Show T TELEGRAM MAY SAVE DE WEESE EW EVIDENCE AIO TO CLEAR ClA OO DOOMED MAN MANIs MANI I Is COMING MIN Dramatic Halt in Par Pa Pardon Hearing in Most Remarkable Remarkable Remark Remark- able Case in Criminal Annals of Salt Lake Ci City f I HE dramatic entry of a tele tele- telegram T THE 1 gram at the eleventh hour of the meeting of the state board of pardons last night caused the tho consideration of the fate o of Howard De Weese eese to be continued until next Wednesday morning On that day In the tho offices of or Gov Gov- GovI I ernon Simon Bamberger mysterious evidence bearing bearIng- on tho the case will bo be examined According to the telegram the evidence which may completely reverse conviction in tho the case of the convicted wife wiCe murderer is now speeding on Its way from rom Kansas City The board had about concluded its reconsideration of or the case at the state prison last night and was about to reach its final decision which would havo have affirmed the sentence of or death or granted ranted commutation when the tho telegram arrived In midair in hl at atmosphere atmosphere charged with mystery and conjecture hangs tho the fato fate of ot Do De Weese Forty eight hours before tho the man manIs manIs manis Is scheduled to bo be strapped in the death chair facing the firing squad the evidence will be submitted to the tho only body which can change his lifes life's course MISSING LINK BAFFLES SInce SInco early carly in the history of or tho the crime for which De was convicted convicted con con- a baffling missing link has figured De and p persons known only to him knew its where where- The accused man maintained secrecy even when faced with the certainty of or conviction The only possible clue was revealed b by Do eese when ho bo hinted that a a. work of ot fiction written by him was based in truth which might be bo rev revealed led only In case of his execution Kansas City the tho place of origin for forthe tho the telegram which was received last night causing the board to continue continuo its session figures largo in the Do Weese eese story tho bloody sequel of which ho so carefully guarded Chief of ot Police Police Po Po- Po lice J J. Parle Parley Whito testified in tho the trial that ho had asked De Dc what he did with tho the body of the man whom he killed to avenge tho murder of ot his wife DISCLOSURES STARTLING Chief Chic continued his investigation tion of ot this phase of or the mystery by going to Kansas City and St St. Louis Close followers of tho case believe that the mysterious tele telegram ram may bo be tho the forerunner of or the most startling disclosures disclosures dis dis- dis closures of ot the most startling criminal affair in the history of or Utah and that I Do Weese against his will may bo be delivered from execution Dal Do De Weese wealthy Colorado fruit grower father of tho convicted man appeared yesterday esterday before the board of ot pardons to plead his sons son's cause breaking a a. silence which he had maintained against all importunities since sinco tho beginning of the case Dr De Wees Yee e as he sat In a n. corner of the tho chambers of the board of pardons pardons par par- dons appeared to the casual observer as one for whom tho the final plea fo forthe for tor the life of ot his son had no vital Interest Inter Inter- est Alone silent and with expressionless expression- expression less ess face Mr Ir Do De remained apparently ap- ap immovable throughout tho the pa- pa Continued on page 2 i NEW EVIDENCE Continued from Crom pa page e 1 plea made by A Attorney Horne Musser and it was not until Governor Simon Bamberger chairman of the board of pardons called upon him for whatever whatever what what- ever er he might have to say i-ay Oa In behalf of Howard that Dal DC Weese indicated that ho he was an interested party part to the hearing bean ng FATHERS FATHER'S PLEA After considerable physical effort the already visible newly formed lines in his face Cace showing the great reat m mental strain which he has been undergoing Mr Mi 11 De DI cese succeeded ed In commencing ing In- Inn a n plea pica for the life lite of his son such as is seldom beldom heard III in court or pardon chambers cha mh era I 1 cannot understand how he Howard Howard Howard How How- ard could have conceived the tho idea of ot doing such a thing If he lie was liv living living liv- liv ing InS with a a. woman whom he di did not love why couldn't he lie have taken everything e she idie he had or 01 everything he wanted and loft her Was Vas it necessary necessary necessary sary that he kill her Xo No 0 Howard has been a wanderer since he was 1 16 G years old RAN AWAY AS BOYOne BOYOne BOYOne BOY One da day when Howard was walS 14 years old 1 I came home found Cound that he had left left- Nobody knew where he lie was Amon Among his associates I found oun that he had left town with another ho bo boy I heard they had gone to some other city I 1 went down to Grand Junction and stayed there three days looking all I the time for fot the bo boy I 1 came on h here hereto t tI I to Lake and amid went down th the street I I I about hu 9 o'clock I ck- ck ini one morning and came I upon Howard looking In a I goods window windo I came up to Howard Howar l and h hp saw i im m my reflection In iii the window glass glas as I approached him lie He said Hello pa and asked me what I 1 was doing here I 1 returned th the question and anti he said Stanley the lie other uther buy boy and he came caine here hero to lo set get work lIe He look took me down n downto to where they worked and In the time kitchen of the time plaice place on a table laLle stood tooti Stanley peeling potatoes Stanley said ald I 1 got ot a n Job Joh all right an and in on- on j an-j other da day or so Howard will have t a I Job joL I culled called d Howard to tho the hotel and told him to come back homp He lie was in imi a Vcr very ery good frame framo of mind and ho he came home but he didn't stay lita home but three months when he went rent to tu California RIGHT HOME ENVIRONMENT to sho show In I 1 am tr trying you OU that home Howard was surrounded b by the proper environment to make muke a rt man manof manof manot of ot him 1 I am sm frank trank to ay say unit that hose tho n of ot you OU who have children n have observed ob oh- served served and and those of or you OU who have havo no ho children have observed it in other that families that there Is li l Invariably vJ one child who seems ms to run back In traits I to some Borne forgotten and hated a. a eg ancestor Y J which accounts for Cor certain acts the tho I child commits Mr DC then related the fact that thal at one time lime Howard became addicted addicted ad ad- to drugs druss Why hy did Howard do it he lie I ad-I de de- de dared lIe He never got ot It from me mc I dont don't know where ne he he got bol it I never nc took tool a glass of oC whisky over the bar har barIn barin harIn In my mt life I have been around the thc world I have been four Cour times in Alaska Alas ka and never novel found It any trouble at atall atall atall all to keep k ep straight I I am riot not begging gentlemen for tor anything I put iut no ho premium on crime even en In my own o Camit family I wouldn't stand tand for Cor It it I J sa say If Ir my son was guilty of this crime I want to seethe I mandate of or the court carried out Yes sir Ir I believe belle In such things thinS's as that thaL BELIEVES SON INNOCENTI INNOCENT My I Iy Go God I cannot believe e it I have said at times that I would try to be believe be- be lIe lieve it and wilt will try to work out O the mystery surrounding Ills Kis possible reasons rea rca sons t for r committing the crime but buttry i itry I I tr try as I 1 would I 1 couldn't convince myself myself my my- self that Howard was as a murderer He didn't have to do that I Pardon me not that I want to Implicate implicate im Im- im- im plicate anybody body in iii any way but I sincerely sin sin- believe that there was some somo man mami or several men that knew the condition of oC this couple knew what they had halL Some person or ot persons who knew they had some jewelry monc- monc money This jewelry business I dont don't know leno much about only emily what hat I heard and read in the press and what I have heard today I believe that somewhere here I I there is some man or men that have been a to that crime to the tho ex extent cx- cx tent of coming out here thinking that I eX-I this couple would he be good bood pickings and that they have attempted the robbery robbery rob rob- roh-I roh ber bery and that in that attempt they have been recognized and In fear Cear of oC I being detected and their deed disclosed disclosed disclosed dis dis- closed they ha had to murder the woman Knowing the boy as I do I 1 believe that ver Cm very probable Again Mr Ir De Dc Weese cese was as unable to toi i I stand up under the great strain to his already alread overwrought mind and grasping grasping grasp grasp- ing the lie back hade of or his chair for Cor support remained silent a moment sobbing then lien again attempting to speak penk only again to be he forcibly prevented from I continuing his pica plea by his inability to lo I control his voice A glass lass of water was tendered him and again he cont con- con I t t n 1 i I I i I Ilabe GUILT OFTEN SHIFTED I Maybe labe I am wron wrong hut but in having direct jurisdiction of or hun hundreds reds of or men mn i under by hy employ I have ha met some vcr very ba had bad characters ha 1 J have c sat to one I side In the dark clark ar around und the camp of I these At and other foreigners and T I have p heard them plan make their theirA A plans of ot shifting the blame for th their lr i own own lown deeds and auth these men toda today genI gen gen- cn I I men are at large enjoying the same liberties that you and I T. T as respected i I citizens are alc Im ento Why Because c the justice that should hould have been I meted met out to them as criminals has hasI hasben be ben n thrust upon some Innocent I Hearing these hardened criminals po posing ln as hard tell of oC their experiences in rim of or ir th-ir I m methods of or evading c time the law after law after hearing that with m my own ears cars It is easy for 01 tim me to see lec ec how an Innocent man may he be made to suffer I 1 am not nol here to vindicate that thal hov ho if It he liv Is guilty i am om t taking It on the a as I l believe f as I T know th that t I t things ln hove happened h hundreds of nf r times and finally when it I Is too late It U I H is dl that wrong action n f i At stare Mr Ir De Df f MP W would hut hilt for hi his wonderful have HI e I I probably collapsed rl So Sn tic realistic wore were hi his assertions that the Ibo effect his plea hurt liiL his auditors was wa plainly is With no exception th theof the tho members n r of r f the pardon hoar l bv h this time were fully ii impressed ed with thin the final pl pica H 1 of or orthe the father to save ve hi his son for whom h 1 bo continually prof professed Ks d a more than fatherlY love and nd De Dr Weese's rNO hesitancy hesi hesi- I tancy In resuming hl his prayer for hi his hisson's hisson's sons son's on deliverance bronchi broucht forth no word of or encouragement from those thC p.- p. who I were pre to decide e the fate Cate of or the doomed roan DO YOUR BEST You probably have children and you OU ar are doubtless living lives 8 that will en enable enable en en- able I you Ou om to tn recognize In me mo a man who ho has l tried to do In for hl his children the same sonic a as you OhI would 10 do v I uDo Do your host best hf t and amid le I Iet AW v he the rest rent Of quoted r De 11 Weese That's hat what 1 I am m I doing oln That's wh why I 1 came here today The courts court have havo been air fair minded J I men and I am doing oil all a devoted o d faither fit fa- Ither ither her can do In the hope that an any 1 clemency or Ci I. I leniency nc that can l bo 10 pro pro- I I ct i to a parent that Is right and anti Just will be exercised I Thus end ended d the thc pica plea of oC the lie a aged ed father fa- fa athor a- a thor ther in behalf of oC his wayward son Oll doomed loomed to stand before the firing I t s squad ua next Friday morning at sun sun- un- un rise I I PROSECUTION HEARD I Following Mr Ir De Dc Weese's plea DisI District Dis Dis- I I Attorney Wilson II on McCarthy said saidI I I I dont don't think it is necessary for tor me meI I to say a- a anything gentlemen You morn mem- 1 bers bars of the supreme court understand 1 that I tried to discharge dl charge my m in duty faithfully In presenting the case caRe here I I I 1 can say that lint this man n was tried tied by byone byone one one of th the best juries that have ha ever r erI I j tried a c case se since I 1 have ha been district I attorney As you know the man mali tha that I represents the plaintiff will ill usually In I some ca cases cs tr try fo Co crowd the Jury with I Imen I i men who are not ma mature ur in jud judgment I I I and land will try to got gol the the poorest poorest tra trash h they can get set That was as not tru true in inI ina I a this case cast Mr Ir Musser accepted as Jurymen men some gome of oC the highest men mn w WI have p on hand reputable men of gOO good judgment I j i I can H nay mY that tha t in iii presenting this Ibis case nothing was withheld withheld- which I Ii i might shed an any light at all upon the j I Innocence of or Howard De DE' I II i I know of no evidence at all that was j put In record that was p perjured or colI col- col I or ored ord t That man had hads as s fair Calr a 8 trial as I Inny I any man He no Heas was as given hen UK as fair aim a trial I as charged ed with I as any man who was wa ever char any lilly offense and amid we wo wove WO a it web around I him that no one could extricate except except- j I Ing the defendant himself if It H were ero I possible os lIE He chose as he h. had the thc right I to choose under our ia law not hOt to 0 take I II I I the witness st stand But that record ia lit litI I II th there hero ro and It points only in one direction I Iani I and ami that is hs to the guilt o of Howard De DeI II III I I No 0 other oilier man nan in iii the world would have hall hail any object In mutilating mutilating- that I I body hody f except Dc De Vc Re who was trying i to conceal her Identity Another person person per per- son on could have robbed this woman I without killing her because e she was watt wasi i unattended d and th the only explanation I I that ho h gives for it I Is that some other r I I man unan killed her and anti that he hunted that man out and killed the man mail that killed I I his hilS wife so o I 1 ha have hae e nothing to tu say CX ex- ex 1 Is 14 IsI I c CAPt pt that I 1 c tw Ut Ox-i Ox I j Justifiable j I |