Show mcdaniels ARE SENTENCED DEATH DECREE FUR FOR OTIS otis and herbert mcdaniels were found guilty of murder in in tile f first degree by a san miguel colo county jury on oct 18 for the murder of sheriff W W dunlap on july 15 obis was sentenced to death in the lethal chamber while tile the younger brother herbert was given life imprisonment the wives of both men were present to hear the sen sentence tenee and both broke down when sentence was pronounced otis displayed no emotion when he heard the sentence and herbert smiled wanly the two men had bad led d the posses of three states a wild chase through ill rough country for nearly three weeks before they were finally apprehended following their escape from and nd killing of sheriff dunlap finally they were aPprehend el not far from the colorado state penitentiary penitent ary and were later tried and convicted of the murder of james we estfall st fall of western colorado but were not formally sell sentenced they were tried at telluride for the slaying of the colorado sheriff and were sentenced as noted above |