Show m 17 NAMED DATE ion OR I Evicted Murderer Denied I i New Trial Declines to tc I Choose Bel Between Shoot Shoot- Shooting ShootIng Ing ing or Hanging mi his bis refusal to signify his I i Ice c. c between hanging and shooting the method of execution Z Ya- Ya I shUn convicted of the murder ot of Jar was s sentenced to death L. L B. B Wight of the Third Lif t court today u gO Wight named February 17 as f execution d date te and fixed shooting Ithe means of execution lenience was imposed by Judge ht after ter motion for a as presented by Attorney R. R I Thurman had been denied After of the motion District Atney At- At ney ney- ey E. E A A. Rogers asked that sene sen- sen vj be e imposed Immediately and the in a statement to tIe the e Ir preceding Imposition of sen- sen protested that he hadI had I received a fair trial because of his to understand English HJ His narks Larks were WE're made in Japanese and ana I retranslated to the court by an in- in preter reter It was upon this contention t the unsuccessful motion for a new newil il I was based rhen called upon to decide whether execution should bo be by hanging or In shooting broke out in a aw w of Japanese that the Interpreter as I to choose rl fhe h. h court then named February 17 e date and shooting as th the means execution r mashita was convicted In tho dis- dis bt court several weeks ago for the theder I der of Oscar who was shot shott hi h crossed a 3 vacant lot near the the ther t r. r L. L depot the night of July 1 Both mashita and were employed janitors at the O. O S. S L. L depot and tates tate's first clue that pointed pointe to mashita as the murderer was found len friends of the dead man told the leers i ers rs that owed he ho ha had failed to pay foral forral for ral al months F Further Investigation sealed led the chain of circumstantial nce upon which was In the district court |