Show GETS SENTENCE TO TOJ J SQUAD flutters rs Okay When I Schiller Grants Death eath Wish J hn n W. W Deering 39 coned con- con coni i ed murderer Saturday SaturdayS I fas as S sentenced to die before a ag g squad on Monday Ocr Oc- Oc Oc j er r 31 1938 for killing cr R R. Meredith Jr prom- prom sent ent nt Salt SaIt Lake City business B n. n Without a 8 flicker r of emotion ering h heard ard Judge Herbert M M. huller hiller in Third district court sene sen sen- nee e him to death then calmly mcd ed froth the judges judge's bench ned ked to his seat and muttered Okay chose de death th by firing Squid when as 85 provided Iro b by Utah tufts h he was vas given Jhen the choice t bullets or the he rope for fjor For a a. man sentenced to die die he remarkable self control of fear crossing his face S Schiller's HillerS words cut the like mb-like s silence lence of the crowded And Md when it was over Peering Deering pitted tt d his attorneys on the back hed and joked with deputy for for he had realized a 8 wish pressed impressed repeatedly since his aratin ar ar- atin tl in Detroit Mich and confes confes- o i to the Meredith slaying here iy a ay 9 9 L. L Deering was removed to the state fon nin shortly after 1 p. p m. m Satur- Satur to await execution Deering Peering freely admitted and was wasen IMI en convicted of ot killing Mr Mere Mere- Ith during an attempted up hold-up he victim sat in his automo- automo Jin tIn front of the Meredith apart- apart ent Fifth East street E cr lr since his arrest Deering ha his has demanded he be allowed to todie die dif for his offense The only motion emotion he ever er has displayed displaced was wa occasioned a by appointment of defense defense delease de de- lease nse attorneys s and and once during durl dur dur- l ing i his trial tria when he was an- an because Mrs Sirs Florence M. M 1 l Meredith redith widow of his victim was compelled to testify Escorted by y four deputy sheriffs J. J ring ering entered Judge Schiller's courtroom shortly before 10 a. a m. m HiS His case was well down the crowd- crowd I and he sat for nearly 45 minutes before he was summoned for or sentence When his name was called he restlessly stretched stretch d and rose M Is Is there any legal reason why should not be imposed Bence 1 on ou PIe Pane e ree F One Olle To Pay for Meredith Death With Own Life Lifer r t 1 A SENTENCED TO FACE FIRING SQUAD NEXT MONTH John W W. Deering center in shirt leaves leave courtroom after hearing death sentence t h f CURIOUS SPECTATORS CROWD COURTROOM Hear man sentenced to die and nd sec him laugh about it Deering Sentenced to Face Fn Firing ng Squad On October 31 for Slaying of Meredith Continued from froni Page One upon you at this time 1 asked Judge Schiller None whatever your honor Deering replied Defense Attorneys Edgar C. C Jensen Jen sen and Clifford L L. Ashton and states state's attorneys likewise were ac quiescent I IThen Then continued Judge Schiller SchUler I You stand stand v convicted of the most serious crime known to so so- so You have taken the life bile of another man a good man un un- der circumstances particularly heinous It Is mandatory on the court to pass sentence pursuant to the statute and impose the extreme penalty Before that however you have havethe havethe havethe the right to make an election of going to your death before a firing squad or be hanged Do you desire to make that election 1 Yes your honor replied DeerIng Deering Deering Deer Deer- ing I I take the firing squad The sentence of this court is John Deering intoned Judge Schiller Schiller ler that you suffer death by shooting shooting shooting shoot shoot- ing on Monday October 31 1938 The sheriff of Salt Lake county is charged with the duty of carrying out this sentence and may you John Deering make your peace with your Maker Deering made no reply He turned walked to the prisoners prisoner's bench and andas as he sat down muttered Okay Then after a moments moment's silence he patted his defense attorneys on their backs and joked with deputy sheriffs Unless unforeseen developments occur Deering will be confined in inthe inthe inthe the Utah state prison until the morning of October 31 Then shortly shortly short short- ly by after dawn if officials follow past custom he will be led bed from his cell to the south wall wan of the prison A black hood will be dropped over his head and face he will be seated in a heavy wooden chair his arms and legs fastened securely a target pinned over his heart and five rifles rilles will sound One of the rifles will hold a blank cartridge The other four will deal death If It Deering dies as scheduled he will be the thirty-third thirty convicted murderer to be executed in Utah Delbert Green the thirty-second thirty was shot July 10 1936 |