OCR Text |
Show OOARDOFPAODONS DIDiS'TJNTERFER HIkTIuCie MIPOSKII 11V COPIIT JlfJHT HTAMI. Illll-troiii Will I'nco I'teiiillon On October Oc-tober 1st Por Hilling .Mnn At Hull IjiUc C'lt) Onl) Itccourso I'or Con-ileiiiucil Con-ileiiiucil Man Is to Apcnl to (iov-crnorOilicr (iov-crnorOilicr Cnso IHmimiI Of. Joseph lllllstrom, convicted August 2d of murder In the first degree for nlA)lng J. O. Morrison nnd his son J Arllng Morrison, Jnnuar) 14. 1911 And sentenced to be shot October 1st of this )enr wns denied his petition for clemenc) by the board of pardons Haturdn) lllllstrom must, therefore face execution Octolier 1st unless clemency I granted b) the governor He chose to be shot to death when the court gave him hl choice of shooting or hanging. Judge ( N Hilton of Denver, who mndo n plea before tho board of pnr dons for the life of lllllstrom. states thnt probnbl) no further legal effort will be mnile to save lllllstrom from execution Judge Hilton sa)s thnt ns no federal question Is Involved In the case ho would not ndvlse nn nppenl t tho suptemc court of tho I'nlled Htntes. nlthough he believe the ton-demned ton-demned man's friends would raise money to Invoke the highest tribunals tribun-als If there were any prospect for freeing lllllstrom. The t'tnh supreme court denied lllllstrom n new trial on his nppenl from tho decree of tho dlstrlit court lllllstrom was convicted on circumstantial circum-stantial evidence. He hns claimed thnt n woman wns the cause of the gun wound In his breast which led to his arrest' nnd wns the principal link hi the chain of ilrcumstnntlAl evidence evi-dence thnt convicted him, but would mt divulge her name. No woman ever en n i forward to substantiate lllllstrom' nssertlnn The ense ha been given almost country wide publicity because of efforts ef-forts of th I. V. V, of which the condemned man Is n member, to me lllllstrom from being shot, tetters having lieeu wrl.ten to every orfltlnl of Utah who might In nn) way hnve Influence In obtaining clemency for him. Mirny of the letters to (lover nor Hpr) nnd other officials. Including nit members of the board of pardons, were threatening In their nature, while others were plain pleas for mcir) The board or pardons received Hal-unlay Hal-unlay n communication from the local lo-cal socialists nuking clemency for lllllstrom. lllll-strom. Other coses Were disposed of b) the hoard of pardons ns follows Petition Pnr Pardon. I. Muniues, robber). Carbon county, coun-ty, sentemed (Hlobcr St. 1013. to In-deterlnlnnte In-deterlnlnnte term, denied. Nlek Piisle), robbery, Carbon coun-t). coun-t). Penlciircd Ottober 21. ISIS, to In'-delerlnlnnte In'-delerlnlnnte term, denied. Prank I (crummies, assault to commit com-mit roiiber). Carbon eouiit, sentenced June 10, 1 v 1 1 . tn Indeterminate term, denied William Hwaso) grand la recti). Kmeiy county, sentenced February U, I V I.I, to Indeterminate term, denied. de-nied. Petition Pnr Comminution. (leorge Herbert, burglar) second degree, Weber lount), sentenced Aprl 1. 1913. to five )cars, denied. John Hulllvnn. burglary second degree. de-gree. Carbon count), sentenced Mnn It (. ltH, to Indeterminate term, denied. de-nied. Albert Itlngllng, forger), Hiner) county, seliteiucd December 19, 1913, to Indeterminate term, denied. Thomas llarnes. burglary second degree. Carbon county, sentemed I "eh-runry "eh-runry IN. 1911 to Indeterminate term, denied. |