| Show const isas henro fief asly guib yr he enters on his life imprisonment ESCAPED ALLOWS all wis for his execl lion brief history of alic case is given today friday january 1897 was the day set for the execution cf harry hayes the now pelican point murderer found guilty of killing albrt alb rt erstrom alias hayes his step acon on the of january 1895 april a verdict of murder in the first degree was found against him by a jury of twelve men and on the of april 1896 ho was sentenced hang by the neck until dead on june prior to the day fixed an appeal 0 o the supreme mccurt of tle sate was perfected and it ases bot until oct 12 that the court the judgment jud of the lower court the remittitur remit was issued to the fourth district court and on the day of december judge hatch sentenced hayos to pay the penalty of bis crimo and the of january 1897 waa the time again acet for him to bo hung december 24 1896 hayea through his attorney judge powers filed two applications with the state board of together with numerous affidavits and petitions one of the applications asked for a pardon and the other asked for commutation to lite imprisonment at hard labor the board of pardons sitting in regular session on jan 16 heard the two applications of haves also headd the arguments of hia counsel and denied the application for pardon by a unanimous yote but by a full vote granted the application for commutation of sentence to life imvris hie officers of the county have been busy making arrangements for the execution ec ane rope was ordered from st lonie and arrived in lime the gallows on which thiede tho wife murderer paid the penalty of his crime in salt lake county a short time ago had been hired lor tha work and was all ready for shipment at the proper time the sheriff and his deputies bad laid their program for tha execution tho place decided upon was near the point of the mountain about the spot where enoch cayia was ahot the gallows was to be shipped in a covered maeon from salt to tha point and deposited in a hollow out of sight of every on the were to leayo here with hayea 2 a m this morning in a anage rn age a decoy carriage to have belt the county jail at about 12 last night and go in another so as to throw off the scent any one who might have been watching tha news of the commutation of sentence was a great relief to the officers a though they were not notified officially until yesterday and therefore went on and made sll arrangements just ai a i if no such thing had happened yesterday sheriff storrs went to sal lake to see about the papera which ati 0 board of bardona had made out but which he had not received and of course was expected to execute she order of the court eo the sheriff was a littee anxious to get them which he did the instrument after bealim with the leal history of the ces concludes it waa therefore by the said board ordered and adjudged that the sentence of the said harry hayos to be hanged by the neck until he is dead be and the sama is hereby commuted to the sen tenc of imprisonment at hard labor in the state unson during his natural life and that he be committed to the state prison in puro nance thereof now this is to coo mand you the said sheriff of the county of utah to take keep and forthwith safely deliver the said harry hayes into the custody of the aard warden or other officer in charge of the state prison of the state of utah and this is to command you the said warden and other offic pra in charge of the prison of he of utah to receive 0 the sheriff of the county of utah ahe said harry hayes convicted and sentenced as aforesaid to be hanged by the nock until ho was dead and which eaid sentence was commuted to life imprisonment abc hard labor by the state board of pardons as aforesaid and him the said harry hayes kaep aad imprison at hard lalar in tho prison cf the state of utah for the term of hia natural life and these presents shall bo authority for the bame herein fail not witness the hands of HEBER M WELLS governor S ZANE chief justice G W associate justice JAMES A MINER associate justice A OBi attorney general state board of pardons of aba state of utah bo this morning instead of performing the very unpleasant duty the sheriff took hayes to salt lake to turn him over to the warden of the state prison bayca was in good spirits and when approached by ad anderson Ander sou la rela tion to bettine his picture taken be would not consent he eaid mehai never sat for a picture and never would anderaon And ereon would not be put off in that way BO just as the of ficera were starting to the depot with him a snap shot was taken of him while talking to the photographer hayes remarked 1 I dont want my picture taken for I 1 am going to leave here today but it want be for long as I 1 am coming back soon ho bes hopes that he will yet te pardoned |
