| Show ATTEMPTS A I SUICIDE SU 1 C IDE J. J J J. J MORRIS TAKES I II POISON A T PEN PEN I I S Swallows Morphine Which He Had Concealed in His His' Body Before He ll Was Is Placed in State Prison for forthe forthe the Killing of J. J Walter Axtell After Robbing Uncle Sam Pawnshop Electricity Saves Him J. J J. J M Morris orris condemned to die by the rope for fOl the murder of J J. J Walter alter Axtell whom he hc shot while attempting to escape after the I robber robbery of the Uncle Sam pawnshop attempted to commit suicide in his cell in iu n the state a prison Irion Monday Io a night by swallowing twelve I is V. V I 3 f Pi 4 4 k t I t It II II i i I II I I I I I ft I kr r m 2 5 L I 2 t I 3 4 t J S I 4 4 r i I ir ft 4 t ti 2 I 1 j t I 4 S S f 1 S 'S I J. J J. J MORRIS grains of morphine which he hc hall had concealed on his body prior to his hie admission to the state prison Morris recognized as one of the most desperate men ever incarcerated incarcerated in rn the thc state prison was found in an m unconscious condition in iu iuliis his liis cell late Monday l night Attention was attracted to him by his breathing and steps were taken immediately to revive him The rhe prison physician was vas summoned aud and Morris was put t through the usual course of treatment for morphine poisoning pois pois' lie lic was given i Cn the electric treatment treat treat- ment mont and when s was ivus part lv h il he Ill was walked walLed for hours in inthe inthe inthe the prison yards until the effects cITed of the powerful opiate had heen been dissipated d. Morris wa c put pul tin OUR a 3 sp searching e In the tho o of or Warden Ar- Ar r- r thui thur Pratt fI HK HS soon as he was able to I answer ans II II and declared rI that he lie I had c carried the pol on Into the prison when nh-n he was T first committed to that thal In Institution Iti- Iti to In await the Infliction oC of the thelI lI death ath penalty He explained the In in n which he hall hail o outwitted tt the prison officials and had evaded c th dIscovery ery co of or ih th the pol on He lie J said aId that he lie had el elected that manner of meeting death before belore he ho e chot-e b by the rop rope Pr Pratt tt Id Id today toria that he l lie lie- f- f d that Morris had told the truth and that he do s not riot h believe lIe c that Morri Mor Mor- ri ris ri s had bud a n. confederate d who rho led the poison to lo him In the prison When hen Morris was as taken to W the prison on the formal that Is given n I to all nil prisoners sent W was vas made even eve more strict than usual hair va waR vaa I lopped flopped h wits wag stripped of or his Into another clothing and l was wac taken room wh where rp he lie W wa vae l bathed haUled after tHel which he W was S examined bv liv the ph physician and aud He a. wa i thou then taken talen Into an another another another an- an other room where th the prison raiment was given PI i him Has Been Watched Closely on 1 rl that hf lic was waR n ii man iia ii of or more mOl than ordinarily ril des desperate te rl character an art unusually clo close wa watch teh has been kept over him during all the time be he has b be been tn n In prison Th Th prison officials he from his hie manner that lh Morris would at att attempt at- at t tempt to end cud hIs life lite at nt the InO most moat t favorable favor favor- able opportunity and for that thul reason th thy y have CO been specially especially vIgilant 1 th that tt t the he Pm should not cheat tho Jaw by ending his hs own life life- It this that resulted d in the discovery H o ct of ot hi his hi attempt upon hi life hili own 11 life I Continued on r page rc c 10 MURDERER ATTEMPTS Continued rt from rom page 1 J J. 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J Mori Met mis Is And Frnnk Murray entered the th Undo S Sam m pawnshop J- J East Kast t a Fir First t ti i South street at t o o'clock on th time the afternoon af at- of ot 1 Ita May a f I and held up the employers employees of th the store a n. larce tra tray of One flue diamonds Jamming time the diamonds tHaw dia monds monda Into their tho time men lied fled Into th the street after terrorizing th clerks with h t their hel I The pursuit WA was taken up b by a crowd d and th the m m 1 n n fled rl Into Ino inJo Commercial street Morris and Murra Murray separated and Murray lurr Mur Muir- r ray was captured 1 near State and Second South streets street Morris ran to Second South Ill I'll street reet fir fir- In IS' IS he h. ran ian When approaching Main Iain Morris Morria loral shot ht and killed d Jame Walter Axtell Ax Ax- t tell fireman for th the Cullen lintel hotel Axtell stepped rt In lii front of Morris and Morris orris shot hot him through the heart hart Other shots shot shrunk F. F I D l and r K E. E f passersby Morris was as c 1 i at al Main and amid Second Second Sec Sec- ond South h streets after Morris hud had thrown away Lt his hi empty gun Th rh s m men n w were rf taken to police head head- and lodged looKed In the ell city J ll Roth Both me men aro ex Morris was waa trl tried d for forand and convicted con of or th the murder of Atil H Ho He was sentenced d to dl die dl and elected n hl hanging n Ills case will come up p h before fore the Imp supreme court o on omi 1 appeal appal al next w k Murray was as not tried for to murder h he being In custody at the time Axtell was t killed tilled He Hp is serving ln a. a life term In tn tho the state prison for tor his part In the robb robbery Q of ot the thc pawnshop |
