Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-17
FIVE HUNDRED SIGNED Them.
SIGNATURES Include Those OF Well
Known Men 10 Business, Public
and Official Circles.
NOW FEAR FOR HIS SAFETY
Under Showing Made Acting warden
Wright VIII Make Him an Outside
Trusty Pending Pardon

mr., many friends of Alexander a.
yobertson who rendered such Vaiuao'e
osastance TO the prison authorities III
.no ,ocent delivery at that institution
,oyo drawn up three petitions FOR MS
no,don. which were presented TO tne
hosya Of pardons today by Attorney IL
A. ,n,son Jr The petitions are signed
=, about 500 citizens, all of whom are
woI.known men In business and puphc
oNoirs. The application Is based upon
,ho heroic actions Of Mr.. Robertson
dn,Ine the prison break when he turned
An ,be alarm at the risk OF his life.
SOME WHO SIGNED.
Among the slgners of the three petit
,lops are Congressman George SUI
,berand. Waterman Van cott D. T.
1.eary. +. NJ Allison, Jro Edward Me
cnrrln Lester d. Freed. c. NJ. Freed,
claude Freed, Il. a. Wedgewood, Acting
chief Of Police j. b. Burbdge, Ogden
Hlles J. Il. BambergeE n. A. Ransa-
hon Charles Cottrell, Jrn PRESIDENT of
the city council, Councilman a. j. Da-
Wis. W. II. Dickson, Joseph Lippman. A.
C. Ellis. l.. r. Rogers. Or. A. c. Young
state prison physician; Arthur Brown,
Clerk stowe, of the state prison, and
four of the guards at the prison,
LIFE IN DANGER.
In presenting the application to the
hoard this morning, Mr. Allison stat
ed that he knew tie application had
not been advertised as prescribed by
law, and that the board could not at
this meeting grant n pardon TO Mr. Rob-
ertson unless It should invoke In his
behalf rule OF the board rules. which
provides that no application shall be
considered unless advertised as required
by law, except in a case Of emergency
when such notice may be waived. IL
was contended by Mr.. Allison that this
Is certainly an emergency case, because
Mr. Robertson's life IL in danger every
moment, for the prisoners who were
implicated In the break have threatened
his hfe and win do him bodily harm
at the first opportunity. While he
doubted that the board could grant q
pardon forthwith, he contended that 1t
could grant parole and then take
final action on the application for par
don at lis next meeting
PROTECTION PROMISED,
Acting Warden Wright was present
and was Intercepted by the members
Of the board as TO the situation and as
70 his ability to give Robertson proper
protection. Mr. Wright stated that
there is some danger of harm to Rob-
eltson but that he could protect him by
keeping him in close confinement He
stated that the note OF warning
which was left in RobertsOns
cell was written by one of the latters
friends ON the outside and not by one Of
The Conyicts. lie refused to give the
name OF the party who wrote 1t. In
answer to "A question put by Gov. Wells
ne stated that Robertson could be made
rusty outside the prison walls, which
would be safe place for him and that
be would guarantee Robertson's
friends that he VIII suffer no harm be-
Tore the next meeting of the board
When the pardon will be acted upon.
FULL PARDON NEXT MONTH.
ln view of that statement the board
refused to take any action upon the
mailer at this meeting, but II IL very
evident that Robertson win be made a
rusty outside the walls and will be
granted a fun pardon at the meeting Of
.he board on Nov. 81.
MAXWELL TOO.
Judge G. f. Loofbourow appeared be-
iofe the board in behalf OF Maxwell,
VINO also rendered valuable assistance
70 the prison authorities. Maxwel's APP
pAcation for commutatioh Of sentence
was submitted TO the board last month,
out It's consideration In executive ses-
i0n was continued until todaV Judpn