The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-24
FIND SULLIVAN GUILTY;
SUGGEST LIFE SENTENCE
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ner of smiling indifference during the
days and weeks ne was waiting for the
opening of the trial, but he had no
power to conceal the tell-tale rush of
blood from his cheeks as his spirit
quailed at the supreme moment.
Sullivan's lawyers bent forward and
waited for the reading of the verdict,
as eager and as intent as the accused
man.
Verdict is Announced.
Only a moment passed while Judge
Armstrong was reading the verdict, but
| it seemed longer to those who waited.
Then the judge handed the slip of pa
per TO Clerk Howard King. who read
the verdict finding Sullivan guilty, but
recommending mercy.
At the last word Sullivan leaned back
into his chair and the smile deepened
upon his face. 1t may have been that
he remembered that he might have be-
trayed his anxiety and wished TO en-
phasize his uneoncern. and il may have
been that he was relieved because the
recommendation that he be imprisoned
for life gave him hope of escaping the
eXecutiOner.
rs this your verdict?" asked Judge
Armstrong. turning toward the jury.
1T is" replied all of the jurors. each
one of them nodding his head.
Judge Armstrong then thanked the jur-
ors for the time they had given in the
service of the state. He then asked the
attorneys for the prosecution and the de-
Tense concerning the time to be set for
passing sentence
District Attorney Loofbourow said that
he would like TO have sentence pro-
nOunced at an early date.
The judge decided to sentence Sullivan
on Wednesday, April ]. Court then adj
joufned.
Bailey & vickery. attorneys for the de-
Tense, announced that they would appeal
the case.
IF necessary said Mr.. Bailey. Il will
carry the case to the supreme court. On
Tuesday. if possible, ! will ask for a new
trial in Judge Armstrong; court. If this
is not granted | shall take an appeal.
when the jury was discharged 7 saw
Juror Charles Denny of Union. He in
formed me that he was terribly abused
by other jurors while in the jury room.
He said that the language used toward
him, because he held out for verdict of
acquittal. was extremely offensive. Ii
was even threatened that he would be
taken before Judge Armstrong and
charged with perjury. on what grounds
such charge would be based was not
explained
II have not yet learned why Juror Sam
Tel Oldham and Hyrum Stoffer agreed to
the verdict of murder in the first de-
gree, but / intend to learn whether eff
forts were also made to intimidate them
error in the course of the trial give me
sufficient grounds for demanding a new
trial.
Mistaken in Murdoch.
Did you notice how Juror D. L. Muir
dock hurried from the jury box and shook
hands with District Attorney Loofbourow
after the verdict was rendered. Mr.. Muir
dock was one of those who stood for con-
viction from the beginning. There is no
doubt that he is fighter. He was ac-
cepted because Sullivan wanted MIN on the
jury. Murdock's appearance pleased Sui
Ivan. There is man., he said. who
will stand out against conviction for two
years if ne believes me innocent Had
followed my own judgment. Mr.. Muir
dock would not have been accepted as
a juror"
Mr. Murdoch has a round benevolent
looking face Sullivan. who, like all other
crooks is a student Of physiognomy, ap-
parently concluded that the philanthropic
features possessed by Mr.. Murdoch in
dicated that he was not the sort of man
who believed In hanging.
Juror Denny. when seen after he left
the jury box yesterday afternoon. ad-
mitted that he had spoken to Mr.. Bailey
about some of the language uttered in the
heat of argument in the jury room.
But | was not inundated into agree
ing to the verdict of murder In the first
degree he said '"There are not enough
men IN SAT- Lake county 10 mIlnlOdte
me- I agreed to the verdict because /
was convinced that ii was right
TT is true that some Of the jurors be-
came excited during the discussion in the
jury room and used heated language. One
even said something about accusing me of
perjury. But I was not inundated and
will not now or at any future time say
that was subjected to intimidation"
How the Jury Stood.
Before leaving the jury room. the jurors
agreed among themselves not TO tell what
occurred during their discussions, but It
was learned that the jurors stood, up to
the moment an agreement was reached,
as stated in The Herald of Monday morn
ing as follows:
For conviction on the charge of murder
in the first degree-Joshua Hill Of Sandy,
Thomas Lowry, Thomas Aston, Robert
Hazen. H. II. Try William A. Borgess.,
William N Davis and ID. l.. Murdoch.
For conviction of murder in the sec
ond degree-Hyrum Stoffer of Murray.
For acquittal-Charles Denny of Union
and Samuel Oldham.
Recommendation Not Binding.
Juror Stoffer was first won over by
the nine who favored conviction of muir