The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-19
SEE THEM GO Up!
The London Dynamiters are
Found Guilty.
A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE.
Vacating the winnebago Reservation
News from the Isthmus-
Postal Telegraph-Notes
Both Guilty.

LONDON, May 1S.-Judge Hawkins,
this morning. began summing up In the
case of Cunningham and Burton, on
trial for treason-felony, in connection
with the recent dynamite explosions
The Judge analysed the evidence
against Burton and called attention to
the fact that Burton's statement was not
made under oath and therefore entitled
to very little credence. If there was
any truth in the statement, said the
Judge, it was astounding that no wit
nesses were called to support it. Mr.
Phelps, the new United States minister
to England, was in the court room,
dressed IN mourning, and listened
closely to the Judges charge. Mr..
Phelps seemed very much impressed by
the stern language of the Judge. The
jury returned verdict, finding both
prisoners guilty.
Cunningham maintained his self
composure, but Buron broke down and
sobbed when the verdict was rendered.
When the prisoners were asked if they
had anything to say why sentence of
law should not be passed upon them,
Cunningham protested that he was in
noceHt. He said he was willing to ac-
cept penal servitude for life, but they
could not touch his soul. Burton simply
declared he was innocent.
LONDON, May 18.-The trial of Gun
ningham and Burton. at the Old Bailey,
was brought to conclusion to-day. The
court room was crowded with people to
hear the judges charge and see the
termination of the case. Among the
notables present were the Lord Mayor
and United States Minister Phelps.
There were many ladies in the room.
The prisoners wore an anxious look and
followed Judge Hawkins charge with
intense interest. The drift of the charge
was clearly against the prisoners. The
judge began by explaining the nature of
the charge against the prisoners, and
expOunded the law on the subject. He
then analysed the evidence, calling the
jury's attention to the fact that Burton's
statement was not made under oath
and, therefore, entitled to very little
credence. Ii there was any truth in the
statement, said the Judge, it was
astounding that no witness was called
to support it. The Judge drew attention,
likewise, to the fact that Cunningham
and Burton had frequently been seen
together, and dwelt upon their connec-
ton with the trunk; what they had told
their landladies, concerning it, and the
very unsatisfactory information Burton
had since given of his relation thereto.
The jury then retired. They remain
ed out not longer than fifteen minutes
and returned with a verdict of guilty,
against both prisoners. The Court at
once sentenced both men to penal serv-
itude for life. The announcement of
this sentence was received by the spec
tators with applause, which the Court
suppressed.
Mr.. Phelps sat beside Justice Hawkins
while he was sentencing Cunningham
and Burton. Justice Hawkins, in
charging the jury said the prisoners
had been ably defended, and that their
trial had been fairly conducted. The
bag and coat found at the Charing
Cross railway station had been identi-
! fed beyond question as the property of
Burton. Burtons statement. in
! which he admitted buying two
bags at Southampton, was inconsistent
with the statement of the defense,
which denied that Burton had been at
Southampton at the time, or had bought
bags. Burton's explanation of how he
had come into the possession of Cum
ningham's trunk. was unsatisfactory.
1t was remarkable circumstance that
the prisoners had both informed their
respective landladies-one that a friend
was coming for trunk, and the other
that he expected to have trunk. The
strength of the case against Cunning
ham was his presence in town, at the
time of the explosion, coupled with the
discovery of a detonator in his trunk.
| In sentencing the DriSOnarS TuStipa
Hawkins said they had been convicted
of crime as bad, as wicked and as
cruel as had ever entered the heart of
man. 1t could not be too well known
that neither Her Majesty, the Queen,
or her advisers, could be intimidated by
any such means. The humanity of
those in charge of the prosecution alone
prevented them from indicting the pris-
oners for high treason, on conviction
of which their lives would have been
forfeited.