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Show MAKES LAST EFFORT TO PREVENT HANGING Governor of Arizona Reprieves Sis Condemned Men Before Jew Law Becomes Effective. PHOEMX ArU. Dee, 12. Tatnj advantage ot his last opportunity to prevent the execution or death sen tenees in Ar aona, Governor G W P Hunt cams to tha resone today of six condemned men who were to be hanged in I lore nee penitentiary December ID. The sentences of two meneans were commuted to life imprisonment. The case of one Mexican was referred to the supreme court and three others were reprieved until March 19 llo with a reeonunendat on to the attorney gen era! of the state ta do what he could for them, because they were maddened bv dnnk when they conunltted their r mes The governor 3 action was taken preliminary pre-liminary to tha issue of bis proelama Uon which will put into effect the laws adopted at the No ember elec tion. Among these laws is a measure which deprives tha governor of power to paxdotu or repnev a or commute sen tences, and invests it in a special board. In a statement annoon.ing his decision de-cision to call off the proposed hanging hang-ing bee December 19 Governor Hunt declared that to permit the executions would violate the spirit of Christmas. |