Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-04-29 | Page 17 | Move Launched for Return of Slayer to Utah

r MOVE OVE L LAUNCHED FOR RETURN OF SLAYER SLA YER TO UTAH City State U. U S. S Officials Plan Extradition of Man ManFrom From Italy Wheels of justice be began an turning Frida Friday to avenge the thc year old murder murder murder mur mur- der of or a Salt SaIl Lake policeman Spurred by the thc news that John Anselmo Anselmo An- An selmo convicted of the thc murder of Patrolman Patrolman Patrolman Pa Pa- Thomas F. F Griffith in 1913 Is serving a year five term for robbery robbery robbery rob rob- bery in Turin Italy city state and federal authorities joined forces to toI I effect the slayers slayer's extradition Anselmo first sentenced to death for the officers officer's murder was granted grant grant- ed cd a new trial and later was sentenced sentenced sen sea to serve a I li life e term in the state penitentiary He escaped in 1915 1915 however after serving less than two years Patrolman George Geors Phillips companion companion com corn panion of or the slain officer vowed at atthe atthe the thc time lime to see that justice Was sat sat- Thursday after a search of nearly twenty years he announced that he had bad located Anselmo in the thc Italian prison MOVES FOR RETURN Chief of Police William L. L Payne Friday took preliminary steps to re return return return re- re turn Anselmo to Salt Lake after he has completed his sentence in the Italian prison Chief Payne conferred with Warden War Var Varden den R R. E. E Davis of the state prison and with officials of the state department department depart depart- department ment and the thc federal bureau of identification iden idea to make certain of the thc identification iden iden- Relatives of or the slain officer after reading the account of the relentless relentless relentless relent relent- less search for the murderer in 10 Thursdays Thursday's Telegram pledged their efforts to aid in his return I Mrs Lydia Griffith Harridge of Holladay widow of or Patrolman Griffith Griffith Grif GrU- praised The Thc Telegram for its interest in the case and recalled that it was the widespread publicity given the murder by The Telegram Telegram Tele Tele- gram in 1913 that resulted in Anselmo's Anselmo's Ansel- Ansel mos mo's capture and conviction SON OFFERS AID AIDA A son o of the thc murdered patrolman residing in San Diego Cal after reading press dispatches that Anselmo Ansel Ansel- mo had been located telegraphed Salt Lake authorities offering aid in bringing about the thc extradition Likewise vise Richard Beynon retired police officer and law in of ol Patrolman Griffith Frida Friday offered his aid and congratulated The Telegram Telegram Telegram Tele Tele- gram for tor Its interest in the case ease Mr Beynon recalled that at the time of ot the murder Patrolman Griffith Griffith Grif Grit wa was substituting on his own beat beal Beynon had taken a a. a holiday to attend pi picnic a