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Show DRiSKELL GIVEN UFEjENTENCE Salt Lane, March 31. Shaken in cerve and minus the confident and careless bearing which marked him all through his trial for the murder of Patrolman C. C. Riley, Luclan K. Drlskell stood before tho bar In the district court this morning, and was sentenced by Judgo T. U. Lewis to Hend the remainder of his days at hard labor In the titate prison. There was a Btreug tension notlce-ahlo notlce-ahlo In the court room, which was oowded. Sheriff Joe C. Sharp, who - -- ..,.n carting trouble for some days, brought his prisoner Into court, handcuffed and closely guarded by ........... u..vl w-.J utpu.j' bunlii-. .-vinl ni'llil-iice Was plissi'd he WUo taken into Judge Ritchie's court room across the hail and by the private stairway down to the door at once, and thence to the state prison. The court room was absolutely hushed at the opening. There were many who held the opinion that Judge Lwl might possibly disregard the recommendation of the Jury to mercy. There were others who hoped that he might do so. The feeling against the murderer was keen, and for this rea-j-on the sheriff observed elaborate precautions. Is Pale and Trembling. When the Judge directed the prisoner pris-oner to stand Drlskell displayed none f.f the careless and bored manner with which he heard the evidence at the trial. He trembled and rested hli hand on the table for support . Ho was unusually ale. and the absence of hla mustache, removed since tho trial, made this more noticeable. Shiv-lng Shiv-lng had brought out his brutal features feat-ures more prominently nnd be looked by no means so well as at former appearances. ap-pearances. Nor was he so carefully groomed. Drlskell apparently feared that th" judgo might disregard the recommendation recommen-dation to mercy, and displayed this fear to the officers who guarded hliu. In his manner during tho address of Judgo I.ewls. There was no chewing of gum as during the trial, but when the Judge finally pronounced sentence he gave a faint sigh of relief. Had Feared the Rope. This fear of death, or rather of tho tope, as he himself has expressed it, has been with the murderer all through the case. Ho has at all times expressed no dread of life imprisonment, imprison-ment, but admitted that only anxiety to escape hanging induced his confessions confes-sions and the attempt to escape. The precautions of the sheriff have had their effect in his manifest nervousness. nervous-ness. Judge Lewis rend the complaint to Drlskell and after remarking that the charges had been fully proven and the prisoner found guilty asked him if he had anything to offer before sentence was passed Drlskell hung his head and spoke bv no moana boldly: bold-ly: "Well, I guess there's none. I have been found pjllty of the crime I'm charged with all right. Hut I can say this much. I'm entirely innocent of thl3 crime." Judgo Lewis then addressed the prisoner. From tho tone of his opening open-ing it was thought he Intended to give him the death penalty, and a deeper hush came over the room. He nald: "The court Is satisfied wiih the verdict of the Jury that you are guilty guil-ty of murder In the first degree. T here is too often a tendency among Juries to disregard circumstantial evidence, evi-dence, in this case the weakness of your defense has been In the direct evidence rather than In circumstantial circumstan-tial evidence and In the identification by direct witnesses. Should Be Full Penalty. "The crime of which you have been guilty is that of the deliberate killing of nn otHeer of the law. If there is ever a time when the full penalty should be invoked it Is when a criminal crimi-nal kills in the attempt to escape from the law. An officer engaged in protection of the public is entitled to be himself fully protected. This the Jury should have taken more fully Into consideration In rendering Its verdict. The uature of the evideuce, however, has kit a slight, very slight, room for doubt, or rather ground for the possibility of error, faint but leaving leav-ing a bare possibility. I am not prepared pre-pared to say that this Is not justified If 1 were if there could be no possibility possi-bility .f enor the court would disregard disre-gard the verdict, for you have been proved to have deliberately taken tho ilfe of the officer. The very faint possibility pos-sibility being present, the court will follow the recommendation of the J'-iry. It Is the sentence of the court that you be confined In tho state prlj-on prlj-on at hard labor for the term of your natural life." |