Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-12-02 | Page 3 | Death Machine Takes Last Man

DEATH MACHINE TAKES LAST MAN Murderer Calm as Colorados Colorado's Execution Device Snuffs Snuffs- Out His Life ft t Br Associated run Ire CANON CITY Colo Cob Dec 2 2 Colo- Colo rados rado's antiquated hanging machine has as jerked its last condemned condemned- pris pris- oner ner from the black spot on the hoar floor r of f the penitentiary Walter Jones of Flint Mich cal calm calmo to o the point of detachment was hanged there last night for killing u Hartford Johnson in a box car rob rob- 2 bery cry w It took 14 minutes for Jones to die The trigger which released the j pound weight weicht that flipped his body v into nto the air was sprung at p. p m. m Physicians pronounced him dead at t w 32 p. p m. m Warden Roy Best said Jones was wasy the ie most composed prisoner to face fac the ie gallows fallows during his four tour ye years years' experience at the prison Jones reused re re fused used the sol solace of of prayers prayer He s said saidie ld 0 he ie did not want to embrace any religion re re- ligion before he died The squat pound slayer was was' the he forty fifth person person- put put- putto to death in the prison since 1890 Hereafter It convicted slayers will slip into death u uin in in a lethal gas chamber II The legislature at its last regular eO session abolished the gallows in lii favor of f gas Repeated appeals to commute Jones' Jones sentence to lo life Ue imprisonment were made to Governor Johnson by Valter Walter Walker b Grand Junction newspaper news news- p paper P r publisher The sheriff sherif who arrested ar- ar 11 rested Jones and Monrad Monrad- J. J Nelson Nelson- uA a Jones' Jones companion In Ira the robbery added add add- ed his appeal to Walkers f 1 TOD SLOAN IMPROVES I LOS ANGELES Dec Dee 2 Tod UP-Tod Sloan fam famous us jockey who is seriously 11 ill of cirrhosis of the liver in general hospital was reported resting easily easly ens- ens ily ly today His condition showed a slight improvement by directors of the Citizens' Citizens I council of Provo Wednesday night LOGAN Reed LOGAN Reed Smoot will be bethe the I speaker at at the Cache L. L D D. S. S stake J conference Saturday and Sunday PROVO The PROVO The Rotary club will discuss discuss discuss dis dis- cuss aviation at the Friday luncheon meeting Several Price Rotarians are expected to be in attendance