Show J 1 PARDONED clemency exercise to ward eight convicts governor murray yesterday pardoned from the penitentiary a number oi tho inmates who had been sentenced to imprisonment from a number of yeara up to life term the matter has been under consideration for bome time and yesterday was brought to and tho following persons received executive clemency jack emerson in for life for being concerned in tho murder of young turner jos biddlecome in for life for murder committed in thoele tooele richard kelley under sentence of ten years P callahan Oal lahan in for 14 years J years jared dalton in for 12 years david fannell in for 12 years A kershaw Kere haw in for 2 yeara tho release of emerson and biddlecombe dle combe will probably attract the most attention not only on account of the length of their sentences but also from the fact that the cases with which they were connected ted gained so much notoriety it is understood H B clawson and john nicholson have been instrumental in securing the release ot emerson having be como thoroughly convinced of bis innocence of the crime with which he was charged the points presented on ulrch his pardon was based are as follows 1 that when at rock springs wyoming upon reading in agnews paper that ho was charged in connection with the murder of young turner he immediately telegraphed t the authorities of i ty utah his whereabouts and liis willingness to return and meet ahe charge and that at the time lie delivered himself up to sheriff turner the father of the murdered boy he was wearing the clothes of the deceased which must be taken as a consciousness of bis innocence 2 that the conversation overheard between emerson and hopt who was indicted with him and ia now under sentence while they were in the city jail and unaware of the presence of other sand which was not produced at the trial wherein he manifested his tion towards hopt for the murder of the boy the account of which he had read in the newspapers was an indication of ha innocence 3 the fact of grave doubts existing as to bis of the murder jon the night it was alleged to have been done and that the witness who testified upon that point was the partner of frach a notorious cx convict 4 the which were developed at hia trial and alfich are corroborative of hia statement in connection with the case 5 that from tha statement of the father of the murdered boy it also appears that he is in doubt as to the guilt of emerson G that the general and almost universal view of the case upon the part of a large number of the community who are thoroughly acquainted quain ted with the facts of the case ia to the effect that emerson ought to be pardoned and alter a thorough and exhaustive review of the case I 1 am irresistibly forced to hc conclusion that he is innocent 7 that the chief juluce who tried him is also of the olimon that tso emerson is innocent and recommends his pardon and the assistant prosecuting attorney who prosecuted him also expresses his doubt as to the guilt of the accused now therefore in consideration of the abobo and of the statements made to me by those who are acquainted quain ted with emerson of hia excellent disposition and of bis general trails of character all of which beam to be inconsistent with the commission of the murder and which satis nes me of his innocence I 1 eli II 11 murray governor obeaid territory by virtue of the authority in roe vested do hereby on this date grant anto the said jqhn emerson a full and complete pom pardon for his said cheneo and I 1 hereby direct the marshal or other officer who may haye him in custody to let john emerson go free without delay clawson and nicholeen Nich oleon went out to the pen yesterday noon with the for emerson W Lake Herald dij |