Show t TASTE OF FRESH AIR I Convict King Escapes From Prison Death Row GLAD OF A CHANCE TO WORK < r r Treat After Two Years if Solitary Soli-tary Confinement I Robert L King Will Have an Easier Time Pending His New Trial for Murder Robert L King until recently under sentence of death for the murder of Col Godfrey Prowac In the Sheep Ranch gambling house who was granted n new trlal by the Supreme court last Friday was released Horn solitary confinement at the penitentiary yesterday It Js the first timo In two years that ho has enjoyed even semblance of freedom l i Since his conviction two years ago I 1 IClng has been confined In a cell in the death row devoted exclusively to prisoners prison-ers under sentence of death For an hour each day he has neon taken out for exer ilbe by th i guard and permitted to walk for that period ol1 time Vlth the exception I of one hour each day ho has been locked in his cell and eniefully guarded Intercourse with other prlfioucrs was Impossible except by con eI6In through the Iron gnulngs of the cell Except In rare Instances such as a visit Iron hit attorneys visitors have i been denied him The guard on duty over the death row and he I other condemned con-demned convicts are practically the only human beinGs hn has seen for two years Yesterday he was taken from his cell and placed In the workhouse with scores of other prisoners He was assigned to the sewing department and was kept busy yesterday sowing on buttons and making buttonholes Long confinement and exemption ex-emption from labor of any kind has made him awkward but thu guards declare that he will rapidly f learn his new trade I The convict who for two years has awaited tho date of his execution Is childishly child-ishly happy at his waik lie declares to tho guards that It will bcT only a few weeks until hu Is more expert with tho needle than any prisoner tinder confinement confine-ment lie will be kept at work pending the result of bin new trial In the search of the prison which was made last vcck a huge knife was found between the plaster I and the wall of the workhoino The knife has a blade nine Inches In length and IH the most danger ouslooking weapon hut has been found It was encased In two boards and an opening had beei made in the plastering near tho celling The weapon was found by accident |