Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-10 | Page 8 | Stays Five Executions

STAYS riVE FIVE EXECUTIONS EXECUTIONS' Governor Cn Hunt Hoot Will Not Permit linn hang hang- log 10 In Arizona Until People Vote on Abolition of ot Punishment hm nt Ariz April 0 Five Fh j murderers mur under sentence of or death will ivill b be reprieved tomorrow until aft after r the next general election In 1911 I according to a n. statement made hero here today by Governor Hunt The Time condemned condemn d men were ere reprieved f d dIn In last t Octo October her until April 1 12 is as s the governor wished to give tho the legislature legislature legisla legisla- ture turo an opportunity to enact a law abolishing capital punishment m n Arizona The legislature lature took no such tenth and the chief f executive decided 1 furter fur- fur further tI ter ther er to reprieve the men In order that at the time next g general n ral election the PlOP people might vote on the tho abolition of oC capital punishment