Salt Lake Telegram | 1903-01-24 | Page 12 | Plea of not Guilty

i i - " ' ' ' . ' T ' ' ' '7 1 Calnly Asserts Her In-- In-- ecccecc in-Ccurt j Mary Jane . Smith, colored, stood up before Judge Mors$ this morning and entered pleas of not guilty to the three counts of the Information charging her with the murder of Daniel Ryan In Victoria alley on December 12th. Attorneys E. A. Wedgewood and C E. Marks were appointed counsel for the defendant by the court. Mr. Wedgewood asked that they be permitted permit-ted to plead with the privilege of changing the plea later, as they had not yet examined the Information against the accused, to which the court consented.' No sign of fear was apparent In the dusky countenance of the prisoner as he stood before the court and, in measured, meas-ured, even tones, pronounced the words "not guilty," three different times to the information charging her with the grave crime of murder in the first degree. de-gree. .