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Show .r. OO I OPPOSITION TO HE PARDONING OE. I ABE MAJORS fljl ' Much interest -is being manifested 'a! locally in the plan now being outlined j ' by J.,W. McKinney of Salt Lake to 'fl f procurQ tue pardon of Abo Majors, jl I now serving a life sentence in the !v i state penitentiary for the murder of I Captain William J. Brown of the Og-J Og-J I den police department April 30, 1899, ' j in the mountains oast of the Utah Hot -ij Springs. j A determined effort Is to be made It by prominent Ogden and Utah citi- zens to thwart Attorney McKInney'a 1 Plan when It is brought beforo the j u state board of pardons. Among the 1 t mon lined up against Majors are At-j At-j ) torney E. M. Allison, Judge Charles I; H. Hart, former Governors John C. j Cutler, Heber M. Wells and WilUam s ! Spry. It is probable that testimony I" j given by Joseph Bolnap, formerly of J Ogden, but now of Preston, Idaho, and a former Sheriff Cardon of Brlgham i City, which was responsible for the j4 conviction of Majors, will again be ib'$& s Presented in person by thoso witness-trejjp witness-trejjp es at the pardon hearing. |