The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-11-13
A MELkE IL JAZZ.
Stabbed With a Fork The In
known Fate Of the Prisoner
Who Informs.


the slums so common around US. and
yet so unfamiliar 10 the most of US;
something that with al its humorous
aspects, is not free from a suggestion Of
Dickens Poor 10" and his plAintiye
woes. was raked up 20 the surface in
the Police Court yesterday. a poor,
sqralid lad. named Brsckett, pTO5s0ly
oot more than 3 years Of age; ignorant
shaggy. but with ceftatu Arab shrewd-
ness and bolGHess IN his talk aud man
ner. was brought cut OF tie jail before
the Court, for wounciEE a fellow-pris
oner named Billy Morgan. boy of 10
or 20, in the hand with a fork. The
evidence shove. that the big boy Ead
been over'iiins She li.'l- on. for s Iue
time, while they were Iu Jail, ana , Liie
they worked l. the gang together.
When they came IN ON night, the
TAILOR. on searching BIacsttt. found q
long, sharp nail II his pocket. This he
bad IlEen awav from him with
sharp repr mand. During that
night some OHe Yelled from The jail
window for heiy, calling that BracEstt
had stabbed Morgan IN the hand with
forS DR.. Clinton, on repairing 10
tire prisoners room. found Tie tine - ?
fork broken off in the back o. Gordon =
baud. ana that i ives giving him con
Siderable pain. He removed it and the
wound soon began 70 heal.
Bracket was asked 10 tell his version
OF the case. and with voice and man
ner of a man Of 40 he replied:
Well. this thing had its start in
Billy getting into my bed most every
night aud caperin' around SO ;het l
couldn't get 10 sleep til' about mid
night. Curtis hsls zi.,. f..z sept To-
grther. and / told Curtis ] wasn't going
TO stand il much lange. He TOwe1
with me q good deal last Saturday out
az the gravel banks. AID before that lie
had sa:d he was goin' 10 DO me up. let
pe haze q few days Law Of from
workin ! see that thTee-tined fork on
the window and Just laid il to one side
TO have L handy because ! knew be could
knock me out TOO easy. / didn allow
for 70 hit him with IL, IA: only 10 skee=
him. Bot / told Curtis I had never
bsrked out Of fight Yet and l WASH I
goin to now"
Us that the way Won 6ght, by
skeeIin' people?" interrupted the
prosecutor.
No sir. il amt (proudly) but he was
bigger'n me, and / knew he wouldn't
touch me il he saw the tork. don't
just remember how il started. but was
climbin' down out Of the upper bunk
when he hit me on the side Of the head
and fell 70 the floor. I've got two big
marks on the side of NV head, Your
Honor" said the rsgamuffin, slowly
rubolng his shaggy pate, and | don't
know but he kicked me when ] was
down; ] was kinder confused and can't
exactly remember. But Curtis said
Billy never kicked g man when he was
down, so guess maybe be didn't; any
way as som .as l was up. l grabs my
fork and jabbed al him:-I was quite
ways of OF him, and if ne hadn't
thrown up his hands be would not
have been hit. He saws. Put mp that
fork and I went and hid il under my
pillow. We did not know there was u
tine in his hand til ne groaned an ho1r
or two, and then Curtis looked and saw
it.. That's all, your honor. only dldn Z
bring tnat nail in 10 stand him off,
had il in my pocket several days, and
the fork / didn't steal from the supper
table, il was lying on the window"
If you were afraid OF Morgan, Why
didn't you report2 You knew yon had
protection, " said the prosecutor.
Purity poor protection said the
boy.
"How's that?'
Well, two or three men has tried the
reporter dodge" said the boy, fumbiing
in his hat. They didn't try IL on
again"
The Judge looked sghast a. the cold
blooded suggestiveness OF this Ut
terance, SAID with much simplicity
and was thoughtful for few
minutes. He then said that however
much Bracket had been provoked,
this sort of dealing with dangerous
weapons must be punished, and
Bracket was given twenty-one days
additional time to the term he is now
spending for stealing ride on the cars.
There was an unwntten and unut-
tered volume of terrible import in the
half ely. half plaintive hint the poor
boy dropped about the fate of the in
former against any midnight melee
among the jail birds. What fearful
scenes may sometimes be enacted
among ENGAGED criminals. with this
dread OF reporting" TO render them
secure from punishment, one almost
shoulders 20 contemplate.