Show MINE john BojE Boy litou toa 0 cl Kay stille killed to in cold blood by bj neilan blamires Bla Blar aires his eis stepson in IB the he head bella with an ar air and then brutally sacked backed nephi blamires a young man well nell krown brown in kaysi Kays kaysville ille ville and davis county is now jesting in the tha county jail at Farming farmington tun charged nith the adful crime of the murder of thomas boynton the dime is one which finds no parallel in the criminal annals annala of the county un t y a and ud today tile the bhole community I 1 is toiled into a fieney by the atrocity atio city news of the tragedy was rag received in ogden early this morning but so far the particulars to hand aro are of meager description stood that boynton and blamire liia his st stepson erison ha hae a been ic I 1 siding together at blamires has baa been considered to be ol of unsound n d and last ni night 9 lit an altercation took place begreen be treen the two men the quarrel subsided anil and neither party appeared to give it any further consideration and all at t the lie usual bresat t tune ie they reth retried ed to rest the dispute boneer ho bo weier weer had bad evidently preyed upon ther nind of the stepson and about 6 30 this morning ng he a at abose ose an and went t to t the e bedside e of hs stepfather the latter latte i evidently did not consider this ac tion on the pirl r of his stepson j A liia iss tep the soil eon sal said did you mean what you you said last night yes said the parent unhesitatingly ta nod aorl in another instant blamires had seized an ax and dealt his stepfather a heavy blow over the head not ot content with this lie he struck him several times so 0 that he might kill him without his is suffering as ile he stated to the authorities at the jail this is the story of the crime as related by the pil at the coun county ty jail but u nhat hat credence can be given it is a question that will depend euti futilely lely upon his mental condition the clime was discovered by soul some a of the neighbors arid and it is be lived thu that the prisoners was effective and that lie killed his stepfather almost instantaneously ogden riess pi ess kaysville Kays ville V U T july ll 11 the terii bly brutal murder of thomas boynton who n ho was slain yesterday morning by liis his stepson nephi Dl Elam amires irea continues to be the one topic of conversation nhe wherever rever crowds congie congregate gate in kaysville Kays ville the cold blooded manner in which the deed n was as done lias has seni sea a chill of horror through every heart the self confessed murderer seems the least concerned of anyone and if as some assert he be is not insane he be must be ia possession of a set of iron iron neri ner es and a heart of adamant was brought up from the county jail at farmington Farming toa shortly after noon toda today y to be given a preliminary hearing before justice galley gailey the prisoner spent most of yesterday reclining on a couch in his hia narrow cell or restlessly about his bis small inclosure ile he ate a heaitly beatty dinner and nas ready for a good square meal when supper time arrived immediately on the arrival of sheriff and his charge in kaysville Kays rille ville the herald ie presenta live esou sought litan an interview nith the lizi prisoner which was granted blamires greeted his visitor pleasantly fly and seemed perfectly willing an to answer any interrogations he onlest page 1161 Mr from I 1 pobe biye nas as dressed in a overalls and a cheviot shirt and had bad on a vest no cost coat ile he looked pale anil ant haggard I 1 and there aas as a vacant almot Bild in his eyes when he r roused 0 used himself from a kind of lethargy to answer a question A nervousness made itself apparent by of the muscles in his big b hands ands and his big right foot tapped the floor continuously ai aa though lie he I 1 i were ere impatient i aside from these conditions he was apparently cool coal and collected i n aisner to a question he said yes yeb I 1 L slept well and had a good bed bd I 1 a am in a little ii weak eal this morning though do you you feel sorly that you killed led mr boynton asked the re porter borter no certainly not he replied 1 I had bad to do it I 1 lie said 1 1 I would have to leave and t that le t was a an serious r I 1 matter with me do you realize the consequences of your aca act well ell yes I 1 gues bess uess so I 1 think it wi will 11 be found fauni t that bat I 1 was satisfied in in doing it ile he was asked to give his story sory of the crime and with just a little hesitation now and then he did so I 1 sir I 1 boynton 0 11 t on has told me severra ral times i tia h he began a a that at I 1 would have to leave leae this house I 1 though thought over it considerably and concluded I 1 would have to li kill ll 11 him it was the best way out of it night before last he told me the same thing again so a I 1 got up yest yesterday e rdby morning took the ax to his room and asked him if lie he still meant it iff hi said he did and I 1 hit bit him hica with ith the back of the ax twice tivice then I 1 i sited a minute to see if he move moved I 1 x was as afraid he might rally and suffer so 1 chopped him with tile the blade of I 1 the ax tn in ice or may lie be three times just to be sure lie he was dead you on u were ere cool about it then yes ile he answered coal yes you know knovs I 1 always have presence pie sence 0 of f maid when I 1 am doing an anything Y and he actually smiled as he said it of course lie he continued 1 I was it a little flu flurried r aed but 11 not at much later late r blamires Elam irea said eaid mr doyn ton made a sudden move to get up when when he raised the ax but after the first blow he move nor make any noise throughout the conversation the prisoner showed not the slightest evidence of demoi se or even humane i feeling lie ile spoke of the killing without the leat least embarrassment and not once did lie he betram by word or by look the least evidence of compunction for the terrible deed lie ile labors under the hallucination ci ei that he was justified and seems certain that he will ill be acquitted when the case comes to trial for an insane man he is remarkably mar in kably coherent and straightforward in ill hn his replies to questions the preliminary examination was held 2 p in today county prosecuting attorney J H wilcox conducted the case and when A hen the I 1 defendant heard ine complaint complain ti reache read he entered a plea of guilty without any hesitation or the slightest tremor ile he either did not know dow t nhat bat T was as meant by such a course or he did not care 1 I 1 there WAS a large c crowd rou d of interested spectators present in the room to brothers of the defendant being among the number after tile the plea had been regularly entered the prosecuting attorney and justice galley held a short f consultation and it ii was decided to proceed to take testimony the tha reason for this was thit blaines might change his lintl about the circumstances of the case before he came to trill trial and to prevent tiny any complications that might atice in such euch an event it t was deemed best to take the statement statement of the defendant and the other witnesses ent I 1 A accordingly theor i i n g ly blamires amires rl was put a on the s stand t a n d ile he was very clear in his statements a aind ld prompt usually in replying to questions 1 ile he was viliam lawyers lilyers li nou d call a good witness the tory he told in court was just as he had given in the inte interview view reported above ile he had calmly thought the matter I 1 over he be said and concluded that if he were sent away from boyn bova tons home lie would not be able to make a living and bould have to lie die it was beil better ter in his opinion for boynton to die so he killed him the other witnesses it nesses examined ete constable gailey john if 11 flood blood alfred Boy poynton titon it son 0 of the deceased and br dr E 1 I rich the latter corroborated that portion of tile the defend defendants ariVs testimony which related to the manner of the killin killing the doctor said the head bead had evidently been cut as well isell as I 1 mashed vo no marks T flere ere on the b body 0 dy after conc concluding lading the taking of I 1 testimony ju judica jutica tice galley bound the defendant over to await tile the action of the grand jury and remanded him to the custody ot of sheriff sanders at the close of the trial blamires Blam irea nas taken out toa to a conveyance that was in waiting and after b bidding idd ing bia hi brother goodby good by bv in a p perfectly e afe e fly natural way ha wa was s driven awny away to the county jail there to be held in ii custody until the grand jurys next session thus the ell curtain ertain falls nn the first fir s t scene of one of the most blood fre freezing bezing tragedies in the criminal history cf etab what makes the tha case so erv remarkable and singular i the ii utter indifference of the accrued man to hi his fate he ia n I 1 without isible interest in the outcome ol of his trial ard speaks of it as ai a trivial affair |