Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-11-14 | Page 1 | Claim Innocence and Plead Guilty

CLAIM I1B1E IHWiGlII! Peculiar Deal Made Willi Defendants De-fendants in Wyoming Murder Cases. STATE WISHES TO SAVE EXPENSE OF TRIALS Agrees to Commute Death Sentence Sen-tence of Brink if Others Do Jiot Fight. BASIN", Wyo.. Nov. 13. Herbert Brink, who Thursday was found guilty of murder in tho first degree in connection con-nection with the killing of Joe Alle-man Alle-man and two other sheepherdors in (be Tensleep country last April, was today senleuced to death by Judge C. II. Par-malce. Par-malce. His sentence, however, will be com-niuled com-niuled to life imprisonment by Cfovornor Brooks upon presentation of a petition which later will be presented b' attorneys attor-neys for the state. licorgc Saban, accused of being the captain of the cattleman 7" raid which destroyed tho sheep camp and .murdered threo of its force and Alexander, another an-other member of tho party, wore sentenced sen-tenced to 20 years in (ho penitentiary on pleas of guilty of murder in (he soo-oud soo-oud degree.' Minor Sentences. ISalon and Thomas Dixon, of tho gang, wore senlcnccd to throo years imprisonment im-prisonment on pleas of guilty of manslaughter. man-slaughter. The picas of guilly and tho commuting commut-ing of Brink's sentenco are the result of an ngreemcnt between attorneys for the statu and defense, by which Brink's life was to bo spared provided tho other momberH of tho party pleaded guilty to minor charges and saved (ho long and expensive (rials. ('harlcs Ferris, who wi(h Albert Key cs, turned stale's evidence, and will escape punishment, is ehargod by Brink with being (ho man who Jired the shot that killed Allemau. All of the convicted men, even while pleading guiltj', insisted in court to-dnv to-dnv that lliey wer innocent and wore sacrificing themselves to save the life of Brink.