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Show CLEMENCY ASKED FOR CONDEMNED WOMAN Governor Besieged for Pardon for Mrs, Wakefield, Sentenced to Hang for Murder. HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 8. Faster llian tho clerks In the executive offlcea at the stato capltol can open them come petitions to Governor Simeon E. Bald-I Bald-I win asking for clemency for Mrs. Bessie ,T. Wakefield, sentenced to be hanged for tho murder of her hU3baml. The correspondence goes Into, the waste basket as fast as opened. Tho Wakefield case has not come to the attention of tho governor or tho board of pardons. Counsel for tho woman wom-an will first nsk the supreme court for a new .trial. |