Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-04-05 | Page 5 | S. L. Parents Beg That Son's Life be Spared

S SI 8 L L. L Parents Be Beg That Sons Son's Life Be Spared The pleas of Mr and Mrs John H. H I Green 1250 East First South street I ma may save their son son John D. D Green 30 30 0 from execution according to an anA A Associated Press dispatch from Sacramento Sac Sac- amento Cal where the Salt Lake mother and father met Tuesday with Governor James Rolph Jr The son has been sentenced to die dieon dieon dieon on the San Quentin prison gallows April 21 as an accomplice in the kill kill- killIng ing ng of ot Officer Hugh Crowley during a theater holdup in Los Angeles county coun- coun ty y January 11 11 1932 Mr and Mrs Green pleaded to have re their heir sons son's sentence commuted to life imprisonment pointing out that he did not fire tire a shot at the officer but was merely an accomplice of Francis Regan legan also sentenced to die John C. C Oliver deputy district at at- torney orney of Los Angeles who prosecuted ed the pair told the governor that it was vas Regan who killed the policeman according to the dispatch Governor Rolph said he would not announce his decision until after another another an an- other conference with Mr and Mrs Green