Show 1 is GUILTY frad connors so boond by tho hie jury trying t him at provo I 1 MURDER FIRST DEGREE I 1 recommendation of imprisonment in state prison I 1 q I 1 1 WITH HARD LABOR FOR LIFE 1 1 I 1 the ih jury were out nearly twenty four hours the point of Di difference ference being on the recommendation for life imprisonment EL minority of the members of the jury holding out for the prisoners execution record of connors its as brought bi ought to light by sheriff storrs known as criminal and bad man at spokane tenter denver and in montana wi with I 1 h aliases in all those places he was an allaround all ail around crook and was arrested in denver tor for highway robbery 11 SPECIAL 1 provo oct I 1 the jury in the case of ottic the state ys frank connors connora charged alth the murder of policeman strong on juno june ih alter after brine being out tor for nearly alenty tour four hours bours r return to turned cil a verdict of 0 murder in ill the first degree decree as aa ell in t the he in information rma tion rind and recharged that lie he lie lc imprisoned at hard bard labor in the st state a to prison for afe life the foreman samuel T curtis tie dr tired sired to adow ot of the judge if the er diet should he be dated as today or moo 19 a 1 r 4 1 I 1 I 1 1 5 1 08 I 1 4 1 11 I 1 4 J 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 ll 11 11 II I 1 I 1 g ta 11 M iii I 1 t I 1 f 1 c I 1 1 1 11 k I 1 I 1 I 1 t V rift I 1 P I 1 1 1 IU ai 11 L I 1 ii IL I 1 V 1 4 I I 1 d az 1 i it v I 1 1 11 I 1 i I 1 t I 1 i I 1 v I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 ill 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 J I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 g I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 III I 1 I 1 I 1 H m ty I 1 q I 1 7 ile 1 frank connors ns as convicted at clovo I 1 city y anil and the judge told lold tin in to lite dato it today abich he be did in open court foin on the van mas road read this caused canard 1 r lund tho the young atlo atto incy for or the defense to object to the 96 not being prepared lit 1 secret the lury jury van MAN ill hen n holud th the defendant recoiled the verdict It lh hnit ut a perceptible change ot of counte nall ind bould not edress himself it tile Jal jalar lr however iK wever il it rl r i a ot of relief v lien hen locking connors in fou lila wll coll ll 11 l l nikhil atter after tile the jury floru I loru remarked ked to tho jailer he was lens arnild thai that jury lie was wa s 1 in 11 tor it K to the batch at his cell hh he 0 sail lil ht be bell oil thoy they would hank hang ill him t fur far as can be the fight I 1 a tile jury room was on the becom meation of ili imprison ment a ml horita oi of thi jury holding out for thi iho irani arl irl iliin nI Ix elution tile the verdict at ap plant pi arft to give quit general satisfaction BAD CHARACTER illila bhertel Illi lf Stor storrus rss investigation proves MM hint a man of 0 many aliases Ali asca tho rl dron ution w aas as prepared to r pr bad character on the im ill of fi ili ih defendant had lie he taken the tha r lii I 1 A as ag expected hut but not be 1 11 glut on burh ot of sheriff storrus Stor rss la a b art on character u nit n not dot presented to the jury T thi h chief of 0 pollee of f spokane anh niah know knew connor in IA that to OILY as buck anil and also alao as aa hallur Sal lur jack 1 I the chief W W witherspoon added nI lel that he halas adall nn oil around crook ld id Alc Dontel achl calir I 1 of pollee police of cripple ale cicek kne knew him hilin by his picture os as collins tile C for fl ds colllns Is in tho the min mail who 1 il 0 siola 5 t it I 1 e a cash c a s register here uit ferrua l t y lie ho wax not convicted for the reason ili that at ili the county allot ncy failed to show ownership we lve consid consider r him harn aman a man that may be guilty or of icoy thing in other vorda a bad one J y F parley Farley chief of police of bf denver a at t once tile the picture of can connors ors and reciprocated with mith the one licit shed lit in thu this morning nil tit excellent likeness I kenos of hint him the denver v r chier chief added in lilt his letter that connora it n ts t s vas i if knoll n to his department nit as fir 1 rank a trail croford ford lie ho was arr arresters arrest esterl crl elih on one I 1 D 11 davis davia for highway tobi lobi arry to ry there was wall A a good cato caso against both n dpn ion concludes tile tho chief 1 but lit we MC anile I 1 in prosecution on account f iho of u ilia Lomp complaining laInIng witness I 1 its s it conley it contractors of the M n lane state t ate prison li valte rite as tol lovs a ra the to photo you seat Is that thai of it a man mall iv p hid luie bete lu ie twice first us frank ilens Ill ns recoiled hoie here september 30 39 wa art 2 for file for eighteen months all and 4 the second mccond time ns na chael von on way nce ived FAY 28 29 ai for lm ni gla filary ry for three iiara 3 ears in ili an aier letter 1 it t lv wran 8 tl tl t td 1 that the t title tic of sailor ill 0 r ln in lt its s d dincic 1 r nl forms forma fol followed loved I 1 1 I 1 i I 1 Z I 1 I 1 t 0 IN I k I 1 a I 1 4 1 f 11 7 I 1 Y ay 4 i I 1 11 I 1 I 1 V N I 1 ail lle i 11 1 iral ia I 1 A INN IN I 1 1 W 1 11 I 1 7 7 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 t 1 I li I 1 fl at 1 I 1 4 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 kv I 1 I 1 I 1 ti r I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 As frank crawford at denver hint him there but they knew nothing of ill his past rasti accord ecord ile he was A very hard worker I 1 while i in prison and dasting distinguished a I 1 ane it d himsel f in that regard rc bird the cobit accords ajo obtained obtain d ire from mon lon bontanas tanas second judicial district lit in silver now bow aunly county confirming tit llie correspondence front rom tile the late 1 WHAT ill SAYS KAYS brank connors tin the defendant vai mar I 1 apprized of tho the information 0 rinal lri that biad ai been see secured u rot aga magninat ns t his character and seemed somewhat confuted with the in J foa foi mallon at first he vas mas very ith I 1 to dimce s case caie but if lio finally to confessed tile the cayo case mentioned by the chlof of pollee police of denver he said at that ho he harl had been in line many times and had bar ulan been in montana loll tand in spokane he sald said that lie he had never been arrested but ho he did not care to ron cori bider the montana cases in fact ho he said 1 I do not at tills this time care to discuss any of those the matters but I 1 may inny at a later late date when asked vidt lie ho thought about the trial Nh whether ether it had been fair or not lie he raid baid that lie ho it had n deiy Tho jury he thought were all prejudiced ind and the judge had bull been nery ery one sidsil lit in ills his rulings tho the Interi lew was waa had before ih tho jury retired I 1 |