Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-20 | Page 8 | Mass Murderer Prepares Battle to Escape Gallows

Mass Mass' Murderer Prepares Battle to Escape Gallows o o 00 r X t l sr s. s I r r a h r r 4 4 4 1 a 0 R Vs N MY I r Leo Hall HaIl the jury said Death I PORT ORCHARD Wash Vash Dec 20 AP Convicted AP-Convicted Convicted of the thc ghastly murder of six people year old Leo Hall prepared a new legal fight today to escape death on the gallows A jury of eight men and four w women men convicted the thc former Seattle boxer and boilermaker yesterday of first degree murder and recommended the death penalty t fi I 1 The hc same verdict verdic freed reed Mrs I Peggy Peterson eterson Paulos 27 Halls Hall's accuser and codefendant nt Mrs Paulos had testified she and Hall w went nt to the Erl Erlands Erland's nd's Point home hom of ot Frank FI Flieder eder near P Port rt Orchard on March 28 1934 where Hall killed Mr and Mrs Flieder and four guests In a a. a robbery attempt Mrs PaulO Paulos was acquitted of ot first degree murder Hall was whisked away to Olympia Olympia Olympia pia and lodged in Thurston county's jail occupied ednot not long ago by Mr a and Mrs Harmon lc ley convicted in the Uie Weyerhauser kid naping case I Over O 1200 miles mlles of ot new highways have been constructed in China in inthe inthe inthe the last six months I