Salt Lake Tribune | 1907-12-24 | Page 12 | Hanson Waiting to Fix Crime of Thugs

I HANSON WAITING TO FIN CRIME OF THUGS County Attorney Hanson is still awalt-jng awalt-jng the outcome of Edward Green's injuries in-juries before filing a. complaint against Art Bowen and Dick Baker, his assailants. assail-ants. If Green wins In his struggle against death, Tiowon and Baker will be charged with highway robbery. If Green dies, murder in the first degree will be I lift charge. They could be charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit com-mit murder, if Green recovers, but the maximum penalty for highway robbery Is the same as in the former charge and robbery can be more easily proven. In each case the maximum Is twenty years-The years-The minimum Is one year for assault and '.hrcc years for robbery.