Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-23
KING Is JOYFUL.
He Says He VIII Now Prove an
Allbi and Gain Freedom.

Robert l.. King and James Lynch
We're first notified of the decision OF the
supreme court this morning by a
News reporter Later Kings at
torneys Frck and Edwards, telephoned
the glad tidlngs TO him. When n
News man called at the state prison
TO see the two men today, and informed
them OF the status Of their case. Lynch
merely laughed in an Indifferent way
and refused to be questioned at all.
To describe Kings feelings would be
TO say that he was more than over
joyed
"oh, ! am glad, very glad!' said he,
but | expected IL, | felt assured that
a new trial would be granted me.
What do ! expect? Why | expect TO
be turned out. | viii be given my free
dom, | viii prove by some OF the most
prominent people in your city that am
innocent that | was not there on the
night Of the murder; that | did not
know these people and that | did not
even know the man who was Killed
What VIII | do when | am acquit-
ted2 Well, that can not say. don't
know what | shall do or where shall
go. | don't know whether / shall go
back TO the old country or not.
AS ! said before continued the
smiling man, Il expected the supreme
court to grant me a new trial. | felt
all along that the court would do right
In the matter. tell you that / was
railroaded through just as drunk
Is In the police court. | do not blame
the court or the jury They could say
if J had my witnesses TO prove my in
nocence, why did ! not put them on the
stand? ! wanted to have separate
trial; | wanted to put witnesses on the
stand witnesses who We're well known
and highly respected, who would have
testified that | was with them on the
night of the crime. hut my attorney
said no We won't need them, you can
not be convicted he said. The first
thing ! knew II was guilty
Then II was that | took the matter
up with the Italian ambassador at
Washington | wrote to him aud told
him where my home was I'm the old
country, Of my people and Of my good
record there, | asked him 10 invest
igate my case, and II then there was
reason TO believe that | was guilty,
to let me pay the penalty and | would
not complain. The Italian consul at
Denver, Mr. Cuenio, was then instruct
ed to make an investigation. and |
want to say that he deserves great
credit for the good work he has done.
lie worked for me night and day. De-
tectlves have been working on my case
hunting up evidence for months. al
so want to say that my attorneys here,
Friok a Edwards have done good work
for me, Now | am 10 get new trial
! viii show the people that | am in
nocent
Just think" continued the happy
man, II have been locked up for three
years under sentence OF death for A
crime that ! knew nothing about. |
did not even know the persons con-
cerned | did not know Lynch and he
did not know me. At the preliminary
hearing he said to me, What have they
got you for?' | tell you | was jobbed
and II viii all come out at my new trial.
The newspapers had all kinds Of things
TO say about me They said / was
wanted In Iowa and that was wanted
IN New York for numbering a woman
and her children. Why oh, well,
don't blame the papers because they
have to publish what they can get hold
of. Your paper has treated me right,
One OF your men was out to see me
about year and half ago and he is
the only one who has quoted me cor
rectly and given me a square deal That
Is all ! want--a square deal am not
asking for favors but merely chance
to prove my innocence,