Show prisoners receive death sentence Swi tence at 1120 saturday night at an nn adjourned assion of tho tile district court romeo and convicted of murder in tho the first degree wore sentenced to bo be shot to death on oil tho tile of next month tho tile prisoners bere convicted of df the murder of a gambler named jenkins at Sunny sunnyside side two years ago ngo and hav been in tho the penitentiary sinco since conviction aN awaiting alting the decision of the supreme court to which aboy appealed and which finally decided against them affirming tho the velvet in tho the lower court they were brought down from salt lako lake on no 2 0 saturday night at 1020 p m judge christenson tenson was on iho the same train and within 20 minutes of anc pilson eis arrival court had convened and tho the prisoners f were arm arraigned ignec for sentence they were ordered to stand and tho the court asked cadi each in turn if ho lie know knew of any reason why sentence of death should hotbo not bo pronounced romeo p professed essed not to understand and frank grosso was called as iio ile said the interpreter that ho lie had bad nothing to say and when asked what form of death ho lie preferred signi signified fled a wish to be shot when asked tho the same questions by the court had nothing to say in his own behalf lf and also expressed a wish to bo be ahot tho the prisoners were returned to the penitentiary sunday coming on no 1 to await the execution of their sentence on feb next |