State v. Lantzer

Kimball, Justice.

Defendant killed his wife, Cecile, at Cheyenne on August 29, 1938. His trial resulted in an unqualified verdict finding him guilty of murder in the first degree, and he appeals from the judgment pronouncing the death sentence.

Defendant and deceased were married about two years before the homicide, and lived at Brush, Colorado. Title to their home and furniture which were only partly paid for was in the wife. Defendant was of good character, industrious and fond of his wife. He was employed in the bridge and building department of the Burlington Railroad. This work took him…