Show JACK davas WILL NOT HANG idaho par ion hoard ion his sen ance to life in ent the idaho state loarl of pardons monday unan dec del to corn mute the sentence of D amond field jack davis to loument for life davis was under sentence to 1 ang on ay iy tor tie murder of two sheep men in cass a county in febra 1896 ahe case one of the most celebrated of tie vist las been before all the tribunals in regular or der from the 1 tr court of cass a county to the na court of the united states davis was april 1847 and sentence 1 to be hanged in 1818 when the case was before the board ot pardons J E bower and jeff gray confessed to 1 av ng tl e crime saying it was done in self de tense upon the theory that they were tell ing the truth attorneys struggled forthe for the pardon for the r client gray was tried for tl e crime and ac quitted |