| Show PAID THE PENALTY frank rose wife murderer executed at state penitentiary frank rose was executed at the utah state prison on friday morning for the murder of his wife maude morris rose in salt lake city last christmas day before his death he told george ono of the men assigned to his death watch a long story of a bloody criminal career ho declared that for fourteen years he had been guilty of one robbery bur glary or murder after another until he had fairly lost count no less than five women in addition to his wife had fallen victims to him his favor ite method was to give them chloral and then throw their bodies into some river this was after he had secured all they money they could get for him ills first murder was committed at the age of 20 years he had a fight with three men in st louis and says he stabbed one so he understood death ensued from that time on he became in evolved in one tragedy after another until the culmination came in the the bands of the law there is a dit forence of opinion as to the accuracy ol 01 his statements pose sapt hie wife on christmas day friday and nothing was known of the crime until the following day after billing his wife acae pawned a suit 0 clothes which he wore on christmas day and with tho money bought whiskey when his money gave out and he could get no I 1 more whiskey rose began to sober 1 and early sunday morning wat to 9 9 station tho 1 boy of the mu deded oman afas left with the mother and waa found by the of bleers when they visite I 1 the scene of the crime rose claims that he t med to the house on several occa alons and fed the child he claimed his wife lived an hour and a half after he shot her and that she forgave him for the act rose kept his wonderful nerve to the last and met death with a smile on his face |
