE
SHARPNESS.

When Ernest Menet the leader OF the BuchleS-
81 gang OF burglars. was detected In his second at
tempt TO cut his way out of the queens Coun'S
JAN ne declared TO Sheriff De HTassa Ind' NC
would not remain in the Jail two days alteI Oe'Ae
convicted Last night would have been the second
aiter his conviction, and early III the cNeIlis
Menet completing his preparations to Depart
ana from his preparations. IL Is oeheNeu he III
tended to use force in getting away aS ne H"u
armed himself with u most fOrmlddois "eaPo"-
He is spending the rest of the night In a doubly
locked cell. in front of which sits a deputy sherlH
armed with double barEelled shotgun WHICH ne
mas instruction to If need BE- Mehet Was "
have been sentenced tomorrow but because OF
the latest deveIopments County Judge Moore has
consented to sentence him this morning Wheh
sentence has been passed Menet will be taken oS
two deputy sherins to Sing Sing or Dannemora-
After being convicted Menets quarters were once
more shifted This time he was taken 70 a snaii
corridor OF cells on the top floor or the adlnstra
tion building Of the Jail Last evening one on the
jaiIers, making his round Of inspection, heaEu
scraping noise in that part OF the Jali' anu "'
once summoned Sheriff De Bragga-
Menet taken from the cell ana stIlPpeu-
In one of his wastcoat pockets was found small
steel wedge IT ohseL 1t Is believed to be one OF
the instruments with which safe breakers lolCe
the doors of safes. This appeared 10 DC tle Only
thing he had i'm his possession Ii IS uine less
than an inch long made OF the finest steel and ap-
Back of the lock On the door there is steel plate
Into this an Examination showed a slit had been
cut. Whether this was done with the chisel or a
which has not been found IL ls lmpoSslole
tell. but the Sheriff thinks saw vas used
While searching the cell tor the saw lne ShTImI f
found a knife This weapon IS twelve incheS long
and one and one-quarter inches wide. It's edge
Is so keen that IL will split hair Ike razor Inc
point is almost needleike i'm sharpness IL was
homemade The prisoners sleep on cots whicn
replace the oId-fashfoned hunks. The bottoms or
these cots made of strips of iron woven across
and lengthvise and the ends are fastened so that
SUFFICIENT Snrine is allowed make the beds COM
Portable The knife made by cutting out one
of these strips About eight inches or II had beeh
shapened This end had been finely tempered while
the other end which was 10 be used as handie
was still of soft material How the tempertnS was
done the Sheriff. who Is himself an expert worker
fine he hardly imagine. tie
thinks II was heated BY friction the stone door
and was then plunged into basin. The cell has
no gas which could have been used to obtain the
heat
II is believed 10 have been Menets intention 20
pass out of the cell as he could easily have done
with the back plate split, and then 10 summon a
keeper When the latter entered unguaTdedly, be-
cause he would suppose Menet was in the cell he
would be stabbed and with the keys from the body
and the knife Menet would have made his way out
by fighting IL needtuL