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Show OBLIZALO'S APPEAL DENIED BY BOARD SALT LAKE. May 24. The state board of pardons yesterday denied the, petition of Nick Obllzalo for com-, mutation of sentence after the convlct-ed convlct-ed man told a story entirely a"f- 'ent In man essentials from anything : he had made public before, and a tori which made him. in the eyes 'of the law at leai. guilty of the murder mur-der of Marko Iau8 on August 8, 1K19.. Obllzalo told the board that he WOSI not present at the murder of Urns m la rame in Parley's canyon near the state prison, but that he and Steve ' MasllCfc nnd Jim Peyovltch had planned plan-ned the robbery which ended in the I murder .and that he had received a, Nlvir- of ih-- proceeds of tho rob-bei rob-bei He showed tesentmenl that the! money found on Inus had not been ,111 evenly three ways. Obllzalo Is sentenced to be shot on June 9. A roprlevo by the governor; iuIrIu stay execution The board of, pardons ir.iRhl grunt a rehearing, and) possibly a showing of Insanity might, hae some effect in postponing the execution of the sentence or in obtaining obtain-ing what would amount to a commutation. commu-tation. . Masiich has already paid for the i rime with his life Peyovltch. whose name first appeared in th- annaK of i lie . ase as definitely connected with tho crime when Obllsalo's trial In the district wtu over, has never been found. |