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Show ARE ERECTING MORRIS' SCAF-FOLD. SCAF-FOLD. Salt Lake City", April 23. Blows of n hammer and the singing of a saw as It cut Its way through heavy timbers, sent a shudder of horror through tho hearts of.convlcts In the state prison this rooming. The building of a Bcaffold upon wh.lch J. J. Morris, murderer of Jarae3 Walter Axtell, will ho hanged ono woek from today was began today, under supervision of tho prison officials offi-cials and Sheriff Joe C. Sharp. MorriB is more cheerful and picas-ant picas-ant In his demeanor today than ho has been at any time since his Incarceration In-carceration In tho death cell. The death watch has not relaxed Its vlg-Hence vlg-Hence for an Instant, but Morris has made no effort to end his life and cheat tho' gallows. Tho scaffold will be completed by Saturday and at the sheriffs convenience conven-ience tests will be inado with stout bags filled with sand, to determine if it will bear tho gruesome Jmrden to be placed upop it nex wgek. Tel-I Tel-I egrara. |