Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-30

| Majors, Sullivan and Deming are now
| lin solitary confinement and, in MI
| probability, will remain in that condi-
ton as long as the present authorities
are in power.
DESPERATE AND VICIOUS.
why"
! Because they know better than any
| one else the desperate nature Of the
prisoners They know that neither one
| of the convicts can be trusted for a
| moment They know that Majors has
been a party to numerous attempts 10
murder and break jail. They know
that Sullivan and Deming are brutal
and vicious and win stop at nothing to
avenge their fancled wrongs. They
know these men will commit any SORT
of crime because they have nothing to
fear
Two are sentenced to life imprisou-
mcnt. The other Is serving 10 years
and stands good chance Of having
another sentence tackled on to that for
attempted prison break. All are lis
solitary confinement and their punish
ment cannot be added to under the
present law
Majors has worked all sorts or
schemes 10 get out of prison. He vas
sentenced to be shot for murder but
through friends new trial was grant
ed and he was given life term. He
professed Christian Science and APP
pcared to be most devout until II was
certain that liberty was not for MN,
Then his nature asserted itself ana ne
participated I'm an attempt to murder
and break iail lie has committed as
saults upon other prisoners and has To
be watched constantly by the OFFICERS
of the law.
COWARDLY ATTACK.
INST a few days ago sullivan and
Demng made an attack upon NICK
P,rssing serving three years for
forgery because they believed Prus-
sing had said something damaging 10
Sullivans case, Sullivan has nothing
to fear unless he murdered the man
and Deming was apparently willing TO
take chance with his pal IT is claim
ed that the men did not intend 10 Kill
Prussing outright, but to gouge out
his eyes or in some other way MAIN
him for life inflict injuries upon MIN
worse than death itself. 1T they mad
succeeded the worst they would have
received would have been solitary con-
hnement They could do the same with
the warden, or q guard. or visitor If
they got the chance and yet have no
telrors for what would follow.
But IL such acts meant sure and
speady death, would they then com
| NIT such acts?
| such criminals give negative answer,
PROTECTION NECESSARY.
State prison officials deem it nee
! essary for their own protection and
| for the enforcement Of prison rules, to
! keep such men in solitary confinement
| They dp' not let the criminals out be-
cause they can not be trusted. Every
| thing that deylish ingenuity can sug-
gest to cause trouble or escape jail Ia
taken advantage of by such men.
Majors professed religion and then re-
| sorted TO physical force. Sullivan tried
| to break Jail and Deming tried to saw
| his way to freedom after feignlng sick
ness. THAT any one of them would
murder TO gain freedom there il not
the slightest doubt in the minds of
| the authorities.
Therefore, II is no wonder that prs-
| on officials. peace officers and all those
who have to deal with this element,
are in favor OF adopting a law as re-
ferred to above, no matter how harsh it
may seem on the face OF 1t.