Show I HAS NEW CELL MATE Charles Kelly Substituted for John Ueilly as Hortensens Companion Mortenson Getting Fat The first variation In the even tenor of Peter Mortensens life for many months is the substitution oc Charles Kelly 1 an alleged housetareakerfor John Rellly 33 his cellmate fn the county jailRemy Tteilly was accused of participation In the brutal assault on a man named Schluter for the purpose of robbery but the ofllcers were unable to get i enough evidence to insure his convlc tlon and he was released a few clays ago by order of the County Attorney He had occupied the same apartment ot the rotary ever since the latter was bound over for the murder of James R Hay The change was madq without cons con-s ll1ng Mortensen antllf he has any preferences In the matter he has kept them to himself Confinement seems to agree well with him He has taken on flesh In the three months he has been an Inmate of the Jail and his mind seems easier than at any time since his arrest His appearance was asr Oat sUrprise to his brothersin law RC and Charles Watkins when they paid him l a visit Sunday afternoon after-noon I never saw him look so well In his life said one of the brothers He Is actually getting fat Mortensen is more emphatic than ever In protesting his Innocence of the terrible crime with which ho Is charged He refuses to say a word that will point to a J possible accomplice demanding demand-Ing indignantly that his friends form no theory of the crime that will implicate im-plicate him I Although the case has hardly been mentioned In the newspapers for weeks casual visitors at the county jail still inquire for him or resort to various pretexts to get a look at him Asa mark of sympathy some ladies l a few days ago took him beautiful bunch Ior cut flowers I |