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Show I S1RMAY TO DIE I AT PEN MAY 22 Salt Lako City, April 7. After a piteous plea to tho court that hla Ufa I bo spared, Julius Slrtnay, convicted I murderer of Thomas II. Karrlck, wa3 I yesterday morning rc-sontenccd by Judge Oeorge O.' Armstrong to be shot to death in tho state prison be- JRa tween tho hours of 10 a m. and 2 p.m. VK; on Wednesday, May 22. At tho request of attorneys for tho condemned man tho date of exosu-tlon exosu-tlon was fixed sufficiently distant to give tho defendant an opportunity to apply to tho iboard of bardons nt its regular meeting May 18 for commutation commuta-tion of sentonco to Ufo Imprisonment Tho board meets April 20, but as notice no-tice of application for clemency must be published in advance, tho application applica-tion cannot bo made nt that time. no-sentencing Slrmay was tho re sult of tho action Friday of tho su- preme court denying a rehearing on appeal. Slrmay presented an abject Appeal yesterday. Though looking better physically he was visibly affect f ed by tho certainty that ho must face k tho death penalty. Wben called upon by tho court for any reasons he might f havo why penalty should not bo In- fllcted, ho burst forth Into a lengthy J nnd pathetic wnil for clemency. I 'Was There to Steal' j "Yes, I havo many reasons," ho ro- J piled. He opened a packet of notes ho had been nervously scribbling whllo waiting for Judgo Armstrong J to como from nnothcr division of the I court. j Nervously, and in a choking voice, J ho launched Into a rambling discus- I slon of tho testimony against him. Ho j insisted that tho evidence presented J by some of tho witnesses was not j correct. j Slrmay admitted that ho saw young " Karrlck In tho house tho day of tho murdor, but protested that ho did not j kill the lad. He said that If he was j In the house it was to steal and not to murder. Ho pleaded that ho was hungry and without money. I "Now, I want tho court Jo havo I the Governor give mo life sentence 1 am a young man and I havo an old mother. I havo been bad onco in my life, but I an good now. 1 am not , guilty. If I was In that house it was w2m to steal. What can a fellow do? I was j '?. hungry and didn't have any money. I gf can swear on a Bible that I didn't shoot tho kid. Now I would llko to tell tho Governor to change my sen- m tenco." , ' Tho court oxplalned to tho defend- 9 nnt that tho ovldenco had been con-H con-H sidered by a pury which found him guilty; therefore, the court could on- ( ly carry out the law and Bentonco him to death. "Which form of execution do you prefer?" asked tho court. "I want shooting, llko I said before" was tho reply. Tho court then ordered that Slrmay bo taken to some safe placo and held until shot. Slrmay was Immediately taken back to tho state prison. |