Arizona republican., 1907-01-17
NO ACTION TAKEN
 IN THE LEIGH CASE
Numerous Affidavits Attesting to Leish's Sanity and Responsibility
 Filed With the Governor Yesterday.

Another day has passed and Govern or Kibbey has taken no action in re- spect of the application for a commu tation of the sentence of c. c. Leigh, from death to life Imprisonment. As tomorrow is the date set for the exc cutiOn. if there is any executive inter ference it will undoubtedly be an- nounced today.
 As mentioned In yesterdays paper, Attorney Leroy Anderson on Tuesday presented the application for a com mutation. together with a lengthy statement of the reasons for which clemency was asked. He quoted d number of people who believe the man was not mentally responsible when he killed Jennie Bauters and who believe that owing tO life of dissipation and the use of drugs he was not in his right mind
 Yesterday, however. there was re- ceived at the governors office. from Fred w. Morrison. distict attorney of Mohave county and formerly employed to aid in the prosecution of Leigh. a lengthy letter accompanying twenty four affidavits. The letter stated that the writer had no desire to see other than justice done. but he was fully convinced the law should take it's course, and transmitted the accom- panying affidavits merely as a reflex of public opinion. Eighteen of the af- fidavits were from Kingman, Goldroad (where the crime was committed) and other Mohave county points. All were secured within a day or two including a trip from Kingman to Goldroad and back. The affidavits were made Jy merchants. miners. saloon keepers, peace officers and men who had em ployed Leigh at one time or another All of them stated that they did nOu believe Leigh was of unsound mind. nor did they believe he was or ever had been addicted to the incorporate use of either drugs or liquor. They believed the man was sane and respOn- sible for his acts and most of the affi- davits stated that those signing them had talked quite generally with the people of the county about the case. and it was their opinion that a major ity of the people of the county thought Leigh should suffer the full penalty of the law.
 The deputy sheriff who arrested Leigh said he had seen him at o'clock the night before the crime and that he was then sober, and that he seemed to be sober after his arrest the next morning. Another man asserts that early in the morning a half hour be- fore the shooting, Leigh helped him dump a bucket at a nearby shaft and that he seemed duly sober then.
 Anson Smith. who conducted the ir- quest and the preliminary examination in the absence of Justice w. H. Welsh says he believes it was a cold blooded murder and Justice Welsh says he be lieves Leigh is responsible and that the judgment of the court should stand. All the men making affidavit claim to have known Leigh for from one To four years. A notable thing in the affidavits is that several of them are by men in the saloon business. a line of activity that in general way is supposed to be inclined to be not over harsh with the criminal element. yet they are of the same mind as those testifying who are engaged in mer- cantile and official life and as labor ing men. One man says Leigh Was employed by him once as a barkeeper and another says he employed Leigh as a faro dealer for a while.
 There were six affidavits filed from Jerome where Leigh and his victim both lived before going to Goldroad. One was made by Fred Hawkins the town marshal. who says Leigh was a. ways considered a dangerous man and a trouble maker. He quotes from the records of the town court showing where he was once arrested for carry ing concealed weapons. and again where he was given thirty minutes r. leave town after having broken into the house of Jennie Bauters. his later victim. Five other Jerome citizens well known business men, make affi- davit that they have known Leigh fos from two to five years respectively and always considered him a dangerous man, though sane and responsible.
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