Show Hanging to Tree Favorite Death Gooseberry Tree Taking advantage of or the tho provision provision pro pro- provision vision in the Utah laws whereby whereby where where- by a condemned man may choose either hanging or being shot by a firing squad as the mode modo of or execution to be followed followed fol tol- tolI fol- I lowed with himself as tho the vie vic time S. S T. T state deputy deput of or the Modern Woodmen of or America chose to bo be hanged He made the decision last week at an outing of or more than members of Excelsior camp Modern Woodmen of or America Americ held at tho the farm of or Neighbor Voss But Du ButIn But But- tIn t- t In choosing to be hanged Deputy is reported to have shown hown the wisdom of or a Solomon He selected a a. tree where the h hinging hanging should take place But again again again- 0 i The Thc tre tree he selected was WS a gooseberry tree Incidentally Deputy nonchalantly advised the thc mock court which found him guilty of or never having stolen a watermelon that ho he would wait vait for the tree to grow The mock court trial formed the humorous feature of or the outing outing- The jur Jury which found him guilty consisted entirely of or women who refused to en entertain entertain entertain en- en his plea of or not guilty and his statement that he had stolen melons man many times in fn his boyhood days s. The Tho jUr Jury in returning its ils verdict recommended recommended recommended mended to the court that no clemency bo boo shown Major General Geneal Hunter Liggett Liggett LI- LI gett commander In chief of ot all the foresters of or tho the Modern Woodmen his wife and son of or Des Moines la In attended tho the outing which despite the tho pronouncement pronouncement pronouncement pro of oC death was de declared declared de- de dared to b be the most successful ever er held b by the camp |