Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-21
LYNCH MUST PAY
DEATH PENALTY.
Man Who Saved Guard Jacobs
Life TO Die at Hands of
ENecutiorers
ROY KAlGHN OUT ON PAROLE
Duke, However. Was Denied a Par
don by the Board on Saturday
Other Applications Considered.

Unless something unforeseen hap
pens to prevent It, there will be another
execution at the state prison on Friday
Jan. s, 1904 when James Lynch VIII pay
the death penalty for the murder OF
Colonel Godfrey Prowse, at the Sheep
Ranch club in this city over three years
ago. The state board OF pardons on
Saturday afternoon refused to grant
Lynch's application for commutatlon OF
sentence 10 life Imprisonment. Attor-
less made strong pleas for n commute
ton in favor of Lynch, but without
success
Letters and petitions IN favor of COM
mutation signed by 10 OF the ls jurors
who convicted Lynch, also Mayor
Thompson, Sheriff Emery. a number OF
city ccuncllmen and others were read
by the attorneys. Guard Zebulon Ja-
cobs, who was seriously injured during
the prison break. made affidavit to the
effect that Lynch prevented the other
prisoners from carrying out their threat
TO Kill Jacobs outright at that time. 1t
was thought that that act of Lynoh's
would be the means OF securing COM
GiuNhliOll lbl lilllIs utlt - dlNO a NVNVA
In the minds of many that Lynch fred
the shot which killed Prowse, as he
himself was injured shortly before or
about the time that the shot was fired,
and was rendered unconscious.
Lynch, when informed of the action
OF the board, of pardons, was very
Respondent as he fully expected COM
mutation of sentence. Lynch said that
he supposed It was all up with him
now. He was taken from his cell In
murderers row soon after the action
of the board was made known at the
state prison and taken to a cell on the
first floor OF the south cell house near
the cell occupied by Peter Mortensen
before his execution. A death watch
was Immediately established and
guard will be with him constantly un-
til the date Of the execution The
watch is composed of Guards SchulZe,
Harrison and Shurtliff. who will watch
over the condemned man until he is
executed. The attorneys for Lynch
win make additional efforts to secure
communication of sentence for him.
ROY KAIGHN PARoLED.
The board of pardons granted pa
role to Roy" Kalghn. who was serv-
ing five years for the killlna OF Willard
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ford hotel on Nov. 90, 1901. The parole
was granted upon condition that the
boy be furnished employment. Col
NJ. Nj. Kaighn stated that he would
give his son employment In his law Of
fee. A parole was accordingly granted
instead of pardon and Col Kaighn
went out TO the prison and brought
his son home with him.
DUKE TURNED DOWN.
The application for pardon of Harry
T. Duke was denied by the board Duke
is serving term OF four years for
embezzling funds OF Wells Fargo's
bank In this city. Other applications
considered by the board are as fol-
lows: Edward Redmond. four years,
robbery, parole granted ID. G. Carroll,
four years, assault with intent to do
bodily harm pardon granted, l.. j.
Napier, one year, obtaining money I'M
der false pretenses pardon granted;
Thomas Ames. burglary, pardon de-
MED: James Edward Dalton, three
years, assault with intent 10 commit
robbery, pardon denied, Joseph Bridge
assault with intent to commit rape
pardon denied: Henry Wright, nine
years, grand larceny and burglary,
parole denied Harry Poole, robbery,
and Peter +. Nickel, larceny. both
continued.