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Show i isTAY OF PROCEEDINGS 1 ! ! SAVES J. M. SHOCKLEY ; ' The day set for the execntlon of tjvnts 11 Shockley. who shot and nd ril ' Arnaa Iyi GIeason and Thomas v.p& JjLBilghton on the night of January C, itu come and gone and the doomed !wn still lives. Yesterday. June 24, was : lh day set for the execution, and the V ''convicted murderer would have been Ml had a stay of execution not been - tt cltalned by his attorneys, Wilson & Smith. xiii 5 After giving notice of appeal to the -' V ?&ipreme court, a certificate of prob- du 4 cause was Issued by Judge Morse. U'fofe whom Shocklc-y was tried and - A .ronvltted A copy of the certificate be- n:e&' 'ki trvetl unon tne Sheriff, ne was . 'coapelled, under the statutes, not to nAi hvlo the execution until the Su- iDwli t prime court had passed upon the case. 'Piflfi 5 Supreme court will not meet In irfsular session until the regular Oc- 'tefcr term, and It is not likely that the ' caji will be heard until then. t i |