Show SIXTEEN MURDERS AND NO executions murderers in jail convicted murderers serving life sentences in the state prison frank connors sentenced oct 9 abe ila jors sentenced oct S 1901 I 1 joe sullivan sentenced apr aar 9 1908 james lynch sentenced ed no nov v S 1900 daniel tracy sentenced oct 21 1903 J 11 shockley sentenced sept 2 29 1903 1905 A T day sentenced dec 11 1907 nick hayworth sentenced aug 1 1900 A F heaton eaton II sentenced jan jail 22 1909 to this liet may be added the name of L E driskell ile has not been sentenced as yet but the jury recommended life imprisonment and that lill be the judgment of the court I 1 prisoners in the county jail who ate breakfast there this rooming morning charged with murder in the first degree L E driskell L M duncan laura Shau rity trefa zhou zhon ne tom rice harry flarry thorne james liades it is the consensus of opinion among police officers deputy sheriffs guards guard of the state prison and newspaper men generally who have done crime and are familiar with conditions that ol of tile the 10 11 serving tile life terms at al the state prison but one A T day deserve 01 imprisonment the clemency shown him in lilo life it if the same opinion to operate with reference to the eight alleged murderers now in the county jail perhaps the only prisoner who would receive c the lote lole of sympathy Is the woman 11 lan who kill killed ed private shaunty at fort douglas recently 1 frank connors abe majors joseph sullivan and L B E driskell are all convicted of murdering officers of the law in addition to the murderers and alleged murderers named may be added the names of thomas vance now tit in the state slate prison awaiting his appeal in fit thu the supreme court convicted of foully murdering ills his wife and tom anderson a negro serving 13 15 years for killing a negro on commercial street several months ago pardoned to mu murder ader and yet there is another addition to the toll of crime rind and the names ot of criminals that of C W V phelps elps who was sentenced to a term of life imari son sonni ment ent for the murder of 0 john johnagin JohnR gin in this city several years ax iiii him was a man named me millan A ito continued on page four SIXTEEN MURDERS AND NO executions continued from first page was sentenced to a term of 20 years both were ivere pardoned A short shore tinie ti ne ago phelps stabbed io to death a wan nan at duhl buhl idaho making the second murder I 1 lie ae committed since his incase from the state prison by pardon frank connors conniers murdered an officer at provo abe majors shot to death an officer of tho the ogden police department jos sullivan shot arid and killed Par tolman john S ford a member ol 01 of the th salt lake department and drs dris kell hell shot down special Poli policeman cernan C C riley in recent years but two murderers have paid the extreme penalty for their foul crimes doth both were shot to death at the state prison jy older of the court driskell convicted or of the murder or of C C riley remained in tire the county jil jail about six months before being brought to trial thomas vance convicted of tile the most brutal wife murder in the annals of ci caime me in utah elivd I 1 about 13 months in the county jail before conviction and his case is still pending on appeal tom anderson was in ill the county jail 11 months fore sentenced to a term of 15 years for killing hilling another negro i THREE BAD CASES J J 11 shockley who shot to death two street car men while attempting to rob them was twice convi convicted ct d b but ut escaped with life imprisonment james lynch convicted of the murder of col godfrey e escaped the death penalty when his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment tile the same line good fortune tell fell to the lot of nick hayworth convicted of the murder or of a night watch watchman inan named sandall of layton lay ton connors majors sullivan and driskell all murderers of officers of the law are lifers as described in the parlance of the police driskell Is awaiting sentence duncan I 1 is having a preliminary hearing in the criminal division of the city court ilayev has pleaded not gull guildy ty to the murder of george nr ras fassell sell and thorne charged with tile the same am crime and who has confessed waived preliminary hearing this afternoon INDIANS ON LIST zhon ne and tom rico rice are indians indiana who were bi ought here from the south orn ern part of the state some time thile ago they with the young woman ho shot arid and killed Shau shaunty rity at fort dougla douglad i ore are government prisoners trefa is an austrian chaigen wit with li tile the murder of a fellow countryman at dinham Ding liani several months ago that tile the list is an appalling one is generally admitted by those familiar with criminal history in utah that the laws delay the fact that persons accused of murder are allowed to lie he in jail for months before trial and that tant ilien they are tried escape life imprisonment or less breeds crime cannot be dented denied news |