Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-20

We're contradictory Of her evidence giv.
en- at the ooronor's inquest, and sh.
has been arrested charged with PER-
jury
10 PROSECUTE sWEETHEAIIT.
Prosecuting Attorney Ston announces
that he WIN push the perjury char ts
against Miss Gwendolene Kimmeli.
Horns alleged sweetheart. with all OF
the force at his command. lie says It
is extremely difficult 60 secure a con.
vction in q perjury case, but he VIII
not drop the Kimmell matter until he
has exhausted every resource AT his
command. He has considerable evil
dence in hand and is gathering more.
IL Is stated that Miss :immell, now
that she has failed TO save Horns life.
will disappear from Wyoming, but il
she does this she viii forfeit the heavy
bond put up by a guarantee company,
which concern would undoubtedly fol.
low Miss Kimmell no matter where she
went.
OTHER WITNESSES.
Ollie Whitman and A. W. Bristol
stated that Victor Miller confessed the
crime TO them. Other witnesses said
La Fors put up job on Horn; that he
had found the Millers We're guilty and
had paid him "a sum of money to stop
the investigation IN their direction. All
of these charges were disproved by af-
fdavits IN rebuttal submitted by the
state In these Il was proved concu-
siyely that Victor Miller was at home
the day of the crime; the other MEM
bers of the Miller family we're also at
home; that la Fors did not job Horn,
nor did he receive a cent from the Mil
lers; that most of Miss Fimmell's state
ments were untrue, that she at one
time had arranged to come TO Chey-
enne and testify against Horn, but lntI-
mated that his friends had paid her
more money to remain away from
Cheyenne The state produced one
witness who said he saw Tom Horn fire
the shots that killed the boy; another
witness met Horn near the scene of the
crime Immediately after the shots were
fired, and still another saw him riding
away from the scene OF the crime like
mad,
GOVERNOR DENIED,
The governor denied the appeal OF
Horn for Communication OF the death
sentence to life Imprisonment on Nov
IA, just six days before the execution.
Plots were unearthed at different
times during the past six months for
the release OF Horn, but the publicity
given the stories and the preparations
made at the Jail to receive the attack
ing party evidently had the desired ef-
feet.
TRIAL COST $sO,uOO.
The trial and conviction Of Tom Horn
cost the taxpayers OF Laramie county
sum in excess OF $4,000, while Il Is
said that Horns friends spent equally
as much to free him. John G.. Cobble
Is said to have put up almost all of this
money.
Horn was defended by Judge j.
Lacey, one Of the leading attorneys fog
the Union Pacific railroad; Judge +. =.
Burke, United States attorney for
Wyoming; Judge Ed. Clark, assistant
United States attorney; II, n Nation,
late OF New York. and II. Il. Kennedy.
Horn was prosecuted by Col w. II.
stoll, one of the leading criminal law
yers In the west Stoll ~ u graduate OF
West Point and served for number Of
years In the army. He left the army
while stationed at TT, Russell near
Cheyenne and took up the practise OF
law
AN EDUCATED FfEND.
Horn presented a character seldom
encountered In a murderer. lie was
fairly well educated and could pen n
splendid letter. He was ingulst.
speaking the German, English, Spanish
and Mexican tongues nuently. lie also
! mastered the Apache tongue and spoke
II as we'll rs native, He spoke the
sioux, Yaqul and other Indian lon
guages,
Horn leaves n sister and several
brothers. The sister lives In the east.
Two brothers live in Missouri and one
In Boulder, Colo.