Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-04-20 | Page 9 | Board Slashes Life Sentence

BOARD SLASHES lifE IE SENTENCE 1ST r Termination Appeal Appe jJ Of Killer Studied Shidie-d The The Utah pardons pardon oard board Saturday Sat Satur day commuted the the- life I e sentence of slayer 25 years and considered the application of another an an- other murderer also serving a life HIe term lerm for termination of sentence Board members meeting at th the state stale prison denied the ap application licati l for termination of sentence of Ja Jack k Simon Beard 34 serving a life sentence sentence sentence sen- sen sen sen- tence for second degree legree murder but commuted his s sentence to 25 years Beard pleaded guilty to the slaying slaying slaying slay slay- ing of Clyde Watson at the apartment apartment apartment apart apart- ment of Miss Clara Charlesworth East Broadway in January 1934 A representative of the family of Miss Charlesworth who was wounded by Beard eard at the time the time h he killed Watson appeared to oppose his application while Beards Beard's parents parents parents par par- Mr and Mrs Thomas Beard and an attorney appeared in his behalf Members took under advisement the application for termination of sentence of C C. A A Collins 40 serving serving ing ing a life s sentence niel ce for the first degree degree de de- de gree gree murder murder- of Manuel Sa Santos os deLPrado del delPrado delPrado Prado Prado- near R Roosevelt He began serving the tle e on on June Jun 24 1934 Th The board also considered 36 oth other r cases