Show Hirum BeBee Fails ai a at 1 To Get Pardon Board Clemency St Utah State Board of pardons The i. i r I n last week denied a petition to re reduce reduce re- re duce the thC death penalty of Hirum I BeBee to one of life Ufe imprisonment I for the murder of Lon T. T Larsen Larse c e jit Mt tHo Pleasant City marshal on Oct 15 15 1945 I II I I The case will now be returned h is 5 S i i to the Seventh Judicial district I court for the setting of a new date dater for execution of the sentence r C e i BeBee has been convicted twice for first fUst degree murder for the slaying of Marshal Larsen The first firste e c was at t Manti and he was re re- re time t at we state stare prison on reo ree 25 1946 for execution on this count e C t He served a bit over a year and J four months in prison while the c. c ease case was being appealed to the state supreme court This court ore or- or C e dered a new trial and shifted the case to Carbon county in order to get away from the emotion said to exist in UI Sanpete because of the theO theO O slaying BeBee was again convicted convict convict- I. I f ed and the jury recommended life I imprisonment Judge Keller however however how how- the recommendation ever disregarded t tion and again sentenced BeBee to toI d. d e the date for I death and set carrying f t lout out the penalty I i Later Governor Maw granted a I Ie c I reprieve in order that BeBee might have hare the opportunity to appear be before before before be- be fore the pardons board and seek commutation of his death sentence C to one of life imprisonment A large delegation was at the pardons board meeting on Sept 16 to oppose granting of clemency to toC toC toc C BeBee Among them were the wi widow widow xvi xvi- dow and brother of the slain marI marshal marshal marthai mar mar- thai also former Mayor John GunC Gunie Gun- Gun I ie C derson and the present mayor S. S M. M Nielson of Mt Pleasant One of the strongest pleas C t against granting clemency was made nude by Attorney L. L R. R Christensen ChristenI Christen- Christen I sen of Salt SaIt Lake City a former Sanpete County attorney and resident resi- resi k ic dent of Fairview and Mt Pleasant Mr Christensen is quoted as saying saying say say- ing lag There is nothing in or out outto to the record to warrant commutation C tion of sentence There is nothing sacred in a long disguising beard Continued on page 8 PARDONS BOARD DENIES I BeBEE CLEMENCY t Continued from Page 1 and old age certain certainly y offers no li license license license li- li cense for crime The fact that the prisoner could in cold blood and andin andin andin in broad daylight shoot a man down is evidence of his deep and evil nature Justice in this case will be satisfied with nothing less than the death penalty a |