Two men, Brooks and Benjamine, locked up in the County jail awaiting trial on the charge of store breaking, made their escape recently by sawing into the heavy iron bars on one of the windows. Soap was used on the saw to deaden the noise which answered the purpose as one other prisoner in the room was not even awakened. One of the men has since been captured. Just how they procured the saw, which made possible their escape, remains a mystery, however, it is presumed that they were assisted by some one on the outside.
From the front page of The Brevard News, Oct. 28, 1921
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