Show OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER VERDICT SPOKEN WHilE SPARROW CHEEPS SOFTLY Io Laughs Harshly in Prison Cell When Told Jurys Jury's 5 Finding Court Reprimands Attorneys Alter After deliberating deliberating- one hour and twenty minutes last Jast night a verdict of guilty guilt of murder In the first degree was returned by the Jury which ha- ha heard the case caBO of oC Steve Maslich in the criminal division o of the Third district court Maslich la will be sentenced at 10 11 a. a rn m. m. m May 29 9 5 Maslich was charged with the murder murder murder mur mur- der of oC Marco Lauss L. whose body was as found mutilated with two twenty-two knife stabs slabs In a a. ravine near the mouth of Parleys Parley's canyon canon August 3 1919 Hi His room mate Nick Ick was jointly charged with the murder and convicted In Judge Harold ji M. I. I Stephens Stephens' division of or the Third district court several se weeks ago o. Practically the same evidence was introduced In both cases by Baldwin Robertson assistant as assistant if- if district attorney who prosecuted prosecuted prose prose- I case casc Its aIls too bad Nick Ick re remarked reO re marked when hen he heas was as told last night that Maslich had been convicted Th Then he sat up UI on the bunk In his cell In Inthe Inthe Inthe the county Jail and laughed stopping to ask how long Ions the tho Jury deliberated I Motion loUon of ot attorney Thomas ThomasI Ramage for a new trI trial l will be argued ar ar- argued I gued in Judge Stephens' Stephens court this morning I examination Cross of was hs hsI I finished in tn the morning and he J left ft the tine stand before beCore noon Instructions of or orthe the court were yere read to the Jury and Attorney Robertson began the prosecution prose prose- cution cullon argument after the noon re rc- re- re ce cess He finished In fifty 3 Attorney Ramage concluded argument for the defense at 6 p. p m. m and CO cour r. r adjourned adjourned until 70 when the prosecution prosecution prose prose- cution was given ghen an additional h hOur u Before the ca case caso o was submitted Stephens offered a further instruction telling the tho j Jury r to overlook o tho the pros prosecutions prosecution's prose pros cution's r reference to Maslich as ns a a. vile nB man and the defenses defense's horrible d de description description de- de of ot how hov a man Is executed Tho The Jurors were ere taken to the Jury room at 9 5 Judge Stephens announced that court would remain in session and stated ho he wished to speak to counsel both for tor or prosecution and defense He criticized the attorneys for tor their conduct during the case saying It had been disgrace disgrace- ful CuI Attorney Ramage's lengthy de description description de- de of or an execution during his closing closing- argument according to tho the judge se seemed med to be intended to make mako the Jury afraid to find the man mait guilty and Attorney Robertson's reference to the defendant as a a. vile man and his comparison on of the murder of ot Lauss to the thc butchery of cattle was apparently apparent apparent- I ly aimed to inflame the jur Jury the judge added Throughout the trial both attorneys disobeyed requests of oC the court so frequently he was compelled to conclude conclude con con- clude elude they were making no effort to follow them Judge Stephens con con- eluded The jur Jury returned to the courtroom at 1043 During Its deliberations deliberations delibera delibera- lions the jur Jury asked for tor the bloo bloody gloves gIo found near the scene of ot th the r and for Cor the It letter which was written ritten b by Steve Ste Maslich to Mary Massura Mas Mas- Ia sura surl a n state witness and delivered after his trial started Durin During the time the Jury was deliberating de do liberating Maslich Ia sat alone In lh the courtroom guarded onI b only by Deputy Sheriff Arthur Arthut Waller Valler His Ills composure which was lost while he was on tho the witness stand taud Thursday was en When Whon the Jury jur filed tiled back into the tha courtroom n with the tho theer er verdict closed hIs ills eyes ees and sat flat Immovable Immo while It was read Only the closed eyes and his quick breathing marked him hini an as the man who was hearing himself himself him him- self pronounced guilty guilt of oC a a. capital crime As the jur Jury re entered a sparrow perhaps dislodged ed from Its nest b by bya a agust gust of oC wind flew through an open window Into tho the courtroom Perched on an ornament In a corner It chirrup chirruped chir chir- rup id while directly below It was as hearing tho the verdict |