The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-20
The Springville Bank R0bber Gets
~ Eighteen Years.
THE MOORE-MARTIN FEUD
MISS MOORE PLEADED GUILTY
TO ASSAULT.
Sentence Suspended = Baseball at
Price-Sheepmen Protest Against
License System-Fire at Farm
ington-Judge Higgins Holds
Court at Parowan.

Provo, Sept. 19.-The district court
resumed session this morning at 10
o'clock. This is the day that c. l..
MaxweHs, alias John Carter, case was
set for trial. The case has received
quite a little attention, and when the
defendant entered the court room every
eye was turned upon him, but not a
muscle of his features moved. After a
little preliminary business his case was
called, and the following Jurors sworn
to try the cause: A. w. Miller, 7. u.
Glazier. Daniel Williams, j. H. New
man, James G. Haws. Samuel Ashby,
W. c.. Brown, Alfred Dunkley.
The information. as read, stated that
defendant, in company with his accom-
plice, name unknown, on the zStn cay
of May of this year, entered the
Springville bank and robbed it of
$3.50, making their escape up Hopole
Creek canyon, in which canyon they
were overtaken, Maxwell captured and
the unknown killed.
The first witness called was Mr.. A.
o. Packard, assistant cashier OF the
bank, who testified that Maxwell and
his partner entered the bank about 10
a. m. on the 2Sth of May, and after en-
gaging in conversation for few mo-
him to throw up his hands and took
$1,000. He also stated that 1925 was
recovered. ei
Mr.. j. NJ. Whitmore testified that he
found Maxwell in Hobble Greek canyon
and with William Clyde searched him
and found on him the sum of 81, 800 in
gold.
Sheriff Storrs testified to converse
ton he had with defendant, in which
the latter related how he robbed the
bank, it being substantially the same
as that already given.
This was the case as given to the
jury.
VERDICT OF GUILTY.
The defendants counsel, NJ. NJ. War
ner, refused to make any defense, on
the ground that it was illegal to try
the case before a, jury of eight men,
when he had demanded jury of II.
After being out about 80 minutes, the
jury returned a verdict of guilty.
When court resumed session in the
afternoon Mr.. Maxwells counsel asked
for new trial, which was denied.
GIVEN FIFTEEN YEARS.
The court then proceeded to pass SEN
tence on the defendant When asked if
he had any statement to make, he re
piled in the negative. NJ. NJ. Warner,
however, made the statement in behalf
of the defendant that he and his ac-
complete had made an agreement be-
fore the robbery to1the effect that no
blood should be shed, and that when
defendant saw he was closely pursued
he threw his revolver away, for fear
that temptation might have lead him
to shoot and possibly kill some one. The
judge then sentenced him to Is years in
the state penitentiary. In rendering
this extreme Judgment, it being within
two years of the limit, the court stated
that he did so ON the ground of the
great frequency of this crime in the
western states and from the fact that
public sentiment ran high against bank
robbers Maxwell was unruff1ed and
calm to a degree When sentence was
Sheriff Henry left at 4 p. m. for Salt /
Lake with the prisoner.
SUBMITS TO THE INEVITABLE.
This afternoon The Herald cores
pondent had an interview with Maxwell
before sentence was passed, in which
the latter stated that he was willing to
asquiesce in the inevitable and expected
to leave this evening for Salt Lake to
spend a 20-years' term in the state pen
tentiary. He refused to make any
statement as to his guilt or innocence
and stated that all the facts would be
detailed in his forthcoming book, which |
IS now in the hands of Judge NJ. NJ.
Warner of this city. Maxwell seems in |
good spirits, and expects to be able to
lake his case before the supreme court. |