Show SAYER HA GED I IN N CALIFORNIA DESPITE PLEA I TO SAVE HIM Third Man Ian to Pay Penalty for Slaying Japanese Woman STORY OF CRIME Condemned Was Tas Vas Me ler of Prominent Family In Denver FOLSOM r PRISON Calif Calit Feb 4 Dy By The Associated Press PresS PresS- Edward K Sayer 25 of oC Denver was hanged here today toay for com corn complicity In the murder n of a Japan Japan- o e-o e woman at t Penryn Placer county In ember o November 1924 The trap was wa sprung at 1006 o'clock Sayers Sayer's mother and father from Denver Den and hi his wife from San Francisco parted from hIm last night after having Spent the day with him At about 45 a m Edward K 1 was moved from the death cell down the corridor to the dun dun- dungeon dungeon dun geon chamber within a few feet of oC othe the gallows This was don done to ob ob- ob ob vinte the long lone walk from the death II ll to the callows galIos gallo s before a line o of witnesses Sayer bore up well during durin these preliminaries although he slept but fitfully last night and ate a sparing breakfast He Ic was as as ac accompanied nc- nc accompanied companied to the dungeon chamber by Father Michael J Hogan Cath Cath- Catholic Catholic Cath- Cath Catholic olic priest of OC the prison community An ambulance drew up In front of the th wardens warden's office a half halt hour before the hanging to take the body of the youth to San Francis Francis- Francisco co where his closest relatives await It it At his mothers mother's request Sayer denIed newspaper representatives an Interview this morning but sent word to them that he thanked them for all of their efforts on his be- be behalf be behalf half halt an and 1 for tor their continued courte courte- courtesies sl sits sies s i iIII III WHITES VERSE An hour before the hangIng young oung Sayer made public a poem to his mother It 11 was as us follows Trouble Is laughter lauchter as soon oon as It its it's done JOl 1 Weri e 1 Ure i iwon won The night 1 Is forgotten when hen the tilt mornIngs mornIng's begun So dont don't on stay tay too long at your wall wail wallins wailIng ins ins- The rough road Is dreary to travel but you ou Will look back and smile when your journey Is through You may doubt this today when ou find It Is I true trueSo So don on t fret too much when youre you're oure falling failing rnO FROM SISTER Sayer shortly before he left his cel received a telegram from his sister er Edith In Denver The mes nice message sage sale read My My dearest brother I 1 want you to know that I am m thinking of you ou hourly I know that you ar are Inno Inne Innocent Inne- Inne cent and that you will go 0 to your our death a as a brave brav bra e boy We We e can only hope dear brother to meet you again In the world hereafter where happiness pre prevails pre pre- prevails prevails vails which cannot be bo taken from Crom Cromus us I x will say goodbye with m my thought goIng with you to the gra grave e Your dear sister Ede Edo George Ceorge Connelly attorney for Cor Sayer telegraphed from San Fran My My Iy dear EI ard Many thanks for tor your beautiful letter Ee Pe sure SUN that I have hav done everything e with with- withIn within within In in my power God Goll bless you OP OF CASE The execution today of Edward EdwardK EdwardI K I Sayer ended a legal battle In California courts waged tine sInce more than two years year ago when three men drove up to a small store In Pen ryn Pen Pen- Penryn ryn rn and ordered a 0 Japanese woman to open a sate safe containing The woman and a Japanese clerk ran and Arthur Muller of Sacra Sacra- Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento mento It was later established atthe at atthe atthe the trial fired tired the shot that that killed her Muller went to Sacramento told hIs father tather about the th crime and then went to San Francisco The rhe following day he was found dead In a rooming house ONE OXE HANGED JI FRIDAY y Sayer and Ray lay Arnold who wu was hanged last Friday at Folsom prison were tried jointly for tor com corn complicity complicity In the crime The jury con convicted them and they were sen sentenced to hang A motion for a anew anew anew new trial was wan denied and an ap- ap appeal appeal ap appeal peal was yes tiled flied with the tho stat su su- su premo court The Tho decision lon was up upheld up- up helL held A rehearing was WelS granted byth by bythe bythe the higher court and th the decision of the trial court was again sus sustained sue sus- sustaIned tamed Arnold was a member of a prominent prom blent Sacramento family and end Say era Say Say- Sayer's ers ere family ar are Influential residents of Denver Scores of t friends or of both families Interceded with Gov Coy Gov- error C C Young for tor clemency The governor after aCter a 0 review re of othe the tho ease rase Issued a II formal statement In which he said raid that ho he found cound no grounds for or executive clemene clemency DS CLUMS INNOCENCE Arnold Just before ho was hanged told the tho witnesses that they were about to see nee an n Innocent man exe- exe executed exe executed I and requested that the th noose bo be cut Into thirteen pieces and one I portion be b sent to each juror and the prosecuting attorney Y Desperate efforts to save tave sa 0 Say Sayes t were made mado d during urine th the past week A A member of ot the tho presidents president's nt's cab cabinet cab cab- cabInet inet tact a 0 congressman former gover gover- governor governors governor nor nors and other Influential residents of Colorado and Sayers Sayer's former schoolmates In Denver petitioned Governo Young to spare him JK J K K Mullen a millionaire Denver miller made a personal plea pica to governor Sayers widow and nd daughter live liven in San San |