La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1905-02-11
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

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Denver, Feb. The loogexpected
Ascistna IN The Younsbio0d murder
case uAs handed doSn BY the Supreme
IL upheld shs constttutioaality of the
capital psnishDeat laU n Colorado on
spplicattoas for Dev trtAls ~ Pred Ar
mold, Neutoa A Andrews aAd Charles
O. Peters, the three lads convteGed Of
the murder Of Ara. Amanda Young
blood. which occurred New Years
, Eve. 1909
TIE aS vas upheld and the exeeu-
tioa Of the death sentence imposed by
the lover court vas sustained. The
date fbr the execution Vas set for the
week bestaning May 2lsf Dext.
: Azel. ID. GAlbraith, convicted OF the
murder Of his wife and child In Russell
Guich last March, viii also hang. II Is
expected. as . result Of this decision
He Was sentenced to hang the week
, beginning October 18th last. but has
been reprteyed At various times 10 al
low time for the constitutionAiity Of
the lav under which hs vas sentenced
to be settled
His last reprieve was granted by
. Governor Adams January lAth and Vas
duriAg the drst week In March,
Galbraith's crime vas one OF the
most consummate atrocity. lnfatussed
With Lottie Russell. q Denver woman.
he rid himself OF his wife and boy by
:hooting them to death In their cabin
y Russell gulch last march. The shoot
> ng occurred in the early morning
shile Mrs. Galbraith vas asleep
When he had shot his wife. Gal
srzith called in his young son who was
playing outside. and told him to lie
down On the bed. This the child did
and the nendish father then shot him
Galbraith covered the two bodies in
the bed and came to Denver. The
crime Vas not discovered for several
weeks. Galbraith made full confes-
sion.
The Supreme Court made several
other orders affecting Colorado muir
derers yesterday. Joseph Burns. who
. Killed his wife. Nonan Burns. In Den
ser iast fall, was denied writ OF su-
persedezs and an order previously en-
tered for stay Of sentence was va
Gated.
lie vas taken to Canon City last
. night TO serve . sentence OF eight 10
zen years.
Jacob Zipperian OF Ia Plata county.
-Gonvicted of the murder Of Matt Lux
singer in November. 1908. is to have
new trial.
John Lynch Of Gunnison county.
convicted Of voluntary manslaughter.
II also to have . new trial.
The opinion upholding the constitu-
tionality Of the hanging Law VAS writ
ten by Chief Justice Gabbert and con
cured In BY the entire bench.
The murder for which the three boys
we're tried WAS one Of the most afro
cious ever committed In Denver. About
midnight on New Years Eve, 1898.
they went TO the home Of the Young
bloOds In Vaiverde, fully armed. They
aroused the family ~ ashtng to - 81
lowed TO enter the house and use the
telephone.
a when the door was opened by Mr..
Youngblood he vas ssaailed by the
three runans. His aged wife ran 10
his rescue and vas shot down In cold
blood. A son who attempted to assist
his parents was shot and dangerously
. wounded. and lay for weeks between
life and death II the county hospital.
The YOungbl0ods had but receafly
coRe to Denver from the South. and
kept . small grocery In valverae. nv-
ing In the rear 0f the store. The boys
were arrested the next day and con
fessed TO the whole aRair.
The trial resulted in their conviction.
Andrews and Peters were tried In one
case and Arnold had . separate trial
The cases were appealed to the Su-
.preme Court On the following assign
sunents Of error:
.First-The insufhciency Of the in
formation under the testimony to jus
rify verdict Of murder In the nrst de-
gree.
"Second-The validity Of the capital
punishment act.
"Third-Allege6 errors in giving and
refusing instructions.
'.rourth-Inadmissibi Of testi-
mony.
"Ftffh-OverrulinG motion Of Defend
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