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Show Murderess in a State of Collapse Every Effort Being Mr.de to Have Sentence of Mrs. Edwards Commuted. IIARRISBURG. Pa.. Feb. 14.-A monster petition, urging Gov. Ponny-packcr Ponny-packcr to conimuto to life Imprisonment the death sentenco of Mrs. Kate Edwards, was. presented to tho Govornor this afternoon after-noon b,y throe women from Cleveland, O. The petition, which contains the signatures signa-tures of 275,fiX) men and women of Ohio. Is two miles 'long. Tho delegation argued that Mrs. Edwards's sentenco ought to be commuted because she wns not responsible re-sponsible for her crime, and that she killed her husband In self-defense. Tho Governor said that tho matter wns out of his hands, but promised to refer tho petition to the Board of Pardons, Tho petition contains tho signatures of iawyors. ministers, public men nnd thousands thou-sands of women. Carl Mueller and H. H. Anderson, Cleveland attorneys, have obtained ob-tained permission from tho Bpard of Pardons to appear before thnt body at tomorrows hearing In behalf of Mrs. Edwards. Ed-wards. The depositions of Mrs. Edwards and Greason were to have been tnken at Redding Red-ding today and submitted to the Board of Pardons tomorrow. The former, however, wiw too weak to leave her cell and mado no nflldnvlt. Greason walked to the office downstairs. There he was questioned at length ns to his connection with the crime. He again reiterated re-iterated his innocence, and declared that he would say so on the gallows on Thursday. . Mrs. Edwards Is in a slate of collapse and moans and cries continually. She eats nothing, saying she wants to be left alone In his petition to tho Board of Pardons Greason reviews his case and asks for n full pardon. |