Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-12
PARDON, PERHAPS,
FOR ROBERTSON.
Friends Expect rormcr Council
mass rieroism TO Make him
A Hret Nan Again.
fLAyfu A VERY sgls R@T.
Nat" he Says, 81 ars csaylet asi
Sss Carss; Only Did Ny
pap.'

e!ncs the prompt display OF pluck on
the part OF Alex AessrtsoA. fsfA.r city
councilman and Ssytag ss4lsr Ia Wells
yArss'a sazk, w9o Ia uaAaPlsiay sen
tsncs N Nv state prison Gor slnsSsais-
rnsn,. In turning IA tho alarm Al tho
risk Of his NE and then locldng the
prisoners IN THAR cells OF The occasion
Of the jail delivery On Friday evening,
The friends Of lhe prigoner have b5en
taking gteps In The direction OF secur-
ing HIS pardon. Before the board Of
pofdenn can act on hl2 ceae 1t VIII
be neceseQry, however for The IBlUIti0n
for pardon to come from Robertson
himself II " With lhis oljact In view
dat his frionga ara now working.
When approached on thu subject BY tae
"Nswg' 2t the state prieon, Robertson
turned PARTED tbs question, and 1t Ia
said that cvan among hls iuGn Is he
shows thc same deposition when Il
cclaeg " Forwarding his own petition.
- REGULAR HE'LL
To VISA Rooartson's ewn exprosaIon to
the "l52ws," his HE IN the prison has
Leen "a regular he'll" Ills last act
VI Friday night put the finishing touch
ss on the hatred berne W the cough
element LGhlnf the baGs IA he stood
tAlking TO the "NoWs' Ia thr office on
the third tier Of the aou.h cell house
within the grim Walls, giancs at the
scqwllng faces that giere1 81 him from
the other side OF the bars. TO say moth
ing OF the muttered curses and soto
yoee obscene jests that were uttered
by the prisoners told their story Rob
ertson would have - much chance for
his llte II thrown In among them a. II
he were cast defenseless into q den ~
hytnas. Every mrn who does his duty
at the prison is cordially hated by the
lavlez
ONLY DID HIS DUTY.
'Rohertsor the VII, iown is talking
cr yoyr ricek. talt i reraster NJ ~
shook hands. az DO not know why
they should he said YEARLY II did
what any man would have DONE, am
glad though, that l am getting q little
more popular uptown for can tell you
that ] am not popular down here by
long shot" Then with return to his
old gay manner he said: but, this
reminds me OF the old city council days,
seeing all you reporters around" He
soon lsp-ed back 10 his old bitterness,
81 am convict (he threw n chilly EN-
pha-is on the world, but never could
be Hike some OF the men who are out
here. II | stayed here for 20 years |
could not associate with them. Nobody,
not even the guards, know what life
Is In prison, II you do not associate
with all, your HE I. burden to you
In a hundred little ways they make you
fepl II, while II. little kndnes-.s on the
part Of the guards only add to the UNI
plearantners at this juncture a big
swsrthy convict who was listening ten
PAGES away in tn. corridor violated the
prison rules by expectorstins disgust
edly, nnd srinned csllously At his COM
rade). Mr.. Jacobs ttested me like a
man. when | rushed downstairs and
uw those brutes beating him l saw I
could 40 nothing 40 rushed to the
alarm button and stayed With II until
! had just time to make the get away.
There was no pluck about It. was
terribly frightened, but simply had 10
do Il and GUESS | would have had a
try At II II they has subsequently
killed me for H."
CONVICT SCOwLs.
Robertson showed his indifference to