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Show for aseault with a deadly weapon.' wan clonic J a parole. The application of Watkln Reeo for a commutatlou of sentence was denied. Roe?e was convicted In Weber We-ber county of a statutory offense and sentenced to pervo three years. ASKS BOARD TfKOISITE gait Lake, Aug. 22. The .fate of Harry Thorne. .the youthful murderer murder-er of Oeorge W. Fassell, a grocer on East Fourth South street, Is now In tbe hands of the state board of par-duns par-duns and will not be finally determined determin-ed by the board until September 3, Just tlx days before the date set for his execution for the crime for which he was convicted by a jury In the district court recently. Thorne was ficntenced by Judge Lewis to be executed ex-ecuted on September 9 and made a final appeal to the board of pardons I cn Saturday to have his sentence J commuted to life Imprisonment. The board took the matter under advlso-nunt advlso-nunt until September 3, when a speo-Itl speo-Itl meeting wfll be held to finally de termlne the application for clemency. Thorne appeared before the board personally and was questioned at con-tiderable con-tiderable length by the members of the board as to his past life ami his connection with tho crime of which be stands convicted and condemned. He told the samo story as when on the wltuess stand during his trial and declared that the shooting was rjerely accidental and that he had no Intention whatever of.Ehootlng Fas-sell. Fas-sell. Ho said that he was poklnvr Fassell In the ribs with tho gun to make h'm get back behind the counter coun-ter while hla "pals" were robbing tho cash register, when the gun was accidentally ac-cidentally discharged and Fassell fell to the floor and died within a few minute. Attorney J. M. Denny, who defended defend-ed Thorne, made a lengthy appeal to tho board In behalf of the condemned condemn-ed youth and asked the board to rrant the application for commutation. commuta-tion. Mr, Denny laid great stress on the youth of the condemued man and plro upon the fact that the shooting was accidental. District Attorney Loofbourow, who prosecuted Thorne, maJo a brief talk in which he opposed the application lor commutation of sentence. Sheriff Joseph C. Sharp also appeared before be-fore tho board and answered a number num-ber of questions relative to Thome's conduct while In bis charge at the county jail. The board considered the application In executive session and postponed final action until September Sep-tember 3. James Riley, who was with Thorne In robbing the Fassell store and who was also convicted of murder In Ihe first degree and sentenced to death, has appealed his case to tbe supreme court and will make a fight before that tribunal for his life His caso will probably be heard by the supreme su-preme court In February and If he Is I'nsuccespful In his appeal he will io doubt ask the wtatc board of pardons par-dons to commute his sentence. The murder of Fassell occurred on March-26 March-26 last, while "Cnrley" Morgan were jobbing tbe Fassell store. Morgan escaped and has never been captured. cap-tured. "Count" Henry Mllhonsen. who is under sentence of twenty years in the htate prison for a number of burglaries in this county, will be granted a commutation of sentence to take effect at once provided tho United States Imigratlon officers will deport him and take him back to Germany where he Ib said to have a criminal record. It is understood that Immigration Inspector J. C. Hlse will leave with MHhonsen on Tuesday and be will embark at New York for his native land. Milhoijpen pleaded guilty guil-ty to a number of burglaries and was sentenced by Judge Ijewit of the third district court January I" to serve twenty years. He had been In the United States lews than three years, hence came under tbe Immigration Immi-gration laws for deportation. An an- pMeallon for pardon wa mad" In hia ' behalf for the purpose of taking him , back to Germany and the board granted a commutation of sentence to I fake effect on the date Milhouen U started on his return to his native land. Applications for pardons In the following fol-lowing cases woro denied by tho board : Ralph Law horn, serving ninety days In the Utah county Jail for battery. , John Duffy, serving ten years In ' Ihe State prison for burglary in the 1 Rerond degre. committed in Sail I.ako county. 11. A. Slocum, forgery, Salt - Lake cunty, three yeara-ln the State prison. pris-on. Ray M. Phillips, robbery. Utah county, coun-ty, four years In the State prison. Lorenzo Montgomery, criminal assault, as-sault, Weber county, eighteen months In the State prison. Hiram Wiseman, who wax sentenced sentenc-ed in Weber county on January 27, 1903, to three years for a statutory offense, was granted a parole. David Latham, who -was sentenced i three yeara In Salt TieVe county |