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Show DIES PROTESTING INNOCENCE Man Executed For Crime Which He Declares He Did Not Commit. Santa Fe, N. M. Elbert W. Blan-cett, Blan-cett, convicted of the murder of Clyde D. Armour, was hanged in the jail yard here at 5:22 o'clock Friday morning. morn-ing. The crime was committed October 23, 1910. The case has been In all state courts and a plea for executive clemency was refused the man's mother. Blaneett was convicted of the murder mur-der of Armour on October 23, 1910, while the two were on a motor trip from Denver to the Pacific coast. In a last message, Blaneett reiterated his Innocence of the crime. |