Show SPARE LIVES OF DE BE PRETTO fi AND BREWER pardons t Board Commutes Death Sentence of Slayers to Li Life fe Imprisonment l A CARTY IN DISSENT t Other Members l Vote for jot Clemency but Refuse to Assign Reason A l rn a L stormy session the state 1 boarI bO board of or pardons yesterday commuted commuted com com- com coin muted the sentences of or Harry Brewer Drewer eer and Frank Do Pretto from death ath to life lite imprisonment The fhe vote otc was four to one in Ln favor of or commuting com corn muting the sentence of oC Brewer the 1 being Judge W. W M. M McCarty of oC the supreme court The board voted of oC DC De solidly for tor tho the commutation Pr Pretto Uc sentence Judge McCarty cCarty held that sentiment hould have no place In the enforcement enforce enforce- ment of or law Ian He declared Brewel Brewer had been convicted con after fair fall trial that I hir offense was brutal and unjustifiable unjustifiable flable from an any point of oC view Other members of oC the pardon board maintained maintained main main- tamed that Brewers Brewer's youth made the ease case a proper ono one for the exercise of oC merc mercy A. A R. R Barnes attorney general was ordered 1 by tho the board to file tUe with the thet t of ot state the reasons why commutation had been granted to the condemned men Members of ot the board who Ca favored clemency for tor the petitioners petitioners peti peti- declined to make nake a statement the meeting meeting- had adjourned on len i. i Members of oC the board in refusing to discuss the action of or the board said It Jt was contrary to law and custom and that tho the r report port of ot Mr lr Barnes Barne to be made macic at the meeting to be held December Decem Decem- her ber 16 would 1 bo ho 0 the thc only report made public Brewer and De Dc Pretto were convicted con d dor of or slaying Eugene Allen Alien at Bingham April 15 15 J. J In a n store owned b by bythe bythe the Bingham Mercantile company compan Allen was a cle clerk l. l in tn n the store He HeS S th the tho men enter the store an and fol- fol I lQ lowed d them A man who was found Cound asleep in th the store storeS was held at bay by De Do Pretto while Brewer proceeded ed to open the safe At this point Allen entered the store and ordered Brewer to stop Brewers Brewer's answer was a hull hul- hul l let t. t He shot his victim a a. second time 1 l- l lF F 11 If 1 1 h h 1 i 1 h I. I b ts n t ti f r o c c i a n rn f WIO through l 1 h. h a window De Do Pretto was waa arrested shortly afterward afterward aft aft- erward In Montana and was tried and sentenced to b bp shot Brewer was caught in Memphis Tenn Teun In February He lie was as returned to Salt Lake and convicted 1 ot of murder and sentenced t to death An appeal to the supreme court dela delayed ed the execution but that bod body later affirmed the thc of the lower hower court I i Many Ino PI Pleas for tor Clemency I Tho The state board of or f pardons In re- re to numerous pleas for clemency granted reprieves from month to month until yesterday esterday when definite action was wag taken Brewers Brewer's personality has had much to 10 do with enlisting the L aid d of or prominent persons in his behalf ac according according according ac- ac cording cording- to officials who have b be been en n in charge rge of t the ca case c. c When clemency val va first asked for tor Brewer the board was a n. unit in opposing the mo movement When time timo was requested in which to prepare ue a n. petition the board put the casa caso over one month At tho second meeting several women appeared before beCore the board and pleaded for tor a commutation commutation tion of ot sentence Sincerity l Impression Ur Brewer sent a a. m message to tho board in ln which he asked a n. hearing He Ho promised d to ask no rio favor hut but said he would tell tho the story tor of his life lire of oC crime from front the timo he was 14 H years ears old until until until un un- un- un til he was wag arrested for murder Brewer Brew Brew- er appeared and told his story His evident sincerity his pled pledges es of or future decency and his extreme youth Impressed impressed Im im- irn- irn pressed tho the board members and another respite was granted Members who Mad fad opposed action before the they had heard beard Brewers Brewer's story became convinced that he ho was wai In some sen sense e a a. victim of or circumstances His Ills choice of or crime as asan asan an nn avocation his defenders declare was as made when ho was too young to exercise Judgment J J. J C. C Lynch Charles Quigley and Arthur Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur M. M Goslen appeared before the tho board at special meeting held September Septem Septem- ber 23 3 and asked for tor clemency clemenc for the young sla slayer er Mrs Edna Powell and Mr Mrs airs John Reed also mado made pleas In the young mans man's behalf at the same meet meet- 4 Brewer and arid Dc De Pretto were ere delighted when told of ot the action of or the board Brewer d displayed ay ed con considerable aid emotion emotion emo emo- tion while shaking hands with a prison official and renewed his hig pledge to re reI repay re- re I pay a as far tar as possible his debt to so so- so George Watson who was serving terms was also granted a commutation commutation com com- mutation effective December 8 S. Watson Watson Watson Wat Wat- son was convicted of or assault for tor which WaB he-WaB given seven years lIe He was as then convicted of or dama damaging a jail and was g given one year for tor that offense He ne was then tried for attempting to break Jail and was given five years for tor that of of- of tense Ho He entered tho the prison in 1911 I. I |