Show TWO CONVICTS ENGAGE IN J FURIOUS FIGHT l j I I Desperate Struggle Occurs r Within Prison Walls tt t t I BOTH MEN LIKELY TO DIE Lying In Critical Conditionin iI I i i t Prison Hospital I Brown Murderer and Hamilton a i l Desperate Criminal Fight With 1 i i Knife and Iron Bar I 1 I t William Brown and Ed W Hamilton I S 1 two convicts at the State penitentiary were desperately and perhaps mortally i wounded In an encounter In the corridor I of the prison early yesterday morning As the result of the conflict Hamilton is confined In the prison hospital breathing breath-ing In gasps through a perforated lung 1 and suffering from other wounds while Brown Is lying In his narrow cell unconscious un-conscious from a rain of blows Inflicted with an Iron bar upon his head Both men were horribly mutilated In the affray af-fray and neither is likely to survive according ac-cording to the statement of Dr A C Young the prison physician QUARRELED ON SUNDAY The men conscious at times are equally reticent concerning the cause of the trouble Neither has confessed to the guards although every effort has been made to learn the cause of Un tight which may result In the death of I both The men occupied adjoining cells I 1 and prisoners in their vicinity heard I them quarreling Sunday afternoon and night I will get you yet t said Hamilton through the bars to Brown on the other side Ill get even with you even if I am locked up here And theyll carry you out in a long box and plant you on the hill where you will rot and these blade ravens you call your friends will cloak because you are gone Guards vhiX overheard parts of the I conversation forced the men Into t quietude and they were supposed to have slept during the night Other t I convicts however say that Hamilton sat Ina corner of his cell all through I I the night gazing Intently upon the I dark wall behind which Brown lay I sleeping on his cot I HAMILTON DROPPED BEHIND i 1 Promptly at aqurter of 7 yesterday i j morning Guard Shettler raised the huge tl I lever In the hallway In front of the corridor and the heavy bolts in the I i I long row of cells clicked simultaneously simultaneous-ly l At almost the same moment the i heavy doors swung open and a convict I closely shaven and clothed In stripes 1 stepped from each door Blown occupied occu-pied cell No 201 and Hamilton No 20J j adjoining They are situated on tho second tier of cells In the south cell house The guard stands each morning a morn-ing at the entrance Immediately in front of Browns cell while the prison I ere in lockstep and single file walk slowly down two lllffhts of stairs to 1 the lower floor when they arc again in view of the guard While descending tho stairs the men or part of the file cannot be seen by the guard In the Q 1 rear When the bolts were drawn yesterday yester-day morning by the guard all the prisoners pris-oners quickly stepped out of the cells supposedly In order Hamilton wan not in place however but lurked behind be-hind and waiting till Brown hal passed placed his hands on the others shoulders and caught the step DESPERATE CONFLICT The first fight of steps was descended by the silent line of men Brown wa next to the last In the line and Hamilton t Hamil-ton was behind him On starting clown 9 the second night Hamilton lowered bin Y fright i right hand from the others shoulder and reached under his jacket Without warning he raised a heavy iron bar and struck Drown full upon the head Brown pitched forward and tumbled I down the stairs Hamilton with a fiendish yell sprang t t after the prostrate man and struck him again before he rose Brown lurchc 1 I forward and tottered to his feet drawIng i draw-ing at the same time a long knife from the folds of his jacket Seizing the arm which hrd the Iron bar with his i left hand he struck his assailant time after time with the knife Loosening his arm from Browns grasp Hamilton struck the hand which held the knife 1 and sent the weapon clattering along the cemented floor TRIED VAINLY TO ESCAPE t Unarmed and facing a desperate antagonist an-tagonist Brown lost courage and fled I Dashing madly up the stairs he rushed 6 back to his cell Hamilton followed In close pursuit beating the man over the head with the iron bar as he ran f Brown reached the cell but tried vainly vain-ly l to escape his assailant He was f beaten into Insensibility before the 1 guard and other prisoners could separate sep-arate the combatants Investigation by Dr Young revealed Unit Brown had received live heavy blows upon the head any = of which may I l prove fatal His head was cut In Innumerable 1 a In-numerable places and thirtyfive I it + stitches were taken In his scalp One I i wound was two and a half Inches in I IJ length Immediately In the center of the head t BOTH IN CRITICAL CONDITION Brown may be subjected at any time 1 either to cerebral l hemorrhage or an In 3 I I 1 tlammatlon of the brain either of whlCh I will be fatal or he may have both + sild Dr Young yesterday He has small chaces of recovery li Hamiltons wounds an considered ni a dangerous as Browns The first wound J which he received from Browns knife I Continued on Pane 2l I r l 7 1 TWO CONVICTS FIGHT Continued rom Pftgft 1 struck him in the right armpit penetrating 1 pene-trating thcJlght lung Another thrust I split his upper lip knocked out a front II tooth and l severed his tongue Jle received re-ceived other wounds which are considered consid-ered dangerous The wound In his lung is considered by Dr Young Q3 the most dangerous he received It is not likely that Hamilton will recover since his lung lias i been punctured punc-tured said Dr I Young He is desperately des-perately wounded nnd It is with great difficulty that ho breathes His drnth may result at any lime from septic In 4 i I I J I i William Brown fection I dont bellfcve however that cither of the men will de tonight or for a day 01 two for that matter if they do die and the I chances are decidedly against them WHERE WEAPONS CAME FROM It was staled by both Hamilton and Brown and by the convicts that witnessed 1 wit-nessed the contlicL that Browns knife I was brolicn h1lci pieces by Hamil tons blow None of the pieces were found J by the guards and the statement Is not believed Jt is i believed haL JJLhcl prls oneds secreted the weapon in order to prevent allY evidence being discovered by the guards Brown refuse to tell wheru he obtained posHession oh the weapon but It is stated by the guards that he made It himself Shortly alter the tIght a knife was found In an empty cell encased in a sheath of bed clothing The weapon was made by Hamilton from crude iron and wood which he had found at the prison Its edge wns whetted like that of a razor He secured the heavy iron bar which he used with perhaps fatal results yesterday by unscrewing two bolts which fastened the bar to along a-long l board used ns scaffolding while washing the windows The bar Is twelve inches lonir and weighs several pounds poundsBOTH BOTH DANGEROUS MEN Both men are among the most desperate despe-rate confined in the prison Brown arrived ut the Institution on the 5th of January to serve a fortyyear term for murder He was convicted of the murder oC a Chlnamanln Ogden and it L > i bg I 5 Ed W Hamilton is said that Young his confederate In the crime is now in the Colorado penitentiary peni-tentiary Brown is 25 years of age and with Young created a reign of terror In the city a year ago Together they attempted the holdup In which Walter Clawson 1 was shot Hamilton was committed on March 23 1001 forthri years He Is 37 years of age and was sent up from Salt Lake for the erne OC assault with Intent to commit murder Ho caused a panic on Commercial street and engaged in I a running battle with police ofhcers In which O P Pratt was wounded In the knee The cause of the trouble according to Acting Warden Weight was the result of secret plotting In which both men have engaged They are believed to have concocted a scheme by which they would have escaped from the prIson and that one of them either revealed the seciet or refused to participate Both men refusc to give the cause of the trouble and various other causes are assigned by the guards and those who arc acquainted with the habits of convict |