| Show SLAYER OF V V A PARDON 1 Benjamin Egginton of Sandy Secures Release 1 STORY OF THE TRAGEDY I BURGLAR PROM EMERY E COUNTY COUTY V ALSO AOP PARDONED AIO V V V V VAt t At a meeting of ot the board hoard bo rd ot at a pardons V yesterday two convicts were pardoned One was wa Benjamin Egginton of Sandy who was wa serving six years years for tor volun voluntary tary tar manslaughter and the other was wa J i JL A SS as n 8 serving 5 ae ving ng an tn n eight year sentence for tor burglary burglar Egginton was s convicted on Jan 17 1898 1808 for killing Martin MaIn Mock at Sandy In September of the te preceding year On the of ot September 1897 while Eg Egginton Egginton was doing some work on a house on some property adjoining a a farm owned by Mock Moc the latter later came along and began a discussion with wih Egginton about some water used for irrigation purposes A quarrel l was the te result of the Che the meeting After Ater some hah harsh words had been exchange Mock departed and Egginton ran into his house housel returning with wih a gun with th which he shot Mock who died die some time after Egginton Egginton has ha proved a u good prisoner while con confined confined fined in the state prison and this fact fac coupled with wIt the te fact that tat he is very sickly and his family are In n very straightened circumstances had great weight with the te board In granting his application for pardon Judge Judg Norrell Norl and ad Attorney Putnam who tried tred the thecae case cae refused to recommend the pardon parO though both stated that tat they would not oppose It I A petition petton for the te pardon paon was signed by citizens of Sandy Sady Egginton is a by profession Burglar Bugla Pardoned Doyle who was wa sentenced in Emery county June 27 1898 for r burglary was wasa a partner of ot W G Smith and Doc Doe Smith i who ho were sentenced at the same time These three thre entered a section house houe on the Rio Grande rande Western Weste line linein lne linein in Emery county which was S occupied by and held up the inmates inmate at the point of six guns gns Smith was pardoned last month while Mead Is still in jail jal though Judge Johnson In itt recommending the te pardon of Smith also recommended that tat all three be pardoned the reason assigned being that he thought now that the sentence imposed was w too to t io severe The applications of Don Ling Choung alias alas Ah Jung alias alas Little Lite Charley con convicted of murder In the firsts degree and Alvro Ady convicted of adultery were taken under advisement for another mon month h The application of William Raymer Rymer alias aUas L W v Ray convicted of polygamy polygamy polygamy amy was wa dismissed for failure allure to corn com comply co ply pl with the rules rule concerning applications applications He should have applied for a ar re rehearing rehearing hearing as he has ha applied apple In the te past pt I for a 3 pardon Daron The application of Francis Hage Hagestead Hagestead I Istead stead convicted of murder in the see sec second se ond degree was wa withdrawn for the same missed reason reao that the te V last lat was wa dis dismissed dismissed dismissed The application for parole of Donnell Donnel was Addas postponed McMillen V alias aia Don McMillen |
