The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-01-10

| inconsistency Oh Iue paIJ VI d jury u
O cause it to interfere with the regular
e course of justice.
Nor did the present state board
n take action until all legal remedies
f were exhausted and subsequent evil
t dence of most overwhelming
f character showed conclusively the
q innocence of Davis.
= 1t was shown before the board
4 that jeff Gray confessed to a num-
r Der of reliable citizens Immediately
( after the killing, that be killed Will
7 son and Cummings, and that Davis
was innocent of the crime.
j. +. Bowers, a wealthy and prom
inent citizen of Cassia county, stated
under oath that Wilson and Cum
mings were shot by Gray during an
altercation in which he and GRAY were
engaged with the two men killed,
and that neither Davis nor Gleason
were present or had any knowledge
of the agar
1t was shown that Gray told j. B.
Rice, j. p. Duncan, Henry and AL
bert Jones, A d. Norton, Henry
Harris, W. II. Robinson and wife.
all reputable citizens of Cassia
county, shortly after the killing,
that he killed Wilson and Cummings
Both Gray and Bowers, after Dia-
mondfield Jack had been sentenced
to be hung, were arrested and tried
for this killing, in the course of
which trial the parties above men
toned testified under oath. subject
to cross examination The Jury ac-
quilted them on the ground that
they acted in self defense, and eleven
of them signed statement which
was before the board that they be-
lieved that Gray did the killing and |
that Davis had nothing at all to do
with it,
This confession of Grays and
Bowers was made after Davis was
condemned to be hung.
In addition to this Hon. John
Sparks, governor elect of Nevada,
stated to the board under oath. that
Bowers told him in Ogden, about
four days after the killing, that Gray
had done the shooting. He felt him
self in honor bound to make no
public statement on the subject, nor
did he. until Bowers made his state
ment OF the affair to Hon. j. H.
Hawley, chief counsel for Davis.
Hon. j. G. Rogers, Prosecuting
Attorney of Cassia county. who
prosecuted Davis and Gleason, ap-
peared before the board and stated
at length that he now believed Davis
innocent, and gave his reasons there
for. Hon. 0. W. Powers of Salt
Lake, who assisted w. e Borah and
Judge Rogers in the prosecution of
Davis, appeared before the board
md expressed his doubt as to the
quit OF Davis, in the light of fhe
lew evidence in the case.
Here now was the status of the
'ase: All legal remedies had been
Exhausted. There was no way by
which this evidence could be DOT
'esore the courts and it never was
rought before the supreme court
he appeals were all exhausted
he courts to whom the appeals were
lade had none of this evidence be-
ore them, as the appeals involved
My questions of law and alleged
rrors in the lower court. There
as no way to get it before them
laws stood within the shadow of
lie scaffold. Executive clemencv
lone could save him. {
1t was to provide for just such |
Uses as this that the boards of pard. |
were created. They seem to be |
Use and proper provision of orr |
WIS, yet the Statesman inveighs /
salnst them and allows itself to he \
me the sewer through which malice
10 hate pour their filth upon the
lads of Governor Hunt and Secre- u
ry OF State Bassett because they do Y
Il.