| Show DAY MUST DIE t If FUR FOR HIS CRIME CRI 1 Slayer of Horace II H Voss Con I j of Murder in First t Ii Degree S I o NEGROS NERVE UNSHAKEN N I II DEATH SENTENCE WILL BE lM j POSED THURS THURSDAY AY I S 1 S J i iA S A T DR Day must die for tor the Ule murder ot of I Borneo II H Vo s A life lite for n a life Ure was tho tbt I t contained In the verdict or of the jury last night found DB Day guilty vt f III JI murder In the first degree I 4 i The verdict w vas returned lAst night tt t 11 S O after the jury jun hAd p S Sated S four hours over the case Day Dar was unmoved It us II he be heard beard the verdict erdt t antI returned at once to the county jAil to hig hI t cell eU with but a single sincle comment on ti result rosult or of the trial A dO deputy t hoping o 0 P cheer him said saki j iz 1 hoped the they would use you ou b better Day tse Well so did I re responded the prisoner j but It doa mt matter l much At 44 thc SlOP men Q with 1 If the fate or of the black mn man who slew his I bro brother her negro filed solemnly from t the be court room Realizing the responsibility that rested with them they proceeded with earn care In their deliberations and care cort cortI I I tully fully w weighed ouch each bit ot of evidence t tun fr frand un and agaInst the del defendant Shortly utter after S they told the bailiff that they were ere ready to i Judge ArmstronG was as In his I wRIting 1 tile the verdict Da Day was brought front fron the county jail by Deputy Deput White Steele and Sharpe And took his I seat quietly behind lila bia Walter r rV I Iv V Little Jurors File In At Judge Armstrong ascended the bench belie and the tue court bailiff rapped for I order Negroes interested ted In the out ci come and the small knot ot of court irene ver on the qui or of expectancy so sun still thAt you ou could hear n a pin drop As soon ns its the cl clerk rk the stenographer and the ju judge ge were Jil In their places placeR 1 h jury was notified that the court t Its arrival 1 S At th the twelve jurors came cam front I 1 theIr room and took their places In the Jury box Tue spectators scanned eagerly S L the races faces or of the jurors in an attempt to V read the colored mans fate Day himself however evidenced no 50 interest In the pro t S cee an and 1 dId not even eyen glance at the tho jur jury as 18 he sat motionless In his chair 4 Foreman loroman W T B Armstrong the S folded verdict to Judge Armstrong who glanced at it then handed it to the tho J T clerk lIe stood up and rood reed a awe W we the jury in the above case find tile the defendant guilty of the tj crime of mur murder er in the first df degree grep AS charged In the indictment As the fateful worde were being pad ever every eye was on Day but he Ju never r S flinched and to all outward t was the most indifferent nian luan In court room The GId w whIch l pronounced rt might Ight have S total stranger for all the concern showed So 5 Judge Armstrong turned to the jury and thanking thom them for their attendance In t h S case dismissed them from further service He th then n fixed the time for or sentencing DR Day for tor next nert Thursday at 10 1 the laws of Utah the for murder S J In the first degree Is IR always execution the pr oler having th choice of belag S hanged Or shot to death Attorney Walter Vatter W v Little for tor th the do 1 t said last night he had not d decided just what would be the next move mon ot on S the part of the defense It Is 18 probable an appeal will be taken from tim decision of the jury and if th the distrIct court I is nf af i S S firmed the pardon board appealed to for tor a commutation of SO s Jt it will not be until after every means Js is that Day will i ibe be pel to sacrifice his life liCe for tor his S crime S after the was road roat I Day was taken back to the county jail and placed In his celt cell in the rotary Ou On the ray back to the jon jail he be exhibited no S signs of emotion Within ten minutes aft att atter 5 or er he was placed In bl his cell he ht WM was In his bunk sound asleep S Final Witnesses Heard The proceedings opened with the taking of testimony until 1130 5 when a recess WAS taken until l J Two To witnesses were placed on the stand b by bythe the defense defens b by whom it was attempted S S Sto to slow show that Voss did not bear a 8 good S among the colored people Charles formerly count county license I collector was one of these and his tea tes l was to the effect that Voss was quarrelsome and had at one time threat at j enod ened to stab the witness His evidence j S however was vms so disconnected that ruled out of court George Georgo M 31 Catch Gutch k stenographer In the criminal of the cIty court was then caned called and b r means or of the record showed shoed that Voss had been arrested some years ago and lined fined 10 on a charge harge of assault The Tho S 5 defense then rested its case r p Tile The state then caned called a number of wit witnesses nesses neuses whose testimony went to show bow S that Voss was a man ot of exemplary hub hab its and good reputation Attorney W R Hutchinson stated that Voss had dons I janitor work for him for eleven oleen years with good satisfaction and President A AJ AJ J Davis of the city council testified that I Voss ross was a man of good character Vii Wil S lard Done testified that he had looked up Voss among the colored population at th thc tune time his name was mentioned d for l keeper of the last legislature and laid Imd found that his standing was high Slier Sher Sheriff itt iff Em Emery r Willard Hanson county at attorney attorney torney County Clerk Eldred e State Statistician Fred XV V Price O 0 K l Le Lewis is manager of the S S Walker Talker estatE and Warren Foster all aJl testified to the good reputation or of tile the dead man manS S Sticks to His Story The Thc de defendant was put under tinder a severe j S by District Attorn Attorney Loofbourow but attack k to his story of r i S enee Several witnesses were caned called who gave testimony to the previous previous S ous good character of Day One of these a aRev Re Rev L A Jones said that V Vos S did not Continued On Page 3 DAY MUST DIE FOR HIS CRIME Continued from Page 1 have a good reputation among the rol eoJ ored people Henr Henry was also among those called and surprised the defense b by declaring that he did not know anything whatever as to the character ot of VOSS The afternoon session open opened d with tile the speech to the jury by District Loofbourow for tor the people Mr Loot speech was brief but step b by ste step he told the stor story of the da day proceed proceeding ing the murder anti and the events which led up to the shooting His Hie language was wa terse and to the point his voice rarI rarely rose above Its ordinary level and he talk talked e ed as a man stating slating a series of incontro incontrovertible facts His entire speech did not occupy more than half an hour Attorney Valter Little for the thc defense defens then took thE floor On a table before him lim was the revolver which was used In the shooting an and a heavy sUck stick which figured In the proceedings s in thE tho hands of Edwards and amI to both of which Mr Little referred frequently He went ent over oer tile the evidence touched on tile character of tIme the defendant referred to the tho testimony testimony mony which went to show allow the reputation of the dece deceased sed among the colored peo people pIe and wound up un b by declaring that a verdict of not guilty would be the re result of the jurys deliberations The rhe closing speech of Mr r occupied scarcely fifteen minutes He re referred referred to the fact that Voss hand band had been found In his pocket when picked up from the floor and stated state that self de defense tense was the only defense which could be made and that It had been heen proved that there was none Finally he corn com commended mended the jurors to tile the Instructions of the court exhorted them to find a Verdict commensurate with the evidence and according to the dictates of their con convictions He then announced that the case for the people was closed Instructions of the tho court were Im Impartial partial The various arlous degrees of murder were explained and the verdicts which could he be rendered under the law were mentioned and commented upon At about half haJ past four the jury solemnly out of the room and a recess was declared d b by the court until such time as a decision should je be reached The crime for which D must pa pay r the death penalty was the cold blooded mur murder murder der of oC Horace H Voss in the home ci Joseph Franklin avenue on Sun Sunday Sunday day afternoon Oct 14 last Jast JastOn lastOn On time the evening before the thc murder Da Day had a quarrel with Matthew Edwards an anold anold old negro living on Franklin avenue Voss chided Da Day for striking an old man and Da Day resented his Interference Day drank heavily henvIt that night and the tho next mornIng Narrowly Escaped Mob In the afternoon while Voss and his wife were talking to Joseph Weir Veir San Sally Yarber and other colored residents or of Franklin avenue Day rushed in the door and drawing a revolver shot Voss through head He tell fell dead at the feet of o ohis his wire wife The murderer ran out of th the house and ran west on Third South street followed by an Infuriated mob of negroes At Third South and MaIn streets he be was arS ar arrested rested by Detective aleigh and save saved from a lynching at the hands of the negro mob by being rushed to the police pollee station In the patrol wagon There was general rejoicing among the negroes of Franklin avenue last night when the result of the VerdIct became known for very popular among the negroes and was looked upon as the leader Jeader of the colored population Day on the other hand was of a Quarrelsome dis disposition disposition position and had but few friends |
