Show I NEW COUNTY JAilBREAK b FRUSTRATED p Hole Large Enough for Man Manto Mant t to Pass Through Found in in in- Steel Roof FIVE IN SOLITARY RY I I Sawed Portion Ingen Ingeniously Concealed Five county jail prisoners were in solitary confinement Wednesday and anda a new jailbreak was believed frustrated frustrated frustrated frus frus- with the discovery of a saw blade and renewed attempts to saw through the jail bars Tuesday night nightA A large hole was discovered nearl nearly completed in the steel ceiling 01 oz one of the cells celIs on the second tier of the jail Sheriff S. S Grant Young said The hole was about 12 inches in diameter large enough for a manto man manto manto to pass through he reported and when discovered was was' within four inches of being completed The portion portion portion por por- tion sawed through had been ingeniously ingeniously inge inge- ingeniously concealed with soap and smoke making it practically impossible impossible sible to be seen without close in in- in SAW BLADE FOUND The saw blade was found concealed in n one of the cells on the second tier shortly after 9 p p. m m. Tuesday by Chief Jailer Van Savage while making rounds of the jail with a welder to I Iseal seal the partially severed bars which were cut previously and which were I discovered Monday The blade had been concealed behind behind belind be be- beI I hind lind the door sill on the second tier I and had been slipped between the sill and the wall according to Mr Savage I A handle crudely fashioned from froma a piece of wool torn from irom a mop revealed revealed revealed re re- re- re I the hiding place he said asit as asit ast it t had been left hanging over the I edge of the silL The hole hol in the I i j I ceiling ceiling was discovered in the same cell celL ceIL Seven bars were found partially sawed Monday and five more were discovered Tuesday night Sheriff Young said including the large hole in the roof of one cell More than 25 prisoners woul have been free to attack the brick walls of the jail had 1 they been successful in sawing through the cell bars SOURCE TRACED Investigation of the attempted break has revealed that the saw blade was brought into the jail by J. J P. P Murphy Murph acc according to the sher sher- iff ill Murphy was a federal prisoner who has been convicted in m federal court on charges of robbing a box car He recently was removed to McNeils McNeil's island federal penitentiary In the belief other saws are still concealed in the cells a minute inspection inspection inspection in in- of the jail was being made Wednesday With the five prisoners in solitary confinement the sheriff said he expected ex cx- the investigation would result in filing charges against the leaders if sufficient evidence is uncovered I He declined to reveal the names ames of the men held in solitary however I |