Show ALLEGES CONVICTED II ISJIOCW Idaho Board of Pardons Gets New Light in Affidavit Affida-vit on Murder Case Spec al to The T ibune BOIbE Idaho Oct If the affidavit placed before the state board of pardons here today is correct Timothy Su Hvan Incarcerated in t e pen tent ary under a forty year sentence for the murder of Lucy M er at Pocatello November 30 1909 is be ng unlawfully imprisoned for he is Innocent of the crime "W II Witty of Pocate o presented Sullivan s app ication for a pardon He created a sensation by laying before the board an affidavit made by Oeorge W Cox a business man of Pocate lo Cox cams In the affidavit that whl e at Idaho Falls when Sul Ivan was on tria at Pocatello he had a room next to a commer ial traveling man who apparen ly was conscience str cken He confided to Cox that an innocent man named Sul van waa then being tried for murder at Poca tello and he knew that he was Innocent for he was in the house when Lucy M 1 er was found dead and knew the circum stances He waa worried over what ac tlon to take He wanted to save Su livan but d d not want his own identity d s closed. Cox at that time knew nothing of the crime. Later he moved to Pocatello The board wll Investigate the case |