Show PLEADS PLEADS FOR HIS BIS IlS LIFE sr lie He Is Sentenced to b Iz be Shot Shot on on n Friday h ire November 20 c. 1 Peter f made mad a long speech in his hia own behalf for j n it n new new w trial Saturday Saturday- aft afternoon in the iJ Judge Charles W. W l Morses Morse's s 's division divi I 4 sion of the the district court Salt Saito Lake City Later he was wa sentence or 1 ed d to be shot on Fi Friday iday Nov 20 Between between tho the hours horns of 10 a m. m and f 2 p p. p Pm m ll- Of for 0 l' l tho the murder of James Jlmes' fr J R. R Hay on the night of Dec 16 1901 i His His appeal for foran an another ther opportunity opportunity Ji t to to prove piove his innocence was wasL L m made at the co conclusion of a n four fourr r r hours hours' ours argument by his attorney t B J. J Stew Stewart rt The latter asked f Jor for a new neck X trial for his his client on oni the the g ground of newly discovered l i evidence relative to th the alleged misconduct of of the tho the jury while while the scene e of th the murder visiting scene o and the tho home hem a of the the defendant defendant V r v t iw f i se SE aSked kea for ru ar n ri b because se as 1 he said almost at the beginning of his remarks I am innocent of this crime crim t A little further on ho he he said in a 1 most dramatic manner h. h 7 4 j I swear before the high h heavens av- av r ens that these shoes never stood in those tracks because I was never there He was then i referring of erring to the fact that the state was never able I f If to place any anyone one on on the the witness stand who could prove that the f overshoes he wore when arrested fit the footprints the in the snow leading leading lead lead- r. r ing up to and surrounding the tho of f Hay I grave which The speech of J r lasted about an hour hour horn and a u. half balf J was one of the tho most remarkable IJ ever evor ver heard in any court of justice e r in In Utah It was pleading at Ii times when it seemed that his I finer sense would break through 1 the tho stolid crust of seeming indifference indifference r fere ference ce and anel cause canse tears to course t t their h ell way d down own h his IS c cheeks cheeks' h ce I. I S. S 0 On n those occasions was fas C begging begg Judge Morse fot for a anew now l. l trial that he mi might ht be bo given tf another r opportunity to prove his innocence or else ho he was vas imploring imploring in ing the tho Judge to remember his p ti wife and their f live ve little on cn Then would grow tho the fierce in his bis attitude to toward word and anet would flay finy district attorney i XU Mr r. r Eichnor's course of proc procedure dure in tie the trial tri Suddenly ly w without i 1 l jiA Xit r J. J L f ft any apparent reason for it he would control himself for a few minutes minute During these spells he would ar argue ue his case cas case i in a manner that surprised d his most inti intimate at friends They never nevel thought he had the tho oratorical ability that he would then display But those spells would not last long Jong Between them man was I 1 either scoring ing the tho district attorney j r heaping abuse upon pon the newspapers newspapers newspapers news- news papers of Salt Lake City or saying saying say ing things about the court which under no other circumstances world have been permitted d. d But was making his bis ia last t appeal 1 for life and Judge Morse allowed wed th the m man n to wander nI along ln in his is manner uninterrupted The motions of the def defense nse were overruled by th the Judge and ex exceptions exceptions ex- ex taken A certificate of probable cause cause was taken for but hut I Judge Norse Morse s said d that he was as not ready to grant it without firsth first i want h hearing V ii P arguments 9 fit fit-f l ow-in ow s I Hp y 1 d did d not I want t to f hear r th them m owing to the 1 restlessness restlessness- of the cr crowd wd then the n noise in the court room being very annoying If the certificate of ot probable cause is issued before a noti notice e of appeal i is filed the defense e will willi i I have six months in m which to take takeI I their case to the state stat supreme court If the notice of appeal is is ordered first by T Judge Morse then the defense has but t thirty days in which to perfect its ite appeal unless uan an extension of time is ib I granted by the state supreme court Should Judge Morse l refuse reI re- re j I fuse to grant the certificate te the defense defence can ask for forit it from the I state supreme court ourt In the tho event that that judiciary should not grant giant it there is n na no earthly power to save sieve save from loath death excepting the state slate board of pardons which can only commute commute com com- mute to l life fe imprisonment |