Show CLEMENCY FOR KilLER FOUGHT BEFORE BOARD Girls Girl's Companion on Tragic Night Tells Pardons Board of Crime CrimeA A year old crime which resulted re re- suIted in the murder of a prominent I young woman Saturday was recon recon- I before the state stale board of I 1 pardons by the womans woman's companion i R. R W W. Cushing Gushing of Sand Sandy during the hearing on the application of W. W Rex Aylett for commutation of the life I sentence he is serving in connection with the sl slaying sling ing AleU with William Farr who also is serving a prison term was con convicted of the murder of Miss Roylance Fitzgerald in December 1922 He appealed appealed ap- ap ap lp- pealed for clemency clemene at t the regular monthly meeting of the board Saturday Satur- Satur day at the state prison at which 17 I other cases were heard I Mr Cushing Gushing told of or the wild ride on South State Stale street during which j he and Miss Fitzgerald attempted to toI I escape the fusillade of bullets fired i after them b by Aylett and Farr who I were in a pursuing machine RESULTS IN DEATH One of the shots lodged in Miss Fitzgeralds Fitzgerald's spine resulting in her death several months later Mr 11 Cushing Gushing opposed the applicants applicant's plea and nd nd urged that he be required to serve the maximum maximum term Miss Fitzgeralds Fitzgerald's sister Mrs 1 F F. I 1 Perkins of Salt Lake also appeared to oppose the application for clem clem- ency While Aylett may not desire to remain in prison she said neither did my sister desire death Ra Ray T. T Elsmore Salt Lake attorney who appeared in behalf of Aylett told lold the board no evidence ever was found to lo indicate Aylett had a gun or that he fired any of the shots ASKS FOR RELEASE Declaring A. A Lee Romero serving a term lerm for voluntary manslaughter was convicted of the slaying of or hi his mother law Mrs Walter Waller Baxter of oi Pleasant Grove but that he was acquitted acquitted ac ac- ac quitted of the sla slaying ing of his father father- law in-law Leslie Fraser Salt Lake attorney ne no- no appealed for his release on the ground the same evidence was introduced intro intro- in both bolh trials Another murderer serving a life term also appealed for commutation at Saturdays Saturday's session He is Harris Murray furray convicted with Ernest Trujillo Trujillo Tru Tru- of of the sla slaying inc of an aged recluse In in Uintah several years ago I I |