Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-17

QUORUM WAS NOT PRESENT.
Petition Will be Made the special Or
der when u Comes up
Again.

The application for pardon Of Harry
Hayes. convicted Of the Pelican Point
murders. was TO have been presented &c
the state board Of pardons today but
In the absence Of full quorum the
hearing was continued until Saturday
May 9Th. at which time the application
viii be made the special order for con-
alteration.
Hayes IL now confined In the State
prison serving life sentence. lie was
sentenced TO death and narrowly es-
capped tho hanEman'a moose. by an ac-
ton of the state board which COM
muted his sentence 10 life impriron-
mcnt. II IL the belief Of many that he
was wrongly convicted and that he II
now suffering for tho crimes OF anoth-
cr man. named George n. Wright. alias
James q. Weeks. alias Charles T. Case.
alias Stevens.
THREE young men named Alder, En-
strom. Andrew johnson and Alfred
Nelson. were killed at the Hayes
ranch. near Pelican Point. ON February
is 1895. Their dead bodies were dis
covered on the western shores Of the
Utah Lake. one on April ~. 1895. and
two on the goth Of the same month. En-
ntrom had two bullet wounds In his
breast. from the front. johnson was
shot through tho head. from right to
left. and Nelson was found TO have
been shot through the back OF tho
head.
Early In Lcc.mbcr. 1926. Harry Hayes
was indic,ed for tho killing OF Albert
Ennirom. his step-son. who ronctimc'
went under the name of Albert Hayes.
Ills trial began on the s1ri OF March.
1896. and lnrted three whole weeks. The
jury found him guilty OF the crime.
Hayes was sentenced 20 b. hanged ON
the 18th OF June, 1896. The caHe was
appealed 10 the Supreme Court and the
Judgment Of the lower court affirmed.
ON tho 18th OF December. 1926. the re-
mlttlur from the supreme Court having
been filed In the district court at Provo,
Hayes was again sentenced To Dc
hanged and the date OF execution set
for January -, 1877.
ON the 2ni Of January, 1871. his at
torncyH nlcd n petition with the su-
prcme Court for n writ OF habcaa cor
pun. which was denied.
ON Saturday. the icth Of January.
1877, the board OF pardonr commuted
the prisoners sentence TO Imprisonment
for life.
Thew ara forty-ihrcc afidavita "a be
Rad before tho board IN the petition for
pardon sot down for May 9Th. All are
based on the presumption OF Hayes In.
noc-nce nnG offers proof OF the guilt OF
Wright Tn. most important afildaNltH
ar those OF sheriff storrr, who has
worked hard on the ease In an attempt
% solve tho mystery. Mrs. Jennie NJ.
Wright. wife OF the man with numerous
aliases. and Deputy Sheriff Williams OF
Utah county.
The affdavita ailegc that Wright was
an outlaw; that he was seen lowering
around tho Hayes ranch. and cav. the
name OF Stevens. that on the night OF
the murders a man answering his den-
criptloa was seen starting 10 cross the
Utah LAX. ON IN. Ice, with wagon
loaded down with goods. considerable
quantity of household effects werc
missed rom tho Hayes ranch directly
after the murder. ms We'll aa wagon,
rifle, bedding. etc; that the wagon ana
goods We're traced 10 Wright. who was
then going under the name ~ Weeks,
at Maplc,on. and Identified na Hayes
ranch property. The wagon. rifle. etc.
arc her. ~ the city and are TO be made
part OF the exhibits In the application
for unFlnu