, 1902-10-30
TOM HORN CONVICTED.
Murderer Of Willie Nickel Brought to
~Justies-Jury Returned . Verdict At 8
O'clock Friday Afternoon. After Be-
ing out Five Hours-psfsnss viii ask
for q New Trial, Which viii be De-
MED.

A great wave of relief swept
over the state Friday evening
when the news was sent out that
Tom Horn had been convicted
of murder in the first degree.
The trial lasted just two weeks
and more than one hundred wit
nesses were examined. The cru
cial point in the trial came when
Horn went on the stand in his
own defense and there admitted
that he did confess the murder to
Joseph Lefors, but claimed that
he was ''joshing." Tom Horns
own evidence convicted him.
The defense have made applica-
ton for a new trial, which will be
denied. Judge Scott will then
sentence the prisoner to be hung
and the lawyers for the defense
will take the case to the Supreme
Court. 1t is believed that the
Supreme Court will confirm the
action of the District Court and
that Horn will have to pay the
penalty for his cruel act.
The following from Tuesdays
Leader gives the present situation
at Cheyenne:
Tom Horn is breaking down.
After long weeks and months
CT a mental strain, passing through
an ordeal in which his life was at
stake, hearing the verdict of a
jury that must have brought be-
fore his mental vision the gallows
upon which he will hang, and all
of this without the slightest out
ward indication of fear or emotion.
at last under the awful weight of
his impending doom, the cattle
detective is losing his iron nerve
and today he sits huddled in one
corner of his sell in the most alb
ject misery.
PICTURE OF LOST HOPE.
No longer is Tom Horn given
his daily exercise. Under no
conditions is he permitted to leave
the steel barred cage on the up
or tier of cells in which he is in
generated. Along one side of
this cell runs a wooden bench. 1t
is on this bench Horn sits now
all day long, no longer pacing up
up and down to get what exercise
he can, but huddled together in
one corner, his head bowed, his
hands hanging ~listlessly at his
side, or with his face buried in
them. As sheriff Smalley graph
cally expressed it today, Horn is
"a picture of lost hope" His ap-
pearance is that of the most COM
plete detection.
ALL HOPE GONE.
This spirit of detection, of
physical collapse, was partially
evidenced on Saturday, the day
after the verdict in the case
was returned. 1t seemed to come
after the first night Horn spent
with his own thoughts under the
weight Of his almost certain fate.
On Sunday his appearance was
more noticeable and yesterday and
today every action of the con-
demned murderer shows that he
believes all hope is gone and that
death on the gallows is the fate he
must suffer in expiation of the
bloody crime he has committed.
LOST HIS APPETITE.
With the detection and despair
has come a corresponding loss of
appetite. Prisoners in the coun-
ty Jail are well fed and during his
trial Horn has eaten heartily of
all food placed before him. He
now eats sparingly and after par
taking of a few mouthfuls, he
pushes the food aside almost un-
touched.
WIND MAKES HIM NERVOUS.
The condemned felon attempts
to hold no intercourse with his
jailors. AS they pass to and fro
in the corridors of the Jail, he ig-
nores their presence and sits deep
in his own thoughts or musings.
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