| Show KING CASE CASEIN IN BALANCE Utah Officials Want Vant Corr Corroborative Corroborative Cor Cor- r Evidence Before Before Be- Be fo fore e TaI Taking ng Action The Th The conference held ye yesterday i in the Gov Governors Governor's rn rs r's office concerning the issuance issuance ance ance ane o of requisition papers for lor John Strange resulted in no good goad for L L. E E. King who is under d death serit sentence nce for forthe forthe forthe the the murder o of Godfrey The he affidavit vit of John Mace Maccia is not considered con con- dered by Governor Wells after advisIng advising advising advis advis- ing with General Attorney-General Breeden den to tobe tobe toe be e sufficient evidence upon which to Is Issue issue is- is su sue requisition papers for Strange who Is charged in the affidavit of Mace with the murder of County Attorney Christensen declines to file a complaint a-complaint against Strange on the evidence he now possesses and I Chief of ot Police Hilton litton is unwilling to swear to a complaint Mr Christensen I Imay may leave today for Colorado to make I Ia a more thorough investigation of the developments de LIe LIe- at Canyon Canpon Canyon City The Conference The conference was wa's held In the Governors Governor's Governors Governor's Governors Governor's Gov Gov- office offiC the Governor Attorn Attorney Attorney- yGe y- y Ge General eral Breeden Secretary of State Hammond Warden Burghart Chief Hilton and Attorney Wanless Vanless being I present When requisition papers were were de demanded demanded demanded de- de by Attorney Wanless the Governor Gov Coy asked the advice of Gen Attorney eral Breeden and the latter that he c could uld see no grounds up upon n which to o base a requisition He pointed to the necessity of a charge being made and a warrant being issued through the regular regular regular reg reg- ular channels before a requisition could properly be made If the new evidence could be corroborated he said there would be plenty of time to release King Whatever the decision of ot the Supreme court might be there would still remain the chance of obtaining a a new trial which would very probably granted be-granted if any good evidence were offered As a alast alast alast last recourse recourseS the Board of Pardons might be appealed to What Hilton Believes Chief Hilton warmly espoused the cause of King He produced d a a. vest and satchel found in th the pos possession of Lynch after the holdup and called at attention attention attention at- at to the portion of the affidavit in which Mace declares that when he hemet hemet hemet met Strange in Ogden the latter told him that his vest was vas In Lynchs Lynch's satchel After er the co conference Chief Hilton ln n a and d Attorney Wanless applied to County Attorney Attorney Attorney At At- torney Christensen After Atter talking the matter over with District Attorney the County Attorney refused to tofile tofile tofile file a complaint Late in the noon afternoon Mr Christensen and Chief Hilton visited Lynch and King at the penitentiary and nd attempted to secure from t the former fosner something Ir it nr nrc that a would tend d either elther t to c confirm or disprove the statements 0 of f flace Mace lace Lynch would I say say nothing except that King had nothing to do with Ith th the r robbery b ry He Here Here- r re refused fused to admit that that he knew either Strange Strange or Ed Da Davenport ve J Want Story Corroborated Efforts will wll now be tn nAde de to secure I something from Davenport which will tend to corroborate M Mac Mace Davenport Davenport Isone is isone isone one of the them men n charged pi by jy I Mace ce with being in lri the ho holdup dup H He has been out outon outon outon on parole from th the C Colorado l rado f reformatory reformatory reform reform- form form- atory at Buena Vista a an and is w working rI ing In n the vicinity of Le Leadville |
