Show I P PETER TER L FOUND FOUND GUlL GUILTY Y Jury fury ty Says He H Must Pay The Peu Penalty of o Ha Hay s Murder I. I I f. f I If The j jury in the tho lea en enat a. a f at 3 o'clock Saturday returned ed eda a a. verdict of guilty murder murder- in the tho first first degree cl charged in inthe the tho information J Jone B Bone one ono ballot was taken l n received tho the verdi without a move hove or the slight sligh display of emotion His fath bi brother other and uncle who were p pent pr prent ent wei were e more deeply effected Th The man is v ve bitter towards those who have ii fid l anything to do with his bis tion particularly f his his' brother broth ri- ri 1 i law H Ho He declares doclar s that only o witness told the truth truth truth-Dc Dc u uSh Sh Sheriff Cumm Cummock ck He la lau lav ana cL cursed and declared eo ar d th th 1 01 I t thing at his bis second trial trial which h be he assumes ices lues will bo be granted I IThe The date of fixed i is s I July 5 S. Between now now and that t I time timo tho the defendants defendant's attorney attorneys s will move for a new ti trial ial i Tho Thio trial has been the most r re remarkable re remarkable in the history of Utah Utah havi having lasted one forty days and d cost about I HISTORY j HISTORY OF THE TIlE CRIME CRI The crime of which was as convicted d was vas committed o othe othe on the night of Dec 16 16 1901 1001 1301 at at a t which time timo Hay y disappeared and efforts to get gei 1 trace of him proved futile until his bis dead body was found buried in inthe tho lonely field on the tho seco second d day later The case is sono isone one of th the the most remarkable in the the the history othe o otho the tho c country and cont contained med el ci elc OJ- OJ i tents ments that no other murder pro probably r II ably contained before b It was late in hi tho the afternoon afternoon o othe of of f f the tho when 1 c called calle d fd I at the tho office of the Pacific Lumber Lumbe company where Hay was book bookkeeper book ke keeper per an and stated stated that ho ho he howa hewa wa was ready to p pay py y a bill of b bowed he be e owed to the company In th tb the 6 presence of Manager I Hay made made out a a receipt for th the money and an understanding was war made m do between t the e men men thin that H Ha Hay Yi y hould houll g get the he money tho the follow a I If f i II I ng ng morning and give the receipt t W together with witha a mortgage which the company held beld to secure the debt Hay put the tho receipt and e d note in in his bis his pocket and he and rode home bomo together er er r on the car they car they living directly Across cross across tho the street from each other othe r i iii i Forest Dale About that tha t fJ ev evening ning Hay told his wife that he heus was was us going over to o l s st t to collect some soma money and after pro pro- arin to have bave a warm fire firo upon is is return return and rand telling his wife wite he be out only only a short time it ft the house bouse This was was the la last t was Va was seen cr alive b b hi his A i yv iw S e 0 F Fer e er r a at t tillor Mor en en house a few minutes minute lat later later r and and according to to- Al contentions contentions conten conten- collected the tho money gave guve him bim the receipt and note and left for home bom The night wore on onto onto onto to morning and Hay dd did not appear ap appear appear pear at home bome His wife walked to l hou house bouso o and was told that h her r Husband husband h had bad d left hours bours before fori for his bis' home The n next nest d day came without Hay app appearing m a and the suspicion that t ho heh had defaulted t d with the tho money gain gair rain credence r dence The police were notified of f the tho matter nu and reward was sofI offered red for hrs his capture I Telegrams ms' ms were sent sent ht in in eV eVry every ry direction direction- n- n hn but lip tr trace ce of the missing m man man co could l be found The relatives fi and Ir friends en of tho the young young oung man nan were r sure that he had hadnot had hadnot hadnot not 4 defaulted and nd the night before the tho tru h h was learned James Sharp the the law father law father law in-law declared that h he V q his hisson son bad had been murdered and arid and that his dead body would Would- be ue found hur buried ed within l four twenty n y-f y ur hours somewhere somewhere- within within a mile milo of ens en's house honse The Tho second mornin morning after the tho disappearance of of Hay a young man chasing hors horses s sn n d field eld near Forest Dale Dal o by bithe the railroad tracks found found a made o J grave r rave vo and tho the dead body of I Hay y was was was' iu ill it it Peter Morte n was vas was taken taken i 1 I t into custody by the police pending an investigation An autopsy snowed showed that Hay had be been n killed by a shot in the b brick back ck of the tho he head d dand and the the theory of ups hold-ups was exploded d by the fi finding ding of It his is watch and some money in his bis his clothing Investigations brought forth the mortgage on home which furnish furnish- a motive for murder and after further developments had appeared appear appear- ed MOlten en en was charged ged with the murder of the tho dead nian man The Tho penalty for the tho crime crimo of which was convicted is death In accordance with tho the law the prisoner will be bo given his choice as to being shot or hanged |