Show 1 M D 0 the sentence of is again on fred hopt the slyer of john F turner AUGUST ELEVENTH ELEVEN Is iho the fatal day anyon on which clithe the I 1 condemned I 1 man I 1 1 WILL HE BE LAUNCHED I 1 late into eternity scenes la ia the third dl dis brict court the prisoner prisoners stolidity he will be shot in lie the third district court to today day nays says he Pe leeret eret neui nitro of friday june tile date of tho the execution of fred ilott indicted under tho the name of fred welcome was fixed forthe for alie fifth and in all human probability the last time on the ath of july 1880 young john F turner eon soil of sheriff jolin turner of provo was brutally murdered near paik city utah by having hie ills bull crushed in with an axe pred ilott was arrested and four times lias has been tried on each of these occasions tile jury rendered a verdict tf cf guilty of murder in lie the first degree three tim aimee esthe the caso was appealed the notion action of the third district court in ineada each instance being affirmed by tho the territorial orial supreme court and tho the ulgere action reversed by the supreme court of hie the united states an anil the case remanded for trial anew TI alio io fourth and last t trial rial took pa place aco in september I 1 W and on october ll 11 isali th ilott was pen fenced to ho executed on the of november he lie ebo choosing osing to bo be shot by the appeal the date of execution was passed over and the action of the trial court being sustained on the fourth hearing the murderer was mas or ort Urel nl brought in today to day to have the final anal limit placed pl aced upon his earthly career this morning shortly cefole 10 lio lie was brought down from tho the penitentiary and rind taken to tho the united states marshals ollic office lie appeared perfectly calm though it was evident that the experience of tile past even ceven c year years has told severely on him birti though only twenty eight years of age ho lie looks fully tell en years older and anil lie the general pinched up ap jie jw arance of his hi fico face beto betokens keni the anxiety ho lie lias has felt though trying to appear composed ho lie moved uneasily about the email small room ben den sheeks kfir ono one of the tile attorn attorneys eynar p pointed to defend ili him m conversed con vf reed with vi ith him in low tones fora short time during which ilott who m was as not encumbered with mith iron irons smoked a cigar after hie his attorney departed the prisoner went to the looking glis glam ca carefully brushed lila lifis hair and dusted his b blick I 1 ack cloth suit then at a signal from an officer ho lie left for tile court room accompanied by several deputies within the court room quite a largo assemblage had hall gathered aa electa 1 A number of lidies ladies m were ere present and all K emed anxious to get a glimmie of tho the conlan condemned ined man judge zanos countenance wore a solemn exp expression resi oll as ho lie took hil hii scat seat in the farther corner of or tho the room from ho tho entrance sat sheriff turner looking rather ad tad t from ilia hi I position lio lie had A fit full 11 1 view I w of lie the murderer of his boy and from the time ho lie entered the room until lie left the sheriff never tamed his gaze from tile prisoner hopt walked up tip the acislo and in an apparently unconcerned way took his ills seat beado 11 L williams leq who had hall al also taken part in ills defense mr shocks looks cat sat next and on oil tile other side to the right of the prisoner prino ncr cat eat district attorney peters hopt conversed for a few minutes willi with liis his attorney when court was opened and all fill was hushed the court inquired of met ars shock sheeks and williams gentlemen have you anything to pay fay and ro rt tho the reply in the stand up mr hopt said jude judge zano and tho the prisoner broso to ilk feel feet ile stood erect lucking aquire ly at ilia judge out of his steel gray eyes which were ere abol absolutely expressionless si while the court aas w as peak speak ing hopt gave not the sligh slightest evi camzo of any feeling on his part not a move was made not a muscle quivered the court proc proceeded ceded at a former term of this court you were c convicted oll evicted of murder in n the first degree degre 0 you appealed to the territorial supreme court where hero ho the judgment was affirmed from that judgment 3 you on a appealed p to tile Su court of tile united states bich affirmed the decision of the lie territorial rial courts and the judgil judgment lont of this court brindi Bt indi now in tho tile meantime me antimo tile day dav set sat for your execution lus has and no legal reason now appearing a why hy that judgment should not now novy bo ile carried into effect it becomes the duty of tho tile court to fix tile timo of judgment tho iam liwe fl of tho territory bermit 3 yon yi to cither of certain t mocca I 1 we of to donth yon you have selected 0 o be phol tho ilie luv law alve m the court discretion in fixing judgment at not less 1 than nor moro than sixty daye lays in order that you may have time to prepare for death and for the realities that may lie he beyond the timo time of your execution will mill bo be fix for tho the I 1 I 1 tb day of august being forty nine days from today to day on that day fly tho judgment of t ho ito court va will ill ba carried into execution that ig 14 all tho the judgement jud gement of tho tile court recites that the hours of 10 in the forel forenoon loon and 2 in tho the afternoon of said day august 11 1887 in lit tile yard of tho the jall or place hero her eyou aou aro are conr nied or ili como other private place in tho tile territory you are to be shot until fou you us T dead 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 S ll 11 |