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Show SZiRMAY TO BE SHOT ON MAY 5 SALT LAKE CITY, Inrch 14. Between Be-tween sobB which shook his frame, emaciated and gaunt from long confinement con-finement in the county jail, Jullua 'Sziijmay this morning .pleaded pis In uocence when asked by Judge Oeorgo G. Armstrong whether or not he had anything to say as to why aontonco should not bo passed upon him, aftor HI M MJ Hg the court had overruled the motion oi H Szlrmay'B attorneys for a new trial. w After 87.irmay's sobbing protests, Judge Armstrong passed soutenco .EH which had boen suspended since his H conviction on Jan. 17, declaring tho njj convicted youth shall be shot on May E1 6, between the hours of 10 a. m and 1 2 p. m. tS After a trial which lasted for moro tji than a week Szlnnay was founJ gull- Ks ty by a jury' before Judge Morse of pa tho murder of Thoraaa Karrlck. a i schoolboy of 14 years, the boy having ?M been killed in his homo at First South 1 59 and Thirteenth East on Oct. 12. Szlt- 1 ;j may's defense was that he was abslai- F $ ing another man in robbing tho houso, U TiA and that he nad left the house half f j1 an hour before the murder occurred, J r ii having boen frightened and leaving s tho house when ho saw the lad !cA through a half open door. He plead- , ed hlB absence from tho premises ,. "l when tho shooting occurred. j- On the ground that new evidence 'W had been secured, the attorneys for j tho defense filed a motion for a new fvjjl trial, this having been overruled by Jk Judge Armstrong this morning, Ira- it medlatoly aftor sentence was passed, PS5 Attorney Leon Bono, for tho dofenso, fcrtp filed notice of appeal. E3? |
