Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1889-09-18 | Page 1 | To Rescue the Nicelys

To Rescue the NIeelys SOMERSET Pa Sept liThe town was aroused at midnight last night by an attempt at-tempt to rescue the Nicelys but a heavy guard being around the jail a dozen or more shots caused the rescuers to disappear in the darkness An arsenal of nearly a dozen revolvers and several hundred rounds of ammunition found in the Jail and on the prisoncKjCOutinues to be the subject of great wonder This morning a squad of blacksmiths visited the jail and chained some six or eight of the most dangerous inmates in-mates to the floor It has just been learned that the rain prevented an attempt at lynching of the Nicelys The extreme darkness and heavy rain tended to disperse the mob which had collected