Show I SLAYERS OF COt SENTENCED TO DEATH t I King Still Declares He Is Innocent of the tile Crime of o Which He Is Convicted Both th Men Mn fun Pre Prefer erth the Bullet to the Noose Stay of Grante J I The Th duty dyer of sentencing two co murderers U to suffer the death penalty was performed pei fo yesterday I afternoon by Judge Jude T Booth Be th The Th doomed men wee tames mes Lynch and Robert L i King KiIlA who we w were found guilty last week of killing Colonel Godfrey G a couple of months agi while robbing ro the Sheep f fRanch Ranch Bach pup ambling in J house hou e Both h rs preference to suffer death by shooting and lind an the court set Friday Jan 11 as aa the day of the double execution Al Almost Almost Almost most concurrently however with the pronouncing of the sentence Judge Booth allowed a certificate of probable ble cause of appeal to the supreme e C court urt to issue thus making it extremely Im Improbable improbable probable that Lynch and king Ring will willi have to pay the death penalty so soon I 1 as next January This granting of a ane i nev ne lease of oL life to th the condemned cond ned men had much to to o do with reviving their otherwise downcast spirits 1 i When Judge Booth mounted the i bench of the criminal court yesterday I afternoon he lie announced that he had carefully considered the 1 motion for It a anew new trial which was argued and sub submitted submitted submitted Tuesday afternoon and his con conviction conviction conviction was that there were no errors at the trial sufficient to warrant a re ie retrial retrial trial of the case His honor added that he would make the same rulings again ag in under like circumstances and there therefore t ere fore he overruled the motion for a new trial 1 j Attorney Wanless Vanless on behalf of the i defendants then interposed a motion for arrest of Judgment and a d after a short argument between him and Coun County County County ty Attorney Putnam the court denied the motion t I The next step was mas as to call the T prison I ers era up for sentence Lynch came for forward fo foward forward ward first and to him Judge Jud Booth stated staled that the jury had found him bin himi i I guilty of murder murdel in the rt t degree d dand I and anti that the law fa w left him no discretion but to pronounce the death penalty I Preferred to be Shot If Asked if jf he bad had anything to BAY why sentence should not be then and there pronounced against him Lynch made reply in lit the tile negative The law Jaw allows allow you to choose be tween being hanged and shot re remarked r remarked marked Judge Booth I prefer beins shot was wP wa Lynch i reply I Then Phen it is the judgment of the 5 i court Here Attorney Wanless interrupted inter to request that his clients be confined in inthe inthe inS S the county jail instead of at the state s ate prison pending a determination tion of the tha case on appeal to tD the supreme coart After a few moments search searh of the theS S statutes by Prosecutor Pr tor Putnam who advised ed the court that the request might be granted the court acquiesced and nd d proceeded with the passing paging of sen sentence tence nce The judge went on to say sey y that it was the judgment jud ent of the court that the r ghe be iMn lu Is lach charge by oy the sheriff t and aM kept in a secure place to await walt a the execution of the death d ath penalty at a time tim to be designated in the death warrant Lynch then took his seat heat without be betraying betraying betraying any signs of or emotion and King his partner in jn crime was called up for sentence King Xing Protests Innocence To the courts question if he ll It had anything to nay my why the death penalty should not be then and there pro pronounced upon him King slid said I am entirely innocent inna ent of this murder and was in no way connected with it I Iwas Iwas Iwas was bagged by Detective Sheets and brought brou ht in m here but bet I had bad nothing to todo todo do de with the crime It is a matter of great regret to the court and doubtless to yOU vou also re remarked remarked remarked marked the court that you did not Wove your innocence If it is a fact Mr King that you are Innocent it is known only r to you and to Lynch But you had a fair trial and were found guilty and now I have no discretion i in the matter I King said he preferred to be he shot and Judge Booth ordered that he be I I confined in the county jail to await I the execution of fh th tho ath sentence After fixing Friday Jan Tan 11 1301 1101 as I the time for the double execution Judge Booth signed a certificate of probable cause of appeal as requested I Iby Iby by Attorney Wanless M who announced d Mutt feat th at he would perfect t the appeal to the court for his clients without delay deay The Watch Immediately after the warrant of of Lynch L and King reached Sheriff Howells ells he selected two trusty men to act as 3 death watch over the condemned murderers The watch era ers are Claude Russell RUB who will win act on the e day shift and Albert Swenson who will keep vigil during the nights until the fate of the prisoners is settled to see that they the do 10 no harm to themselves Some S of the deputy sheriffs believe that th t Lynch would kill himself if he H had the opportunity and nd the means meang but they are of the opinion King will die i game i 1 |