| Show PRISON BREAK TO HAVE BEEN MADE IN MONTANA deer lodge mont march 20 convict dotson who is awaiting the sentence of death in the penitentiary here haa made a remarkable statement to gov toole in which he declares his innocence of the two murders ath which he is charged tho fart murder that of eugene cullinane on august 8 1899 he asserts was committed by oliver benson and ellis persinger alone he being in hel cna at the time bensons confession of the crime was that benson remained in hiding while dotson and persinger murdered the old man alio second murder in which oliver dotson father of the condemned man was the victim for plotting which dotson is to bo hanged it ia charged was done by jamea mcarthur who was hanged for the crime last september dotson was in for life for the first crime and it was charged that dotson and mcarthur hatched a plot within the prison walls whereby mcarthur whose term was shortly to ex was to murder dotsonn Dot sons father and pin a purported confession on the body this confession it was supposed would clear dotton of the first crime and give him his liberty dotson makes the sensational state that in the plot mcarthur Mo Arthur was to kill warden conley and attempt a gen oral release of the convicts dotson says through him this design was frustrated 1 dotson declares dearthur Me Arthur confessed to him the murder of a man ghosn remains were found near central park in 1890 his name was alien and his folks resided in walla walla wash berry a ditter root rancher is also implicated in this murder A few days ago gov toole refused dotsonn Dot sona appeal for clemency when his last appeal was presented in helena yesterday the governor took immediate action ditc itc refused to act and in concluding his letter to dotson said you seed all the time possible to prepare for this melancholy event it is fitting that I 1 should act promptly I 1 accordingly advise you that I 1 find nothing in your application to outweigh the solemn verdict of the jury that tried your case or the unanimous opinion of the supreme court that you advised and encouraged the murder of your father |
