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Show AFTER CONVICT AUTHOR. Life Threatened by Assassin Who Shoots and Escapes. BUTTE, Mont., Jan. 31. Thomas O'Brien, who recently sprung Into notoriety no-toriety as a result of the book "Infamy "In-famy Immortal," which caused a com- j mlltee to be appointed by the Legislature Legisla-ture to Investigate the treatment of tho convicts at tho State penitentiary at Deer Lodge, was shot through tho lip by an unknown man last night. The would-be assassin escaped In tho darkness, though pursued by several men who witnessed the attempted murder. |