Show BOTHA OTA ASKS FOR A PARDON A murderer of tibbetts in san juan county asks to be set free samuel newhouse makes plea for condemned aan dutch charlie Botha under tinder ufa life sentence for the murder of his tits wife and william tibbets recited saturday in detail before the state board of or pardons the circumstances leading lending up to the tragedy in hie his light fight for freedom he lie talked with an earnest nesa that wes was convincing tears camo came to his evea eyes and his bolea trembled when ho he admitted frankly that he killed for the b N of his wife ills connalon before the board was that he shot shoe his wife acal dentally doo tally when he attempted to take her ont mit of the tile house samuel newhouse jlii inal lion alre pleaded causo cause in the of mrs New newhouse houge accompanied him to the state prison where the board bold its hearing of cases for fifteen minutes mr new house talked to the tile boord ho he stated that ho he believed botha was justified in killing tibble stid a aked the board to gle hiru him his freedom after the testimony of Will william iaru keller was heard the tile boar I 1 took lila his case under tinder advisement tor for ono one month the double murda wan committed c on ranch a fuw few miles from monticello Montt cello san juaa juan county in fob feb ruari wa botha wits sentenced to death b ba judge jacob johnson shortly before he was to bo be hanged banged be he was given a hearing before the board of pardons hie sentence wie was commuted to life imprisonment tech of the law aros and it wae was necessary to tako him film to to be ro sentenced since tits waft was commuted hta his friends have boon been working to an unconditional pardon judge johnson Joho soo who eon sen fenced him to death signed too the petition for hia tits release rele aee stating statin ff thit bis his mind had been changed in view of the ol evidence dence which caino came to light in the research for evidence from the tile time botha landed in america until the day lay he lie entered the state prison arf ton ho lie related the tile story of his life botha la Is it german and came to america thirteen en years ago ho ile la 13 nov now 32 years old and anti had been married but a 5 bear ear before he lie murdered botha had a ranch not far from place ahrie iho the burdor occurred visited lita tits homo home occasionally and became with his ills young wife whenever botha would go to Sl to buy supplies would go to bis his house |