Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-10-19 | Page 2 | Rogers Explains Legal Move in Slayer's Case

Rogers Explains Legal Move in Slayers Slayer's Case District Attorney Points Out That Was Wlas UnI Un- Un I at the Time He Killed His Wife In relation to to dismissal of ot the charge of oi murder against W V M. M following a hearing at which it was decided that he was wasI I sane ane and ordered r released leased from the I state mental hospital District Attorney Attorney Attorney At At- torney E E. E A. A Rogers Bogers Saturday ex explained ex- ex i that in ns n's case he was undoubtedly insane at the time the killing of or his wife occurred hence not responsible for his acts I but had become sane since hence when the court found him sane and ordered him released from the asylum asylum asylum lum the only course to pursue was to dismiss the criminal charge The attorney explained that had hadIt It been a case where the man was Vas sane when he took the life of his wife then became insane subsequently subsequently an and recovered from the Insanity in insanity insanity in- in sanity the he charge of murder would h have ve been prosecuted He cited the Bernstein case as asan asan an n example of the latter situation saying that Bernstein developed prison or insanity after tl the e crime hence wh when n declared cured of ot his insanity was prosecuted prosecuted prosecuted prose prose- prose prose- I for the tIe original crime admitted killing his wife saying he did it to save her er soul and that she had asked him to do it