Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1910 — “SHORTY" SET FIRE TO JAIL LAST SATURDAY. [ARTICLE]

“SHORTY" SET FIRE TO JAIL LAST SATURDAY.

Locked* In the Cage He Fired His Clothing and Bed, and Had to Be Subdued by the Water Cure. “Shorty” Adams raised sqme excitement at the county jail Saturday afternoon. He had procured a match some way, and taking off all his clothing and piling it on his cot he set fire to it. At noon when Harry Wiltshire fed him he had reached through the small window and grabbed the key to the cell cage and when the fire was discovered, he was in the cage and it was impossible to unlock the door. ~He refused to give up the key and was very much delighted with the stunt he had pulled off. Finally the hose was produced SSL4 the fire put . out. The hose, was turned on “Shorty” and after three or four minutes _he threw the keys through the bars. He made threats as to what he would do to any person that tried to come into the cage, but when Marshal Mustard went inside he cooled down and the smouldering clothing was cleaned out. and the jail floor cleaned up. Later a shirt and a pair of overalls were put on him and his feet were shackled together and he has been wearing the shackles since then. Today he has acted some better.