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Show r GEHWOOO fOUNO : CUILTY Of MURDER IN SECOND DEGREE - Slayer of Copeland and Von Phul to AsK New TriaL . DCNTKR Jun 10 Frank HeroM Hun-wood, Hun-wood, alarer of On. E. Copeland of Victor, i Colo, a well-known minln( man who waa ; (hot accidentally by Henwood whn In ' latter "-red upon and kllld Sylveeter L.. Von Phul, the amlur bolloonl" of lyml. WW found S'lllty of murderln th otoond dre It yMlernay. Th ponalrr la from tn year to llf In tn Watrlct'Tiudire Owfcr W. Waltford. kowever. (ranlrd a ten dv' tay of -rutlon toparmlt th dfndnt coiinael. John T. Bottom, opportunity to 111 a motion for a nw trial. Hnwood maintained hi oalm demaan-or demaan-or wbni th rordlct waa announ-w1. "I am dlappolntd. of courao." no aid to a group of nwpaper mon. "but I am aar that. If a aorond trial la (rant-d (rant-d m. I will ultlmataly sain my 're, doa." Hlatoty of Of. On May M In th barroom of th Brown Palaoa hotel, 8ylvtr L. Von Phul knockad down Hanwood and th latter, aa b aroa from th floor. drw . a rrorr. and flrd flv ahota at Von ' PtraL Thr of thm atrurk thalr mark. ' and th other two wot wild. On hit Oaorg C. Conoland and th othr atrurk Atkinaoat at Colorado JlprkaaVuB Phul and Copaland died, but Atklnaoa r- Tha atata alactd to try Hen wood for kllltnc Copaland. Tha Information charaad willful, dalloarata murdi- and th plaa of - ' Hon wood waa alf -rWonaa. haaad en pra-v(oua pra-v(oua quarrala batwaan Von Phul and hlmaalf. Whan wrraalad Hanwood told tha fhlf of polira and raportfra that tha trouble waa over ehorua lrle. It dlopd. however, that Hanwood . had bean irvlnar to rrmpI Von Phul to return letter written to Von Pnul hy Mr. John W. Pprtna-r, a aorlwty matron and wife of a prominent Denver banker Woman in OftM a Wltneae. Mra. B printer waa a wltneaa In tha caae - and her pretence In the courtroom In that capacity addod much to public Intereat. The proeeriitlon put wltneaaea on the at and to ihnw allKd relatione between Mra. Sprinter and Hen wood and Ita contention con-tention waa that Henwood waa Jealoua of ' Von Phul and. fearing that he waa about to be aupplanted 1n Mra. Fpr1nra af ferttnna, reeolved to kill Von Phul. einre the ahooMna: of Von Phul and Copeland, Mra. Springer haa been aued , for dirorre. and th hearing haa been aet for neat month. Attorner Bottom aaved manv evreptlona during Henwood a trial, partlctilartv aa to th rullnga of th court. H aald today that the raae would ha carried to tha auprema court If neoeeeary. After th verdlrt had been announced Attorney Bottom aakd leave to queatlon "Jurytnan No. .M Thla waa granted. Mr Bet torn then queetloned him aa to hla "correct" name. He had been accepted , under the name of Joeph Duval. Mr. Bottom aaked htm If hla real nam waa not Tatlaerro. He admitted that tha. waa on of hla given namea. |