The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-18
THIRTY LONG YEARS.
THE HEAVY PENALTY IMPOSED
UPON CHARLES DAVENPORT.
Justice Melted Out to the Murderer
OF Woods - The Enders Arson
Case-Provo Happenings.

Provo, March 17.-The district court
room has been crowded all day today
with citizens listening attentively to
the w. H. Enders arson case. The
prosecution concluded their testimony
this morning, having examined in all
about twenty witnesses. The defense
did not have a great amount of evil
dence, and at 3 o'clock this afternoon
the arguments were commenced.
This has been a case of circumstan-
tial evidence and it has attracted con-
cradle attention from the public, and
from the general expression of opinion
the appearances are not very bright
for the defendant
| At 2 o'clock this afternoon Charles
! Davenport, who was convicted on
| Thursday last for murder in the second
degree, was brought into court for SEN
tence. His attorney, Sam A. King,
gave notice of motion for a new trial
and the court fixed March 26 for the
| time of hearing the arguments. Fol
/ lowing this, Judge Smith pronounced
sentence. In doing so his honor took
occasion to refer to the case, dencmi-
mating 1t as peculiar one and at the
same time one not possessing many
mitigating circumstances. The defen-
| dant, he remarked, had been a man
accustomed to frontier life and had
been rather wild in his natu,e and lad
! rambled from one emf Of this country
to the other. lie developed in the evil
dence that the defendant had killed a
man Few years ago at Green River
and from this, his honor seemed to
think he was a man who cared little
| for human life and was rather diSpoS-
| ed to take the law in his own hands,
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calling for much clemency, notwith-
standing the law gave the court a wide
discretion in a case of this kind. In
view of all the circumstances in the
case he would sentence him to thirty
years in the penitentiary. Dur
ing the remarks of the court DaV-
export stood as quiet as d statue
and apparently as calm as any person
in the room, and as the words thirty
years. fell from the judges lips, with
out dropping his eyes, he turned and
followed the officer out to the marshall
office. To his attorney he remarked
that he thought the sentence was a
little severe, but he still clings to The
hope that a new trial may be granted,
and the verdict reduced to at least
manslaughter. Marshal Fowler took
him to the penitentiary this evening.
In the case of the United States VS.
Robert Shaw, convicted of adultery, a
motion for new trial will be argued
March %.
Sheriff John A. Brown went out tc
Chalk Greek today to inquire into some
cutting affair.
c. NJ. Thackston is in from Eureka
today
The firemen gave a pleasant ball last
evening at Southworth's hall. 1t was
a happy gathering.
The academy students gave one OF
their pleasant parties last evening al
the opera house. About one hundred
couples were present.
We were favored with a light snow
last evening. 1t completely dispelled
our spring weather.
Mrs. Annie Atkins returned last even
ing from three weeks trip to the
midwinter fair.
Judge Smith will so to Salt Lake to
day, where he will remain during the
coming week.