The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-09
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MANY PERSONS
Five Deaths Connected with
MOrtensen Case.
JAMES SHARP IS LATEST
EICHEoR AND KoPP ARE AMONG
THE OTHERS.


A careful survey Of the qualifications
Of the >Iorsensen murder case shows q
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IHouEh less tnan three years nave
elapsed since Peter lIOrtensen killed
his friend oafgb1,-7. ana -..44z- ,..ls--f~,,,.
s--,-f..
James H. may -ouf o7al
occurred among those VINO were
directly or indirectly connected with
the case.
Two previously happy homes have
peeu wrecked through the shedding of
biOod- The apparent desire to get as
lar away as possible from the scene
HcJuated one family 10 change its resi-
uence 20 another community other than
salt Lake City. And added TO an that
Is another link iu the chain OF fatalities
and demises-the shedding of human
ploOd Dy relative of one of the most
important witnesses i'm the Aortensen
case.
Mr. Shame Tsa+F, Tatse+
IHe death saturday morning or
urHt7 sharp removed from eafJn one
- lle most prominent FACTORS ana
btIlyip pals lh tle LIiai ana cohFlcIloh
link aa5a5 10 he Irsa, lon ~ S' .lj ~
the shooting Of James r. Hay. Mr..
hay married one of Mr.. Sharp's daugh-
ters and worked indirectly Tor him by
being employed by the EOmney Lum-
per company. The day that Mr.. Hays
cody was discovered and disinterTed i'm
thc field near the scene of the murder
Alr. Sharp had revelation that Nor
Jensen killed his sou-in-laW. The body
Rad been dug up and after being
placed 10 the patrol wagon to be
brought 20 the city, stopped at "A gro
Gerry store near where the murderer
and murdered man lived. AR. sharp
was a member of the crowd that had
p congregaJed there. and was discussing
the crime when the wagon drove up.
Mounting the side of the wagon, aud
gazing upon the inanimate form Of his
fb a i,, i5 i -, ~ ~ lli5 Do'1I Io5 % %
him that 1fortensen was the murderer.
The aosused man stood near and made
no reply TO the accusation. although ne
heard every word
At the trial of lI0rtensen. MI. Sharp
testified 10 this revelation. Ii was one
of the most dramatic incidents of the
trial 1t had much to do with the
eventual conviction
.
LlcAHoI Del-ilSs <'eC5AI'
tt was less than a month ago that
District Attorney Dennis O.. EichuOr
PASSED away. He prosecuted MoTten-
sen, doing what me could as public
prosecutor TO collect and prepare for
Introduction the evidence which ulti-
mately led to AIortensen being shot to
death at the Utah state peuiteutiary.
The deaths of both these men were
sudden and unexpected. Mr.. sharp
died I'm less than a week after being
taken sick. having eaten some onions
and bananas. For several days mr.
Eichuor complained of not feeling we'll
and Friday asked for "a postpOnement
until the following Monday of a muir
der case he was trying. That night he
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heart failure.
49,. A. NJ
ouAo+ -AA4oAs OA0 D0'u'
one of the twelve men who tried and
convicted AIoTteuseu is dead-JurOr
Michael Kopp, the candy manufacturer
He did not live long enough to see the
verdict which he rendered carried out
The last time M0Tteusen was sentenced
20 die Juror kOpp was one of the two
or three jurors who did not occupy
their accustomed seats i'm the jury box.
The other missing faces were Of men
who were out Of the city and could not
De served with subpoenas % be present.
Mr. hopp was dead.
The death or MOTlensen came next.
He was executed by Sheriff C.. Frank
Emery at the state prison
/ shortly before MorJensen was exc
cuted, Miles ROmuey. who ran sa-
loon on Second South street between
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