Show l T TO DECIDE FATE OF MURDERER I Werner Stem beck Convicted of Slaying Woman Waits Outcome of Appeal The bosom besom of the supreme court o where the wheels of or Justice move more slowly Ls Lo still elo closeting the fate of Werner convicted mur mur- derer And while the states state's highest re re- re view body is pondering over the de de- de Steinbeck with a death sence sen seri tence ce hanging over his head is ls lying In the Salt Lake count county Jail awaiting await await- ing lag the outcome of a crime he com corn n almost two years cars ago Branded a murderer b by reason of having been convicted of first degree murder for the slaying of Mrs Minnie Minnie Min Mm- nie Mantyla in a Salt Lake apartment apartment apart apart- ment meat house May 18 18 1929 the man has been virtually hovering ho bet between een the uncertainty of life Ute and death since his conviction September 27 1929 TRIED TO KILL SELF the wheels of ot justl Justice e will grind out a decision ion upholding the death penalty nalty or not docs does not know Yet the vision of facing the firing 1 squad hangs over him as he lie lies In his Ills cell in the county Jail jaB only once having seen the outside ot of t the building since his incarceration I two years ears ago I At the time hi ho he fired th- th three fatal bullets Into Mrs Mantyla's bod body also attempted to take his own life Ufe by firing two bullets into his heed head a review re of the case cose shows The timely arrival of police Interfered with the suicide however howe He was taken to a hospital l where he be recovered reco but he still sUll bears grim reminders of his deed deed deed-a a blinded left eye ec and a a. ghastly scar car on the lower right side of his face where face where the bullets bullets bul bul- lets from his gun CUll took effect in Hl Having IIa recovered Steinbeck vas was given gl a preliminary hearing before eft City Judge C. C 1 F F. Dalby and was wis bound over o to the district court for trial July 2 2 1929 Arraigned in ill district court on August Au Au- gust 3 3 1929 he lie pleaded not guilty to charges of first degree murder and trial was set et for September p 23 23 1929 I The trial I lasted t d tire five days clays and he W was found guilty of ot first degree e murder on S September r 27 by a a. Jury which re returned returned returned re- re turned the Ule verdict with no re recommendation om- om fo for leniency Stem beck was to have c been sentenced sen sen- October 5 5 1929 by District Judge Oscar W. W McConkle McConkie but this was postponed when Defense e Counsel Continued d on Pace Paco Twelve rJ TRIBUNAL l TO DECIDE fATE OF F MU MURDERER DE tR I I Continued from Page Pace Seven Parley P. P Jensen asked asker that he be bi I allowed to withdraw from the case Judge McConkle dented denied this request records show and appointed Vere L L. McCarthy as associate counsel A motion for a new trial was Wed filed I Ion on October 27 27 1929 and was sentenced to be shot on November Novem Novem- ber 20 The death warrant was held I up at that time and on November 16 I 1929 the defense motion for a ne new r trial was wa-s argued and denied Defense then filed notice of appeal to the tile supreme supreme SUpreme su su- su preme court CA CASE SE APPEALED The bill of exceptions was prepared L on January 14 1930 and the transcript tran tran- script of evidence was filed with the supreme court on February 3 1930 subsequently was given until until until un un- til March 25 1930 to file assignments i of error The c case e eventually reached th the supreme court October 10 1930 when I it was argued and submitted before the body and on October 20 the state stat was given 10 days In which to file its it I brief The Tile brief was filed October 30 and since that time the supreme court has had complete I In irl the case Meanwhile still awaits his fate in the county count jail where he heis Is now nov In charge of the commissary department Only once has he stepped over oyer the tile threshold of oC the Jail JaU door that separates him from the outside world About two weeks ago ao he was taken for an automobile ride by deputy sheriffs according to jail officials officials dais never talks of his deed He is apparently recovered from his self- self inflicted wounds and Is in best of health they say ar LAW J LURKS UnIS IN Th CASE But while the convicted murderer awaits await the action of or the tile supreme court there lurks In ln the background a state law w whIch Provides that all aIl appeals In criminal cases must be heard within 60 days from the tile time of oC filing the 6 record In the e supreme court and must be determined by the tile supreme court within 90 30 days after the case has been submitted d provid provid- ed ed cd however that the supreme court be not required to hear appeals during during dur dur- ing the months of ot July and August August but In appeals In which the time for hearing expires within either of the thelast thelast last two said months the tile same sanie shall hal halbe be heard In the tile month of ot Septem Septem- ber I |