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Show Prisoner Trembles Wheu Life Term Verdict Is Returned LOS ANGELES, Spt. 2. A frdlt of pullty of first degree murder witn a recommendation for a sentence of life Imprisonment, xvas returned t S 40 o'clock I'rlday night by th Jury In the trial of Herbert Wilson for th murder of Herbert R. Cox. Wilson formi-rly was a minister. The Jury had been out slnre 2: SO . rn. si it 1 1 i OliAIMl 1 'Cox and Wilson, charged with mall robbery, were fellow prisoners In tho Los Angeles county Jail Lust April they and Eddie O'Rlen. another alleged al-leged robber, now In federal euKtodv at Toledo. Ohio, attempted to brea'; jail. Deputy theidffe frustrated their plan, Cox wils shot nnd kill' ! The state charged Wilson with murdering mur-dering Cox, declaring ho believed Cox had agreed to turn si.ite's evidence on the mall robbery i-barip- unl al:.' h i l ; "tipped off" tbe plan to break Jail I to th' sbcriff'.M deputies The defense advanced the ttieory ! that Cox committed suicide wh'-n the jallbreah was prevented. Sentence will be Imposed Tuesday, September 5. MIOW . i invr I MOTIDV For the first time since the trial began. Wilson showed emotion. He stood When the clerk began reading the verdict, and when he realized Its import, he turned pale and tremble 1. Then Ms wife screamed and sobbed, and finally fainted, on'y to be revlvbJ and sent home by court room attond-1 attond-1 ants. Rumors that friends of Wilson would stage a demonstration If the verdict was against hlni reacned thv; court earlier in the day and an extra ex-tra guard of dotcctives and sheriff's deputies was stationed in the court room and around th building. Aside from the emotlo.T or the defendant de-fendant and the collapse of his Wife, however, there was no excitement attending at-tending the return. of the verdict. Cable required for the Alaskan system sys-tem was made n?ar New York and Shipped around Cape Horn to Seat- tie. |