Show THE EXECUTION OF JASON it LUCE at the time of the murder of samuel F buaton bunton dec eth we stated all that wab waa then reported of the difficulty between him and luce at bannock city idaho luce never having attempted to deny tha the murder in this thia city or to evade its responsibility the prose cution had bad no difficulty at the trial of making a case the jury rendered a verdict of ot wilful murder in the first degree and the court on the of the same month sentenced the criminal to be executed on the of january up to within a very short time of his execution ec ution luce expected that the he sentence of the probate court through the ability and bup eup ed influence oe of his hla counsel with the district court or by the exercise of clemency on the part of the chief executive of the territory could be changed at this late date we have not to deal with rumor the facts are public luces counsel claims to have done everything b in these directions to procure a commutation of sentence or a new trial but was unsuccessful oa on the appointed day the sentence of the court was wab carried into execution and jason R luce for the murder ot of samuel F bunton was shot till dead within the court house yard in the presence of a proper number of witnesses for some days daya preceding the execution luce manifested much contrition of heart for the latter years of his bis life andon aili alli on learning that all hope of living was delus ve he spoke freely to bib bia relations and to others who ubo visited him of some incidents in his chec career he ire desired the privilege of addressing those who had assembled to witness bib lib execution and in a few words warned young men against bad a atilia at ioia iona and asserted that he be had bad been betrayed unto deathy deaths by one at 0 hi counsel the end of jason R luce might have beel beey vastly different had he avoided the insinuations ot evil against which he at last earnestly warned others it is only a very few yearb yeara since he ht was a hard working work ln and a reliable man among those for whom he be labored no one that weighed circumstances would ever have expected a man of his bis calibre and education to have attained any great position in in the world but had bad be he avoided evil associates and followed the inspirations of the better part of hib bis nature be he might have been a use ful tul member oe of society lie he listened to evil and ahr followed foI fol owed a course the end of which is death deith kocner 0 og later he felt that lie he had miss missed edy eds his mark and to us he lie beer beel seemed hed Led when the trial came to meet bravell bravely y the atone atonement ment aj the peculiar circumstances of the unfortunate man created much sympathy for his hib family and in a few hours after bis his death they sere yere were the recipients of a very timely contribution to asb ass assist st them in their trying hour since the foregoing wai written we have seen letters from bannock which that the citizens of that pace had prepared a peti tion praying the court to deal lightly t with luce as dunton bunton was a murderer nahom thy would have hung hang had bad we luce not kibel him b but ut learning that their petition could not reach in time to avail the unfortunate man it was not forwarded |