Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-25 | Page 1 | Case of John King May Cause Nation Trouble with Italy

CASE OF JOHN KING MAY CAUSE NATION TROUBLE WITH WIT II ITALY I DE DENVER YER Cob Colo oJ Feb 25 Serious Serious International difficulties between this nation nation na na- na- na tion and Italy may arise through the efforts of ot the Italians of ot two States to fice John Joh King XIng ing sentenced to death in Utah Itah for fr th the murder of Godfrey Dr Joseph Cuneo the Italian Con Consul sui for Italy in CoTora o indignantly resents the be slur h r t thrown r wn out b by officers rs of the law to the effect that his office Is mixed up in 11 a conspiracy to free King by the lavish use of money He considers that the Italian nation nati 1 has been Insulted Insulted by these Insinuations Kings King's case was fJ st t referred to Consul Cuneo last September and he has spent a great deal of time on ott it since He is thoroughly convinced that King is not guilty of the crime of which he has MS been convicted To the charges that money moncy is being raised among the Italians for the purpose of securing th the freedom freedom free free- dom doin of King Dr Cuneo pleads guilty saying that it is just th the thing that Americans In 10 a foreign land would do to save sae a countryman in whose innocence they believed In answer ans to a question w whether ether he had communicated with his government regarding re the insinuations of bribery Dr Cuneo replied that he relied upon the State f f Utah and Colorado to brand them as false and that he had only in informed in- in I formed his En that the Investigation had been started