The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-29
DEATH PENALTY
Is ASKED FOR
Street Car Men Desire Execution of
ShOckley.
SIGN PETITION TO JUDGE
SAY JuRY'S RECOMMENDATION
SHOULD BE DISREGARDED.

Ninety-eight street car men in the
employ of the Utah Light & Railway
company yesterday flied "a petition adj
dressed TO Judge George q. Armstrong
asking him 10 disregard the recon-
mendation Of the jury in the shockley
case. The petition. with a list of its
/ signers, follows:
Salt Lake city, Sept. p, 1903
/ Hon. George G.. Armstrong, Judge
/ Third District Court:
( Dear Sir-The following undersigned,
! brother WOrkmen with A. L. Gleason
/ and Thomas Brighton, respectfully ask
/ you to disregard the recommendation
! of the jury for mercy in the case OF
/ James NJ. ShOckley. for the following
/ reasons:
! First-Shockley has twice been con
/ victed of murder i'm the first degree. lie
/ has had a fair and just trial in both
| cases.
/ Second-This was not the first time
/ that he had held up a car, according TO
/ his own confession. See written con-
/ fession of holding up car at Twelfth
| East and Fifth South ON night of July
/ p. 1908
/ Third-We believe that any man who
| goes out 10 commit robbery goes with
the intent to commit murder should
the same be necessary to further his
ends.
Fourth-Thele is nothing in the tes-
timony to show that Shockley did not
contemplate murder. When he entered
the car his gun was drawn; at the first
resistance he fired.
We respectfully ask that YOU disre-
gard the recommendation of the jury
/ in this case and thereby further the
ends of justice. Respectfully submit
ted,
George Phillips. II. P. Myers, T. II.
Armstrong, Fred Beck. r. NJ. Cooper,
Joseph Snarr, G. a. Dahlquist, II. Bal
/ ley. j. c. Giles. b. j. Porter. ]. Z.
Woodland, w. b. Randall o. Erickson,
w. w. Porter, j. S. GrOesbeck, II. 7.
| Pasooe. James E. Davis, Fred NJ. Tim
minis. Henry Hansen, n. L. MOnsOn,
| n. f. Lille, c. L. Hendrickson, d.
| Whyte Thomas D. Pritchard, J. Allen,
/ w. Beck, d. a. Gibson, H. s. Gillies.
/ T. y, @. Brice, j. Smith, /. w. Clegg,
/ +. Webb, r. r. BOstWick, Z. PulVer,
/ A. Grant, A. L. Miller @. Z. Glow, L.
/ r. Grant William Cooking, f. A. Phil
| lips, O. @. Bills. Lafayette Bills, W. l.
/ Wilson, +. J. Hansen, j. NJ. Brown, ".
| T. Taylor, T. r. Starr c. ". Krough,
! +. j Herridge II. }. Breuning, w II.
4 Linck. b. II. Giles. ir., Q. =. King,
/ William ID. Young J. ". Nelson, 9. r.
! Wilcox, X. Rogers, r. p. Teasdale,
/ L. b. Rodeback s. SpOtten. W. j.
| Frazier. j. r. Mikesell F. E. Stark,
j. ". Hooper. W. p. Murphy, F. Hor-
/ rocks. Il. Simpson, d. L, Blyth, n. P.
/ Pierce, r. Culver, o. c. Sparks, II. c.
! Lloyd S. b. Hazen. Charles Jensen, F.
Z. Gailand, Willis Chugs, r. X. Calls
| ter. j. II. Page John Nisbet F. Collett,
John NJ. Lyon, S. G. Reid, S. M. Read,
i. Reid, J. \. Reeder. John Jones, w.
| +. Read, r. a. Price, William c..
StaiHer, a. Fagergren. G. H. HOrsley,
II. c. Harvey. T. X. Bond, T c. Nut
tall II. FOWkes. p. Thomson, c..
COpps, J. +. Gum.
The petition. had not been delivered
TO Judge Armstrong last night.
The fact of the presentation of a pc
titiOn of this character to a judge who
has an important judgment under con-
sideratiOn is regarded by attorneys as
rather remarkable, but il is believed
that Judge Armstrong will ignore IL.
There are cases on record where the
sisners of petitions of this nature have
been cited for contempt of court
ShoCkley will appear for sentence at
10 o'clock this morning.