The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-15

governor and the members OF the board
OF corrections visited Pary's cell, and
nected directly with the operation OF the
prison Parry made his statement. In
part II Is as follows:
Well. II was the latter part of
June, about the 2Sth or 29fh or some
thing like that, when Mr.. Merrill
came around. He called me over.
talking to me and asked me why in
the world 1 didn't make getaway
said no, sir. / haven't any such
idea in my head. He said you are
foolish. II is NE and death with
you. You ought to get away from
bere- Well, I said, probably you are
talking To get me half way up and
shoot me. ] said you know ] have
lost all confidence in men. He said
no. / am your friend, You don't
the officers, One phoned around the
other morning and asked me If we
saw Parry going around to mako the
firesi. He said I wish they would
holes through him. I asked him who
lt was and he said Dorsey. He said
YOU don't hear one-haf. Well,
said, what don't hear l don't be
li,eve. What he said was to get out
of hero and go, He said / Will help
you, I said no, | am going along all
rig;ht. I don't like to betray any
ono. He said 1t Is life, and death.
you can't help your mother and sis.
ter out here. You can get out. II
you feel like sending a little money
II will be all right
In reply to further questions Parry
aid that he had had "all Of dozen
aiks with Merrill and that In several
Finally Merrill said in speaking OF the
sending OF the money when you get
IN your, feet. you can. My name Is
Eleventh East II you will send a cou-
pie of hundred 1t VIII be all right"
How They Conferred.
Detailing the converse ton with Mer.
;aid.
Well, on the last night OF July
no, the norning-just wait a min
ute; the morning OF the 31st it was:
about when 1 come on shift, some
thing after II o'clock. Any time af-
ter IL O'Clock; he says rig up some
thing. I want to talk to you. lie went
of shift at o'clock in the morn
next night. 1 went over and he says
you fix something to come up, Well
I fixed the old pipe together 1
there. He says yes So l went up
and sat in the box. He showed me
how dark 1t was and wanted TO show
me what he wanted TO DO, DE want
ed me to turn one light out on the
other mans wall. lie wanted me TO
turn the light on the south wall.
He was telling me what he wanted
me to do then He would let me
out and for me to go around, get
UP again and put the lights out on
the south wall. He says lay there TIL
I go Off Shift and after 7 go off shift
make something that will short them
and kill the whole thing.
I says j don't see It Is necessary
to put them all out. I don't want to
Job another man. He says 1t Is life
and death with you, kid. He says
then I think I will go In the front box
tomorrow when ] change shifts. He
saws I can let you up to the front
box. You crawl along the wall and
then after I go turn them all Off He
says then il will make me safe Well,
1 says / DOM know. But that even
ing he came on the back box again.
He called me over and said this is a.
good night, I says I don't feel like
It tonight Well. he says think It
over: II Is life and death with you.
nv boy. Well, I says If that is the
way it is all right. and he told me
TO come over at II o'clock. I went
over at IL o'clock and put 1t on. and
he held it while 7 got over the other
side and took IT and laid It down and
7 mt it