Show AMONDflElD JACK DAVIS BS PARDONED i TRIBUNE SPECIAL Boise Ida Dec 17Tlo State Board of Pardons today by a 1 vote of 2 to 1 granted full and free pardon to Dla mondfleld Jack Davis who had three times before escaped the hangman after aft-er conviction for the brutal murder In Cassia county on February 4 I 1S9C of John C Wilson and Daniel C Cummings Cum-mings two sheep herders I The vote wan as follows For pardon Coy Frank W Hunt and Secrctarj of State C J Bassctt Against pardon Attor neyGeneral Frank Martin This action rings down the curtain on the most sensational case In the criminal annals of the West The verdict ver-dict of guilty was afilrmed by the State Supreme court and the Supreme Court of tho United States declined to Interfere I SENTENCE COMMUTED Under the administration of Gov Stcunenberg Davtea application for pardon was deniedbut the present State board commuted the sentence ot death to life Imprisonment that action hav b r S o Ing been taken on July 15 1001 The commutation was granted on the confession I con-fession of J E Bowers that Jeff Gray killed Cummings and Wilson during a visit of Bowers and Gray to their camp Bowers stated that the men attacked him and Gray shot to save his life NO NEW EVIDENCE Practically no new evidence has been presented and Gov Hunt and Secretary Secre-tary of State Bnssett voted for pardon for tho same reason ns assigned that they vot d for commutation i Gov Hunt when asked for an expression I expres-sion by a reporter said he had nothing to say excepting that he thought Davis wao In the wrong place He did not explain what he meant by that Secretary Bassott said he was satisfied satis-fied from Bowerss confession that Davis did not commit the crime MARTIN IS INDIGNANT AttorneyGeneral Martin said The Board of Pardons a year ago gave Davis a full fair and complete hearing and refused a pardon It being the opinion opin-ion then thal all the new evidencethat 7 37 C I I was presented then or since failed to show that the man wns not guilty However an clement of doubt having arisen by reason of the confession of Bowers the death sentence was commuted com-muted to life Imprisonment A careful examination of the records I and all the affidavits llled shows that nothing hasbeen brought out since the i last hearing of the DIamondtleld Jack case MURDER MOST BRUTAL The record shows In my opinion I that ho Is the man who committed the brutal murder I consider after a careful examination of the whole affair af-fair that the result In this case Is the most outrageous Instance of the triumph of money over decency law and justice that I have ever known SAVED BY JOHN SPARKS The man who saved the neck of Da mondllcld Jack Davis from the hangman hang-man Is 1 John Sparks Governorelect of Nevada Davis was in the employ ot the SparksHerreld company at the I I time the crime was committed The operation has coat Mr Sparks a large sum some placlnjflt at over 51000000 = y 8 t = 1 f |