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ALBANY. July a.--Gov. Hin add this evening
that bs had taken no definite aAtion on the ap-
plications for the pardon OF the murderers
now imprisoned ut Sing Sing under ,entence
| OF death.
hero for some time. and have rstevsd sew
eral telegrams from Attorney Hsfe. who Ia
acting for the man Wood. Furthermore. you
may state that decline to detsrmibo any OF
those applications In advance. In(tho case
OF the japanese murderer. Juklro, for
whom an application for pardon was
made prior to the transfer OF his casa to the
United States court I told tho attorneysfor tho
defence that would take no action on the ap-
plication until all legal proceedings before tho
courts had been abandoned. I shall maintain
the same attitude toward all other similar
cases, especially when they arc continually
appealing them from one court 10 another. l
do not propose to act on these applications
every six months. but to act once for ALL"
In speaking OF the manner in which these
cases had been dragged before one court after
another on technicalities. the Governor took
Its recent tpronunciamerto on the Jugiro cnse.
and said be thought some OF those attorneys
trouble. and find that. as officers OF the courts.
they are amenable 10 Its disciplinary powers,
Warden Brown OF Sing Sing Ia all ready to
execute the four murderers coniin"d there
day. There have BEEN so many stay, Of exc
% rsnssmsnis. @ as as be- father to be- @ stopped
by legal paper before hs turns the electric
hss ino no m"ra denis reasons for OK pecs
mere fact that he hand Of the law has been
men. $50 he has. issued his IN nvitations to those
whom he has selected as, witnesses Of the exe-
made. and is now awaiting deyelopmep!s, He
;Sse VIII s 3 e: sS.s sSs 0idsr in 1AoS
I5OTn 9; ,Sa i Mined to follow the
newspapers; ,he .ays: and will make things
fused ss rpos,ySy resssg sg0's5s 20 give out 5s
ssssous sufs e. Ss Ssa a.a ss !: q s5i 'S
ihe name Q, the ee;etrIsian, in CHARGE OF tue
son connected with newspapers 60 be present.
and he says that aftor the executions he will
will doubtless contain the news. as usual.
week are in stale OF doubt similar ri 10 I'll that II
struck by lightning tflS time or not. 1t ia
known that their lawyers are trying to get
still further stays; AMI the condemned men
are rather expecting renewed leases Of life.
They are all cheerful and In excellent health.
Three OF them say they are ready to- die.
aaessd hess Are nsa so tho
Slocum ami Wood are Roman Catholics. and
have been receiving daily visits lately rom
Father John }. Creedoh OF Sing Sing. Neither
que Of them has friends. and no one has vis-
tmler Is a Protestant, and apvoars to have
TOM rnlIn nj .,<yk
,Haha ,a nissratoas sSa s''1aGaS oi chSrSin % r0u
EIgerton. He spends most OF his lime reading
his mistress SO brutslly IN this city wear and
half ago. His wifs visited him once fsw
months ago. but she has not been near him
The fourth murderer whose days are con-
who murdered tho sailor In Water street, and
who has been the subject Of so much legal Jug
Cling since. He and Slocum are both clients
OF John X. Henzelman. the lawyey who Is now
charged with never having been admitted to
Jugiao receives Charlnin Edgerton.. but ap-
pears not to understand his talk. Probably he
does not understand him. The Jap is in
spendid heal b. and appears to he in good
nnd pays no attention to those VINO speak to
him. He understands that he is to die next
week. but he does not seem to care. He spends
most Of his time laziiy smoking u riue. He
Nicola lreZza and Charles McIlyane. Their
cases are now penaing appeal. All six occupy
cells in tho new building which was recently
built south Of the main prison for the purnose
accordance with the new death law. The
building In which they will be executed ad-
Joins this on the south.