The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-11-05
NO PARDON FOR GILBERT
The Board of Pardons Dissents
From the Governor.
SENTENCE WAS DESERVED
The Board Listens to Protest From
Editor W. NJ. Bole and Carefully
Considers the Evidence In the
Trial OF the Case.
Special Dispatch to The standard.

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was sent =" the pehlt"huary from 'as-
cade county six years ago To serve a
sentence OF II years for murder in the
second degree. will have To serve out
his sentence. as the state board OF par
dons this af,arv,nn vn,aa unaniuously
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reau iarse part OF the evidence nt the
trial and considered a protest from w.
NJ. Bole. editor of the Great Falls Trih-
une. ana heard friend OF Giiderts.
who appeared In the convicted mans
pehaif. some of the newspaper CON-
ments that the governors action called
forth were also gone over The board.
In It's statement explaining its action.
says:
The communication addressed 10 the
executive In this case by Gildert is 81
fuil OF promises as Ia the future. and
so fuli OF contrition as To the past. that
under ordinary circumstances IL would
appeal most strongly for mercifui ac-
tion on the part or the board. but the
record In this case In such In the light
OF opposition To the granting Of the
pardon that In the performance Of a
sworn duty the board cannot do other
Wise than TO refuse Its consent.
Fuiiy approaching that the applicant
was at disadvantage In the face Of
newspaper opposition, the board at no
inconsiderable labor and expense se-
cured all the evidence and information
that could possibly shed light upon the
facts. A transcript Of the testimony
upon the trial of the case was secured
by the board and IL is IN this evidence
and this only that the board predicates
It's action. II. from the evidence there
was the remotsst possibility of a doubt
as To the guilt of the defendant. or. II
from this evidence there were any facts
that would In the slightest degree tend
Ia exculpaie the defendant. or show
him In y light other than an utterly
depraved man. the board might feel
disposed Ia extend clemency to him.
but the act done by him. so far as this
record discloses shows him TO be ut
terly abandoned In morals and of a
most depraved nature and disposition.
There is no other conclusions reach
able from the evidence In the ease. but
that the killing of. this miserable
woman was wanton and unprovoked.
His association with her for q period
of four years brought about. On her
part. an attachment which he could not
sever, anu uurink tnis peflod OF time N
Is clearly apparent that punishments OF
grievous nature were repeatedly in
ilicted upon her.
'Dn the last occasion injuries were
inflicted which induced the woman TO a
state bordering on insensibility, and
just before she lost consciousness she
said, I'm all kicked 10 pieces This
testimony IL amply corroborated. and
no attempt was made upon the trial OF
the ease 10 disprove In any way those
damning facts.
The medical testimony showed that
death was directly occasioned by a
clot OF blood pressing upon the brain
due 10 4 rupture OF a blood vessel
There liz no other conclusion to he
reached from the evidence In the case
than that the injuries inflicted we're the
direct and approximate cause OF the
woman's death. The evidence shows