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Show I NEGRO BOY MAY I AVOIDGALLOWS State Officer to Probe Murder Mur-der Conviction of Youth 'KLAHOMA CITY. Okla,., Sep! 14. Investigation to determine if all f steps were regular in the corivietionj of Elias Ridge. 1 9-year-old negro boy, I .sentenced to death at Pryor for the! I killing of Mrs. (Jeorge Adair, ne.tr I Pensacola, a month ago. will bo started start-ed immediately. W. 1. Matthews. stnt', I commissioner of Corrections and chari-! I tie, announced I'.idge Is the ypung-I ypung-I est person to receive the death penalty ' In Oklahoma. Commissioner Matthews Bald that beause. of the age of the youth, he! was required to make a thorough in-, in-, estlgatlon. By pleading gnilt the DOy forfeited his right to an appeal to I a higher court. Matthews said, and, now anly executive clemency can save him. Governor J. B. A. Robertson made it known that he would take no action until all records have been completed and laid before him. |