Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-01

had made on attempt to saw out OF the
city inil and would have succeeded had
II not been FOR chief Sheets. who
thought the man ~ had one and cau-
toned Night Iuilcr Ripley TO watch our
for the fellow.
BREAK ANTICIPATED.
Night before last chief Sheets said
no Ripley:
oKecp a watch on that fellow or he
won't be here IN the morning Ripley
visited the jail about every 10 minutes
during tho night, but always found Riss
IN his cot and apparently sound asleep
But he was not sleeping. Last night 1t
was found that ono OF the bars III the
corridor Of the second floor had boon
sawed almost through. immediately
after the discovery Raleigh notified the
jailcr at the county Jail.
WHAT SHEETS SAYS.
This morning chicr sheets stated that
he believed Kiss was mono other than
Merritt. the burglar sentenced at Chi
CaEo TO five years tn prison aud VINO
escaped while cnrouto 10 the pen.
The first time | saw the fellow said
the chief. - put him down for BAG
man. That's why / told Ripley to watch
the guy OF he would not have MIN ~
the morning. | believe that he Is Mer-
rift He IL q. smooth crook and If ne Is
re-capturcd it viii certainly be lucky.
II was noticed In court before Judge
Diehl and Judge Armstrong that Kiss
walked with a peculiar linn and had
his shoulders up aud head down. Yes
terday afternoon Sergeant Henpel saw
the fellow inadvertently come out OF
Ia ,ts.. at..l4.. hui saY4fF
Rise must have been thinking OF home
and mother"
One naturally wonders how It was
possible for Kiss to conceal saws
enough about his person to escape from
the county Jail, especially after being
stripped n clothing, the wearing APP
parcl thoroughly searched and the pris-
oner securely locked in a cell.
But ID Is easy IL one knows the
secret prlp -iplcs OF concealment. Here
are some of the ways in which saws
can be concealed:
SECRET OF CoNCEALMENT.
IN the first place the saws used by
professional crooks are made 1f ma
tcrial almost as flno ms watch
spring. They can he rolled up into
q small wad and = dozen or more Sc
Creted in the heel or shoe, They
can be placed in the collar of coat,
in seams OF coat or trousers or IN the
hat. They can he placed between the
soles OF a shoe without detection ana
by merely feeling the clothing can
not he detected. And this Is only n
1.-THE of the ways and means or secret
ing These little strips of thin. finely
tempered steel saws which mean lib
orty To the man who IL willing to
take a chance.
Kiss, OF Merritt. in tho opinion of
faf
dangerous ana clever crooks ever In
Salt Lake. and this city has been
visited by some good. or rather bad,
ones.
SEARCH GOING on.
The police and sheriT's forces are
now hard al work trying TO run Kiss
down. Word has been sent to- every
city aud town within 100 miles ot
Salt Lake. The description given
above has been furnished by the Of
flcers and every thing possible Is being
done to capture the man. But II the
man Is caught II will be because of
chance more than anything else. De-
spite the fact that he IL without
money and Is comparative stranger
IN these parts. his ability as house
breaker. thief. jail breaker, and his
knowledge of the ways Of desperate.
criminals Will be brough; into rcquisi-
ton by him and it is hardly likely
that he VIII take Tong chance" UNI
less forced to do SO.
SAW NOT THE SAW.
While 10 clue has been secured by
he officers as to the direction taken by
The burglar 1t has bcen reported that
a Murray resident WAS awakened carly
this morning by man passing the
place singing:
Don't tell thelis that you saw me
Or saw me use the saw.
Just tell EN-; and hear me say,
! don't know where 1'm goin
But I'm on my way"