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Show If THE HAYES CASE. , r r Tlio Stntc Hoard of Portions lias postponed I ho henrlnc. on tlio nppllcu- Hon of Ilnrry F. Hurra for rulonso un ' til tliclr next meetliijr on Mny 0. Litnt J Sunday's Suit l.nku Trlhunu prcenntrd in full tho cvldtuico pathoied In tlio ' cns by 8lierliT 8t'irrs nf Uiali county, all of this ovWloneo tctullntr to est:ib- llsh tho guilt of Chns. F. Wi Ight, uln9 Weeks, etc. TIiih cvldcnco hus liccn gathered with grcut euro and pursuror mice ly SliorllT Siorrs, nnd Unit linrd working ofilelnl Ih entitled to a vast ! aiununt of ereillt for Ids cfTorls toward I tho rolcaso of a iuhd whom ho believes to lio liioccont. Out thu question U, In tho Unlit of the ovltloncn so far nt hand, It tho lunocoucn of lliiyrg cHtitblUhoilv We do not liellovo that we should tieces'nrlly follow thu lead of somo of ,,11)0 Slato papers which have ac-copied ac-copied tho ub.soluio Innocunco of IlHrry Hnyos nml ' ifitfBoh'.Rullt of Wright, and havo by Inforonco con-v con-v ik'iiiiicd tho honoinblu citizens of tho fittto who itsslstwt In tho original pro-sedition. pro-sedition. In regard to this not'iblo o.i3u It Is a fact that Hurry Hayes was convicted by ono of tho stroniet chnlns of circumttauUal ovldonco over known. It' Is u fact that ho was con-" con-" 1 vkied with thu approval of uvery hearer nutl every putaon who carufully ivittched llio evidence ns preBuuted. Vo bellnvu thai an Injnstlco to the poo-lie poo-lie of tho SUte, unci Jinrtlculnrlv of Jtah county, will bo tlonu It ho Is urncd Iuosq, on tho strunRth of tho yidonco now bi'foro tho board of par-bns. par-bns. While tlmi ovldonco may us-ablNh us-ablNh tho complicity or Wright In ho crime, It dors not disprove tlio ;ullt of Harry Hayes. Thu Jury who rled tho Hayes cuso and found tho efandant guilty ot murder m tho first trgfeo wcro ''twolvo gncd men and rue." They nro among tho host nowti and most nispuctud clilzuus of Jtah county, Thoy were limn and aro otv Hallsfled of tho guilt of Hnyes. Hie Judge, McCurty, who tried thu cuso fas without prejudice, ho Is aldo and e was most pnlnsiuklug In tho trJul of lie cao to sou that only Justice was ono. Tho attorney for Hayes, J. W. f. Whlti'cotton, Biirpnssod any record e hud ever liereUifoto mnde In the tic-nw tic-nw ho nvorlookcd no point and his ddrt and tippenl to the jury was a iitsteiprlcti of clnquenco uud pathos, 'et Hayes was adjudged guilty, tho try bulluyed It, the Jtidgo believed U nd the pubtlo believed it. This uppll-ittlun uppll-ittlun for ioIousu prosonts a pucullur Imso; It Is tho only npplloatiou ever resented to tho Statu board of par nns which Is not endorsed by any of is Jury whucouvloted.by the ludgo who resided, by tho attorneys who prose-uttd, prose-uttd, or by tho sworu oflleers ot thu tw who nmdothe arrest and cnllectud la evidence. Is It not peculiar that ll of ihesa men still helluva that Hayes i gulltyJ The Jury which tried Hayes t composed of somo of thu best nion Utah county and It would be an I in otMbility to collect a moru lionot sot f men for that duty. Yot they found tayus guilty. We know Hayett pur-jnally pur-jnally and thu evldouco as presented gi concUisU'O to us, as It was to all to read tho evidence Ho may he an inocunt hmit, but Is It pot belter to alt until his Innocence Is proved be-m be-m . J!b a chanee U tnken ou tho relenso qn lB the public of u possibly desperate character? Wo bcllevo that on Injus-BHp Injus-BHp tlce has been done by the Salt Lako iH ! Ilerald In Its editorial utterances In re-.flfln re-.flfln KHfJ to the case against tho Jury that tried Hayes, tho Judgo who presided, HH the al tor uey a viho proiecuted and do-iflBs. do-iflBs. fended, the able otllcers who collected MB' the evidence and tho general public jLr cho accepted that evidence as true - d endorsed tho verdict, The same jH- injustlre is perpetrated by thu Salt wSm Iikd TrUniuo In its pn'sontntjpn of fflHH th.H mw ivVlpnce Suiu)y. Tjils Jury H W8 ngi romposwl oi Hendf? thltsiltig I'HK . ,for human ,Vmh the prosecutor. R 8MB ors. Onsh Thurman and Wcdg K WBb- oa wtro uot"ulug tbelr duty KR.r pxMlc 6bls to a.itwly pmsonnl. fflBHsaflsHBaBasW. ssWi.. , m grudge without regard to humanity and Judge AU'Oarty did not tleshu to put upon thb gallows an Innocent man. Sheriff llrown mid Deputy Fowler aro not human bloodhounds only on-ly In pursuit uf a posslblo victim. All were honest men. nil agreed that the evidence of the guilt, of Hayes ws pohitlvo und all concurred In tho verdict ver-dict to l hat effect. Wuaregliid I ho deal h Hotitenco of Hayes was commuted In life imprisonment, but we shall be very sorry to see him released before more evidence of bis Innocence Is presented. Wo believe that the board of paultms shouid go Mow before in thu light of wlini Is now at baud they rclcaso a man who lias been proven by the strongest evidence to be a dusperain criminal. |