Logan Republican | 1904-04-16 | Page 3 | Will Not Hang

LEVA WILL NOT HANG. Board of Pardons Commutes, Sentence of Idahoan Convicted of Murder. ' Tho stato board of pardens at Boise, Idaho, on Monday commuted tho scntonco of Qeorgo Levy to llfo Imprisonment. Ho was to have been hanged on Friday for tho murder ct Davis Levy In October, 1901. The fenturo or tho application for clemency was a showing Indicating that another man may have com mltted tho deed. Soon atter Levy was murdered tho public admlnlsUra tor received through the mall what purported to bo a will left by him. Tho principal beneficiary under this will was Harry Watklns, a furnltura dealer. It Is claimed an investigation investiga-tion has demonstrated that the document docu-ment was written on a typewriter In tho possession of Watklns, also that ho hnd Levy's slgnaturo on a slip of paper in his dosk. Tho latter fact was tostlflcd to before the board by men who hnd been In Watklns' employ. em-ploy. Tho murdered man was an old mlsor and was qulto wealthy. Watklns Wat-klns was Indebted to him at the tlmo of his death. Georgo Levy was not a relative of tho murdered man. He Is a Pronchman who rented property from tho old man for Immoral purposes.