Deseret Evening News | 1906-05-12 | Page 5 | Convict Dies from a Blow

CONVICT fROM A BLOW Two Inmates of State Prison Engaged in a Fatal Row RowAN RowAN AN INQUEST IS BEING HELD nn Austrian the Vic Victim Ie tim lame Mil In hi Minder Joseph an In Austrian convict it III tho stale slate prison died early last eve ec evening ning from and nut cerebral complications cation duo due to a blow received over oer Ih left eye ovo with n a clothes In the Iho hands of oC James Gordon a fellow coi COl lct Iel who was In charge e of the Iho laundry the Saturday Tho two men hud not nol been getting along very cry wet well together and It II tuis found necessary sary to 10 have hae tho keep an nn cy cyon e on them On this occasion they 1111 er alone for tOI a brief time and attempted to In put a piece of u carpeting from his cell In tho Iho wash wn h boiler with the tho clothes being boiled there Gordon told lold the Austrian he must wait until the th clothing WOK wan removed there ho might boll his carpet carpel The as all not 1101 satisfied It Is claimed le IC In III Mry ctr language and the matter ended by b Gordons v hacking over orr the tho head with lIh the clothes Tho Interfered found tho much the orso fOl tho blow He was Willi to 10 the tho hos hospital pital where Dr A C Young the prison physician him and up to Thursday nf lei noon It was Willi thought the patient might get I el well But It do d that he waH also u n constitutional disease which the tho mans recovery recover and complications wet lel in which resulted Unal In i Ills his death hist 1 evening An AI Inquest Is being held today Tho Gordon a n a pris prisoner oner of ot first class tV M good conduct entering Del Dec IG 1903 Ho Hc Is sen Ing In five ears for CUI hur too hl since hii hl last January for tor a IL jears for tor with a IL deadly weapon Ho wan lItH n II second prison prisoner ol er 1 with good for tor to the Hist