Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-07
TO Be EXECUTED APRIL %.
Sentence Will be Carried Out Within
The Exterior Walls Of the State
Prison on That Date.
AN APPEAL is NOT PROBABLE.
Prisoner Writes Letter TO the Public
And Serves Notice on hayward WO.
men as to Wiies Fate.

With an 'ironical smile on his face.
Frank Rose, who on Christmas day
murdered his young wife in their room
at As west Third South street faced
Judge Morse In the criminal division OF
the district court this morning and
heard the death penalty passed. upon
him for his infamous crime. He APP
peared to be the least concerned person
IN the court room, and after sentence
had been passd upon him, he said with
an air Of brayado, "All right and then
resumed his seat.
TIL TAKE THE SHOT"
About 100 persons were In the court
room to hear the sentence and the feml-
rhine sex was well represented in the
crowd. Ros, when asked IL he had any
legal cause TO show why sentence
should not be passed upon him. replied
In the negative when asked which
manner OF death he preferred he replied
without hesitation, 'Ill take the shot"
CAME IN HANDCUFFED
The prisoner, securely handcuffcd,was
brought into the room by Deputy sher-
IN Cowan, lie wore the same dark
| sulLHhlch he wore during his trial and
had a white silk handkerchief tied
around his neck. Upon entering the
court room he took a seat beside his
| attorneys. Kinney & Christensen, ana
engaged In conversation with them I'M
Ill court was convened. He stated to
a News representative that he was
feeling good and that he was glad this
was his last trip to the court room. Dis
trct Attorney Elrhnor who conducted
the prosecution, was present during the
proceedings, but Assistant County At
torney Smith was not in the room,
MURDERER STANDS UP.
When Judge Morse called the case Of
| the State VS. Frank Rose. he instruct
ed the defendant to stand up. Rose
Immediately complied with the instruc-
F, ton Of the court and stood with his
hands casped behind him and looked
| the judge square In the eye while sem
tence was passed upop him, Mr. Rose.
| you have been charged in the infoTma-
ton OF the district attorney" continued
| Judge Morse with the crime Of muir
| der In the first degree. To that charge
| you refused 20 enter plea and the
| court ordered a plea of not guilty en-
| tered for you, You were tried by 4
| jury and found guilty as charged In the
| information aud have appeared this
morning 10 receive the judgment OF the
court. Have you any legal reason to
show why the judgment OF the court
should not be passed upon you at this
timer
mo. sir" was the reply OF the prIs-
oner,
"Under the laws Of this state the PEN
atty for the crime of which you have
been convicted Is death. The law also
provides that you may choose the man
ner Of your death, whether by hanging
or shooting, which do you PREFER
TO DIE ATRL 90.
Tu take the shot" was the unhes.
tatng answer of Rose.
at Is the judgment Of the court that
you. Frank Rose, be- taken In charge by
| the sheriff and confined In some secure
| place until Friday April 20, between
| the hours of 10 o'clock a. M and
o'clock u. M. at which time you shall.
within the exterior walls OF the state
prison, be shot until you are dead"
IAN right, said Rose, as he resumed
| his seat
BACK 10 THE COUNTY JAIL.
A few minutes afterwards he was
| taken In charge by Deputy Sheriff
| CoWan and was taken from the court
room and back to the county jail. The
| people crowded out Of the room and
| followed him to the elevator and some
| attempted 10 enter the elevator with
| him, but were denied admittance by
| the elevator operator. Rose will prob.
| ably be taken to the state prison this
afternoon or tomorrow. when the death
warrant win be issued by Judge Morse.
| He win then be placed under a death
watch until the date OF his execution,
APPEAL NOT PROBABLE.
II IS not probable that his attorneys
win take any further action In the case.
so an appeal TO the supreme court or
| an application for Communication OF
sentence at the hands Of the state
board Of pardOns viii not be made and
| nothing so far 0s known viii interfere
| with the execution OF the condemned
man upon the date SCI, by The court,
Yesterday the condemned man wrote
out a statement 90 the public In regard
| TO his ease which he requested the
| newspapers 10 pLblish In the Letter