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Show GARDNER IS TO BE EXECUTED. Having been found guilty of first degree murder. George H Gardner, the Welby rancher, is to be sentenced to death on May 20. Five ballots were necessary before the jury decided on the extreme penalty. pen-alty. There 1b a sentiment against capital punishment which, no doubt, operated to delay the final verdict. Gardner killed Deputy Sheriff Gordon Gor-don Stuart and mor'ally wounded Jo seph W. Irvine when the officers at j tempted to place him under arrest at t his farm near Welby, south of Salt Lake City, on April 15. Gardner init ed his victims Into his house to talk over matters, when he quickly grabbed a shotgun, killing Stuart. Irvine ran from the house. Gardner mounted i horse and overtook Irvine in a near-by ravine, shooting him down Any man of tho murderous Instincts of Gardner is better dead than alive His quick conviction and execution should serve to impress the lawless. |