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Show AVOID8 PAYING FULL PENALTY FOR SANDERCOCK MURDER Salt Lake City, Feb. 26. -William McVey, who wbb brought' back to this city from New Orleans by Sheriff Sher-iff Joseph C. Sharp on suspicion of being the murderer of William Sand-crcock, Sand-crcock, tho Oarfled grocery man who was beaten to death In his store Inst November, late Saturday afternoon confessed his crime, when It was Intl-mnted Intl-mnted to him that by so doing ho would bo charged with second dcgicc murder. He wob at once taken before be-fore Judge F. C. Loofuomow, wheio he mado a pica of guilty to murder In the second degree and was sentenced sentenc-ed to llfo imprisonment. Sheriff Sharp and Deputy J.ic't Corliss spent the bigger part of tho day questioning I'hll Lewis, pal ot McVey, and who was arrested with the convicted man in New Orleans. Tha evldenco against McVey was only circumstantial according to the sheriff and It Is thought tlmt nil missions mis-sions bj Lewis were the determining Influences with McVey. "Wo got enough out ot Low Is to stick McVey," was tho remark of one deputy sheriff. After sentence had been passed upon up-on him McVey was taken to tho coun ty Jail, where ho will remain until lato today, when ho will bo removed to the stato penitentiary. Now tint McVey hn3 been sentenced sentenc-ed the question of the disposition of Lewis and George II. Qulglcy, both of whom were being held as witnesses, witnes-ses, remains to bo settled. In the oent of the arrest ot Robort L. Burns, alleged to hao been an accomplice ac-complice of McVey in tho murder, their testimony will bo valuable, according ac-cording to tho sheriff. |
