Show diamenti DI amenti and smith found gui guilty face ace long on sentences diamenti Is found guilty of lit intent to murder lee diamond 24 wai was found guilty of assault with gintert to murder deputy sheriff A E gibson tuesday by a jury in the seventh judicial district dietr lct court it at price late afternoon pale faced but outwardly calm and unemotional the youthful desperado whose law lair has become a 1 legend in carbon county heard the court clerk read the verdict of the jury aich ri lerina thai that he nuat must spend from five fie years to life behind the ban bars of the state prison diamenti was charge charged with in tent to minder in connection with the attempted delivery of john gargula from the carbon jail on the night of november 1 in which sheriff S 8 X bliss wm was shot and deputy gibson was seTe merely rely beaten with w ith a revolver Te olver allegedly by dia menti frank smith diamentis partner in the crime was specifics specific a ly charged with intent to barrier sheriff bliss while damanti wag was charged with intent to murder gibson diamanti wa was represented by S 8 J of price who accepted the appointment of the court after Diame diamenti had refused tho the services eer vices of 0 X clay states witnesses were sheriff bliss deputy gibson sirs mrs vac bliss willian william lines an and a curtis smith a trusty in the county jail with the exception of smith all witnesses gave practically the same testimony in the th diamanti trial is 11 in the smith trial deputy gibson glipson deit nied diamen in the assault room adjo ilithe beep effi 1 ue e A on the night of the utta iff an u he was awakened a noise in the sheriffs office e e I 1 immediately in to edi at ely after ward a blanket wag was thrown over his head and his assailant began to beat him lim about the head with a heavy instrument he stated the identity of his attacker was not known to gibson until he be recognized Diamen diamonds voice when he sail said it cut out the I 1 oll ering and I 1 wont kill you vou it lie testified that although he ceased his cries for help belp diamanti tl to beat him re tol toh I 1 of be heiring beiring iring smith den ind fhe he keys to the jul yul from the sheriff and hearing tie the shot which ally severed bliss right arm sher iff bisa gave flir ilk the flit same testimony as he be did in the benith case bombs bombi which were taken from diament s car by officers it cor colorado were introduced as lileree lv bir the state to pwe proe in tent A ren said mid to lili li li e been I 1 ke he ie one used by Di damenti ameritt to I 1 leit eit le e it gibson was also introduced by the state curta curtis smith carbon jail ml I 1 testified that diamonti had tried to force smith to issitt him in lin MR attempt to escape threatening to slit hii his throat from ear to io car irp if re e dl did d n not e carry a r ry h hack s law blades to beoit affrie air to D i am ti f fron r 0 n a fritzl n out ide jae the jail defense counsel rested Conti continued nuell on page 4 0 lee diamenti found guilty of intent to murder gibson continued from page I 1 his ills case without calling a fitness to th the stand and confined his de fonso to argument argued that the bombs bob bo b intoe ed wire used for burglary and rad idd no connection etith ith the ease being tried ho ile con tended that the tile lad lint failed to prove c latent on the part of dla iia gentl county attorney walter 0 gone made the opening argument for the PUN lie ile asked for a verdict of guilty ton contending tending that the fact feet that thai diamenti had said lout cut out the tha hollering holler lii and I 1 wont kill you a sufficient to prove intent asked tint diamenti tl be placed in an in 80 that further orgies euch such as the attack of the carbon officers would be prevented in liis his final argument district attorney keller bummed up the cage ease and requested a verdict of guilty ile said that since diamenti had toll told officers of ficere in colorado at the time blat lie was captured that he Di cimenti menti got at least 15 var vars for the crime tie the jury ought not to disappoint the defendant by giving him less the jury was composed of the following fol loning Tv vil illiam ham downard DoT nard frank goodart till jones J vivian VI via a powell morgan lock locke J E lamp hire W ir brown aad and 11 A draper judge george christensen will pronounce the sentence tenee arida it 10 00 a 11 in m |