Show I BOY SLAYER REENACTS I SCENE OF THE MURDER THORNE TRIAL MELODRAMA Dressed in n Same Garb as on Night of Crime Orime Pal of Riley Eiley Interprets the Killing of Grocer George W Fassell DISTRICT ATTORNEY AS THE MOCK VICTIM i Judge Lewis Court Is Scene of Dramatic Intensity as Thorne Unravels Story Led on by Loofbourow HANDKERCHIEF FOR MASK TATs how bow I shot him 1 Dressed in tho the clothes ho hI wore i at tho time of the murder of George GeorgeW W Fa soll oven even to the tho mask over overalls overalls alls ails and slouch hat and wd snapping the big Colt revolver at District Di Attorney Trod Prod 0 C Loofbourow Harry Thorne reenacted the scone of or the terrible tragedy of March 26 before belore the jury and wd a court com room filled fillod with spectators tors tars yesterday afternoon Dramatic In Its ha intensity UM Ute Ui youth youthful youthful ful tul murderer trembling with sup pr ed excitement yet showing un unmistakable mistakable of or bravado and ad de defiance defiance fiance the u th scene suen ICe In the UI district court courty y WM Wall w the th mst meet t startling MarUki ever ver evert t acted In IA any II court oun in Iii the th stats state The Tb state stat ate rested Its Ita case eaM In Ia the trial of cf r Harry HarT Thorn Thome for tor the Ut Ui murder of oC Gr rge W ell at X I and tw hours later after tile the Ui defendant I LII ii Mea been on the u stand the tb defense r t d The Th opening statement for the thero thel l ro was then made mad by bF B O 0 assistant t district I rpy slid and adjournment was WIllI taken until V 3 JH 39 hj ihM morning J 1 J will a the Jury ett Sn tIN the ng of or off f urt this Uta aad MId the argument wilt 11 be dosed c by bF b District Attorney I Ird Frd r d C Loofbourow The ease cue will wills g s to the UM Jury shortly before noon lay 4 of or tho Murderer MurdererS S It W t Us o erM t n of 0 Ute the boy 1 o that the thel tb l Li strict I attorney produced tile the ti ever sor soral er era oJ al a t found at the Urns time oC of W arrest alfI ul Thorn Thorne K IC the thoy u were wo the then n ns s he I wore ore or at the tints time he ke killed O rge W V Thorn Thome looked INked ti m over 0 sad and saM they wore wo Now Mr Thome Thonie put on those tho e overalls rall said id Ute the district attorney J K M Dani attorney tor lor Thorne tJ say aya that the state Mate P compel e OI the defendant nt to b evidence nce in Is the Ute case awe Th TIM district dl at atI f I rn m rny y contended r that Thorns Thorne had bad retardIng regarding the crime on dl r T Tt Ct t and It was w proper f tr fr r hint hIM hI to illustrate this testimony cud rut the objection was W overruled Then came a ai ae the seine scone which hold hd judge sad and Jury awry Jt 7 attorneys court of oC off frs f and spectators spellbound for tor forfi torf forfi fi f Mrs Krs Fassell the v do wed mother ur thi of the murdered rn in a n sad and her hm daughter ter loaned leaned for forward ward ard in ba their seats a and gaid cI Intent at lot t the u th reproduction of the tragedy edy Men lid lied had cost them th the ute life of a son Nn II brother Jurors leaned forward and ad 8 ld unconsciously the arms arm of cot their thIr elM as the tragedy wes was re reV r V 00 so else close to them tIMm that the men In th front row could have YO touched cither ither Handkerchief for tor ask aask There took the Ole overalls and start Mart r to ta pull them on finding some me dif dlf m Ia 1 putting tile the nd over M b I coat cot Tuck your cast Inside ri I the district ct attorney a onIe If he ho to La ag to show MOw how hw ho ko was waa dressed that night t I Insist J Iad he wear wearth weart wearthy th t thy h overall as he ha did then u Inter Interposed posed pd 1 the attorney t for tor Thorn Thorne The Tl boy then stripped off his M coat cot o Contained on oa face rne SLAYER sura RE REENACTS I i SCENE OF MURDER Continued from rose Page r Je One Olle and donned th the overalls and then ro bla bl goat You say nay y yeu bellevo this is JJ It tho the WhIte yeu wore for a en n that night asked Mr w wI rc I t say positively but I think it IV I said Thome Thorne New Now put u handkerchief over your our fate face aile the tho way you yeu OU wore It that night nl kt said Bald th the district attorney Thorne took the and carefully knotted two corners at the bask of hIs lite h liNd ead ul leaving tho hand draped ever his hil faco face Just belew hta hie eys y It took him several at to adjust It jut just right under his hta Then Tb the attorney him the tho th black blek slouch hat that Theme Thorne had said Id was tho ono one he wore were en on th the night of the tragedy Shows Shorts How 1101 Mo lIo Dealt Death jam It K JIM jest B as you yoa OU wore It that commanded Mr r TIM Tho boy bar took tho the hat and pushing the tho th crows crown to Its Ite full height turned the tho brim up tip in the tho back and down in hi front so eo that when whon he donned It only his hta eyes uld be seen New Now tko take this rod and show tho the I j 3 7 j jut et iM how hew you ou killed George Fas Fa Fass Fassell I s sell said Ud ald tho the district attorney Thorne took tho the big bI revolver cock cocked cocked ed It and aad presented It to the district attorneys side Mr Loofbourow had previously It carefully to see sec that all the chambers chamb rs were empty The district attorney held his hands aNYO Ida hta h head and the tense I ment which held spectator spoil spell spellbound bound fOr Tor f r the moment was only onty I broken n when Thomes was heard scarcely above abOTO a whisper say nay I ing lag Get GK back baek there got get back backAs backs As A s the boy uttered tho the words he used 4 Just jest t before belore killing tho grocery mas maa he hs poked tho the district attorney In Inthe Inthe inthe the ode ado with tho the revolver and tho the still stillness nOM ness of ot tho the court room was again broker broken by the tho sharp click of ot tho the re revolver volver ae as It was pressed Just under unde Mr left armpit Whon When tho the Imaginary shot was wu fired Mrs severed covered her eyes oyes for an instant aa as though to shut but out the tho sight eight of the tragedy and several of ot tho the Jur Jurors jurors jurors ors Involuntarily turned away awny how I did It said Bald Thorne Thorns huskily as he handed tho the revolver back to tho attorney could not remember whether er tho the revolver was pressed against side when ho he fired tho shot hot and he admitted that It might have hae been n six or eight Inches from Its mark when he pulled tho trigger Then the boy was allowed to doff doft his overalls mask and hat hOot and the tion uon was resumed During Dunn Thomes ordeal on the wit witness nOM ness stand it was evident that he failed fail failed ed to mako a good on tho the Jury although his testimony to the ef ot effect that the pulling of ot the trigger which meant death to O George orge W Vf Fas Faa Fassell Fassell sell was accidental Tho The boy made madeno no appeal to sentiment by saying he was wae nervous and frightened but his story was to the effect that the tho gun Just wont off oft by accident and there therefore therefore fore foro the killing of ot Fassell was rt simply an accident This statement however gives his attorney an on opportunity for tor making what appears to bo tho the only possible plea for clemency and had Thorne Thome not been put upon the tho stand this pica plea could not have havo been made In Inthe Inthe Inthe the same some form onn when the address in behalf bohal of ot Is mado made to the Jury Bandit Tells LIfo Life Story took the stand at 2 Immediately after tho the state rested Its case and guided by a e few Questions from his attorney he told a part of his hla life Ufe story Born Dorn In a n little town In West Virginia his father died when he was five years old and his mother died nine years late after alter marrying again Thorne Thome drifted to Baltimore when he ho was 14 U years old and that time Ume ho ha has been boon a typical tramp associating with of ot the tho worst I type as he traveled from coast to I I coast While at Hasan Hazon Nevada ho fell feU In with two notorious criminals known as ns Brown and Wilson and about March MarchIS IS 16 he drifted to Salt Lake In com company company company pany with another known as ns Tho The day after alter the arrival In Salt Lake Lako he met Brown and Wil VIl Wilson Wilson VIlson son again and at about the some same time he became acquainted with James Riley known as Red and Thomp Thompson son on known as Curley who mado up the trio concerned In tho the Fussell rob robbery robbery robbery bery and murder They wore were quartered at tho the rooming house houle with two ant and the six men had an extensive outfIt of coats hats and which Thorne Thome reluctantly admitted were used as M disguises The gang all used the tho parlance of ot tho the professional proCessional men A revolver was known as a arod arod arod rod the armless was stump and tho the legless cripple was wasP P peso S and tho the others were known as S Blackie Rod Red and Curley whilo Thorne was known by his hla last lost name generally Briefly reviewing his Ms movements un under under der dor Thorne Thome said he ho arose at on tho the morning of tho the murder and went out alone for break breakfast breakfast fast fasL Then ho bought a newspaper and went back to his room and read until noon Then after dinner ho played pool In is Commercial street with other members of tho the gang and then three of them went to tho Colonial theatre the tre After the tho matinee they discussed tho question of turn turning In a trick and early In tho evening ho went to an alloy north of ot tho the Angelus where ho he had cached his revolver and Riley Rile went wont to tho the alley near tho the Royal bakery where whore his revolver was WILS concealed Then fol followed followed 01 lowed tho the trip to the tho Troy laundry Plans Flans wore changed and they thoy finally went to the grocery Thorne Thome admitted that he be e had money at that time limo and also al o had an opportunity opportunity opportunity to Iret away from rom tho the other two man men but said ho he was W I afraid arald they would shoot him If he refused to finish the job Ills story atory of tho the actual shooting on direct examination was told In an impassioned manner Tho The lad tad Insisted that he had not worn tho the big coat which was 1 brought Into court saying he ho had bad worn another largo large coat belonging to Wilson and changed back again on his return to his room Ho lie accounted for the cash being in the pocket of the tho coat by say ing In he first dumped it on tho the bed and then after changing coats coati replaced the tho coins in the side aide pocket of the tho big coat Dalle at Revolver It Story Stoy became ruffled on when ho he was asked where he be procured the revolver with which he shot Fassell lIe He had just stated that the tho crime of March larch 26 28 was wan tho the first ho he had ever committed Then the tho district dl attorney asked where he got the revolver re revolver revolver volver and Thorne Thome refused to answer saying Baying it might him Although the tho fact was not brought out in evidence tl revolver was stolen from a hou n a East Second South street which was entered by burglars a few days daya before Mrs Fassel was WILS recalled to tho the stand and asked naked about tho the clothing worn by her son Bon at the time he was woos shot ahot This clothing she said had been burned and sho she could not remember whether there had been powder stains Dr H lL P Kirtley said no powder stains were to be bo seen around tho the wound and his tes testimony to testimony indicated that the revolver must havo have been held several inches from the Victim when the tho fatal shot was fired Sheriff Joseph C Sharp testified re regarding regarding regarding garding the confession made to a num ber of state officers by h while ho he was confined at tho state penitentiary and S M ML Barlow chief of po lice related tho the story of the arrest of the gang and Thomes confession which has been published several times This Tiis T IS confession for the publication of which tI The has haa h been boen cited for contempt of o court was wall read into tho evidence by the tho chief of police Recalls Recall Old Scandal The Tho given the tho chief of ot police was rigorous and get getting getting getting ting down to tho the question of how it happened that with holdups dally daily oc occurring occurring Detective George Sheets could arrest the tho guilty men on a moments notice after they thoy overstepped the bounds of robbery and committed a murder Themes Thomes counsel coun el asked Who is this man Sheets you speak of on Is III ho the man who was mixed up in an affair with two a few years ago 7 Objections to this question were sus and later Detective George Chase Chose told bow how the tho police poll co were able ablo to make mako the tho capture so soon after atter tho the crime Mr Chase had noticed tho the gang who were rooming at lit the An Angelus Angelu gel us usand and as ho he was In attendance at the tho DrIskell trial ho reported his suspicions clone to Sheets and Sheets said he would look after them thom They had de decided decided I to arrest tho the whole gang at day break tho the next day when they could catch them all In bed and when tho the report of tho the murder came In they thoy said Lets got get that gang now no and suited tho the action to the word Police Sergeant J 1 J 1 Roberts told how Thorne Thome made mado his confession with without without without out the third degree boing necessary |