The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-04-11

assemblage Unprecedented even In that
country whore a trial for murder 81
ways exercised an irresistible fascinA- |
ton, and where the alluremcnts OF OLE
time 1orid oratory conferred upon thu
courthouse something OF the status Of
theater
Never before within the memory OF
those present had n white woman COW
cred undor the menace Of a possible
capital sentence. indeed there lurked
some trlhlng doubt az to the propriety
OF tho circumstance now, II was not
that her guilt was Questionod-in the
popular Judgment she was condemned
beyond all peradventuro- with ia /
innate. fantastic chlvalry st. Annee /
was disposed TO be compassionate ana |
20 meet allen logic with tho sentiment |
al reminder that "she Is a woman
The crime itself was as old as HIS
tory-the tragedy familiar TO every
stage OF life. In this instance lie dra-
mntls personae were OF the lowest type
gross, ignorant and debased. Jenny
Haskell was the Maynard wlfo-her
husband Jim was the victim; and the
third figure was a handsome oyster
man known along the tide water dis
tricts as "Bll" Thome. Il had been a
murder startling in It's primitive bru-
tally and had acquired full page prom
inenco in sensational Sunday papers
Tho husbands brains had been shot
out one night while he lay asleep by
| his wlfe's side.
/ ush.-o IA h..v a.. d,uht ~ to tho
Identity OF the murderer. The circum-
stantlal evidence was crushing, and, In
addition, the widow herself had fran
tlcally denounced Thomo as her hus.
bands slayer His trial had been re-
moved 10 the state metropolis. and af-
ter his sentence he had been taken to
TIA Jail to await the day set for his OK
eoutlon. The reason for this was pure
Iy prudential. st. Anne's was pltifully
poor, and there was n growing dispo-
sltion TO regard tho expenses OF the
court as excessive The neighborlng
county OF Marlborough had averted
the cost OF a similar trial by a quietly
ordered iynching. and had boosted OF
ita thrift. and there had been some
warrant in the fear that the example
might prove contagious.
This had been three months before
and the excitement had begun TO sub
side when a new sensation was created
by the arrest OF Haskell's rollot ~ an
accessory 20 the murder, at the instanc,
Of willis Howard. the states attorney
Mr.. Howard was a man OF pralaeworh,
political ambition. and had achieved
I no little notorioty by reason OF tn
conviction OF Thome lie labored un
a der the dual misfortune. however, q
not having been born In tho count
and OF having inspired the native
= with an ungenerous dispoGdon 70 Al
70 noclate his zeaiouh activity with n
= approaching nomination for Cougrel
1t was the third day Of the Hank'
nc trial. and the interest was intense.
no indefinite rumor was abroad that q
atato's attorney had a trump card
y play. and thrill OF excitement swoI
:" through tho crowd as he arose 20 az
= dress the court
lie proposed. no declared. 10 produ'
n a witness who would testify 10 the nj
A. questioned guilt OF the prlsonor-t
m NOT lNNuAMhAhANN WIN AAN ANNtA
!. deed recorded In the criminal anna
OF 81. Anno's" Then, as he turned
where the woman-whlto. panic-strlcl
10 en- and abloct crouched beside h'
y counsel. the whistle OF an approachin
locomotive sounded ahrllly from acroi
m the river. The only train schedule
10 for the day would not arrive unit
night. and the coming Of a special WI
an event unparalleled. II was like a
=, effect" in melodrama, and the thror
" waited breathlessly.
10 In the intense atillneas every sour
j. without was audiblo-the rumbling
IL the train; the stoppage Mt the station
and the ring OF footsteps on the hpI
., that led from the road 10 the cour
house. An instant later there war q
70 agitation about the entrance al
h Thome. the convicted murderer, guar
Ia ed by the officials OF the city ia
,r- crossed the threshold. The woman u
A. tered half-suppressed shrek, and q
20 states attorney smiled blandly. 9Th