Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-19 | Page 1 | Italian Government Sends Lawyer Here in King's Interest

ITALIAN GOVERNMENT SENDS LAWYER HERE HEREIN IN KINGS KING'S INTEREST 4 4 4 I receive my authority from the Italian Consul Dr Cuneo of ot Dener Denver Den- Den 44 4 4 ver er and Edmondo Mayor the Italian at Washington who f is greatly interested In this case I shall remain remal here long enough to see 4 that everything possible Is done to free this Innocent man I 1 am as sure f that King is innocent as I am tha than I am standing here CHARLES here CHARLES M. M 44 4 f 4 GARWOOD I 44 4 1 4 4 4 K 4 4 Charles M. M Garwood of Denver the lawyer is representing the Italian Consul Dr Curo O. O In the the interests of L. L E. E King under death sentence for the killing of Godfrey arrived In the city this morning He at once went into consultation consultation with W. W L. L Wanless Kings King's attorney and It t was settled that they would go to the penitentiary this afternoon to see King Chief Hilton agreed to accompany them Mr l Garwood is firm in his belief in the Innocence of f the condemned man He said today I believe that Maces Mace's affidavit Is absolutely true We Ve have not only what is in the tue affidavit but many many other things to use in pr proving Kings King's innocence At the penitentiary we have have the trous trousers j of the suit the vest of which Chief Hilton found in the telescope They were taken from Strange I 1 have the letter letter letter let let- ter which Mace first wrote gote te for Deputy Warden Burghart setting forth the facts which are in the affidavit The letter and the affidavit correspond exactly and proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that the affidavit was made in good faith and that it is not a put up Job What more do you want than this this' I l' l cannot give out the out the letter e now but when the proper time comes will be ready to do so I i 1 Th There Thre Is i ino no ques question k on In my mind about the real murd murderer er I have been working on this more than a year and have investigated It thorough thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- ough from the Colorado d end I I. I am here ere not to supplant Mr Wanless who have a great deal of credit for the way In which he has conducted the case but to represent the Italian Gov Government Attorney s said ld tOd today y We d don't dont nt care wl whether they bring Strange over here or not We are not depending on that to clear King We Ve have evidence evidence evidence evi evi- dence that we will Introduce when we are ready to go before the District court with a motion for a new trial This will vill probably not be before the hearing In the Supreme court There are a number of questions of aw aw to be taken up P Pat at that time