Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-06-06
PEOPLE WILL
SPEAK ON LAW
Sufficient Signatures to the
Abolition Of Death Pen
atty Initiative Taken as
Reason for Further Re
prieVes Of Murderers

Governor Hunt yesterday issued
the second reprieve to Charles Schaf-
fer. convicted murderer of ella
county now in the penitentiary, and
will issue a further reprieVe on June
20 to the other five murders here
tofOre reprieved to the same date TO
" hich Schaffer was reprieVed yes
terdaN. December 10, 1914 The rea-
sons for the extended reprieve are
two. the most important that 2247
names have been so far signed to
the Initiative petition for law
abolishing capital punishment in Ari
IONA; the second reason is because
the new board of pardOns bill to
which the governor takes strong and
emphatic exception does not go into
effect until October / next, so that
the old law is yet in effect.
The proclamation extending the life
of Schaffer was sent on its way last
night having been written yesterday
afternoon in the governors office
and attested at 4:45 yesterday after
noon in the office Of the secretary Of
state The document places the new
day Of execution % more than d
month after the matter has been
passed upon by the people at the
general election in the fall of 1914.
For the matter of d week now the
question asked every day at the
secretary of states office has been
How about capital punishment,
enough names to the petition YETI"
and the answer has been No until
Yesterday. when the question was
| answered by sighting the reporter to
! the proclamation of reprieve for
! Of
| additional reprieve for the murderers
| has been received in silence or with
! "a sharp changing of the question, but
yesterday it was an admitted fact
| that Edwardo Pirez. Migiul Peralta
W. b. Chavez and William Campbell
all Of Yavapai county. and Francisco
| Rodriguez Of Maricopa county would
be reprieved TO a like date and the
same situation also holds good fol
| William Faltin Of Maricopa counts
who has been facing death.
The proclamation issued yester-
day for Schaffer contains this vel
| recognized sentence. that the number
| Of names signed to the initiative pc
tition. indicates cOnclusively thu
existence of a Widespread sentimen
adverse to a continuance Of that bar
barrie. unciVilized and unchristiaI
custom the deliberate, premeditate'
murder of human beings in expiatiol
II of crimes committed
The work of obtaining enough
| names to the initiative petition for
| law doing away with capital pun
! ishment in Arizona, has been goin
| on ever since the legislature refuse
| to pass the bill to that effect. in
n PRODUCED by Senator John T. Hughe
! Of Pima county during the frs
| days of thesession which convene
! early in February Governor Hun
/ had previously reprieved the Yava
! PAL county murderers stating as hi
! reason that the legislature might &C
! | according TO his views AS soon as
! was determined that the sOlon
would not, the governor again re
| | proved the murderers for the reaso
the Initiative petitions had bee
| | started. The further reprieves fol
! low in Que course. 1t is openly stat
I'd at the state house that there Wi
| he 5000 signers before the petition
| are all IL It is understood that GOV
| ernor HUT and such of his friend
/ who believe as he does in regard
capital punishment will take II
stump for the measure at the ne,
| campaign.