Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-16

| neen suuiclent error Ia its 20 con-
4 vince me OF this b"
When news OF the conviction was
= forwarded by telephone 10 Mrs
! swope I'm Independence. she shrieked
and dropped the receiver. She refused
TO make a statement
II is the belief of court
attaches that the supreme court
/ will be unable 20 reach DR.
/ Hyde's case for at least a year. on
| account Of the crowded condition OF
! the docket In the meantime, the
! prisoner may be kept in the county
| jail or sent 10 the states prison at
! jefferson CITY boy Judge Latshaw.
The law OF Missouri prohibits the
| courts from admitting convicted muir
derer 10 bail
Attys Walsh and Lucas interviewed
I Or Hyde In his cell Newspaper men
were not permitted 90 see the couyil ted
man. Upon leaving the prisoner. Mr..
Walsh said.
Dr. Hyde is bright and cheerful lie
feels the fight has just begun This
probably appears dark Tor us, but
really / am more cheerful than ] was
the day the case started The supreme
court VIII treat us fairly"
To Maude the net of cat Of Marshal
Joe Stewart. which has one milk white
eye. the superstltious folk about the
courthouse attribute the conviction. u
is said that every accused murderer
around whom tho cat has walked 300
the last Eve wears has been convicted
She circlCd Dr. Hyde three times last
Friday
II knew he was doomed when I saw
Maude go around him." said Stewart
PROSECUTOR COMBINES STATE
MENT
Virgil Conkling prosecutor Of Jack
H...H HN
Hyde for the state. issued the follow
ing statement following the report of
tho jury.
THE very enormity Of the crime
made the conviction difficult n is
hard for the human mind TO conceive "a
depraVity so great as To cause any
man To- attempt the utter destruction of
his friend and bcncfactor and six 9th
er close relatives Because Of this 30
was necessary for the state Co FIRST
convince a skeptical but honest cor
oners jury 20 next convince a skepti-
cal but honest grand jury. and lastly
~ was necessary for the state to pre-
sent TO slcptical but honest trial
jury evidences which not only proved
but overwhelmingly demonstrated the
DEFENDANTS guilt and absolutely
showed the utter impossibuity OF his
innocence
The state Of Missouri owes 70 Judge
Ralph S. Latshaw a proud and crate
ful acknowledgment for his impartial
bu- inheNible enforcement OF the law
Tho jury is entitled 20 the highest re-
spect or the public for its faithful la
bors. and its brave and conscientious
discharge or q stern duty
Marshal MayCs and al his deputies
used unccasing vigilance so that any op-
poftunttv for a miscarriage Of justice
W's rendered impossible
THE loss Of the grand jury notes
and their subsequent discovery in the
hands Of the defense. coupled with the
defiant refusal OF the defense 20 re-
store those notes 10 The court. only re-
suited in demonstrating the desperate
position Of the defense and what an
awful guilt lay behind such desperate
and defiant action.
The result shows that Il Is yet pos
sihle I'm Missouri TO convict great
criminal even when he IS defended by
great wealth and influence"
MRS swOPE TALKS.
Mrs Logan o. Swope was feeling
improved In spirits this afternoon and
she consented to talk
II ] had not been satisfied I was
doing the right thing" she said. 81
would never have started this prose-
cution of nay sou-in-law.
Il am convinced justice has been
given the defendant OF course. II does
not behoove me TO say whether
wanted TO see him hanged
'As for n reconciliation with my
daughter, I stand now as 7 have al
ways stood The doors Of my house.
and my arms and heart are open TO
her whenever she wants TO come home.
MY mother love for her has never
cooled / have thought she was mis-
taken. but never that she was other
than the sweet innocent girl she u.s."