Puzzles/Escaping from Prison/Solution

The man hits his hand on the table until it is sore. He then uses the saw to chop the table into two halves. He puts the two halves together to make a whole. He jumps through the hole and lands in the desert. He shouts and shouts until his voice is hoarse. He jumps onto the horse and rides to the town. Before he gets to the town, he comes across a river. He then remembers that the banks close at 5pm. So he waits until 5pm and crosses the river into town.