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Show DEATH WARRANTS ARE WITHDRAWN I is. Edwards fill Not Die Today. . Likewise Samuel Greason, Who Was to Hang Wjth Her. Pennsylvania Board of Pardons Requests Re-quests tho Governor to Grant a Repriove. HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 15. On recommendation rec-ommendation of the board of pardons today, Gov. Pennypacker withdrew the death warrants in thc case of Mrs. Kate Edwards, the white woman, and Samuel Sam-uel Greason, the negro, who were under un-der sentence to hang together at Reading Read-ing tomorrow for the murder of Mrs. Edwards' husband In 1901. The case of Greason will, now be again taken to the Pennsylvania Supreme court and if that tribunal refuses to reopen the case, the attorneys for Mrs. Edwards and Greason will have to appear before the board of pardons next month. The Supreme court was crowded with spectators when the board of pardons convened to take up thc cases. In the crowd were many members of the Legislature Leg-islature and also the Ohio delegation cf women who presented the monster petition pe-tition to the Goernor yesterday In behalf be-half of the condemned woman. Move to Continue Case. "When the pardon board, which Is made up of "V. M. Brown. Lieutenant-Governor; Lieutenant-Governor; Frank M Fuller, Secretary of the Commonwealth; Hampton L. Carson, Attorney-General, and Isaac B. Brown, Secretary of Internal Affairs, met Elwood H. Doyshcr, of counsel for Mrs. Edwards, made a motion that her case be continued. He made this motion, he said, because be-cause Mrs. Edwards had confessed that she had committed the crime and that Greason had no hand In It and because counsel for Greason wanted to take depositions de-positions and also examine Mrs. Edwards Ed-wards with regard to the authenticity of the confession. Counsel for Greason. Grea-son. he said, would not be able to do this if the case of Mrs. Edward3 was not continued, because they were both under un-der sentence to hang tomorrow. John H Rothermel and William H. Sadler, attorneys for Greason, supported support-ed Mr. Doyshcr and also pleaded for a rehearing In the case of their client. Mr. Sadler Informed the board that he had four witnesses In behalf of Greason xvlir. Iifwl . Board Grants Reprieve. The board after deliberating twenty minutes announced thai it had decided to continue both cases. After the announcement of the board's decision Lleut.-Gov. Brown Informed the attorneys for Mrs. Edwards and Greason that both cases would be taken tak-en up next month together by the board unless the Supreme court In the meantime mean-time Interfered. ITe expressed the opinion opin-ion privately that the matter ought to be settled by a Jury in Berks county. The lawyers for Greason will now apply to the Supreme court for an order or-der reopening his case in order to hear the four new witnesses found by his attorneys. If the Supreme court grants the order the case will go back to Berks county for retrial. In the meantime Mrs. Edwards' case will be continued. But if the Supreme court refuses the order, then the board of pardons will have to decide the case at its next meeting, which will be the third "Wednesday in March. Heard Death Warrant Ten Times. Greason's case has been In the Supreme Su-preme court six times and twice before the board of pardons. The death warrant war-rant has been read to him ten times. Mrs. Edwards' case has never been in the Supreme court, but the board of pardons has twice refused to commute her sentence. |