Salt Lake Telegram | 1903-04-22 | Page 1 | Convicts' First Words for His Pet Magpie

CONVICT'S FIRST WORDS FOR HIS PET MAGPIE ...... V . . , "Where's Maj? , Brine -Her to Me. We " Both Hare Split ToHgdcs Nir," Said Hamilton. I will have to be determined by the outcome out-come of the men's Injuries. The first -words of E. W. Hamilton, the convict who was so terribly cut and stabbed by William Brown, a fellow-convict, fellow-convict, In the penitentiary on Monday morning, were.', for , his pet magpie, which he is teaching to utter a few words. . Hamilton rallied considerably , this morning and looking around him said: "Where's Mag? Bring the magpie to me. if you wllL We both have split tongues now and can teach each other to talk."- .- . - :. ; Hamilton is now in a fair way to recover re-cover from the Injuries inflicted. , by Brown,' whom he had attacked with an Iron bar, and who In defense stabbed him repeatedly 'wltlCal knife which he had stolen from th dining-room and secreted in his cell. : Brown also has a' fighting chance' to pull through, though his head was beaten beat-en almost to a Jelly by the fierce blows rained upon It by Hamilton. : The other convicts in the prison have feared . both men, and : have avoided them as much as possible. , . In the prison vernacular the men were termed "bad Indians," and were let severely se-verely alone. .' Hamilton engaged in a fierce fist fight with another convict several months ago, and whipped his antagonist before the guards could separate them. For this he did -time in the dungeon, and , was otherwise disciplined. ; . Brown haj the reputation among the prisoners as being surly and morose, and was generally feared. The lnvest'yatlon which Acting Warden War-den T. iC. 'Wright is1 conducting has brought at nothing new la the case. ; The matter will be bro-c- v.t to the attention at-tention of the State Boar: r Correction Correc-tion at its next meetlr.: . v . j oonv plaJnts against one or bui rca will t s It is not yet L.nm v. Lt the c'hirr-i;r c'hirr-i;r cf ti-;-. c Uti be, x t-t ,