The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-02
.HlNORTH TO Be SHOT TO DEATH
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have been convicted. You have your
choice, under the statutes, of being
hanged or shot. Which do you choOse?'
shot" was the one word uttered by
the defendant.
Judge ROlapp then sentenced the de-
PENDANT 10 be remanded to the Gus
tOdy of the sheriff, to be by him taken
to the state prison and delivered to
the warden, there to be kept in close
confinement until Friday, September
IA. 1900. and that betweeH 10 a. m. and
p. m. of that day, within the outer
walls of the prison he be shot by the
sheriff of Davis county until dead.
1t was the first sentence Of death
ever pronounced by Judge ROlapp and
he was visibly affected by the trying
ordeal.
Haworth resumed his seat and after
an order had been entered allowing the
attorneys for the defense till Septem-
Der Il to prepare and have, settled a
bill of exceptions. preparatory to an
appeal to the state supreme court, an
adjournment of court was taken for
the term.
Haworth Has Changed.
Haworth has changed greatly since
he was in court on June 20. His face
now presents an emaciated appearance;
his cheeks are sunken and he appears
to have lost at least ten pounds in
weight. Notwithstanding this he was
in a cheerful mood TODAY.
Haworth and L. U. Reavis had a con-
versation today for the first time since
they separated at Baker City. Ore,
some months before the former was ar
rested. 1t occurred during the time that
elapsed after the prisoners were
brought into court and before the ses-
sion opened. Haworth was sitting by
his brother Mont when ReaviS came in
with his attorney, d. O. Wiley, jr. The
two former associates greeted each
other in perfectly friendly manner,
and presently Reavis opened CONVEX
satiOn about some of their mutual ac
quaintances on the coast
Haworth entered with zest into a re-
counting of "reminiscences of their no
madic career, and any number of hap
peningS and persons were mentioned.
The convicted man showed that he
possesses a memory for names and cir
cumstances that is remarkable Reavis,
who is himself a bright, quick-witted
man of excellent memory, had to hest
tate even more than did HawOrth in
attempting to recall details of horse
trades and occurrences The cOnVersa-
tion lasted nearly half an hour, and
only twice did it turn on any subject
connected with the murder case
Haworth laughed merrily several
times during the talk, and no evidences
of mental impairment were visible
Story of the Crime.
The crime for which Haworth is to
suffer death was committed at-Layton
on the night of March IS. 1899. Thomas
Sandal, trusted night Waterman at
the Farmers Union store, was foully
murdered by persons who had entered
at the rear of the store. presumably
with burglarioUs intent The right
side of the murdered mans face and
head had been blown away by charge
from a shotgun. Nothing of value, eX-
cept Sandals pistol AMI purse. were
missing.
No definite information as to who the
guilty parties were was obtained for
six months. when Sheriff Abbott came
into possession of clues that pointed to
the guilt of HawOrth and L. Z. ReaviS,
members of a gypsy gang that made
Ogden their headquarters in the spring
of 1899
The suspects had left Ogden four
months before the sheriff took up their
trail, but he followed them through
Idaho, Oregon and Washington, and
back into Oregon, finally locating Ha-
worth in Portland, where the con-
demned man was arrested on Dec. 20,
1899. He was brought to Utah and his
preliminary hearing was held on Jan.
g. 1900.
His trial was commenced before
Judge Rolapp on May Is. and on June
20 verdict of guilty was returned by
the jury. The strongest evidence of
guilt was, perhaps, the confession that
Hawo-th made to Sheriff Abbott and
Z. P Ellison, in which he detailed how
the crime was committed A strong
effort was made to prove insanity. but
the most weighty expert testimony was
that the defendant was sane when the
confession was made.
Z. L. HaWorth of Mason City, IA, and
d. +. HawOrth of Nebraska. brothers
of the condemned man, have done
everything that could be done for the
prisoner. and he has been ably defend
ed by Attorneys A J. Weber Of Ogden
and j. NJ. Hamilton of Salt Lake. The
prosecution was conducted by County
Attorney Streeper and Attorney T. NJ
Allison of Ogden. The HaWorth case
has cost the state about $500, and the
estimated cost to Davis county is ",
5OO
ia y VI III dllSSeu dCCOliiPLlSS' l.
Reavis, was traced to Redding, Cal
by Sheriff Abbott, where he was arrest
ed on May 10 last. He is in the Davis
county jail. His trial will probably
take place in September.
When court opened this morning L.
.. Reavis was arraigned on the charge
of completely in the murder of Thomas
Sandal His attorney. d. 0. Wiley
jr., asked time in which to plead, and
Aug. 10 was set as the day when the
plea will be entered.