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Show . A HKIT4I. OCAKI. The Sheriff Condemned for PermllHiif Hie Employee to Club rrtsoiiere. , "Why Is It that Sheriff Hurt has not placed Barnard McGill, a guard who brutally assaulted a prisoner the other day, miller arrol until It Is ascertained whether or not the man will live?" This Is a question being nkei by many who nre acquainted with the facts In the case. Tho prisoner's name Is Guslave Eck-maii Eck-maii and on Monday was sentenced lo six months' Imprisonment and labor for stealing a valine. On Weduedy lm made an effort to escape from the rhain gang, lie was captured and after having hav-ing him secure, McGill, who Is said to bo a very Inhuman guard, pounced upon him w ith a club nnd almonl kilted him by beating the prisoner over the head. Eckman at tlio tliufl was taken to the county jail, but last night he was In such a precarious condition that the aitending physician sent liiin to Ht. Mark's hospital. This afternoon his condition Is a little better. It was reported that at one time bud night the oilier prltoners In the chain gang had considered MeGltl's brutality and there was almost a mutiny. Had Keknian died last night or this morning it is probable, if McGill hud not beeu placed under nrrot and protection, that when he started 'out with tho refractory re-fractory chain gang that he would have been dealt with quite severely. |