Deseret Evening News | 1903-10-31 | Page 2 | Sensation in Tom Horn Case

Sf SENSATION SATIO I IT N T TOM M I HORN t C CASE Sf SpecIal to the News Cho Cheyenne enne Wyo Wo Oct sensa sensation tion stas sprung rung this Ihle afternoon when the tue attorneys for tor Toni ibm the he con of oC Willie Nickel NIckell tiled filed An appeal with 00 to 10 cant COlli Iha hi ot of death to life lite I In whIch It is III stated slated that Victor Miller n a playmate or of tito tho dead clead boy time crime Till appeal Includes the affidavits ot of mOn muon tho ho for tOI the state who say they jobbed Ollie Whitman on nit Iron Mountain that MilicI confessed to him ho he killed the Nickell boy Miss Irene Kim Kimmell inch mell a schoolteacher who boarded with the Ictor Millers parents that Victor toM told her that ho he killed Willie NIckel Nickell Other Ier 90 Sons lit In the tho Iron make lint tend to 10 a doubt In tiu Ihl mind ot of time the governor The appeal Is 19 with n a l letter horn in which III he lIl di dents his hla Inno innocence enco ho asks tuat his sentence bo be commuted to fe Ce meat ment being confident that the tho true facts In lie case easo will lio be made public lit In ii A fOl me years Tue Tho Appeal Includes about words cords or of typewritten batter and It will lit be a week seek before the tho governor hits hili decision At midnight last loat night IIII line Imo nl ci lowed the tho defense to 10 tile 1110 nov In Ih Ito c curt urt expired but was waa III ell This Is tIme the weak In the sup heal