Arizona republican., 1910-03-04
JAIL BREAKING TRIO
 CAUGHT IN THE ACT
BIG SWEDE, JIkI DALEY AND
 HARRY OLIVER.
They Were We'll Supplied With
 Tools.

John Edwards, the Big Swedc. Jim
 Daley and Harry Oliver were caught
 yesterday in a futile attempt to break
 out of the county jail They had
 evidently been engaged in it for
 some time. and probably If they had
 not been disturbed they would have
 found unremunerativc employment
 there for some months to come. They
 had succeeded only in marring the
 iron work of their cell. however. in the least conspicuous place. They
 were, moreover. making the Geface-
 ment as slightly conspicuous as pos
 sible. covering it from day to day
 with green paint which they had hid den out when the jail was being
 painted recently.
 Sheriff Hayden became suspicious yesterday morning that something
 was going on in that cell. The occu- pants were taken out one by one and carefully searched. after which they were put temporarily into the jag" cell. There was q look of wonder ment. mingled with suspicion. on the faces of the prisoners as they were so disposed of. When their cell had been emptied. it was investigated
 In an open valise. its very openness being good place of concealment. was found a lot of tools. There were two saws. which had been manufac- tured out Of steel springs which the prisoners had cut from the shanks Of their shoes. These springs had been firmly set into sections of a broom stick. each section being about six inches long The outer edge of the spring had been roughly serrated. making very efficient saw for the cutting of any material less obdurate than case-hardened steel such as the jail work is made of.
 There was a hree-cornered file a flat file and several pocketknives The flat bars had not been attacked: such an attack would have been instantly discovered. The work had been be- i gun on one of the solid sheets of 1 steel at the side of the bars. for that | point is always in the shadow and ! marks there would have been discov- l cred only in the course of Syste- | matic search. The, saw held in the . palm of the hand, had been directed ! against the sheet where it forms a | shoulder. or is bent to meet the bars | This shoulder guided the course of thu ; saw and held it in the same groove [ all the time. The groove was about l eighteen inches long and was about i an eighth of an inch deep. The sheet . is three -eighths. The groove could not have been made much deeper on account of a peculiarity of the steel lsed by the Pauly Jail Building com oany. This steel is comparatively soft on the surface; that is, it is as soft as steel usually is, but it is case hardened within. harder than the saws with which the prisoners were armed. Prisoners who are familiar with the Pauly jail construction never waste heir time on the steel. In this case. Daley had been warned against it by brother who was once foolish though to try to saw out of the same ail
 The operation of the saws on the teel left a shining streak which might lave caught the eye of the jailor ,assing through the corridor. For hat reason the operators always cov- red it with green paint.
 When this discovery was made the heriff went back to the jag" cell to with the prisoners on heir il-luck. You're sweet-scented 'unch. he observed; and you, peaking to Edwards, you're the same ellow who was so glad to get back ere after you broke out before. 'ou're the apostle of contentment who old me that you were going to tell ; he other prisoners they would stay n jail if they knew when they were -eli off" Edwards smiled as one in ; ain. $
 Daley took the discovery harder