Show J Jt Jf a i TO LAST Abe Majors Thinks That Something Will happen to Prevent the Execution of the Death Talk Talk in the State Prison with the Man Who Must Die on OH August Angust I f I f J I 1 i G je A R fl MAJO M S Con Cond n t to hr II Illon nd un Friday August Ii J lase at the nah Prison un TO TOA n A of 01 tb the Nw News ed the State prison Yesterday and through the court courtesy of n now Dow wu was permitted to see Abe M w la Ia to be shot bot on Friday lIrIda August 17 11 tot tor tb the killing of 01 CaptaIn Brown The n otter I Is a tall well proportioned young youn fellow and nd he walk with th the ease and grace of an n athlete lie He hu has s svery very pleasant and nd Intelligent face tarl n ea when smiling and would be bethe the Jut person raon la In the world one suspect of being belna a murderer IU Ills e eare eyed are an large larre and of a steel gray co color When talking h lie looks directly at ata II a w a tort sat of 01 a ward orb efte about hit and het W t l lan Md an aversion to newspaper men claimIng claim Ing In that thy they are la largely l responsible for the th present condition or of things n Ht has bu not read any of the Utah news new newspapers papers and nd laving been assured that st 10 tar far u II the News New wu wan concerned he would he be treated wIth all h he contented consented to make mak a statement lie was In a rather old checked black and white suit of oC clothes cloth and Ind wore a negligee shirt with collar attached and a black Wack bow u uIe W I lie Ie walked hurriedly from his cell alo I Ithe the cOrric corridor or to the reception room And i advanced towards toward the reporter with III an I outstretched hand bud and a broad smile mil I on hi his face After shaking hinds Xa Ma MaJon Jon and the reporter took chairs aloft along alongside side of 01 each other In a low tone tOIle of voice he be enquired What t bat can I do tor you sir Mr r Majors said the th reporter HI I suppose II you Ou Ita have learned that the bard of pardons pardon at t its Ita meeting Saturday re refused fused to commute your Y Ti I loam learned It from Warden Dow on evening replied lIed tb the pria oner Have you ably statement to make to the readers of the f the reporter next enquired I dont know that I 1 hU bare anything particular to lit say at this thIa tint time Majors lajo I dont know that It would do dome tn me any 1 good 1004 Ot Of course I its a tOil tough I for tor a young follow like me m to be plead In this kInd ot of a position but I all have hope that tie the death 01 eaten will not be anted out lalend I to o tau take my case oaH to tn tl the Court of 01 the United State where thy they tell me I Ishill shill hall get fet justice I am told that tbt only cases Involving a federal caR can caRbe be appealed to the higher court Ourt That kind of 01 a question hu has arisen in III ear my ca case for tor the that tbt 1 was convicted by br eleven Iven juror one ODe be beI I lug on account of 01 a tat tile rent he had made concerning me be before fore my trial began beran when the Ion Uon distinctly that In murder oasis the twelve shall IhU he be a unit It II I is for Mr MI V tn dEny his Ir toward me fur there see Ire a num leer Iter of reputable people who are lust juat as a as hI he to see lie tb the guilty lt p pun h shed who swear ear that they hard hint him say ay before the trial that tbt I ought to bl be hanged x or words that effet Io 1 u you U think It II fair that I should l lac executed aus i a man feeling as al he h did It I found me guilty No sir the condemned condemn youth went onI dont consider n lder I have hae bd bad n II square quare deal I was wall over given nn an opportunity to defend If or make an any kind kindt t f n a that would uld have weight with ti III JUl jury or r nn M Had I 1 been given a new trial I 1 would have taken the witness stand tand and made madea a statement In my own behalf I have no JW hesitancy In saying that mot most of 01 the testimony used against l ml me was perjury y s every Iry Mori of It II was a perjury j fled I tn h en Ill an f p I 1 would hn t I nil m rn r I to till the minot mind I of 01 all any Intelligent person penton Speaking of 01 the action of the ward ot of pardon Majors said Mid My firm con can in III that th the d ray my p because t lOt of m my bid bad Tee Teerd rd In 10 tilt the past pall Mr Allison presumed that bat the reports aae ml InY character 1 H H ft weer y s sr sV V r L t i 1 o rya t jN CAPT WM J bo was shot and killed In t dint ot t A n Ii Malt and his brother Archie Majors 1 4 V were true but hI he th they y were wen not proven and still till III be md made Ute use 01 o them m before the board p e ee far u as my mv record icord I is con It should not by any aDY res on or o othis right e beM tiled me at used this t and If It wu was It not lIot to IIII have had any allY We weight with the board buard of pardons I was Willi A mere chile child when I was Willi convicted of burglary At Att A Athe t the hI time of my arrest every eer t the that had committed lOun ty Ill w was charged up t 1 IIII n b by the thet thet t t I was not bo er tilt the crime me of MIre burg laid at m r v to about one nth tag arrest my ter w was t and ley Iy proven so 10 let fillet w when 00 by Cal caU caUn CalM M of n directors dl too La there were rosy ItI edited dot be behave ue have teat there was that would induce a boy boJ like I tb then wu waa to k turn tum from tb the paU paths of 01 hen boft est esty and rectitude to the paths or of eta and Again had bad not t the board d directorS believed I bad d beer for lor the crime com committed I would mot have been by its sine tM IM law 11 of exacted a payment At of the debt for lor what I 1 b bad don dome in Alameda med county count It i is not tab Ctr that I could hi be for tor It III ha uL I I feel satisfied fled In h my 0 own h had I nut been previously of a felony the State board of pat would hu hove had no hill heal hasp In sparing me m my life Ille r to the rubbery at al Brigham city to shooting affair at the Hot ge are rf concern rl I want to la say that this California affair wu was me and It Gass Implied that I 1 Iwas wu was of them all Including crimes that I nothing of a d that were never nver proven against t me Lt It wu was IIII mere merely ly that I Ila t as guilty nothing more Had Dad I been n given III an opportunity to defend 1114 myself I know I could h have proven that It i 1 was waa elsewhere when tM the T of r the old mID man at Bb City was committed In III other words word I coat Late proven III an alibi reform d to Cor ony respecting th the ln ot in hi A 1 Majors pockets a and ISM the sheriff told as untruth It upon the witness stand and ando No o one said th the prisoner could bar ve Well been more Olt Un lerate of anyone tUa I have blI of Sheriff herU Cordons Cordon While lIow that h know the t lt mossy lie be gave e against t me w was false faille I It never ht t olt once t rebuked him bIm for tor the hI he me 0 On one ODe 00 I did cUd overate rebuke him and andRas nd It Ras him that I would he have hors td hid had I done no 10 again am tt you OU think It a little nid exceptional for tor a person Nis w la II eNed fd a murderer to le It so eo con conW W of the feelings of 01 others othra that lie be would otaki tOt not even wound them by a word or look Intentionally Alter After m my sod after I had been bc en handcuffed t I n killed Sheriff Cordon lId had hadI I 1 lean disposed to take the Ute life of 01 I a being 11 I mentioned this fact lit he soy lilt MM letter to the hosed of put part dons cordon saved my life lite tw for bad tad It not DOt been fur his hla intervention would most assuredly have bave shot hot ML Attorney Allison said aid before Ue the board of pardons tu t II your jour statement of this sass a 8 ue Ea ventured the News n Well aid I 1 will trill not u uthe use the Ian language J to Mr Ill Alison but I 1 will ay that he stated that welch be known beat II H must b be the po powers of 01 ubiquity and CI if he be prea presumes to know what lie be b talking bout t i lulu bestow hE I is personally II dl diced eCI t till me hI he showed It at tb the and since then i When reminded In by the reporter that he only had IW ten weeks b f from nest neat lay Itay to II live v If t the hI sentence of Judge Hart was waR our lit I far f the rt time during 1 I was laibly moved mutI II to ed a deep MII sigh lip end said y 1 r lilli Iona on OD earth I is In sh rt r III or some IOme 1 r In d but he 1 I 1 tIn am ea out td ed It Win will be n II tin h int murder It 11 will be a and sane b by I 1 esing to bl be Chris Christans tans Ilan Dyt b by ti t ii or fur my bl I rove II I II i Ise p I It If 1111 I die un 1111 Ave All ith I hat th l lave i of It k kr that I 1 ll IR ave thin a a nil an I 1 h II in u rn m fur V fl 11 f Vr I tb Ih I Iwho who vho haw hate perjured t themselves to pt get m ne convicted end and halt ht a me pUt u ill death I hold no hatred hose who hae f tn In take from m ne the life lite that eh I ave ram I em 1 core 1 V f I Ihm th m ont dont yuU tl hink I In 1 Ulan than they are of me mc MaJolI said hi he wu grateful to the I warden wa and guard pard hi his attorneys and lId the ladles ladle of the Christian Science tor their kind treatment of 01 him His Hta statement wu read to him by bythe the HI News man and II by request the condemned man with pen and Ink fur tur turby by the risen authorities wrote In a tall fair legible band the following J I certify the above u the truth In every respect pee t ay |