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Show PLAN TO ESCAPE PRISON IS FOILED Delivery Is Frustrated by Guards' Discovery. Discov-ery. Friends Had Planned Aid Salt Lake, Aug. 11. A plot having for Its objectlvo the liberation .from tho state ponltentlary of Harry Brow-er, Brow-er, under sentence of death for the murder at Highland Boy in Bingham, April 1C, 1914, of Eugene Allen nnd also, it Is believed, Joseph Hlllstrom, murderer of J. a. Morrison, Salt Lake grocer, and his son, J. Arling Morrison, In January, 1914, was frustrated, frus-trated, It became known yesterday by tho discovery by prison officials on Monday night of tho fnct that a section sec-tion of tho steel wall, measuring six-teen six-teen Inches square, had been cut from Browor's cell. It Is tho belief of tho officials that Brewer did tho work himself. Prison officials aro Inclined to tho bqllef that had Brewer been successful success-ful In his plans, an attempt at a general gen-eral dollvery of prisoners might havo been made. Aided by a gang, who night and day Jjnvo watched tho walls of the state penitentiary in Sugar House, Brewer is reported to havo made determined de-termined efforts to cscapo by tho uso of various Instruments In tho cutting of chilled steol wnlls nnd bars. Reports to Governor It is thought that Browcr plannod, following escapo from his coll, to enter en-ter the big cell houso, which might have resulted In a release of all tho lumatos and a general delivery of prisoners from the fourth tier of colls. Arthur Pratt, warden of tho stato prison, mado a complete report to Gov. William Spry. Tho governor Instructed him to oxerclse tho greatest great-est vigilance- and Brewer was placed In a dungeon, together with Joseph Ul'lstrom, undor sentence of death for the murder of J. a, Morrison, grocer. The execution of Hlllstrom Is scheduled for October 1. Shortly nftor tho arrest of Browor by tho sheriff's offico for the murder of Allen, It dawned on Jailers of tho founty Jail and doputy sheriffs that ho was possessed of great skill In breaking Jails and that ho had hosts of friends. The sheriff came Jn pos- session of a letter that his companions compan-ions woro planning to hold up tho county Jail early on a certain morning. morn-ing. Immediately John S, Corles, or-(Continued or-(Continued on page flvo) 3lali to Escape Prison js Foiled' Delivery Is Frustrated by Guaids' Discovery. Friends Had Planned Aid ' (Continued From Pago Ono) i - dercd Brewer tnken to tho state prls-ion. prls-ion. lloth Brewer nnd Hlllstrom nro to , bo shot In n fow weeks for tholr .crimes. Prisoners Moved at Night I Tho removal was mado with groat secrecy late nt nighty and lit) was plac-jed plac-jed In the collhousc built o cspeclu'ly , for dangerous prisoners on tho fourth 'tier to tho southr His cell was next to that of Joseph Hlllstroni. . Steel Lining Is Cut Guards In tho cell house soon discovered dis-covered that tho steel lining of Brow-el's Brow-el's cu'i had been cut by soma sharp Instrument. Investigation Is said to havo revealed that IHIIstrom had appeared ap-peared to center great Interest In Brewer. On tho following dny Brow-er Brow-er was removed to a cell nt tho extreme ex-treme north end of tho cellhousonnJ Hll'strom was transferred to a cell Immediately adjoining. For many days, It Is reported, that Brewer appeared to bo sulking an I tho result of his removal to tho north ; end of the ccllhouso. Guards bo- i came nwnre Monday night, howovcr, that a portion of tho outer edgo of Brewer's cell, measuring sixteen by sixteen inches, facing on tho corridor had been cut. Cutting Instrument Found Browcr was taken from his coll nnd It was searched thoroughly under the direction of Arthur Pratt, warden, war-den, and A. C. Uro, deputy wnrden, Hidden In his cot was found an Instrument In-strument consisting of a short part of a broom handle with a triangular steel knife, it wnB found, was of steel, hardened In a manner that It would cut through chromo steel. It is reported Brewer refused to j furnish nny Information pertaining to tho unusual tool disclaiming nny knowledge of Us existence Hill-Strom, Hill-Strom, however, Is reported to havo laughed blandly when tho Instrument was exhibited to him. Browcr Ih n professional cracksman and' It is known that he Is familiar with tools of great power in penetrating chilled I or chromo steel. I During n confession which Brewer I mado nt tho county Jail shortly after his arrest ho Is reported to havo nd-I nd-I nilttod cutting his way out of tho Jail j at Calgary, Canada, and out of tho Canadian provincial prlaon nt Vancouver. Van-couver. Tho statement of Browcr was verified shortly after his confession, when tho' sheriff's ofllco learned that his break from tho Vancouver prison was ono of tho most skillful efTorti nt prison breaking ever discovered In Canada. Had Browcr got out of his cell it Is thought that he would havo cut through tho bars of tho tier corridor ) with tho Intention of ovorpowcrlng u guard. After posing as a young millionaire In Memphis, Tenn , Brewer wbb nr-rested nr-rested and brought to Salt Lako. Ho confessed to the shooting of Allen short'y after being returned to Snlt Lako nnd Inter denied tt. Ho vwis convicted of first degree murder. |