| Show I RANK ENS SLAYERS SLAYER S TO DIE Six Night Riders Rid s Will Hang and Two Will Go Goto Goto Goto to Jail For 20 Years I Union City Jan 9 Judge Jones to today today today day Imposed tho the death penalty penally on Gar Garret Garret Garret ret Johnson TId Burton Durton Bob Dob Ransom Fred Pin con Arthur Clear Cloar and antI Sam Sani tho the nightriders who were found guilty guilt of the tho murder of or Captain Quentin and sentenced Iud Dud orria and Bob Dob Huffman tho the two oth other other othor er or defendants to twenty years Im Jm Imprisonment imprisonment The attorneys for Cor tho the clo he fonso tense Immediately gave notice of an appeal to lo tho the state supreme court If this tribunal does doos not Interfere tho the Ural named six men will bo he hanged on February 19 itt ittIn In applying to Judge Judco Jones Jonas Jon s today toda for Cor fora Cora a now trial tho the defense attacked the Ule competency of oC Jurors McKInney and Ahnke asserting that they thoy tho had hatI ex cx expressed pressed opinions as to the guilt of the three defendants After Arter having heard the tho testimony of ot throe three witnesses In Introduced Introduced introduced by the tho defense In their effort to pi provo ovo that thal Juror had cx ox pressed an opinion as to 10 tho the guilt of o oHo tho Ho convicted men mOil the th state stalo proved by b the members of tho the Jury Jur that he Insisted on mitigating circumstances being be g included In III tho the verdict iho ThO contentions In regard to Jurors Rosson and wore were later with withdrawn withdrawn drawn and the Ule motion for a new trial was quickly overruled Judge Jones listened attentively to tho testimony and at the conclusion said saltI tho the court was firmly of tho the opinion opinIon ion 1011 that all evidence Introduced at nl tho the trial was WILS competent Judge Jones continued 1 saLt some sonic time limo ago to tho grand Jury that It was a sad sail sail sad s HI day when whon these mon loft left quiet homes that their th lr wives hud 1151 not taken thorn thom around the tho nook nock and pleaded with thorn them for God sake salco to stop and not band themselves together for such sueh un unholy holy 1101 acts that thai tho caso caBO Is 1 bristling with perjury and the Jury jur luau has return returned ed eJ Into this tiui court a no verdict against t DUd Duct Morris and anti Bob Dab Huffman of or mur mar murder murder marder der In tho second degree which must stand J The Tho Jury jur has hns also returned a n ver vor I I diet did In the first degree against six of or ortho the tho defendants and in view of or tho the manner in which tho the life lICe of oC Quentin Ranken was taken r can soo no mit gating circumstances In their crime It was not done In the heat of ot passion and has bus none of or tho lie elements clemonts of mill miti mitigating gating circumstances clr s and that t at part partI of the verdict will be disregarded d dArter After Arter a moments breathless silence tho the court said Bud Morris you oU will stand up It Is in the opinion that you ou be Incarcerated j In the penitentiary for twenty years and aud be bo deprived of your rights right of 0 franchise Bob Dob Huffman next received rec lcd tho tue same samo sentence Judge Jones after afler a pause con can continued continued I I Garrett Garrelt Johnson Joonson you OU have haye boon beon en tried on en a charge of or murder In tho the first degree A motion for a new trial Is overruled by the court It Is con considered and the Judgment of the tho court courtis 1 is that you ou will be remanded to Jail until Friday tho the nineteenth of o February F February ary arr 1909 when whoa you ou will by b tho the sher sheriff I itt iff of ot this county count be hanged by the tho 1 neck until you rou are aro dead and may ma God Coil have mercy morcy on your soul The he same annie judgment was pronounced J on tho the remaining defendants con convicted of first degree murder 4 Perfect t silence prevailed In tho courtroom during durin the pronouncing of o othe the sentences The defendants each eachIn eachIn eachin In turn arose pale and worn and re received calved the words of judgment The court directed the sheriff to see that the defendants be carefully look looked looked ed oil after and a proper guard be bo sup supplied supplied plied |
