Show I I tG I + UNDER DEATH VATGH r i I L I Peter Pvlortensen Now Awaits I I His Execution I I rl t I i I I I I + I PUT IN MURDERERS ROW it f I i j i j1 I y i 1 I i I Constant Guard Kept Over the Condemned Man i 1 1Ii i l I Prisoner Is Unmoved by tlio News of i t i I i II1 i the Courts Action and Wns if f Not Surprised i p I i Iii I I i I I Peter Morlensen was placed under thai tha-I I i death watch yesterday morning and 4 i ° Iia will be kept under constant surveillance I 1 surveil-lance until the time oC Ills execution I i r I He showed no emotion whatever concerning con-cerning the action of the Supreme court 1 other than surprIse that a decision had 1j I 1 rt been reached BO Quickly A few minutes + min-utes after being placed under a death i l ul i I t1 watch he endeavored to engage In a religious re-ligious I argument with the guard I IN MURDERERS ROW i Since his conviction Mortcnsen hast has-t JF been confined in the second tier north 4 + In the south ccllhouse Ills cell wasi I f ° located in what Is commonly known cs I 1I I I i i i murderers rnu1re was lemovert t yesterday morning and taken to a solitary I i sol-itary cull In the first tier north The 1 li i j cell Is isolated from the others ands and-s iii 1 + prevents any communication whatever I with other prisoners It is comfortable 16 comfort-able however and has J an abundance F 1 i 1 i of light The death watch sits nearby I constantly keeping the condemned man I + under the closest scrutiny 1 I I I 1f I UNDER CONSTANT GUARD 1 tI Guard Ed Naylor was the guard on m I t i r duty yesterday The day is divided p I 4 into shifts of eight hours ouch Naylor I 1 1 1 was relieved at i oclock in the afternoon I I I r t after-noon by Guard A G Driggs who remained i re-mained d on duty until mldriffht At 3 u I that time Guard W S Fen In was > t placed on duty and watched the prisoner ti P pris-oner until morning The duly is I regarded I re-garded as the most arduous that can Gry i t be imposed on a guard I r 1 VISIT FROM WRIGHT h r r1 j I I Mortensen was Informed of the action 1 k 1 ac-tion of the Supreme court yesterday + ° I i morning Acting Warden Wright via I lied him In his cell and notified him I T i I of the decision of his case He was unmoved I r I t r un-moved merely exurossliig1 a surprise r i 1 i that it was done so soon He said that I I i i he was not disappointed but rather encouraged i 1 f i I en-couraged that the case had passed the I 14 I i State courts 1 I CONDEMNED MAN lAr SIs III 1 t S-Is that soV said Morlenscn when l n I told of the decision the i by acting warden I1 war-den n I am surprised that they reached I a decision so early but I m not at all I disappointed In fact I urn glad that i I 1i I I i i they are through wllh It for my only i hope has always been In the Supreme i 1 ll I court of the Unltrd Stales Their reachinir 1 a lecilon so soon I I will give me morn time to take the 1 I i i I case to the highest court 1I1 jv brother i I find brothersinlaw will tsslnt me financially so as to enable l me to have p j the case appealed to the Supreme court d + II r 7 of the United States Thev have expressed 1 1 I ex-pressed a willingness and I know tley i 1 will do it i 1 s My only hope has always been centered I I cen-tered there I have though and said i p I t i f that all along Yes I am Surprised that 1 it Iy I the case was dlsoosed of so quickly iI i by the courts of the State butI am i I i J a really glad that it is now out of their 14 N r i hands NO COMMENT ON CHANGE i i m Morlenson was taken t to the Isolated I l cell suon after and made no comment I on the change lie I was placed under li the care of Guard Naylor his deathwatch t 1 i death-watch and at once bc an I I a conversation i 4 I conversa-tion True to the desires which always 1 i I possess him ho attempted to ouen a rr I + I discussion on religious matters Ho 4tS I t t talked freely I and expressed himself as it m 1 satisfied with his new quarters Regale I I Re-gale orders that no newspnpcr men 1 should be uermlttcd to sec him He t Ill I said that he had nothing to say and I1 t that he I did not care to be Interviewed Il The warden has issued i orders that only r his relatives and his attorneys shall be c permitted to see him I I i t 1 NO PAPERS TO HEAD I Reading matter of any kind will be I 1 I permitted him except dally cIt I c-It i I Meals will be sent to him from the t1 t t 1 I wardens table and J everything will be 1 r closely examined before he IH permitted U Fk < Il l to touch It Any wish he may express that Is consistent with the management k I I manage-ment of the institution will be granted 4 m q him Until the time of his death hyw I Y 0 t ever he will be constantly under Ihe i is i i t eye of the death watch Ther will not 1 i he a moment of time day or night that k t I he is not the object of attention of the tl guards I I r1i r1 j The death watch is 1 placed over the 3 i I condemned man In order to prevent 1 i 1t m I L m 1 the possibility of selfinjury Even the t I i t 1 I cigars which r are sent to him will be rn i I l iI i examined for fear that outside friends cif may desire to > thwart the execution of the law I l i I |