Show I I Wife V Slayer to Di ry 18 Unless Governor Intervenes Pardons 1 Board Denies Rehearing Based on Affidavit Accusing Idaho Man of Crime Murderer N Not t Insane Verdict of Interviewers O IER 01 MElt R. R WOODS convicted wife murderer condemned to die January 18 was today denied a rehearing b by the tile state board oard of pardons This action of the board lioard q culminated a two vo days days' debate onI on tho the question question following preferment by Woods of sensational charges in an affidavit to the the- I board Wednesday in ln In which he named the man he believed to be bethe bethe the murderer of his wife wIe and I charged defense defenso counsel with Irregularities On the strength of ot Woods' Woods aen I 1 datt the board of pardons met I Thursday and ind nd decided to await an Interview of the murderer b by GOern Governor Governor Gov Gov- ern or Charles R. R l fabe Mabey and As As- Attorney General W W. Hal Farr before deciding the request for rehearing With the denial voted today any respite granted Woods must emanate from Governor Gov Gov- Mabey whose executive po powers pow pow- ers era enable him to stay the executioners executioner's executioners executioner's I hand until tho the next regular regular regular regu regu- lar meeting of the pardons board In March should he elect to reprieve re reprieve re- re the condemned man re-I re BOARD GIVEN REPORT The pardon board met with ith the executive at 11 o'clock today to I hear the report of Governor Mabey and Attorney Farr Parr who were delegated delegated dele dele- delei i gated by the board at Its meeting on Thursday to visit the state prison and talk with Woods to ascertain if It he could In view of I his affidavit filed with the board on Wednesday throw any additional additional addi addi- light upon the crime which would necessitate a respite or the granting of clemency clemenc to imprisonment imprisonment imprisonment imprison imprison- ment for life Two members of the pardon board were not present Chief Justice A. A J. J Weber and Jus Jus- Continued on page 8 W WIFE FE SLAYER TO DIE IE Continued U from p page 1 tice J. J E E. E Frick the former ill in at his s home and the latter In southern California Governor Go Mabey's r report port to the board was brief lIe said that no new facts had developed In the talk with Woods nor did the latter throw V any new light upon the mattel matter mat mat- ter tel REPEATS SUSPICIONS Attorney Farr detailed at length the visit to Woods and he also stated that Woods had not given any additional facts which In his view would change conditions Mr Farr Fan said ald that Woods' Woods main mam effort was to connect C. C G G. G Vadney with the crime that he said that he had known Vadney for tor several years and that when the two men whom he alleges committed the crime were in his home that neither was masked and that the short man he was sure sure was Vadney Woods continued Mr Farr was not nervous nervous In talking of the crime He lie said that he was not Insane and never had been that like his brother who was now in inan inan inan an Insane hospital in Tennessee he was the victim of a social disease but that it had not affected his mind He Ho could not assign any reasons why Vadney should kill Mrs Woods nor could he assignan assign an any reason why when the alleged robbers were In his home that they did not take the money which he had In his hip pocket after h he told them where it was ALWAYS DELIBERATE In all the long talk that we had with him in the prison concluded Mr Farr Woods gave no sign of being perturbed In any wa way but buthe buthe buthe he deliberated in his answers to queries When Mr Farr had concluded the board decided that It was the sense of the board that no Interference with the action taken heretofore be ordered This means that the sentence sentence sentence sen sen- tence of the court that Woods be shot to death be carried out on the I date fixed unless the governor should grant a respite I Following the visit to the prison yesterday Mr Farr said Woods in my opinion added I nothing to the statement which he had already made In his affidavit He endeavored to strengthen and support that which he related in inthe inthe inthe I the affidavit filed med on Wednesday TOLD RAMAGE Woods said Mr Farr referred I again and again to the belief that the smaller of the two robbers in I his apartment was Vadney In response to questions he finally as asserted asserted as- as that he was positive at I as-I the time that it was Vadney but said that he had not told the police pollee that day day because because he had decided to wait I until other circumstances might point in the same direction Later I he asserted he had told Mr Ramage Ramage Ramage Ram- Ram age and though it was promised he could not get Mr Ramage to tomake tomake make malte any investigation I He had not appeared before the board of pardons last Saturday he 1 said because Judge Ailshie Anshie his at attorney attorney at- at torney then desired to present another another another an an- other matter When asked when he had expected to tell of ot his hi belief I about Vadney If it not before the board I j of ot pardons ho he finally did not answer answer answer an an- the question Woods asserted that he knew of that Mr Ramage had re received received received re- re for tor the conduct of or the case the larger part coming from his brother in Washington He as asserted asserted as- as he had understood that Vadney Vadney Vadney Vad Vad- ney had told of killing Mrs Woods but that this was only hearsay so ISO far tar as he was concerned When it was I pointed out to him that this might be his last chance to be heard on tho the matter he re recurred recurred recurred re- re to the Vadney story He also talked of what he considered other omissions in his defense The point had not been emphasized as strongly as he could have desired d that his relations with Mrs Woods had always alwa's been friendly and that he was accustomed to help around the house when he was at home He surmised that perhaps Vadney had believed Woods would not be bethere bethere bethere there when he came to rob the place but he had no idea he said Bald how Vadney came to know that they had money in the house houBe The sole tenor of his talk was an an attempt to place the crime on OIl Vadney As All to the question of his sanity he declared in a most positive positive tive manner that he was not 1 in in- in sane sane |