Show THE FINAL SENTENCE Fred Hopt Condimmed to be Shot on the Eleventh Day of August Next lie Receives the Word Without Flinching Flinch-ing A Large Crowd in the Court Room An Exact Copy of the Death Warrant Some Particulars of the Foul Murder This morning at 10 oclock was the hour set for the resentencing of Fred Hopt the murderer of young John Turner Jut before the Court opened a DEMOCUAT reporter stepped into the Marshals Mar-shals office There sat Hopt quietly reading letters five or six of which were in his lap Now and then he would lookup look-up furtively but he did not appeor to be agitated in the least He was dressed in a black Prince Albert suit of clothes and wore a white straw hat Promptly as the clocks hands indicated the hour of ten Judge Zane ordered the bailiff to open Court The room was packed full of people peo-ple of various grades of social standing Inside of the rail were several lawyers and a few prominent citizens among them JOHN F TURNER TIlE FATHER Of the murdered boy In the main room were many who had left their shops and places of business to take a last look at the notorious criminal and hear again the sentence of death pronounced upon him Just before court was oneneia solemn procession of men filed into the room They entered in the following order Ben Sheeks Fred Hopt P L Williams Marshall Mar-shall Dyer and Deputies Pratt and Van dercook Hopt was given a seat beside his attorneys Williams and Sheeks and to the left of U S Prosecuting Attorney Peters all of whom sat immediately in front of the bench and of course facing tho Judge who looked thoughtful and serious no doubt he felt that he had a pad duty to perform As the hush of silence settled throughout through-out the entire room Judge Zanb looked upandin a low tone ol voiceasked Hopts attorneys if they had anything to say On being answered in the negative he ordered Hopt to stand up Hopt arose and stood erect his magnificent physical bearing his stately undisturbed manner the lack of anything emotional or excitable in his feelings drew from the spectators a sort of admiration for this at least unique man whose hands are stained in blood While Judge Zane was sentencing him he looked straightforward straight-forward without betraying by tear or sight any inwardlyfelt emotion IX AN IMPRESSIVE AND SOLEMN VOICE Judge Zane said At a former term of this court you were convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree You took an appeal to the Supreme Court of the Territory which affirmed the decision decis-ion of this court You then appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States That Court also affirmed the decision de-cision The decision of this Court having been affirmed and the day of exection having passed there is no reason why the sentence should not now be executed The law allowing you to choose the mode of death you have decided to be shot The law also provides that the Court shell fix the the day of execution to be not less than thirty days and within sixty days from date of sentence Therefore There-fore in order that you may prepare for death the 11th day of August next is set for your execution allowing you forty nine days for that purpose Hopt took his seat again and the court rjvaa then adjourned till tomorrow morning morn-ing The crowd began to leave the courtroom court-room but the doomed man sat for a quarter of an hour talking to his lawyers I and was then taken to the Marshals of n THE DEAATH WAEBANT Following is a copy of the death warrant I on file in MoMcMillans office The People of tho Territory of Utah vs Fred Hopt indicted in the name of Fred Welcome and implead d with another Convicted of murder in the first degree Warrant for death The People of the Territory of Utah to the United States Marshal for Utah Territory send greeting I Whereas on the U4th day of December 1880 tho defendant Frederick Hopt alias Fred Welcome was indicted and charged of the crime of murder in the first degree by the Grand Jury of the Third Judicial District Dis-trict of Utah Territory and whereas the said defendant Frederick Hopt was tried by a jury of the District Court for the Third Judicial District of Utah Territory in the manner provided by law at the September term 1885 of said court and a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degreefound and declared against said defendant by said jury on the 28th day of September 1885 and whereas the said court having at the said time of conviction fixed and appointed the 13th day of October 18So for passing its sentence upon said defendant de-fendant Hopt and whereas said court did on said 13th day of October 1885 pass its sentence and judgment in the words and figures following towit Frederick Hopt alias Fred Williams Court Stand up Have you anything i to say why the sentence of this Court should not be pronounced against you Hopt Since my case is not finally settled still under proceeding all I have to say is that I am not guilty of the crime Court You were indicted by the grand jury of this District of the crime of murder in the first degree and have been tried by a jury in the manner provided by law and been found guilty of that crime The penalty is affixed by the statute for the crime of which you have been convicted is death and must be inflicted by hanging you by the neck until you ars dead or by shooting you as your discretion Which mode of death do you elect shall be inflicted upon youHopt I chooso to be shot Court It is the judgment of the Court that you Frederick Hopt indicted in i the name of Fred Welcome be taken from hence to some place of confinement until Tuesdny the 24th day of November I neat and between the hours of 10 oclock in the forenoon and 2 oclock in the after I ternoon of said last named day in the I yard of the jail or place where you are I confined or in some other private place in this Territory you be shot until you are dead And whereas on the 3d day of December Decem-ber 18S5 the said defendant Hopt appealed ap-pealed from the said jtdgment and sentence sen-tence of said District Court to the Supreme I Court of Utah Territory and whereas the remittur olsaid Supremo Court affirming I the said judgment and sentence of said District Court save as to the time of execution exe-cution was received and filed by the clerk of the said District Court June 22d 1837 and further remanding the cause tosaid District Court with directions to that Court to I set and fix a day for carrying into execution = execu-tion the judgment and sentence so I affirmed and whereas pursuant to said remittur and the order of this court made and entered June 22d 1887 fixing this day for setting a day for carrying into execution the judgment and sentence sen-tence so affirmed On this 24th day of June 1887 tbe defendant Hopt with his counsel being present in the court the I I court fixes Thursday the 11th day of August next between the hours of 10 oclock and 2 oclock in the afternoon of said day for carrying into execution the said judgment and sentence Now therefore you tho said United States Marshal are hereby commanded to take in your custody and take and hold in confinement the said defendant I Frederick Hopt alias Frederick Welcome I Wel-come until Thursday the 11th day of I August 1887 and between the hours of I 10 oclock in the forenoon and 2 oclock in the afternoon of said afternoon of said last named day in the jail or place where he is confined or in some otber private place in this Territory von do shoot him the said Frederick Hopt alias Fred Welcome until he is dead and make return of your doings here t l tot J i i under herewith I Witness my hand this the 24th day of June 18S7 j CHARLES S ZANE Judge of the District Court for the Third I Judicial District of Utah Territory Attest my hand and the seal of th I > District Court for the Third Judicial Dis taict of Utah Territory at Salt Lake City1 this 24th day of June 1887 J M ZANE Clerk I By H G MCMILLAN Deputy Clerk In accordance with the order Hot was returned to the Pen this afternoon He is in anything but cheerful spirits His contenance shows that he has been suffering I suf-fering intensely since the news of that the decision in his case had been confirmed con-firmed reached his ears His eyes are sunken and underlined by deep heavy darkcolored marks He has grown thin and though remaining still as no doubt he will till the fatal hour is over a wonderful serenity and stolitity of deportment he evinces that be has and does suffer an awful agony in the realization realiza-tion that he is about to expiate for his foul and heartless crime |