Show ORNE o PLEADS f I FOR ull I LifE IFF L Lt It t I Slayer of Young erchant TaKes Stand in Own Defense I IWAS LARES LitRES KILLING HILLING WAS AN ACCIDENT th h Will AsK for Prison tence fence Instead of Death Hands t of the Lawt Law I t ir I Thorne tho boy slayer off of or orI I f W. W took tb the wite witness W. W this ig afternoon to plead for bi biJ his I- I W uI not deny that he ho killed Faa Faa- 1 he lie was committing a a. felony telony of the store but he be will th t the killing of ot the industrious young bu butcher ber was wa purely Ment something that could not 44 pad something that could not be beI bein beLi 14 I Li tin in asking that plea the boy will rt an and the jury to suspend of II an an eye eJe for an e oye e a ara at t or ra ra a tooth tooth I and that he be per per- ita to foil i for the tho state tate during durin the natural life or or until he i ia is a dby a soft olt ex executive iti n 1 for the slaying of a de- de 5 maD I rn rh y not tell the whole story ife may iff-may may not tell of his his wand wander wander- rt r- r wt t countr of his 1118 avoid avoid- toil of ot hJ his living upon tI Its of the t toil il of other men pined ed in a career of or crime ell his associations with criminals m moral ral cripples minds could not justly value of labor and o of honest ut t who bo prized the fruits of oC re they did lid theo the o J not 12 n to 1 nd i. i imp m- m mAnd And nd r. r jut before foro t killing tho compact to sr out t to to- x and nd turn a a trick and thus mey upon which to subsist with with- e 6 J agency of hard work then on the other hand ho he may S i nay may open hi his warped and twist twist- Irto I to the gaze of those tern faced Tho sho K sit in judgment iad ment h hoping that Tide of his hiS' deformity ms may win thy iy III as tho dl display of ol his twisted oy by a beggar a wins ins coppers from wing usIng crowd trow-d. tho jury Jl has listened nea with the intent e a and d' d attention to every I of U the tho i lifo liCo e ef of f Harry since i city of his voluntary woo which h he lie t has hag repeated many 7 o of m. m ij Pers personality Tho The care j lack ck of apparent L of f his his situation ld JW with which he listens listens' f evidence these have haven keir effect Vp upon 1 the t-he jur jury and will o n their final judgment ll Th tn is til the bo boy in the tho 1 ls l's r is office offlie awaiting judgment jud ment I fraction of arbitrary ry rules L- L 1 1 no repentance no sorrow his his r 8 The ov eyes s have look that accompanies on on firo n firo I soul lw harrowed harrow and d bJ MT 7 repentance grief rief and nod sor- sor fI bl crime Iwasan wu wai an I accident How could I U tI I he seems Beems to say Bar And this is i linde of the bo t i boy slayer skyer law that works to the rig of cr criminals acted in the case Irry Tk Thorns and nd formed another 11 othe the cham that l dra him may drag to Mold Mold- or L to the tho prison for life Pty Shell r shooting Fassell Thorne ex Ii from froni e the tho relie re- re i lie hIlS he dr dropped into to bis his pocket fD to throw It away ay later In Itil hl 13 to esCape apo he f forgot or ot this do he was arrested As tho off i tred hi his room ho remembered the e. e shell from bi his pocket he lIt jt Int the tho waistband of his bis t. t that it Would fall faU to and a. a ho was being led ru cell away I go O did drop on r tho floor fL room at the tho city jail it was fo found nd later in III It was was was' intro intro- this morning And O of it being lost JOlt i it became tice that had ad originally intended it I t may load to punishment 1 Earned Burned mou mother cr or ot the murdered Pw of the to tho stand at tile morning session t j that Mrs the bullet that killed o f C pauo Tho through four u m tu Fassell ha had 1 after after- the e not and did not know ere re pOWder marks I n. n the cloth cloth- nf J J Roberta wu waa sw w t i 2 0 O'clock clock Th rne In fn 2 th the b boys boys' V ward the UI o nn on n tho the m morning e. e Ineat rw t. t fol fol oh on the ed q aid edge e ot of the b 1 Roberts Ho He Pretty tOtt or the tho badly lIe Ho asked chief t b ot of ana ano anat t. t t fo r Chief Chir 1 teU the tho chief alt all about Barlow M about cam In Ic rne to the the e mOrning about f for by A Attorney Horney the J 3 J. J Jt re tV defense Ser Rob fob t excite excite- 11 j tho o arrest u of or Theme o that t thoro there ns pollee lIca S. S M. M Barlow IN tell ot of the tho robbery were th tho to 4 DM r m men n or of the rr to thO tb toro store In Con After talking with Uh rimo they Went dlo dl- dl o rooming h house and hey he reached the room II I about ZO o'clock or between tween twenty and thirty minutes after tho shooting tho the Thome Thorne said the chief was In ln room with Riley Thorne had had- the tho money In his hie hand apparently counting Riley RHey was as lying on the bed Ills Ilia hand was under a sheet of or paper Also under the tle paper was a revolver with four tour chambers chambers chambers cham cham- bers loaded One shot or or moro more had hall b been en recently fired There was wet mud on the shoes and clothing of or and Riley Thorne did not admit that night that ho had been at the store I next 1 saw nw Thome Thorne about 7 o'clock tho the following morning I 1 came camo early carl as Sergeant Roberts said eaid wanted to toB B sec ace C me mc When Thome Thorne came earns In I remarked that ho HI looked looker badly Ho He said the JIG was uneasy lie he had hail not slept at all all and he he wonted wanted to tell all about it IL I told him that we would make maie no promises and what hesaM ho he saM said would bo be used against him Any statement he wanted to make mako must be bc voluntary Thorne's Themes Story of Crime Chief Barlow Darlow then gave cave a n. d detailed t d drunning drunning running account of or the crime Ho Ito said that as ns did not hold bold his hla hands bands up fast enough he Thorne poked Fassell In the ribs with the gun and the gun Kun un went off orr said Chief Barlow The chief then continued tho the orl original nal confession and showed tho the diagram of or tho the store and tho the pictured story of ot the thc crime drawn n Jointly by Thorne Theme and ant Chief Barlow was Shown by tho the chief Judge Lewis was deeply Interested and leaving the bench examined the sk sketch c carefully over tho shoulder of ot Chief Chic DarIa Bar Dar low Ia The confession written by Chief Barlow Barlow Bar Bar- low and signed by Thorne was ns shown hown to Chief Chlof Barlow and amI tho the details of ot tho the preparation of or this document were gone over carefully Chief Chic Barlow then told of or the tho finding of or ortho tho the cartridge In the tho detectives detective's room at nt tho police pollee station Tho The confession of or Thorne which ho had signed was Introduced as evidence Under Cross Examination The Tho cross crOSH examination of or Chief Barlow b by Attorney Denny began at 1045 As noon as the thc descriptions of the thc men mcm were given gl to tim the chief the party party par par- ty returned to the business section potion Chief Barlow left the thc wagon on the way to walk in III iii thinking the they ml might ht run across tho men The descriptions were given to Sheets Sheet Schultz and Chase Chul Continued on page pago 10 THORNE PLEADS Continued from Pa pago o J. J Tho detectives cs remained at nl tho station ten or fifteen minutes and then they thoy went cut to the tho Angelus rooming house and arrested the menOn menOn men On the way to the tho station lIta we discussed dis dis- cussed tho crime and ond Ul tho descriptions o othe or orthe the men Wo went to tho and Sheets went In In to minutes min utes ho camo bock back and motioned to us u to come In Wo ro filed In and went hurriedly hur hur- riedl to room No 28 Tho door was locked Shoots opened It Jt with ft n pa- pa pass S ko kc Sh Sheets 18 walked right up to and arrested him Sheets Thome I 1 searched Wilson and I don't dont know who searched Riley Calls It an Accident Who told Sheets after aCter this accident happened asked Attorney Denn Donny that tha an anono ono entered room 23 No ono as as tar far as I 1 know There wore some rumors of course the next day doy but I had not hoard them at that time Do you know If from tho time jou OU left leet tho station at ut 11 o'clock on the tho night nigh of the tho holdup and before you saw aw him the tho next morning thero was any application application cation of oC tho third degree asked Attorney Denny There was not said Chief Barlow His appearance was wholly voluntary No threats threat were mn made o and fear was was' not used b by tho department to Induce him to talk Did Thorne ever say ho murdered 7 He said ho he shot him answered ered Chief Barlow I Who Vho Is this man Sheets who led jou ou Ito to the Angelus rooming house hous I Ho Is tho chief of or detectives c Is he hc the tho man who had considerable trouble with a couple of ot a few ears ago asked Attorney Denny I object to that as ns Immaterial said the tho district attorney Tho objection was sustained b by tho court The cross examInation examination exam exam- then closed having continued quarters of an hour Sheriff Joe C. C Sharp was called by the state and told of tho conre confession slon made b bj Thorne at the tho state prison on on tho afternoon after noon o of April 3 Warden Pratt Pratte Introduced Introduced Intro Intro- Thorne to Governor William Spry Deputy Warden An Andy y C. C Ure Dr G. G B B. Pfoutz and one or two others Warden Varden Pratt told that his conversation would bo u used d against him Thome Thorne told them freely and and voluntarily of or tho plan of or robbery and of the carrying out of tho those e plans resulting in tho shooting of Confession at Prison Slim George H. H Wilson suggested that the they go o out ont and turn a a. trick Thome Thorne was waR willing Slim went out to set get another fellow to help They met Curly Morgan who had com om- company pan pany with a girl working nt the Tro Troy laundry He hid had tried to get cl her to give gl him the combination of or the safe sare She refused to have havo thing to do with Morgan referred to as nc Curly Curb was tho one who led toward tho They planned to rob a laundry ere but finally decided to attack tho store The Tho details of or the crime were cre then re repeated re- re In substantially tho same samo manner manner man man- ner as the other witnesses ses had described No new facts wore brought out on cross examination and tho testimony was not Dr H. H P. P des described tho au autopsy au- au topsy and tho results df this examination examina tion of or Fussells bod body George Chase Chuo Identified tho overalls that found in Thome's Thomes room and that wore were Introduced as e evi evidence l- l dence In tho Riley case On cross K examination by Attorney Denny Denn Detective said he reached the tho station a few after aCter the re report ro port was received of tho killing of or Fas Fas- sell Bell Five Fhe minutes after atter tho r report port was re received re- re fd cel ho and ond Sheets Schultz and Barlow Dar Bar low Jow went to the tho Angelus rooming house Ho He and Sheets had discussed the killIng kill kill- In Ing before the they left tho station to to gether State to the Jury how you ou camo to togo go 10 to the Angelus rooming house within five minutes after aCtor you had heard of the shooting Suspects at Angelus I hod heard of oC a of ot cripples living at t the tho Angelus and was suspicious of them I had oe Been n Brown and ono one of or the other othor men at tho rooming hOUSand house hOUS and watched them Tho day before the Fa smell killing we tIC went to the and got Kot descriptions of the men In room 28 when I went there to spot these cripples who wo believed were crooks We Ie had soon scan men at nt tho room and wanted anted to BOO the other two We wanted to see eo them all to keep tab on them When When tho report of the killing of ot Fas- Fas sell oll came In Sheets I 1 guess wod better go and got tet th that t hunch now now und and we did We gathered In four of the men ami nd the other two dirt did not como back Wo Yu left two men in the room but the other two men did not return to the roomI room I r had noticed men about town before that for somo omo time I 1 had been watching tho cripples for tor about days District Attorney Loofbourow row said he believed that the state would have no other witnesses to examine but that he did not care finally to close his ca case e until 2 o'clock tills afternoon The recess was then ordered |