Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-06-03 | Page 6 | David Latham is Sentenced to Term in State Prison

I DAVI IS SENTENCED TO TERM IN 81 STATE A IE PRISON Man Who Demanded Bride at Pis Pistols Pistol's tors Point Is Given Time to Meditate David Davi Latham who sought ought to steal 1 his bride by force of or gunpowder r recently and andin Ind IndIn in p the thE process held Mr r. r and Mrs Irl John Johnce a at the point of a gun threatening threaten threaten- ing ce death ltha unless they revealed a t the hiding Y place of o Miss 1111 Gr hi his Intended was Va sentenced to three thre years in the state N l prison this morning by Judge Lewis of ty the district court Latham pleaded gullin gui gui- gull gull- in In the latter part of April Apri Latham gave Miss Mi 1111 Dickson three In whiM to decide to marry him Ills His threat was that he would marr kill her if It she he refused The girl fled fir from rm the th home of her sister Mrs and went to live with a n friend leaving word ord that she had left the city Latham called caled the night he was to re receive reg re- re g being his told Ida answer that t tr J his from n Intended the d girl rl bride brido and ond 2 U upon had find a left the city became enraged drew a revolver and d demanded d from Edth the Sned- Sned Ed Eds dons they bring I the girl to h him hini The s s shadow hoel of or t the man fant with a i gun n and ami i his two frightened victims falling on the th drawn curtain of the home at attractEd attracted at- at the thc attention of a passerby who called caled the police The latter later entered the time house several severa minutes later only to be hE hEe fired upon by the reckless suitor Latham an succeeded e J ben In barricading f uI himself ett In dark room rom of the house where he held the tho police at bay for several evEral minutes He lie le was finally forced to surrender