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Show SAWED STEEL WITH YARN Prisoner Could Escape ' .With Ease. What tho drop of water does to tho hardest stone is only a circumstance to what a thread of yarn can accomplish. accom-plish. Ma, McCIaughry, warden of tho federal fed-eral prison at Fort Leavenworth, once found a prisoner who wns supposed to ho pounding stono working away at ono of tho bars to an outside window. Tho man finally admitted what ho was doing and was induced to give n demonstration. A grating of tho 332:0 description was placed in his cell, says Popular Mechanics, and a guard stationed over him to exact tho proof of tho statement. With tho limestone dust nnd silicate from tho stono pile, tho yarn from his sock and a llttlo water this man cut tho besscmcr steel bar in 18 working hours. With somp flno emery, a chalk lino and two wooden handholds to savo his fingers ho mado tho other clean cut of the bar In fivo hours, proving prov-ing tho matter to tho guard's satisfaction. |