Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-23
Effort TO SAVE
YOUNG MAJORS.
p,,rd Hears Both Sides and Takes
Case Under Amusement
ATTORNEY ALLIsON'S TALK
SAY. OGDEN HAS No More Lives TO
GIVE STATE Of Utah Mother IL
Also Heard.

Tn boar! OF pardons adjourned Sat
r,I,r without taking any action IN
Al. os. Of young Abe Majors. now
,.l.r rea,rrcc OF death for the killing
-, cpt1Ip william T. Brown of the
c~,sr r.rce force. After lis'ening to
,ts .reum,nts Of Attorney Il. Vi An
,,r vA3 uu lied 10 Attorney Tom
r,sr and " statement from MS. Nag-
~, ta condemned youths mo;hcr, he
,.,,5 wont into executive 2ss.o1 ana
s..l.i TO q Ike the matter undrr ad-
.,.smant lnt, next Saturday In the
nsanume Attorney Allison win be Civ
an am opportunity to file additional af-
elsvt. &c onset the one filed by Nern
phillips Philips. who resides IA Orig
lsu city d,Clares that he heasi WE
Tam rosgren. one Of the Jlrors who
o, In the case, say that Majors o.ght
70 be hanged.
WHAT CONSTABLE WELLS SAW.
The olh.r affidavit is by Constable
Gorge q. Wells Of Brigham City who
GAS with the posse when the TWO
,,,i,rs boys we're caught Wells says
maj when the firing began nc was $50
,,,ss away and looked at the officers
and men through a field glass. lie saw
Archie Majors fire one shot hut did not
s.s Abe ere at all This Is Clnlrlq'c-
,,,, of m. testimony on which MAJ 'rs
Mas ,6ny.e.td. He further declares nat
me- vas ton hy the county attorney TO
L,si Quiet and that Is why he sa'd
nothing. His testimony was lot taheA
4 al the trial
CITIZENS PETITION BOARD.
The following well known clazens
gef,d a lauion asking THAI MaJo.s
,8ntsnce be ,Dmmuted 10 life inpi ison-
u.snt c. c Goodwin. II. =. Hender-
g6. l. W Irrcan, George $. Gannett
N n Walker. Alfred Rordance, II. ~
r7gt Ellis Bishop, j. s. Fordyce, r.
Il Wshosv Dr.. w. S. Henderson, o. j.
i Salisbury and j.. w. Wilson.
4 ATTORNEY ALLIsoNs REMARKS.
After Attorney Fitch had concluded
Il Ills spasch on Saturday Attorney AN
slp spoke in opposition 90 the grant
rr ai tine petition. His remarks were
nrgaflI. logical and 90 the goint. We
" of Ogden" be said, feel that we nave
ra mm lives 90 give the state OF
/ Utah F Majors sentence Is committed.
The widow of the murdered man, he
Il further stated lid not ask that the
prisoner Doe shot. There were no feel
q rgs OF revenge In her heart She and
hcr Ltue ones had been robbed OF a
Kind and loving husband and father
and an She desired was that the law
should Dee permitted 90 take It's course.
SO effort he declared had been made
10 keen quiet the testimony OF
Constable Wells and that Il had not
been used because q was worthless
Concerning .he AFFIDAVIT Of Phillips he
said that. u true. De admitted that II
proved that there was not a fair trial.
Il Ha wanted time 90 get counter aihdav-
SIS from the persons who are said 10
4 have heard l0ssren make the state
ment
Justice EgskIn asked counsel II the
Phillips at1iay.t were supported by
there was not fair trial and Mr. AMI
son said that it would.
THE MOTHER is HEARD.
40 the close Of Attorney AilIsons re-
marks Mrs Wagner arose 20 say few
words 90 the board II was with the
greatest difficulty that she was able 70
compose herself Her whole body trem-
bed and she had 90 grasp the back OF
q chair 90 steady herself. She spoke
On almost inludIble tones. and Il was
with the greatest difficulty that the
members were able TO catch what she
said
Those shoes which my con Abe had
on when arrested and which they said
DO stole. she said. Il bought for him
myself And another thing, a lady IN
Brigham City wrote me, and ] have the
4 letter that the officers wanted 10 shoot
my boy when he had the handouts on
him
81 don't want YOU TO look at me as
q mother ] don't ask for mercy. ]
want Justice He never killed Captain
brown, and N my other con was alive
ne would say so. ] don't ask TO have
MN saved because he Is my son. I am
not asking for mercy. / want you to
l7ok az me 0s Justice"
The board then went into executive
session and decided 90 take the case UNI
"A den alyIsament.
After adjournment another effort was
MADE By the newspaper men 20 get an
Interview with Mrs Wagner She dld
lot want 90 talk and said her fourteen
M y.W-od SON IN Oakland told her not 20
HUH
Ralph. h3lf brother to Abe. who aid all
he could to keep the reporters away
ron BIS mother.
SAVE MY BOY.
There IS nothing that I can say
tall Mrs Wagner IN answer 90 a Qucs
Won put 20 her. II know that he IS MOI
tauV Won't you try 20 do somethlnf
IA save my boy He always was good
/ a0nt want them 90 shoot HIM 4
paper ln san Francisco printed a pic
llie ~ him whore he was 10 be eho
ana had the coffin near H. And this M
e aige. pointing 90 Ralph brOugh
Y nome from the butcher shop wherl
ne works"
Afs Wagner visited the State prison
asa'h Yesterday where another affect
s scene took place between her anD
her SON.
MISS Lulu johnson. OF Des Molnes
IVA Who has taken putn an lnteres
y young Majors ever since his arrest
understood VIII write a full state
N'n' OF The case In few days
oI9eR CASES BEFORE BOARD.
Following Is the list and the dlsposl
y, ~ ~ ihe applications before the boar
"a = koNori grand larceny: sen
49, at Castledale. Emery county
.I S9 ;. lsss 10 five years; continue
~ A. Atwood grand larceny: sen
$50 az Fornal Feb II. 1895 TO 81
w,s heard and continued one weol
,ruiHIaln Misk.mlns. burglary: zen
,,.ll at Randolph Rich county. Sen
t,. To eight years. heard and con
",ls one week.
,r h Haies forgery: sentenced q
oS1 Won. Piute county. oct so. 1899.
mo,,tt year not heard. Continued on
d, IN z Rohde. adultery. sentence
Ia y Cham City. Feb 20. 1899, 10 elei
months application for rehearln
Snd continued one week.
a, ,.W Foy, grand larceny, sentenc.
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