Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-04
Damned a Verdict aud the Muir
''I d,rer IS Entirely Satisfied
With II.
THERE WILL Be NO APPEAL
,,u 4, Sentenced on Monday Next and
Ull Choose the Manner Of Dea'n
At That Time

,re, considering the case Tor Seve"
MN' ID o half. the jury in the case
Aou,' .,ste against Frank Rose
81 ". with murder in the fret degree
, gus N, killing Of his young wife IN ms
, ,p on last christmas day. leacne ,,s a
' Wv at about 1870 o'clock last
,Irht Of guilty as charged in II the . IN IN !.
1.s"s,Ion. When the verdict was read
~ nanu,y County Clerk d. b. DAVIS
". S,fsn9ant never stirred in his seat
VA wa. not concerned in the least
'Son, the verdict. After the jury had
S,sn polled and excused, Rose was ask
~ what he thought about the verdict
90 rsnled that II could have been
nu ~ Via said that life sentence
NV,1 havo been worse In his opinion
"I :, was after Y o'clock before Judge
un,ss arrived In the courtroom Rose
M AVA hls attorneys, Kinney & Christen-
ssn were already In the room, put
n.rIct Attorney Eichnor was not
a p,u The fury was brought In by
hsnp,y sherlffs Booth and Anderson
.s6r,Iy after the arrival OF Judge
w Iy, The foreman OF the jury, John
pISsr delivered the verdict to the judge
Who after glanclng over It, handed 1t
n the clerk 10 read. Upon the sugges-
ton OF Attorney Christensen the Jury
gss polled and each juror replied that
surh WAS his verdict. The jurors then
nrsYnted TO the court set OF resolu-
,lons thanking all those connected with
me- case for their kind consideration
and treatment toward them.
The convicted man was then taken
10 cab and hurried back toythe coun-
~ IAN, where he willremain until al
Tor sentence Is passed upon him on
Monday March I, that being the day
set BY Judge Morse for passing SEN
tence upon him.
is said that IS ballots were taken
before verdict was reached, The jury
retired to the jury room at o'clock
and shortly after that the first ballot
was taken II stood nine for guilty as
charged IN the information, two for
fuIlty with a recommendation for mer-
ey and one for acquittal, on the next
ballot the Juror for acQuittal voted for
verdict Of guilty with recommends
ton, while one Of the others went with
me majority for n verdict OF guilty
without recommendation. The Jurors
we're then taken out to dinner and re-
turned at about 4 IS o'clock, After dis
cusslng the case and ballotng until
il@ o'clock, they arrived at unani-
nous verdict Of guilty as charged In
The Information and the court, deputy
clerk and attorneys were notified that
verdict had been reached and were
soon present In the courtroom.
After the News report closed yes
teriay, Attorney Soren X. Christensen
concluded his forclble and eloquent ar
gunent for the defense, District At
torney Eichnor then made the closing
Argument for the state. He made one
Of bis usual logical and convincing ar
glnents He argued that Rose killed
hs wife In cold blood because she re-
fused to continue her life Of shame and
ihls threatened to cut of his income.
He says he wants to die said Mr..
Echnor In conclusion, but don't you
believe i. A man who has been Will
Ing to live at the price Of his wfe's
virtue Is not so willing 10 give up his
uie' | ask you TO do your duty and
not eyade lnhlctlng the death penalty"
II was nearly 4 o'clock when Mr.,
Eehnor concluded his argument The
court then read the instructions to the
llry' after which II retired In charge
o. two deputy sherifls.