Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-12-07 | Page 5 | Iowa Slayer Held in Jail under Guard

I IOWA OWA SLAYER HELD I IN JAIL J AI I UNDER GUARD I. I BEDFORD la Ta Dec 6 Con G.-Con- Con of or the slaying of his sweetheart sweet sweet- i i heart B. B ea D. D 7 LJ Lillian In McKenney r of Herrick I j i B. B D. D 7 Carl tari Hough today was Vas In I jail here awaiting transfer to Fort Madison where be he was sentenced I I according to the Jurys Jury's dation to serve a life Ufe term Hough refused to comm comment lIt on his sentence while relatives s of tho the I dead girl who had been in the courtroom throughout the ten ten-da ten day h. h al declared the they were satisfied I and had not desired a death pen pen- alt alty On the recommendation of or Judge Homer A. A Fuller Puller the trial Judge 1 authorities took extra precautions precaution's to o r p prevent nt any 1 attempt at escape pe irom toe local jail dU which the uie jUdge I Isaid said was none too secure A continuous con con- guard was placed over the prisoner who officers said had In On- On 11 tima ted he was prepared to to show how them a a thing tiling or two If It he was convicted Hough Rough was convicted largely on circumstantial evidence e pr presented to support the states state's contention that He eloped from Herrick Hernick with the girl early last August returned to Oakland Iowa his home where I he ref refused sed to marl marry marr Miss McKenney McKen- McKen IcKe 1 I ney then killed her in his hid automo bile and anti concealed the body 1 under undera a highway bridge The he defense contended the girt was killed 1 b by two strangers who j drugged How How-h II y I I I ft j LV J