Show JURY DECREES DEGREES LIFE PENALTY FOR ATTACKER Rogers Case Verdict Verdic Saves Accused From Death Fate A federal court jury that deliberated deliberated deUber- deUber less than an hour Tuesday doomed Willis Rogers 25 to life im im- im- im criminally attacking a ayoung young woman on the Fort Douglas Dougla reservation March 29 Only the words without capital capita punishment in the verdict save saved Rogers from the death sentence I mandatory in such cases unless a jur jury recommends otherwise Judge Tillman D. D Johnson whom the verdict directs to impose a lif life sentence will pronounce judgment Saturday The jury jur chose not to believe Rogers Rogers' Rogers Rogers' Rogers Rogers' Rog Rog- ers' ers story told on the witness stand that th the thO alleged act was committed committee with the consent of the young woman worn worn- an and that he beat her afterward The victim had had testified Rogers Roger beat seat her into unconsciousness when she resisted his hs advances as they s sa san sat satin t tin in n a parked automobile She test testified testified fied she had met Rogers a stranger at a dance hall Rogers unmoved throughout the trial visibly was shaken when the verdict was read In his his instructions Judge Johnson gave no comment on evidence |