The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-01
PECANI WILL NOT HANG TO-DAY.
Supreme Court Grants Appeal and Sc
verely Criticised Judge Allyn.

verely Critfcises Judge Allyn.
OLYMPIA, June 3o.-tspecial. l-Tbe supreme
court this afternoon issued q writ prohibiting
the execution OF salvador Pecaai at Tacoma to-
morrow. The court holds that il was irregular
for Judge Allyn 20 order the execution of the
Defendant on q date within the periot allowed
for the appeal The appeal has been perfected.
TACOMA, June 3l-Ihere will be no hanging
here tomorrow. Several days ago when the
observation-disclosures stated Pecani would
probably not be executed il seemed only reason
able that the supreme court would look into
the matter. The writ of prohibition, staying
execution pending sn appeal, issued today at
Olympia Still. sheriff Price was ready for
the execution. He proposed to hang Pecani
about noon tomorrow If the supreme court did
not send him a formal order to etsy execution.
At the last moment he would have stopped the
execution, upon q telegram, even. But before
accepting a telegram as sufficient authority TO
stay the execution, he would have put himself
II communication with the supreme court 10
assure himself of its genuineness.
However, Pecani will very likely be hanged.
Those who heard the details of the trial are con-
fdent Pecani is guilty. The evidence, while
entirely circumstsntial, was very strong for
conviction. Pecaui maintains his innocence.
1t is considered worthy of note the the priests
who have been closeted with the condemned
man show no signs of sympathy in his behalf.
Pecani has of late imagined that the
spirit OF CoDchlllI salvador, the muir
deret man, is in the cell with him.
This worries him. He also believes his wife
and other relatives visit him during his sleep.
He seems to derive much solace from the visits
OF Father Fyletos. OF ST. Leo's church. and says
Jesus Christ was a good man, and died for an
other, and Pecsni says he will be brave like
him and die because OF another man. His
latest com plant is that an Italian society was
bent on getting him out OF the way and had dug
up evidence to throw him into Jail.
When the seaftold was completed today Pecani
was sure he would be hanged at once. He re-
fused to believe that he could live longer.
The sheriff has not yet been officially notified
OF the stay OF execution. Pecani was sentenced
on May Il and his attorneys construe the statute
as preventing an execution within sixty days.
A priest had TO assure Pecani by O second visit
before he would believe the hanging was post
poned. He had engaged the priest to announce
his innocence from the scsiold tomorrow and
accusing Morece as the only man who would
suffer in the hereafter for the murder. He
rather wanted the programme carried out. He
had got all ready to die and did not take kindly
TO the postponement. still he did not want to
leave his wife and boy in Sicily. Morece laughs
at Pecani's story. saying that his wife is a good
woman whom he never supported and that four
OF his brothers are couvicts in Italy. The limit
OF ninety days will probably be taken in arguing
the case before the supreme court.