The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-27
SENTENCED TO Be HANGED
Dan Lucey Will Swing on Fri
day, Nov. 10.
MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL
A Bill of Exceptions Will Be Prepared
by the Defense = Lucey Was
Trife Nervous When Sem
tence Was Pronounced.

Dan Lucey, the convicted murderer
of Patrick L. Reagan, was yesterday
sentenced to be hanged. Judge
Clancy, who pronounced the sentence
of death and fixed the date of execu-
ton for Friday, Nov. TO-
Lucey was brought into court yes.
terday morning in accordance with
an order made last Saturday, and one
of his attorneys asked that the pass
ing of sentence be postponed until after
the hearing of motion for new
trial, and another of his attorneys
consented to sentence being pro-
nounced provided that 10 days addi-
tional to the time granted by law be
given the defendant to prepare a bill
of exceptions. Both requests were de-
MED by the court, and the murderer
was formally sentenced to death.
Daniel Lucey," said the judge, this
is the time set for passing sentence
on you, of which you were notified
last Saturday you were Informed
against by the county attorney for
murder in the first degree. You were
represented by counsel and had a fail
and impartial trial, and the jury, aftel
llbttllDS 10 oil the eNluSflCe anu ar
gument by counsel returned a verdict
finding you guilty, as charged, Of muir
der in the first degree. 1t is now my
duty to sentence you. Have you any
thing to say why the sentence of the
court should not now be pronounced? p
Attorney ]. l.. Cason, who con-
Quoted the defense at the trial, got UP
and stated to the court that he under
stood the defendant had employed new
Nd MOT In nj
Hamilton & Thresher be entered as at
torneys for the defendant.
Before proceeding, continued Mr.
Cason, Il wish to call attention to the
fact that the proceedings in this ease
have been continued from time to time
because the transcript of the case could
not be obtained and a statement on
motion for a new trial could, there
fore, not be prepared. Last Saturday
the time for sentence was. set for this
morning, and / now ask that 1t be post
poned until the motion for a new trial
can be properly presented. ] think
that in justice to the defendant such
an order should be made"
MIR Cason said there had been no
laches on the part of the defendant,
and he then read the law relating to
motions for new trials and said the
continuance asked for was a matter
entirely within the discretion of the
court.
Attorney B. S. Thresher said the de-
PENDANT would have 10 days, after the
entry of judgment, in which to prepare
bill of exceptions and that if the
court would grant a sufficient addi-
tional time there would be no objection
to sentence being passed now. Mr.
Thresher said that only last Saturday
he received a letter from the defend
ants sister asking him to take LII
cey's case, and he did not have time to
look after procuring a transcript.
After listening to the attorneys the
court said no sufficient cause was
shown why sentence should not be
pronounced, and the formal death SEN
tence was passed, the date to be here
after fixed by the court. Later in the
day, however. the death warrant was
issued, and it fixed the time for the
execution for Friday, Nov. 10, between
the hours of 10 o'clock in the morning
and o'clock in the afternoon. During
the first part of the sentence Lucey re-
manned seated. but afterwards he rose
to his feet and remained standing I'M
til the final words, land there to be
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