The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-24

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INNOCENCE
Nj Executed in Chi
Mar Long Fight to
Mat the Law.
n-Johanu Hoch, con
ep,der of his wife, Marie
"a. hanged in the county
Ia o'clock. Three times re-
'.s.,ed to the last that he
M delay that the law con-
.,,Iur of his sentence the
d hans between the hours
Lon m. When the last
.,,ornsys-an appeal TO the
L. violation Of the Four
L., 10 the Constitution
4 hat a man shall be de,
\ \. st,hout due process OF
/ a,,lsd Hoch abandoned all
4, IL lie, but still insisted
- 10 live rs nearly to :
az.
,sds More Time. /
i Whitman, who has long
4 q Hoch. appeared In his
4 ia: It's all of. John.
s,s b done for you," lloch
,,A,. That's all right. but |
sdthat Is coming 10 me In
m 20 when l.S0 o clock
wa IN 10 take Inc before
\ tssL'
/, D yol any good TO fight.
Kbl,nan.
In replied Hoch but !
! cnlng TO me I'll go all
.aer consultation with
a Rters. agreed TO the de-
"a ass-d that his dinner be
Il rish Was granted and he
r9,1l relish and apparently
rsl that he would never en-
BAL
Up,n the scaffold.
r,b l:5s o'clock when Hoch.
LSgly Sheriff Peters and at
,I1 John l.. Whitman, Rev.
4 E5. J. B. Burkland. stepped
ssA and two minutes later
|E5S. He walked upon tho
ID ard stood directly under
ILA heels together and head
sMer on parade. He was
rssd and full Of courage.
III BSs steadily rcciUng the
y dying when Deputy Sher-
~ Hsh 10 step back upon
leck two steps quickly.
d 70 see II he was In the
iDi teen turned his face to
AHs
Ei 70 say something" asked
Z Ptters-
2 Last Speech.
DEsh
vas still reclune the
Ed Whitman held out his
= tin. The clergyman, not
C with the prayer, and
{Ads spoke 10 him. He
ldJ. aud Hocb. as soon as
si,eout Interruption, said,
lac accent:
pFs them; they know not
! must die, an innocent
Y lss, words or In a short,
a11 before his voice was
81 fell
Mcnamara. the jail ply
hochs side the Instant he
nat death had been in
ltck being broken.
L lhe afternoon, was de-
- undertaken, who had
rN L al his own expense.
Lac on His Lips.
saksnd. one of Hoch's
sE had a talk with the
sfore he was led to tho
2 10 aIer that Hoch had
-" F" The murder" he was
: hsatated and then an
aat be had been q bieam-
~ srked man"
Hrny a word as 10 whether
4 ). ooiessed the crime for
ahcaled. t
o Federal Court.
H..,',iior 'siore the hour set for
ra r,a was filed In the
3 II S1. S court by Hoch's at
ssoeral Intervention TO
psuton said that the
rsi,,I i,Ie endeavoring TO ex-
4. 1.Ion non OF the Fourteenth
}, - !, ,STIanssitutIon. and with
s RI,ssntlon the attorneys
n p ssiA siAaine Immediately, In
, IL 70 go TO the Criminal
Z -s uy 10 get a stay OF
q ''on by the Federal
z stAe legal oomn,,o,,,o..
a ! 49, that the cxecu-
s.S so,un until eplicatlon Tor
4 corpus could be passcd
: -, =, : N The Federal court,
g Points Raised. :
'ssrssl Faised o,, in Hoch's petI.
. .tss-si court We're: P
h. ~ uls State court was
A ia v a court not OF com
,ssno Sas In violation OF
IL. oSS,aent, oS In that Emelit
~ :, VI The defendant, testI.
1k hluself una did give
Z .rested in Ne,u
II tharssItge OF blgamyS anS ar,S
faaIIasns with murder. '
nA@ 1ail oo S,'n States Attor.
1tE7tlon ,yynlcials decided =,
dI hour n n. nee Necessary until
\iIEHs for l'ed ,Hed In the cour'
" petition was s''ha, ba asd oI
sI sSll mako or sDto-.
S4S dtlensse the privilege a't q
Slea,ly any State deSr,,,uJ See Unite,
u ssiss;,i n For deny deySf.y aSy withou
= 1AsSVu the equal protsS T,s9.
psu 'af ,Ss Argument.
> gs ssoSGIH1t 4 osSGIH1tsnded that 4 81 . Ian S1l
g g n iorrSu uS petition was I'm prd
asl1ls1It s5ls1slsss1tea tha, # w..
i IL "A | r.