The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-11-16
I26 End Street East

One stood at the window facing the
direction from which he must return
Mia NOT this show calculation? Lynn
the Younger boy, stood there WIN lis
loaded gun pointing in the ulrec,ion
from which Hamill must come "nie
Harold packed up the goods that Iley
intended to steal and wnen lhe own'
of the ranch approached ne was naie
| I'd NV both with arms in their hands,
T Ma ~ rot This show elaboration and
r1anninq9 When Hamin asked LOT
Something to eat, the older boy gave
- 40 him hut did he not show that ne
raaIi7ed conditions, by having Lynn
MA a gun pointed at the man Wnen
ITan,;u Grabbed Harold, the lal1eI
or;ed "Shoot him." and Lynn SAD;
do not want to shoot him. Dlu nos
this show realization on the part Oh
40 younger boy that he knew II was
Wy or;,,,a 10 kill man? But Harold III
a;sted and LYNN fired and Hamlll was
Sis "S THEN they continued the per-
, uo sa'a+;on of the crime of larceny by
ioadinq nm the wagon and gong OIL
go the fields, away from huIliai,
. t,ohi+ation The whole thing snoWeu
! malice and careful planning, salu MI
w p Guthrie, who appeared IN pc
/, ,olf of the boys, ridiculed the piea Vi
: the county attorney that the noys VIZ t,,e
+ legally or morally cognlzahI WIN 80 -
n conseouences of the kllllns " ~ ~
. thew knew the enormity OF IT, ne . Sa,u
o that so far from indicating 1nae ~ az
Z slla. 40 fact that they went over the
hne~' - down roads which Sheriff
lleiu9 doo1ared seemed utterly
. ironaesihle. showed a total fallure 70
noa1i1a where they were gong. II
loved neither sense, nor cunning,
S,ao craft Would boys load up lo1
~ link like they did and go OH "ah-
" about. if they understood tne
UNITY of the crime? VI COURSE
NOT They would hide out. ,
- rho etate had placed Dr. Slssoh, an
n .-art on the stand yesterday ana ne
d testified that the boys were men 49, 49,
n 80 ,,ornal by a year or more. Aney
ssa not realize the enormity Oh Ine
" s,,,o This was from the state VIZ
# 80 How thoroughly did the eNi-
,r dence at all points sustain TINS ,.h
/ W. there any evidence that wiz
10 ~ .be Guns they brought along WIN
/ s a. the boys brought a single car.
4. ridge2 Was there any evluemcs Ne IIas
i'd tbey loaded the gun that Kliieu 80. 80
of milI9 Was there any eVluSnoo on
le thew knew it was loaded! ~ WOO ,,' &c
re accident that Harold LoNei az. LIT
in not killed when Lynn tireu. ihtS 1oir,e
ne was burned with the po"uer' have
Mt breath and the older BOY Mouiu on
an , plen' liIled and the younger one on
70 49, Cor his murder. Where was tiiel'
r u -l 10 IF malice or hatred IN TINS VI
on ~ nort of the younger boy n'
cd s..ors could see the boys slttlns IN ~
h ya. 20 dav in the court room Wy
Ia u"s how any realization oil the uan
no W. nnoing over them? There InS'
Ia. s5,'ara drawing pictures as hnocene' ,
cd h;Sdren Would any sane persoi
IN as as o'', done what they did when the!
no 10, INTO the river above OWsley
- o Tbe river was fifty rect ueSl
ev 49, and an attempt to cross Wour
ed -, certain DEATH and yet they wen
,rs ia we're only rescued by ma
'ol III - in a boat and warning then .
80 danger and helping them ge1 nv
in horse out. Did this snow cu lll'l :
no. They went up to the Craner place AZ AZ,
nr- nlaved with the children "noN ~
re- craner's brother from Rogerson' WI
at lTnew them and whom they new q.
IN rived. instead of going 10 the ou o.,
ar and hiding as tney Wou'u - 49,
at had thew realized conditions they CO..
old .inred to play. When asked by re
He hation officer Ormsby what they ma
ain done they told him. IN ther emu
OIL conduct there was no evidence Oh
lev full realization of the enorml'y
w. what had happened. Mr. Gutnr.
got nleaded with the jury to either III
get them guilty of murder in the iirst "
18th gree and hang them or to ma the,
In not guilty and let them be sent
ed. some place from which they cou'
"a come forth developed into men. =
lit said that they should not place u
nee brand of the felon on their brow II
narents of the boys would gladly sts
ro- IN darkness all their days, could the
ar bring back Hamill, but they coulo N
Ter. and TO convict the boys OF ieior
nil would be adding crime to crime
ack In closing Judge Davies again urge
fol- that they showed responsibility. /
hey said that DR.. Sisson had declared TN
ere they knew what they did was wron
ing but did not fully realize the enorml
nev of the crime This was sufficient !
his said that he failed to understand WI
hey counsel for defendants meant by sa
hey ing that the jury could put them som
of where else than in the penitentlar
DDS. They could find them guilty OF mu