Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-28
PLEAD FOR THE
LIFE OF SHOCKLEN,
v,,b,t Sister and Several Friends
'''I Of Family Send Letters to
Salt Lake City,
nEY PETITION FOR Mercy
g, SEX to Justify the Double
" >" u,rder, Simply Ask for
Clemenry,

,,,,rlng letters from the moth
Is .,. and several friends OF James
y s ssOcseS who killed two ST. s'res ssss
" '1 " mi. city in January last nave
pea ret civ, in this city with requests
~, hey be published; 49,, ~
ihN "" 10 March rs, lSOi.-To the
PEW !, p.oDle Of Utah and Salt Lake
GOO r,,psal to you for mercy for my
NV VAR laws are just and those VINO
%S ,,' hem deserve punishment
v :, ". me could restore to those Wild
L ~ ,s,r husbands, would try to
wv W.. ' n, sacrifice and give him ,,,, up
t.,,, can never bring back those iives.
ea' /. S IN ,be boy we have, and II you
Ne = On ~ az az knew him TO be when ne
ns" 1 nj away from home, you wouid
alsI s,n' no merciful, for he was then
e', ,nno,ent warm-hearted boy.
" us aI /. Young and If you would only
~ Ne Inc am sure ne would DO all
", rover 10 right the wrong ne has
ID w IA warn other boys TO guard
ool a,,', ihe temptations which have
'sn.d his downfall
~ Sssy,ns and hoping that you may be
mrcliJl, | remain, His Loving anu
BTk,n.hearted Mother, ,,,ocy,rv
p'''' POLLY l.. SHOCkLEY.
-
Belle No, March 4,-People OF Juan
w. Ms the only way possible TO ad-
i.,ss Won and would to God could
ale zach Of you by the hand
VIII appeal to YOU for mercy In be-
s'Tof nv poor, errng, misguided
s,a,sef James Mcpherson Shockley.
ralher,. who have your sons with
voi where you can advise and guide
Nm possibly they have escaped the
smplail0nS the snares and the pitfalls
I'M world. God grant II may be so.
psss. ior moment and think OF this
hher here in Missouri, whose only son
h Al your mercy. This father strOve
IAN BY example and precept to guide
n, ION IN The paths Of honesty and up
nshtntss but the boy wandered away
ircm home and Its blessed influence
and stayed from the paths of right
Mothers who day by day see your
sn, around you and can lie down at
nIsht and know they are safe from
harm. think OF this mother whose only
soa though stained with SIM Is yet the
isirly.beloyed child,
She sill feels for him that mother
bye "A love that abdes and endures,
than which there Is no greater, and
which none but mothers can fully
MlIle
Each and all who have a brother
know what my sister and feel at this
tine He Is young and there is a hope
ltt Il his life is spared he may, by
fhl living In the future, atone FOR
hs sins.
Nay God In His infinite wisdom move
your hearts with compassion. and may
HI put Il into the minds Of those who
lave ne administering Of your laws
!, their power 10 temper justice with
n'fY. Is the prayer Of his heartbroken
sister, ELIZA POE.
Belle Mo, March Give, the I'M
ctfsgned desire to make q few state
mems relative 70 James Mcpherson
sAo'kIey, whom you have in custody.
statement written and signed by
NV G. II, Logan Dr. |. NJ, Owens and
D. Underwood cashier of Belle
AnR has already been published IN
Wy hEe City. That statement gave
sketch Of his family and of the hIeh
W,an N which they are held her
Ma IN his statement we shall speak
wy o. The young man himself.
we 20 not seek to justify his crime
gN We mink that wrong impression
IA yen made in the minds OF the peo
K. VI your state concerning, his early
~, s.. ul1 we sincerely desire to let vol
N y NE truth In the matter.
we nave lived neighbors 10 hIs M
, ,s,s, Hnee his early childhood and car
rtnts 'o"o"'hs state'
a, MaellId he was bright and quick I,
w MN an S as he grew up he was a IA.
,,as. WIN his teachers, schoolmate,
'''Onpahlons' At school his deport