The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-04
Supreme Court of Utah Alone
Can Stay His Execution and
This May Be Done If Thorne
Takes An Appeal There.
MURDERER OF FASSELL
MUST PAY THE PENALTY
Information Received Here
That ThOne Is Much Older
Than He Admits, and That
He Has a Criminal Record.
TAKES FATE STolCALLY

DT the shedding OF his own blood
- nt the hands Of She cxccutioner-
Hnrry Thornc must atone FOR the
murder OF George W FnHNcll. unless ne
secures n stay Of ~Nccution before Fri
day thr last day st by thc trial court
for his execution.
Hi- fate. far securing com
rnutatiou Of sentence n concerned, was
scaled yesterday afternoon ny the sc
fion OF the board or Pnrdon- In uunni-
rnousiv refusing to Interfere In the
execution Of the courts sentence of
d~utb.
More fortunate wn- Thomas RILEY.
partner Of ThoTnc In thc Erocery store
hoidup, which resulted in the murder
Of PASSED.. and WHO WIS also condemned
20 die next Friday.
In bis case, Judge Lewis yesterday
EEuufrd n stay Of execution based upou
M appeal nied by Attorney James Par
dec.
Through this action. Riley secures
new lease 81 iifc until his nppcul eau
~ Hrfrd uuon ny the supreme cert M
IT. February term
Thorne's one remaining chance 20 cs-
cape the death chair. even temporarily.
lies iu appealing bis case 60 the SUI
prcrne tribunal 81 the state and sccur-
ine stay Of execution from the trial
court pending final action upon his APP
peal 10 is nrobahlc hts attorney SAYS.
that this stay will be given on Tues
aar. such q course. however. has not
been definitely decided unon and. in
SRI the meantime. the prisoner sits In
murderer row" at the state pcnitcn-
tiary. face 90 face with death.
News Of tnc boards unfavorable ac-
tiou upon his petition for lcnicncv was
received bv the coudcmpe- man with
calm uncouccrn. His only remark up-
on hearing 81 was the laconic observa-
ever they may be-. ne masks beneath ex-
u-cerionlces face and stole siicucc.
That tie decision 81 the board was
9 disappointment 70 nm. he admitted 60
Dis attorney. but 90 others ne had moth
inE Co say.
NJ Novice en- Crime.
Notwithstanding the fact that since
bic arrest Tor the Fasscl murder. Thorne
hes sought 20 awaken sympathy in his
behalf and secure lcnicncy for himself
By posing as n youth under age. the
victim Of criminal environments and the
Influence Of n bad example. iuvestiga-
fion Of his record shows that ne Is no
novice I'm crime. Facts recently brought
a. light By n Herald Republican repre-
sentative show that Thornc. who pro-
fcsscs 60 De but - years OF age. is. I'm
fact. six months past his twcntv-first
birthday. He was born fn Baltimore
tu 1889 and has step-father stiu liv-
In 1907. young Thorne left his birth
place and. shipping on n steamer. went
Ground Cape Horn 20 the Pacific coast.
hc fell in with bad companions aud
driftcd into the burglary business
within a year he was captured and
r~ufcnccd TO serve one year in san
o,entf, prison IL eer,-el te,, -,or,ti,,
% the time and secured his release
Then he Joined "a band Of "vorE men,
which. AZ is alleged. operated extensive
u in practically All the towns OF inn
portance between san Francisco ana
Salt Lake.
This band was made I'd % such men
- X. Y. Eiackc. now serving twenty
years On Folsom prison. California for
highway robbery. the Alameda Kid
who has n record OF crime involving
terms IN Folsom. san Quentin. Cherry
Tfil1 Trenton and Sing Sing. and who
fg now serving twenty-five years Gu the
state Upnitcntiarv Of Wyoming. santa
Tc slim and Denver Dick" tho two
latter being captured in the Anwplug
hotel With Thornc and Riley after tho
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