Show SON OF KILLERS KILLER'S VICTIM BATTLES I lENIENCY PLEAS PLEA I High Court Justice Argues Argue for ManIn Man ManIn ManIn In for Life A state supreme supreme court justice and anda a former law student son of a a. man who fell mortally wounded wounded by a bandits bandit's bullet nearly seven years ago argued the theory of of- criminal rehabilitation Saturday The occasion was was the monthly meeting of the the state state board board of of pardons pardons pardons par par- dons at the prison where the plea of ot Grant Weston Tice who at 19 was sent up for murder was con con- T Tice ce pleaded guilty to second degree degree degree de de- gree murder charges in connection with the shooting of Edmund G. G Hines at the latter's latter grocery store Eighth East street in an attempted attempted attempted at at- tempted robbery in October 1931 Was Vas Accomplice Although testimony showed Tices Tice's companion Conrad Hanson fired the shot Tice was accused of murder murder mur mur- der as an accomplice Hanson like Tice is serving a life term Tices Tice's request for commutation o of sentence was sentence was opposed by Mr Mn Hines Hines' widow and ason son Fred Hines Mr Hines was particularly emphatic em em- in in his request the application be denied Tice has has' served only six years for one of the most cold blooded murders in jn history of the state Mr Hines said aid He told the board that thai I after his fathers father's murder he was waa forced to discontinue his law studies at the University of Utah in order to support his mother Justice David W. W.- Moffat of the st te supreme supreme court ourt a a member of the p D d that M Mr Hin Hins Hines s' s look on on oil the oth other r side If a a man man is worth saving saying at at- some some later date should he not b be i returned to society asked Justice Moffat I I beli believe ve Tice should be kept in prison for life Mr Hines replied d. d Justice Moffat then asked if the witness 1 had d a vengeful feeling No Mr Hines answered I want justice No witnesses appeared in behalf of ot Tice in the morning but butWil Wilford Wil Wil- Wilford Wilford I ford O Owen en Woodruff of Salt Lake City business man was to appear in the afternoon He reportedly has offered Tice a job I Many Need Work Vork I I I can get men each needing work to support a family any anyone one of whom could do the the- job offered Tice Mr Hines told the board In district court in May 1932 Tice pleaded not guilty to first degree degree degree de de- de- de I gree murder charges But after I the state had spent one day in presenting evidence Tice followed the example of Hanson and pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of at second second sec sec sec- ond degree murder which unlike the first degree charge carries no no possible death p penalty nalty A second slayer asked clemency He was Alfred T. T Faerber sentenced sentenced sen sen- te ced to life for second degree murder as the result of the death of a young woman following an illegal illegal illegal ille ille- gal operation He has served six years and three e months and now seeks commutation Appearing in his his- behalf were were-a a and son law and daughter Mr Mrs Mrs- Harry Harrr Evans i |