Show PARDONS BOARD Ij HEARS PLEA OF OP CANO POR LIFE LIPE Plea made to the board of ot pardons pardons pardons par par- dons on Friday for a commutation of ot the sentence of 01 Pedro Cano from death to life Ufe Imprisonment was as not concluded Friday a when h n t the board d adjourned until 10 o'clock Wednes day It was the first hearing In which Governor George H. H Dern presided Cano Cane has been sentenced to death the date for tor the execution having been set for January 30 His counsel John F. F Tobin made a a. strong plea as did the Rev Re Father I. I William T. T Hart chaplain of ot the state prison the latter he believed there was a question asto as asto to the guilt of Cano and that he re repeatedly repeatedly repeatedly re- re asserted his Innocence rhe The Mexican consul was also In at attendance attendance attendance at- at as was the he mother of or Cano Mrs oIls Dominga Sargosa It was cont contended b by Mr Tobin that the crime was as committed by Mrs rs Alameda and andas was as was due due to jealous jealousy the Alameda woman being the sweetheart of ot Cano A sworn statement was presented which declared that the Alameda woman committed the murder She Is still at large and it was declared that no effort eUort hakl l a been made to take her Into custody custod District Attorney Attorn e E. E A. A Rogers protested against the granting of ot clemency maintaining that the story that the murder was committed committed com corn by the Alameda woman oman was not made until after alter Cano Cane had been convicted of the murder and at the request of ot the pardon board he re reviewed reviewed reviewed re- re viewed the testimony given at the trial The crime for which Cano Cano as was convicted was the murder of ot June St. St Cl Clair Clalra ir a woman ot of the und r- r world In Park City on oa March 15 1923 Attorney General Harvey Haney II H. Cluff valo Is secretary of the pardons pardons pardons par par- dons board on Saturday received following telegram from Jose JoseI A. A Valenzuela acting consul gen gen- general gen I eral bral ral of Mexico at San Francisco I 1 have carefully read the record in the case of Pedro Cano Cane sentenced sentenced sen sen- to be executed January 30 I have also before me statements made b by him since his conviction and from all the circumstances 1 believe he is Innocent In the name of or this consulate and in the Interest of ot Justice I beg of ot you oJ to commute his sentence to for life in order that when the truth is proved 1 It will not be too late to do justice by b this condemned man We e are everything possible to secure additional proof that the murder was committed b by a person other Cano Please accept our deepest for toward towan appreciation an any merc mercy this unfortunate man RIG lG CI S nl Slate State Treasurer J. J H. H Wa Walker er on Saturday received from the state stale land office a check for tor tho the amount of or returned investments In received during dUrin December 1924 and anda a another other for Interest on investments for tor the same month making a total of ot |