Show 1 PPE l DENIED G CANO MUST T OIL DIE Murderer of Park City Wom Woman of Under World a Doomed Case Became of International Interest t Pedro Cano convicted cOn sla slayer of 01 June St. St Clair Chair must die The state supreme court on Tuesday dismissed his appeal for bra fora a anew new trial based upon the con contention conten conten- ten tenI I tion that since his conviction evidence evi l dence had come to light which placed the killing upon Refugio a woman with whom Cano had been living in the Park City underworld John John- Tobin counsel for Cano assert asserted d that the woman had boasted that she had slain the woman woman for whose I murder Cano Cane was convicted and that the interpreter at at the first i trial who is Js is claimed persuaded Cano to protect the real slayer pathe pit pa the representation that she would i aid In his defense Is now the ac accepted ac 1 lover of the woman aC 1 ONE CHANCE LEFT With the action of ot the supreme j 1 court Canos Cano's only chance to escape the death chair char lies In the state board of 01 pardons I The supreme court opinion written written writ writ- ten b by Justice Valentine Gideon I bases dismissal of the appeal on the grounds that the second motion motto for new trial was not made within I the time required by Jaw law and that tha there Is no showing allowing made that th the d defendant could not have wit with I reasonable ble diligence procured th the i newly discovered evidence and presented presented pre pre- I the same at the time o of trial S Canos Cano's case took on international aspects w when ten through h the activities ties Hes of the tile local Mexican consul and others who interested themselves themselves them them- selves In the case President Obregon Obregon Obre Obre- gon Secretary of State Hughes am and others urged a thorough probe o othe of 01 the story June Tune St. St Clair denizen of the Park City underworld was slain in he her shack about midnight on March 14 14 1923 by someone who thrust a 0 sharpened case knife knite Into her ab ab- ab domen Her screams attracted al almost almost almost al- al most instant attention and no on one ond was seen Icen to leave the front door A few minutes previously Cano Cane i isaid is said to have ha been seen entering th the front front- door and from trot aft afi x Opened rear window a 0 trail led from th the murdered womans woman's shack to tha that thai occupied ed by Cano not more than yards distant I I TELLTALE ABRASION Officers rushed Canos Cano's house and end took him A fresh abrasion on one hand which the tile officers believed to have been caused reused by th the case knife in his ills struggle with the woman worn worn- an Cano Cane explained as due to an Injury Willie while chopping wood H lIe Ito was tried convicted and sentenced to death Motion l for a new trial tria and an appeal to the tile supreme court were denied Pending appeal the sentence was held in abeyance and when he came up for before District Judge G. G A. A Iverson Iverson Iver- Iver son several weeks ago Cano re revealed revealed re- re what he be claimed to be the true story of the crime The he said and himself had been living together near the house occupied b by June St. St Clai Claim One day the latter hatter s spoke soke oke oketo to hint him in passing and his countrywoman countrywoman coun court flew into a 0 Jealous rage On the night of 01 the killing he claimed he returned home after ater having been downtown and found foum Retugio Refugio dressed in his clothing and armed with the sharpened case knife She accused him of oC dalliance with the neighboring demimonde and when he denied the charge she attacked him cutting his hand He explained the statement state tate ment meat made at first as an Instinctive tive i 19 atte attempt Pt to shIeld the woman INTERPRETERS INTERPRETER'S STORY As she rushed him he slipped into an adjoining room and closed the door She hollered that she would kill k the tile woman anyway am and left A A. tew few minutes later laler she returned Shortly after atter the police I raided the house and as he le lethem let them in the front door Retugio RefugIo I found safety in a vacant apartment adjoining their abode he claimed I Subsequent to his arrest the InI Jn- Jn I prevailed upon him lm to not disclose th these se facts he said because of Refugio's affection for him and her willingness to advance 1000 for his defense Following his conviction he lie said he had been advised that this Interpreter had hadd t d hi in I. I fh me S t d hi in I. I fh me supplanted e of 01 and that the theS S scheme was to let him die for the killing k while tile they fled led to California CallI CallI Call Call- fornia Ia whore where h re he says the they now I are A. A second motion for new trial tria I was denied and Cano again apI appealed ap ap- ap- ap J I pealed to the supreme court |