Show MUST GIVE lirE LIFE FOR FOR- BRUTAL MURDER Jury Finds Slayer of Bob Blevins at Helper Guilty in First Degree Leslie Goes on Trial for Murder PRICE Feb 21 With With the tho Ed McGowans McGowans' murder trial decided In favor of ex execution last night Lennie Lonnie Lonnie Lon Lon- nie Leslie also charged with first firt degree murder will go gro on trial for his life before District Judge George Christensen here today McGowans Mc Mc- Gowans was found guilty gunt without recommendation of mercy of the tho murder of Bob Blevins at Helper several weeks ago Leslie Is charged with having murdered Fred Reid at the night of October 13 last Both crimes were committed by negroes against other members of ot their race over women according to the theories advanced by investigating investigating gating officers I McGowans must pay the death penalty for what Sheriff Ray Deming Deming Dem Dem- ing has characterized as the most revolting crime In Carbon county history The Jurys Jury's verdict re returned returned returned re- re turned after atter less than 20 minutes by carrying no recommendation recommendation recommendation for merc mercy makes ImposItion imposition of ot the death sentence Impera tive tivo Judge Christensen set time for passing sentence at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon COLD BLOODED ACT McGowans l according to the evIdence evidence evi evI- dence had been attentive to one pf pt Blevins Blevin's da daughters On the aft afternoon after r- r noon of the killing he visited Blevins' Blevins Blevins' Blevins Blevins' Blevins Blev Blev- ins' ins home at Helper lIe He had been drinking After submitting Mrs Blevins and her two stepdaughters ages 17 and 13 years to Indignities McGowans l herded them Into a bedroom bedroom bedroom bed bed- room about the time Blevins re returned returned re- re turned from front work Blevins was In turn driven Into the bedroom at the point of a where without provocation McGowans l shot Cad And nd mortally wounded him The slayer then according to state witnesses compelled the three three- womenfolk to submit to mistreatment mistreat mistreat- ment nent before their dying husband an and father After Arter 12 hours of horror horror hor hor- McGowans 1 escaped but was captured a few fen hours later In defense McGowans pleaded that Mrs Blevins had been drinking with him that he lie had been a a. close friend of the family and that the fatal shot wa wag wai accidental I QUARRELED OVER Lonnie Leslie after a wide nation search was wa arrested at et Ro Rolyn lyn Wash Wash In for th the alleged murder of if Reid Held who who was mortallY wounded by ty a shot fired from the street through h the open window of ot ofa ota a boarding house at On the da day of the killing Reid and Leslie Taos Les lie are said to have quarreled SUppOSedly supposedly supposedly sup sup- o over oer er the affections of a known as Miss Sharp LesUe Leslie Loslie Les Los lie Ue is said to have threatened Reid with death That night According to the Sharp Shari womans woman's stor story to officers she has just succeeded Jn in getting Reid to his room In the boarding house maintained for colored tes at atthe atthe atthe the Kenilworth colliery rY and was about to sit on his lap when the tho fatal shot hit him He lie had been re relating relating re- re lating to her his run in with Lealie Leslie Les Lea lie she declared dee and had asked her herto herto herto to pull down the window shade so that on a chance passing Leslie might not carr carry out his alleged threat She had pulled this shade to about three inches from the sill and was returning to Reids Reid's lap when the shot was fired SEARCH NATION When Sheriff D Deming ming looked for Leslie he had fled Requests Requests- for his apprehension were b broadcast d throughout the nation He was first encountered near the Mexican border border border bor bor- der where he is said to have en- en to enlist in a colored United Uni States regiment with which he once was attached He is said to have fled Into Mexico just ahead of officers seeking his arrest Ne Next t he was heard of at Roslyn on the Canadian border where upon his arrest arrell he is said to have confessed slaying Reid This confession confession confession con con- was later denied On requisition requisition requisition tion of Governor Mabey Leslie was returned here |