Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-07-28 | Page 8 | Father Pleaded for Son's Slayer

uu FATHER PLEADED . FOR SON'S SLAYER Phoenix, Ariz , July 2S. Over the protest of Henry c. Yaegcr, father of his victim, Alejandro Galleys, tho murderer of Louis D. Yaegcr, was hanged today at the territorial penitentiary peni-tentiary at Florence. He thanked tho widow and parents of his victim for their efforts In bis behalf and bado good-by to other convicts awaiting await-ing execution, before mounting tho scaffold. In contrast to the constant nervousness, fright and despair he displayed during Imprisonment, Gal-legos Gal-legos died bravely Henry C Yaeger made several appeals ap-peals to the governor for commutation commuta-tion of tho sentence of the muideier of his son to life imprisonment, hut in vnln. He said Gallegos was intoxicated intoxi-cated when he committed the crime and had no knowledge of his acL Lou-Is Lou-Is Ynegor, the victim was a sheep mnstor and Gallegos a herder formerly former-ly In his employ Without provocation provoca-tion the Mcocican slioL Yaogor twlco with a rltlo on May 9 at Humboldt, Yavapai county.