Show UTAH MEN AWAITING EXECUTION EXE C UTION REPRIEVED VED COAST OFFICIAL BARS HANGINGS UN ON FRIDAY Bringhurst and Thompson Notorious Criminals anc n Former Convicts Temporarily Temporarily Tempo Tempo- Escape Death Coast Executive Grants Respite for Men Accused of More Than Twenty Crimes in S. S L L. L County SACRA SACRAMENTO IE Cal Cat March 25 By A. A P. P Governor P. Governor Friend W. W Richardson announced yesterday that the execution of all persons condemned to die in prisons s of the state on April 18 will be De postponed for the reason that the day Is Good Friday a day revered by alL Chris Chris- Three men have been condemned cop con to hang on that date THey are William A. A Bringhurst and Willard Thompson of Salt Lake and Isaac Wolfgang of Los Angeles all convicted of murder The hand of the hangman has been temporarily stayed stay In San Quentin prison the deathwatch deathwatch death deathwatch watch has been lifted from the cells of Bringhurst and Thompson and two of Utah's most notorious criminals criminals criminals crim crim- have won a brief respite from the noose D Doomed omed on A April IS 18 with witt nimble feet to dance upon the theair theair air for the murder o ot of P Patrolmen Patrolmen Patrol Patrol- irol men Brett and Chester in the commission of a lesser crime in Ia Los Angeles Cal two years ago these slayers from Salt Lake ac according according ac- ac cording to press dispatches are re recipients recipients recipients re- re of executive grace at the hands of Governor Richardson The length of ot th the he reprieve is not given and the tile d date te of their execution must again be set Bet In a a. little HUle house down on Thirty Thirty- I fi tt street aged mother has been shielded by friend frIen friendly ly by hands from the knowledge th t her son must die They have told her that William can prove his in innocence innocence in- in fearing that In her condition condition condi condl- tion the tragic truth might prove fatal COURTS UNSHAKEN I. I For two yea years s these friends and ancl relatives have waged a determined fight to s save ve Bringhurst am and Thompson from the gallows But California courts haVe haye remained unshaken by these pleas and ex e- except ex for Good Friday the death warrant issued by Superior Judge Schenk would have been executed on the day he set The criminal career of Thon Thompson h hand and Bringhurst reads like a tale tale- of f fiction with many episodes Early In their career in 1910 they broke Into the First National bank at Layton Utah Lawrence E E. E Ellison Elli Elli- s son n. n who was then cashier of the tha bank and who still is tells the story as vividly as if it had just oC occurred I f will never forget forget the escapade of those two men on the night of May 19 19 1910 said the cashier cashier- rr Some things are so startling that they leave indelible impressions on our brains and Bringhurst and Thompson certainly did impress me mo that night ORDERED FROM HOME Ellison tells the following story about the robbery It was at 2 o'clock in itt the morning morn morn- ing I was at home asleep in the room with my wife and bab baby Suddenly Suddenly Sud Sud- denly dImly I was confronted with a bandit bandit bandit ban ban- dit and a pistol The two men had smashed in a window with their guns and now they were commanding command command- ing me to dress They gave me Continued ed on page 2 COAST OFFICIAL BARS HANGINGS ON GOOD FRIDAY Continued from page 1 1 time to put on my trousers and ordered me to come with th them m My Iy wife was very frightened but did not stir They commanded her to remain silent or they would kill her It was so 50 dark she could not teli tell whether anyone was watching her heror heror or not She feared for my life Ve We live Uve only a short distance front from the bank and after after- we left One ono of the men would come back to the house at intervals to see that my wife had not moved They made me mo e go barefooted I I learned afterwards how the bandits got me Bringhurst made 4 the had nad I me ule 1 pretense W ox nf 01 o rv obtain oi I me ule 1 pretense W ox nf 01 o rv obtain oi ing a Job with the telephone obtain obtain-j At midnight ht the the- two I Imen men appeared to be working on a telephone pole in front of the bank The night watchman would pass past by at times and was WM suspicious of the men so he kept a watch on them After Arter tinkering about for a couple of ot hours they evidently de decided decided de- de to go through with their I scheme so they called the watchman's watchman's watch watch- mans man's attention to a fire up north As soon as he turned they had him covered They tied him hint up UI and directed di directed di- di him to go to my home That is when they got cot me TIME LOCK SET When we came back to the bank I was forced to unlock the door and when inside I opened the vault for them That is where the torture tor tor- torture tor- tor ture began and that is when I learned to know Bringhurst and Thompson Inside the thu vault there was a time lock safe which could n not t have been opened until 10 o'clock in the morning I was prepared pre pre- prepared pared to die because I knew I could not open th that t safe Nobody could Jesse James once killed a man for tor not being able to open a time lock safe and I 1 was prepared to meet my Maker All the while they were goading mo me and prodding me mo and cursing me rue I felt that 1 I was dead It would not have been so bad if it they had hadnot not awakened me t I |