Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-07-11 | Page 9 | Insanity Plea Fails; Poisoner in Hanged

I jJ I Insanity PI Plea ea F Fails 81 1 S Is Hanged d ct WALLA WALLA Wash Posit Jul July 11 it CAP AP Preston Al'-Preston Preston Rae line Slim Clark lark died on lie tho gallows at tho the state j penitentiary here today for the u murder 4 I I. I Bidwell of ot titi Walla a ha 1 Walla whom hom lie he pol poisoned in De De- cember 1927 with the aid of oC BIdwell's Bidwell's Bid Bid- wells well's wife i Arrested with Mrs Ir Bessie Bd eI w H r shortly after Bidwell's death Clark fought ht a losing battle through th thou 4 courts His HIJ friends then sought nought a avert vert the lie execution on the grounds Clark W was 9 Insane Governor Roland 11 II Hartley Bartley reused re refused re- re re- re fused used to grant rant a a. reprieve of a week for Cor the sanity hearing A Y slon sion of doctors appointed by SUI SU SU- I perlor John L L. ex ex- ex examined Clark yesterday ester ay and reported re rei ported he was low tow grade grode m mentally defective and Irresponsible but bul not Insane A As a n. last lut resort a group of ot Walla Waller Walla Walle attorneys told Go Governor ernDt Hartley they believed Clark a a. proper propel subject for executive clemency clemency clemency clem clem- ency to the extent of a n. commutation of ot the death penalty penult to life lite The governor o however took no action q 4 Mrs Airs was 39 convicted con of of f second degree murder and sentenced sentenced sen sen- to serve ser ten years cars In the state penitentiary She She- served a a. portion of or her sentence but Jat later r Wits vats removed to a n state Insane lum hum