Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-19
ARMLOAD IF CRUDE
 TOOLS USED BY PRISONERS
ATTEMPT AT JAIL DELIVERY IS FRUSTRATED BY VIGILANCE
 or OFFICERS
HOLLIS BOYS WERE LEADERS
DISCOVERY KEPT SECRET UNTIL THOROUGH SEARCH MADE
 POSSIBLE

| Ohe or the most daring jail break | ing attempts ever planned in this city
 was frustrated yesterday, when tn, | county authorities unearthed a crude
 but very formidable outfit of tools in
 the county jail.
 But for the defective nature of the jail breaking paraphernalia, it is prob. l able that the escape would have been made before the authorities knew of the intentions of the prisoners. A oar across one of the north windows of the jail was sawed nearly through. It would have been the work of but q few minutes to sever this bar. giving the entire list of prisoners access to the outside world.
 The suspicious of the officers were aroused Thursday night, by what seemed to be the noise of saw. ing, in the interior of the jail. Night Jailor Nash was on duty at the time but there was shortage of officers, which would have made a search for the tools of the jail breakers impractical, Nash s suspicious were kept quiet until yester day morning. .r..-
 By this precatution. the prisoners knew nothing of the intended search until yesterday forenoon, when they were transferred to the city iail. As a result, practically all of the tools were discovered.
 Slowed away beneath the floor of one Of the tanks, the outfit was unearthed.
 It consisted of three rudely construct. cd saw frames, containing thin steel coping saw blades, two table knives, which had been filed into improvised saws, a piece of clock spring which had been treated in the same manner, two files, two forks, three razors and 8 six shooter .,
 The revolver, .45 calibre single ae- tion Colts, contained five cartridges. The rust which coated portions of it showed that it had been secreted under. neath the tank for some time.
 IL was due to the softness of tho coping saws that the attempt failed.
 Of thin steel and intended for use in wood only, the teeth were soon worn away. Two of the blades are worn a. most smooth. The third is broken. The improvised saws, made of knives and watch spring, had not been used to any extent.
 Ii is apparcdt that the coping saws gave out before the bar could be sawed through, making it necessary for the prisoners to impTovisc other tools. 1t is probable that the crude knife saws had just been put to use, when the off cers became suspicious.
 IL is, believed by the officers that Sam and Pete Hollis. who are in custody awaiting. the action of the grand jury on burglary charges, are the instigators of the attempted escape.
 When the improvised tools were dis covered, the saws were found in an cn' elope containing the name of "MrS. Belle Hollis." wife of sam Hollis.
 According to information which has been furnished the officers by one of the prisoners, the six shooter is also the property of Hollis.
 While no proof has as yet been estah;, lished the officers believe that friends of the Hollis boys passed the tools and the revolver to them from the out side, as an investigation disclosed torn wire screen at one of the windows, where the articles had evidently been passed into jail. The name of Mrs. Hoi-