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Show MURDERER PLEADS GUILTY TO CRIME Chii-;ivi', )rl 22. A ceuifesscd murderer mur-derer jcFterday Inlsfd upon entering enter-ing a plea of p.ii'ly in Judge Kors-ten's Kors-ten's court, de-pi;e tho jnrist'ss warning warn-ing that he would have to inlllct th? death penalty. "I am guilt'." srid Thomas Rent, accused of klllir.g Daniul F. Cum-mingy, Cum-mingy, Korcl.eoiKT ;tt the cmntv hospital. hos-pital. Argust iu "It will do ou no good to plead guiliy." raid the iudg'. "Tudor the ondlttons 1 advisi you to defend 'irself. ' "I don't care what -the penult', is" replied the pi isoncr suliei.l'-. "I am guil-y. I shot Camming:-;. 1 am not asking the mercy of the court ' I "1 could sentence you to death on that statement." said the j-ulge '"lake time to consider. You I ad better bet-ter withdraw that idea an 1 ha me appoint a lawyer for you." "No. a lawyer can do me no good " Rent replied. "I'm guiliy shot Cummings all right. We were old friends and bo bad secured nie many Jobs. Rut on thin day I thought Cm-inings Cm-inings was unfriendly to mo." Judge Kersten appointed an attorney attor-ney who Induced Rent to plead not guilty. Ills trial was set for Noveni ber 2S. |