Show Will NOT BE SHOT TOMO TOMORROW ROW fOR MURDER I will wl not die for or the murder of or C. C T. T L. L Erickson committed three years earB ago alO This was d decided last night b by the state board of or pardons after orter a session lasting five ne hours The death sentence was t commuted to life lIro Imprisonment Imprison Imprison- ment and tho the fight which t tho convicted murde murderer r has made to escape tho the firing squad the squad tho fight which t was carried through every legal channel even ven to the supreme court of or the United States was States was finally won Although members of or tho the pardon board boat have refused to commit themselves as aA to the reasons for fOi granting commutation it Is understood understood tho the condemned condemned con con- mans man's aged mother had much to todo todo todo do with t their decision With sunrise to tom tomorrow tomorrow to- to m morrow v morning morning- life Ufa would have been snuffed out by the the- execution execution- rifles cines had hail the board decided to sustain Its former decision and send him to the I death th cell I Is said Id to have given ghen up all hope after tho the last rejection reject of or his plea Ma for tor clemency Not so his mother A faint hope hop stilt still flickered within h her r heart that her son eon would be bo saved and ani sustained by br that hope she sat flat in the governors governor B outer oaks all yesterday yesterday yes yes- es afternoon an and patiently awaited the tho boards board's decision Warden Varden Arthur Pro Pratt tt tool took tho the good goodnews 00 1 news to in his dt death th ce cell at 8 o'clock last night The man was at first speechless and then broke completely completely com corn down anti and cried like tike a n bab baby Slut But ven cn his great JO Joy at tit facing being granted his life was as nothing compared to that felt relt by his mother She hind had learned the news new just a few rew before and aud her het Joy and gratitude to members of the board was touching The he murder for lor which Harley Harle e ne ney was to have ha been executed was v.-as committed committed com corn three years ears ago In the Ramona rooming house and a companion com coin pinion panion were attempting to rob a Jewelry salesman when they thoy were Interrupted b by br C. C 1 L. L ErIckson who ho was waR drawn drown to the tho scene by bv the scream of or a u woman oman In the room To escape shot Erickson Erick Erick- f son on and leaping over his body fled lied The Tho heel of or one ahoe caught c on the stairs as ashe ashe ashe he ran rail This led lcd to lila Ills capture a admitted the thc crime but pleaded temporary Insanity lie He said gald this wa wait WIlS by excessive he use uee of morphine Members of the pardon Dardon board admit the they gave O l. much consideration to the fact tact that he lie was u a drug user uger They found aft r going deep Into his J record cord preceding the tho crime that it was clean fight for life lIe ha has been en one of or the most persistent Slid bud In Inthe Inthe intile the tile history of or criminal matters In lii this tate tee Ills His defense and nurI ba battle for or clemency clem chem en ency y were conducted Ly by Attorney S. S P. P Armstrong It I Ii Is announced that the tho reasons for granting the tile commutation will he be written up II by ly on one of if tim tho supreme court Justices and spread pread on the records at the next me meeting meeting- of or the pardon board |