Show in IVIS 0 t 0 b e k PIS HIS JL CHOICE IS THE BULLET TO END I 1 HIS EARTHLY CAREER DECEMBER IS THE DAY SET FOR THE EXECUTION neilson Xe ilson the slayer of bachanan sentenced to the penitentiary for life we copy the following from the S salt litho lake herald of the ath I 1 not sinco since the famous hopt caso case has there been a conviction for murder in utah which was followed by tho the death sentence until yos yesterday men havo have been murdered but their sla slayers havo have always managed to clue elude tho the death sentence A largo crowd of spectators filled tho court room at provo yesterday morning it being the date set for the sentence of two men who had been found guilty of murder in the first degree every face f in n the room exhibited it a deop interest in each word which NN hicl was uttered by both judge and the guilty ones till DEATH SENTENCE enoch davis davia the wife murderer was callord called and sentence was about to bo be passed when attorney stated there was a motion for a now trial in the caso which vh ch had been filed this motion was promptly overruled and warnor also stated that there was a motion for arrest of judgment on ac canut of there boid being no charges in the indictment that thab this had beon premeditated murder tha indictment was read and some authorities referred to to sustain tho motion so far as tho the killing was concerned it was argued that there ass no malico and premeditation with intent to kill hill whilo thoro there might havo have boon been to abuso abuse and boat beat mr zano zane argued that tho the indictment was properly drawn up and quoted authorities to prove that although tho the indictment simply charged murder in the second degree a verdict of murder in tho the first degree could bo be rendered and sustained kansas and other decisions hold adversely to the position of the prosecutor the motion was overruled and tho the defendant again faced tho the judge and was informed that it was tho the duty of tho the judge to pass tho the death sentence upon him and that tho the jury had found him guilty of murder in the first degroo degree without for a lifo life imprisonment in that he had had a fair trial and was ably and zealously defended the judge 0 I 1 will ask you what you have bavo to lo say why the death penalty shall 1 not bo imposed upon you whilo while you answer you may say what mode of I 1 death you prefer hanging or shooing davis ril ill tako taho shooting this was spoken in a brazen defiant way and the judge proceeded you will be betoken betaken taken to tho the jail and confined theio until doc dec 30 of this year whon you will bo be placed in the hands of the officers taken into the jail yard and shot until you are dead A man have any copper on that doos does lie ho put in davis and may the lord have morcy mercy on oil your soul with this the officers took davis and placed him behind the bars NEILSON GOES UP FOR FOB lire LIFE august neilson was then called and after a short time was brought before the judge who told him of tho duty ho he had to perform in sentencing 0 him for the murder of james buchanan that tho the circumstances in the case had shown that ho he was ono one of the men who wore were responsible for the crimo crime when asked what ho he had to say why sen sentence tAnco should not bo be passed he asked tho indu lonco of the chui coui t while ho he related the story of his life in brief which was filled with romance and evoi eveia y head in the court room was eagerly 0 bent beat forward to catch the words which fell from his lips coming down to tho the time of this murder lie ho said judge I 1 am not the man who committed wi f this crimo crime and the testimony does not show it he reviewed the evidence and displayed sono sone ingenuity D in making out his case the judge then proceeded to pass sen sentence which was to tho the effect that ho bo be confined in tho the penitentiary during tho the term of his natural life davis and neilson were at tho the penitentiary last night they were di i yen from tho the rio grand western depot in tho the ordinary prison wagon in in c harge charge of three deputy united states marshals both were hea heavily evily shackled but seemed to take their situation neilson however was nas tho the more do of tho the two tho wife murderer davis who has hag but fifty soven seven days to livo live passe passed d a remark about tho the weather and continued smoking a cigar on his way from tho the depot lie ho talked cheari cheerfully ully enough at times but br broke oke out in a bitter remark at f fato ate as ho he styled it neilson was silent only replying to questions in monosyllables davis a typical cowboy small wiry and muscular his skin shin is tanned by exposure to a deep brown and a leathery bard hardness noss ho he dresses in a cowboy fashion and wears his hair over his neck his oyos small brown and keen aro are set deep in his head and when ho he talks they snap and sparkle lending emphasis to his remarks ho he is naturally a man of cheerful dispo disposition sitio 11 but once ho takes a dislike to any person ho he broods over somo some plan to injure them until lie ho has it figured out and then exor exer cios it with the proc precision ision of a bank cashier and the cold blooded oss of a flond those aro are tho the characters ties attributed to him by charles hart lodge a 0 stock raiser who has worked ed several beacons with davis davison on round 1 I ups |