Show I iA r I ABE MAJORS CUTS GUTS FELLOW PRISONER Lifer Liter In State Penitentiary Slashes Harry Waddell With a Knife CAUSED BY MONEY QUARREL I Men Were Partners In Making I i Bridles Bridles Assailant Assailant Has Bad Record Record- R cord J 1 A desperate attempt was made to minder Harry Waddell a fellow convict convict con con- vict Tuesday eln morning at the state punt pen pen- t b by Ah Abe Majors The ThC prisoners had hall b been en r released from th their lr cells to take their usual morning bath hath and anti Abe Ahe Majors instead In- In stead istead of or going for tor a pall pail of lC water Waited until the tile guards guard's back was Wag turned then walked cd Into the cell oc occupied occupied oc- oc b by Harry Waddell add and plunged tho the keen blade of or a knife several M times P i Into Inlo the IhA vitals of or the the- defenseless c le man When the guard reached Waddell lv h he 1 found wounds wound u all over lI his hod body the thi I. I most mot dangerous one b being a n long gash gasi gasion f. f on the right side of oC his throat t. t which extended to 10 the windpipe Dr Steele who lives JIve In the tile neighborhood wa wn us c ha hastily summoned and with vilh Dr Young th the prison J physician hy succeed succeeded How flow of blood Th rh ed Nl 1 in Slopping Mopping the tha I. I mans man's condition is com considered serious that thaL If no complications corn corn- but hut the phy physicians say a arise ne he e has a chance fo for for r rt d UN IIi Innocence The lIls had some ome difficulty In fri getting at the cause of the th cutting The hc wounded woun ed man is 18 too weak to 10 talk laUe while Majors denies flatly Hatty that he dU did It Majors says S he ho believes Waddel cut cuL himself hut but lh the authorities at atthe the 11 prison state lato that Majors undoubtedly edly dy is Js the man mun that wielded the knife with such mch deadly effect a UK us he was wn detected do- do going Into nto Waddell's Waddells cell When Waddell cried out nut a guard saw Majors r rush rurh h out o of cC his cell Diligent search arch has hns been mn made for 01 the weapon used h by Majors but hut it has haR not nol yet Pt been found From rom the tha size Sze of the wounds Inflicted It is believed ad that an ordinary nary nar pocket knife was used 1 The fhe cause causo o of the assault Is believed pd t to have been over some slight difference differ differ- I ence nce in a money transaction tile te two vo men men had several overal days das ago Th They had been hiten making bridles luring during their leisure lelure let lei sure ure hours and th the money r received c from the sales Ie was divided but a ell dispute dis pUlp flute arose over the last settlement d and It is Js believed cd that Majors was for his first t opportunity to kill his hlll partner r. r Has u Hud nl Honl Abe Abc Majors Is J reputed to be one of oft t the n most criminals the Plate p penitentiary has hag ever vcr hel held Ills His j car career cr o of nI crime began in California Folsom Cal for or orr II lie W was a prisoner at r t burglary b but had been granted ranted a parole parole pa pa- d behavior He Tie violated 1 role ole for go good t coming to this state On Onn J fune n 1 ri- ri s sentence e for fbi th the murder of I Brown of the police pollee of Ogden in a a. a running light in iri which nich Majors Majors' brother al also o lost his life lIe He lie was the ring-leader ring ot of a hand band of thieves As AI the th police force were pursuing pur his gang g-ang when his hig brother resisted and I J. J was shot dead Majors lay In ambush and fired on th the party part killing killing- Captain Caplain Brown After he had been sentenced j to be hanged hangell his hl attorneys attorn ys secured a anew S 'S o n new w trial and at the second trial Ocl October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc l' l tober loher C G 1901 1001 he wa was sentenced to th the state prison here for Cor life ICe Ilay IIa Rc-cn Rc cn c-cn Constantly Con I Tho The authorities at the prison have have I kept a a. close watch on er e every move of the prisoner since his hiM incarceration knowing him to be bc a man who would take lake an any chance chanc for or his freedom rc In October 1901 he with several other oth r convicts made a dash dah for 11 liberty hert out at the prison One guard shot anI another another an an- other struck over the head three thre convicts convict con Cult I vict wounded and one killed was the result 0 of the attempt o of the prisoners to escape lie w was wa's s the ring leader l' l of or J J w t the gang cang and the man he ho cut Tuesday was his chief assistant In iii the vellI well well- I laid pla plans s to get set away A number of petitions have been presented to the hoard board of pan pardons for tot fora a n commutation of his sentence hut but th the hoard h has each time tinie refused el lo to net oct favorably |