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Show ! LEGAL BATTLE FOR MAN'S LIFE Three Times Sentenced to Death. Nek Haworth's Case to Again Come Before Board of Pardons. Application for a Full and Co-nplete Pardon Will Be Considered Today by Bontd The Board of Pardons will today hear the application of Nathan F. ("Nick") Haworth. convicted of murdering mur-dering Thomas Sandall at Lav ton. I'tah. on Man h 2. 1S&9. for a full and complete pardon. The application If based principally upon newly-discovered evidence. Which, It Is asserted, completely establishes Haworth's alibi, proving him to hae been In ( gden until after midnight on the night Sandall was killed, thus rendering ren-dering It physically impossible for him to have reached Lay ton at the time of the commission of ih- crime. Affidavit Fiom Haworth. There are affidavits, it is said, to this1 effect from tn-vv witnesses of good re- j pute. and Hawortb himself will present pre-sent an affidavit, giving B detailed ac- Olint of his movements on the night I of the murder, the first statement that he h.is e i r made. a his mental condition condi-tion was such at the time of his trial that hip attorneys would not permit him to testify Long, Hard Contest. The Haworth case presents probably the longest and hardest legal battle for a man's life to be found In the criminal annals of this State. The convicted man was three times sentenced to death, but through tlx- tireless efforts of his counsel, a J Weber, the Board of Pardons, In November, 1003, commuted com-muted hie aentent 6 to life imprisonment. imprison-ment. His Attorney Confident. With the new evidence now In his I possession. Attorney Weber feels positive posi-tive that Havvorth's Innocence is clearly clear-ly established and that, therefore, a pardon will be granted. |