Show s Plea for fO or Lire Life is Granted Gr Board O ld or of Takes T tim the View There Thoro Wore cro Circumstances In lii inCase Case of or Notorious So Execution Will Wi II Not ot Take Place o Next Week Wook as is no At two this afternoon the board beard of pardons after being In En executive tive session for three thre hours hour commuted Botha sentence to life HIe imprisonment When the fact was wu announced Judge Warner his lila attorney was WA visibly af at affected A and sited tears terl He Ito said uld It was w we simply limply a I triumph of plain Justice tem tern tempered tempered with mercy The officers officer of the tho court took tho the same ame view of the tin do de decision dijon time the result of which was wa con conveyed conveyed conveyed to 10 Dotha by one of the guards guard this Afternoon Dotha flotha was wan Wi very thank thankful thankful thankful ful and said ahl He ho had hod hac expected the good goodnews goodnew slew news would reach hint sometime before night The vote vole for commutation woe was three In favor and two against The ballot balot was wa a secret one oneTime The Time state tate hoard board of pardon pardons is I made up of Gov Coy Wells Wel Chief Justice Julee Da Mn and Ind Justices Justice Barter Barch and McCarty of ef the Supreme court cour rime Tho simile Mute board ot of met In II let p 1 cession lon this thin to t con Idl time the Ile application of ot hones for a 1 commutation of or 1011 death lo lu life Imprisonment nt Dotha Botha was convicted d In 11 Ran Bun Juan county of or the lie murder uner of tC a tt do voucher rancher In iii II that county count und Ild win Wil d by to ItA ike X ruled cut Ill en 01 eu next June J lu ii I s a case hUf him been before the tie supreme court which n t the time judgment nt of the time lower lowel court also killed his imla jam wife at mIt I t tIme the til line t ho killed lib Tib IK tic hut iut for tor or that crime ho hue has Imas not been ho n tried tiled 1111 Ills attorney In his defense undertook to 10 prove that had imad been 1 ni Intimate lii I I un to with nth t I lit lit it I m i I m hud had Induced d her hel to leave homo and amid iii go with wih vi tim him hl ii to Ills his Ii Is home hOll and amid that t t time the killing of ot Justified It I as claimed 11 11 el that tha t Hotha shot phot hil PI wife Judge M I M 1 War Warner ner ncr of oC who was as employed to appear In iii the vase case ell In iii 11 time the supreme court commit and before time the board of oC pardons pi case to tin thc Ihl board loard ord to today tIny day while DIM Atty Att Livingston ton up before the tho In II behalf of ot the time Unto For two hours houra the Ihl board bon Il listened to Hi th tIme of ur the time nt and then 1011 Into 1110 executive to consider the tie case MAIUS HIS I A In Iii II making nl hl hil lila argument before tho the board boa rd In tn behalf helm a If ot it C n mm U t mc bum of or sentence for fOl or Hotha Judge Warner saul fald that a n man mun named lurl who vho rodo rOllo thus the range with wih for Cor years yeam II hlll repeatedly warned to leave lean tho the wife Ilon or he hI h would get g 1 Into Dud amid that Sl tv eral oral of ot u hail had nice also 1110 warned him hll to 10 leave leae wife alone TIme The hl attorney stated Unit he 11 hi had wilt Ion tn to these hone men mel and Ind asked them thel to put these e In tutu the form torm of ot and mall I I them to him hll bill bu for foi tOI some coins unknown Ii ft reason rca they hey t had ii not imo done dOM so 10 soa although a I I they hey t hud hail hlll hod it a 1 ample mm mum Ilie time t lame continuing Judge said I Iam am 11 satisfied that thai t If It thin hula board could coul compel those men eneim to appear before hetor It and testify tp tO 10 those Imse Iho e matters It I will vIlt be he iu wi shown beyond any ni mention that Tib Thim bolts huh tl been I Ic vi tim Ith Dot huns wife and amid 1111 the dustily of oC his hil home in 1111 a manner tin Ill would n mutt arouse the tho frenzy of ot any nn reasonable nbc man n 10 manIn nIn In this hum cap once comm can nn be ho no quo ques tion Uon as mis lS to time tw motive mute which prompted to tp tin act He lie had oth le tl I U liia iA wife II had been bc u taken from him HP lie II found hM In Tib bets home homp th rp In lii 11 the tho and when whelm Hotha WInt hI he it demanded of ot Tibbets wh he ime hI Imd hlll stolen stoJen lila his hil wife wHo and to lo explain himself Thero Therl can be lie I no doubt f fol that thaI demand hut but did thu b III Hint I ln t bil hud imad etel sto stoIn en In hh huts hl wife ICI f i din him hll 1111 it hud 1111 destroy d sIre ed cd his hll ii ii homo 1111 and 1111 ii Its I I is I chastity ella et I ty Tho ho next morning after time the th shooting Ho dm told Mr Ir Pitts Pit that lint the lime killing of ot his hil wife ite wan Wil tIc an In accident NO so n that mich a I state ment was not nol an RI It nan buns hal never occurred In tn human history I where a n man U under U e r such cu ti mu a I an ns a s In iii this ease Kill kil his hil wife WICe first t ni and nail then IhlI kill 1111 the the destroyer of oC his hil homo It I Is IH natural 1111 tIm I a I man would kill II time the paramour 11 Il 1 OU I Hut illet Time The fact tact that it ii I shooting oco lined ns IS It I hid did that thai time the Ihl wife wie was killed hilled first Is Strong that tal tumi time thc killing of oC his hil wife was WUI I believe If had done donI liat did lilI the time feeling IB II 1 such Auch doun ie that there bore would only have 1011 b hen hena been en ena a Ii verdict of or homi homicide clue cide cilo a mid lie tho t ease cam eal would lii have sc ended endel There Is I K no 11 doubt 1111 hi but hUI him t that t im mm I lotha I did ml ii not have a 8 I faIr rail trial Ills attorney Ml Mr I only hail Imd a R few tl minutes lief before DIP the time 1101 to 10 consult lon vuth lh the do itt t a ii it did ld not nol imo I have tina lime t I lime to pr P c re hale for tor or Hint The rime attorney I fin foi foia a n COnt I mm ua n cc but hul t It II I t coM denied I oil by ly time the court I 1 am 11 satisfied that If IC the time CAPO cape rai lied had been heen properly thu time ver VOl vel hiLt dict than 11 would voluntary have manslaughter been bel I nothing As macro mopo 8 to crime In lit II I 1 have hae two tWI I ci tern f 10 mom in hil bin Ii Is mother mothel In III I mu which u she clue PO en I hat I imn t HH phi h IH is II coming com coin III ing with limo Iho to II show that he lit II was mins never neer charged with lh the time crime of oC minder I d em times e In I concluding 0 IC II 1 II Smudge Judge Warner n read at n L length front time the abstract I bl I rl I of oC the time call of or antI and Hose Itose Urn this only pei iter SOUK Wip till the shooting SAIl BAID RAI WAS WM Ai Fult I AI of at IC District Attorney who IJo time the COSt case cal in Iii n the lie lower coutt COUt made Inn o u a 1 brief In III 11 ro re said ull to the lbs th of or flotha Dotha He lie main touted mined that hunt Hotha lutha had hll a it I fair IC trial mall and hunt the th facts wont went lo to simon that the time killing done deliberately amid In imi cold blood bItted and Ild that lotha bragged to toone II tonie one mme nie 1 of oC the time that limit ho lie hail had Ild killed nm I ii WI ne I t mm 11 II I I I I Ill 1 had tiC I done n R gool job and could coull do lo It again If he Ime hll I to I 0 UP II 1 le aI Illo a o told this th is lie t ii hI at he lie ht shot Ot time the ll woman dial und mind sent Rent them both hoth to tn heaven h together uch te tl moil 11 IH as H that the time attorney declared clearly showed that the tue killing of ot Mrs Mis II was mas not accidental an as In Is II claimed by b time the defence At time the conclusion of o his hil remark the hoard board went Welt Into executive session to OI the cane |