Evening star., 1945-12-17
FbI 10 Bring
Nicewander 10
District Soon
Jail Fugitive Caught
In Drugstore at
Knoxville, Tenn.

TO tQree men To-Day AFTER Paul A,
Nicewander, alias Clyde Jack Glenn
ents, was arrested in q Knoxville
(Tenn) drug store.
Nicewander, who was arrested by
Federal Bureau of Investigation
agents Saturday night few hours
after he had registered at one of
Knoxville's leading hotels, will be
brought back here as soon as pos
sible, it was understood.
In Knoxville was the 17-year-old
girl whom Nicewander had met last
May and, according to her story,
married in Baltimore on August 81.
She wore wedding and engagement
rings which, she told FBI agents
Nicewander had bought for her a
few hours before his capture.
The FBI described the girl, whose
name was not revealed, as thor
oughly innocent of any connection
with his escape and completely
shocked" when she learned of his
background.
Nicewander Described as Suave.
Nicewander, on the other hand,
was described as a "suave" convict
who had managed to "hoodwink"
the girl and remained polite even
under intense FBI questioning. To
questions he didn't want to answer,
he would reply, Lets not COM
ment on that" or I'D rather not
say"
From the girls story, agents
pieced together this account of Nice
wander's adventures since his re-
lease in Nashville, Tenn, after a
five-year term for robbery.
He migrated to Knoxville, Tenn,
where he met the girl and per-
suaded her to accompany him to
Baltimore. To her, he was James
Robert Harding" who described
himself as "TVA worker"
After the marriage, the couple
moved to Washington, where they
remained for three weeks. Then,
Nicewander disappeared" His dis
appearance" conceded with the
time of his arrest on a robbery
charge.
Won't Tell Hiding Place.
The girl returned to Knoxville to
file suit for divorce. Nicewander was
lodged in District Jail.
The prisoner told F'BI agents he
had worked seven nights fixing a.
handle for the hacksaw with which
he filed his way out of jail. During
that week, he said, his cell was
searched three times.
How he managed to hide both
hacksaw and working materials he
refused to divulge, calmly explain
ing that he might want to use the
same method again.
He admitted he had crawled into
the window of the Jail and sawed
through bar, but added that
Michael Quinn was the only one OF
the five who escaped with him who
knew what he was doing ahead of |
the actual break. Quinn is one of !
the three still at large. Everett Ray
Snyder, the fifth man, gave himself
up the night of the escape.
4ICWdlfoC4 QSCu W
the whereabouts of the other escaped
prisoners. He claimed the men had
separated Immediately after their
escape.
Didn't Have Chance.
The FBI had believed Nicewander
would return to his old haunts in
Knoxville. Every place in the city
where he might appear was can
vassed. Finally word reached the
FBI that he had been spotted and
the search for him was intensified.
Agents had expected him to put
up fight, but he didn't have a
chance when the agents walked up
and grabbed him.
In his hotel room was a fully
loaded .32-caliber automatic pistol,
the FBI reported. Also found in his
room were new rabbit fur coat
and several pairs of bobby sox"
The coat bore New York City label
and $98.40 price tag.
The FBI believed the coat and
sox were intended as gifts for. the
girl. Observation-Disclosures from an
effort to keep the girl out of it or
for other reasons-consistently de-
MED the marriage. He described
her as only a girl friend"