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Show BeBee Gains Delay; Pardon Board Again Hii im BehYo. tlio sl.n vr o! .i,v Marshal Ion T. l.arsen it'll the iiul of his legal ivuns li hi once again sueeesstull. Kxstpoiu-il the day of oecu "'Last Friday, one day prior i the'dav 0,1 uhU'" ,u w;,s U) u U"to'iuvd for first dope .Urder. BeBee was granted ; tv of execution when the siat hvird of pardons voted to re hAr his application to com J,,'ute the death sent-nee to U:, irprisonment. ft-t rehearing will take place ,vV:md will bo attended ! nvmlvrs of l.on T Lassen'.. Lpn'diate family and city ot ('lcV'ils from Mt. Pleasant. It i turned that supporters of the SoSee application will also ap ,vir before the board. The board divided to reopen ,1-e'c.ise after K. LeKoy Shields U-'erse counsel, produced alfi davit's from four jurors, eac! swearini that he would r.o: hue as; reed to a first degrei ve'Jict with recommendation lor a life imprisonment, had he krown that Dist. Judge F. W. Ke'ler, Price, would override t-eir recommendation and im rise the death sentence. Othei Testimony Due Mr. Shields also told the j , Nj-ird. consisting of Gov. Herbert B. Maw. Attv. Gen. Crover A Giles and State Supreme Court Justices Roger I. McDonough , Eucene E. Pratt. Lester A. Wade . Ja.es H. Wolfe and George , Latimer, that he would produce other testimony in BeBtvs favor. fav-or. H board's action automatically automat-ically stayed resentencing o. BeBee scheduled last Salurda at 10 a. m.. in Judge Keller's court at Price. Mr. Sheilas offered affidavits ened bv Nick F. Karras, James V. Olson". John H. Redd Jr. and Frank Prazen. who declared i :hev agreed to the first degree 1 verdict, feeling that lenienc; rrtrorr.mendation would have b be followed by the court. , Jurors said they had origin j allv balloted 10 to 2 for second degree murder, with two former service men holding out for the ; first degree verdict, and thai the unanimous action was : compromise- decision, counse' ; told the board. I Mrs. Donna Scare Adams, who 1 s.ml she was appearing as a 'cmen. urged th;it lieliee's lift be spared. |