Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-07 | Page 3 | Snake Murder Threat is Made

NAKE INAKE MURDER THREAT T IS MADE MADEr r I eI P LOS ANGELES May ay 7 UP Be Be Because U cause use a authorities feared they might harm each other Robert S. S James Jame Jamesb b and d Charles H. H Hope accused o of b perpetrating a diabolical plot to hi kill kUl separate fi James James' fifth wife occupied J hail all jall cells today i 41 L James a barber arber and Hope an ex ex- sailor were indicted b by the county grand jury yesterday on first deI de de- de I j grce murder charges for the d death ath last August of ot Mary Bush James d handcuffed together to together to- to b db As they were vere taken ken gether geth gether r to court for arraignment 1 James said to his codefendant alt If m you plead guilty Ill I'll break brenK your Sour our neck The remark jail officials said saidI I prompted the separation of the men meni t i J l James and Hope who told the grand jury Mrs James was drug drugged ed It I exposed posed to the fangs tangs of rattlesnakes and finally drowned will plead to the indictment next Monday 1 District Attorney Buron Fitts said i fi h he would be ready to try the prisoners prison prison- 1 ers by June Juno 1 He added he wanted to Investigate other phases of the J weird case case f. f Counsel for James Samuel Silver- Silver nan nian said he expects to enter a de demurrer de- de to the indictment Monday Both men said they planned to tor r collect insurance by killing Mrs James the district attorney asserted