Arizona republican., 1915-11-25
FALT|N AWAITS FATAL DROP
 AT FLORENCE
Carl Peterson's Slayer Will
 Be Given Last Minute Law Allows Him, His Execution Taking Place Late Tomorrow

2 There appears to be nothing but few hours between William Faltin. the murderer of Carl Peterson, and death on the scaffold at Florence. All ar engagements have been made for his execution which may take place at any time tomorrow between ten o'clock and four in the afternoon. Warden Sims in a telephone message to Attorney Wiley Jones yesterday morning said that he would allow the condemned man all the time possible so that the hanging would not take place until shortly before o'clock. The state ment was part of a reply to a tele- phonic inquiry by the attorney general as to whether an eleventh hour attempt would be made to evade the hanging. The warden indicated that there would be none. The. black k-bordered invita- tions to the event have already been sent out.
 There has been a rumor that move would be made at the last moment to delay the execution by an affidavit of the probable insanity of the condemned man, such as was made in the case of Kermeen. But it is not believed that anyone interested in the postponement of the execution would have the hardi- hood to take such a step.
 At a meeting of the board of par dons and paroles yesterday, Messrs. Struckmeyer and Jenckes the, attorneys for Faltin, submitted affidavits of the perjury of Louis Beckton. one of the witnesses for the state at the trial of Faltin three years ago. Beckton. who was himself awaiting trial for murder testified that Faltin had confessed to him that he had murdered Carl Peter son. These affidavits did not move the board. Whether or not they in them selves might have impressed the board. Attorney General Jones said that with out the testimony of Beckton, the proof of the guilt of Faltin was sufficiently conclusive.
 The following appeal to the people of Arizona, regarded as the last effort that will be made in behalf of Faltin was issued yesterday by his attorneys. Struckmeyer and Jenckes:
 This is the eve of Thanksgiving The people of this state. as of the nation, are about to lift their eyes upward to the Great Omnipotent, to the Giver of Life, and offer to Him a prayer of thanks for all earthly benefits be- slowed. On the day following when hardly this humble prayer has left the lips, the sovereign people of the state of Arizona unmindful and so soon for getful of the great blessing for which they have so lately given thanks to their Creator. are about to take away the life of a fellow being, are about to destroy that which was not created by them and which it is not in their power to restore. Can the people of the state in one breath offer thanks to the GiveT Of Life for their life and happiness and at the same time calmly and deliber- ately contemplate the destruction of the life of another? Verify it would make of the Thangskiving season but a hollow mockery.
 William Faltin has been decreed, to die, to die on Friday next. On Thurs day when all men rejoice. he alone in | the state of Arizona lies in lonesome l cell to brood upon his end, which is l scheduled to occur at ten o'clock tho next morn. He is in his lonesome cell | friendless and not a soul to pity hin | nor to speak words of encouragement and hope. To him all hope is lost but one, that you. the court of last appeal | the sovereign people of the state O | Arizona. will intercede in his behalf l Have pity on him. As you yourselves | rray to God for mercy in your time O | trouble. so he. William Faltin. nov | prays to you for mercy. In a democ | racy such as ours the will of the peo l pie is the initial and ultimate power Your will alone is law. Before the lif' of William Faltin is taken, we wish t' | place before you, the sovereign people | an appeal to spare his life and to plac, l before you the true facts that you ma, | determine his life shall be by you talk 1 en. This appeal can only be mad
 broadcast through the courtesy of tn 1 press which generous editors will m | doubt extend.
 The law of the state of Arizona to
 day permits life to be forfeited for Tiff l where the offender has been guilty O a villful, deliberate and premeditate,
 killing of a human being. but onl. | where he has willfully. deliberately an,
 premeditatedly killed. may his life h
 taken by the state. William Faltir guilty or innocent of the killing o
 Cary Peterson. at least was not guilt
 of willful, deliberate and premeditate
 killing.
 The facts and circumstances sur
 rounding the claimed killing do nc
 permit this to be true This being SC
 we assert that for the state to depriv
 William Faltin of his life under sue
 facts and circumstances would in itsel
 be 2 willful. deliberate and premedi
 tated killing by the state and on
 which would leave a stain upon tn
 fair name of Arizona. To place tn
 facts before the people, we make thi 1 statement:
 William Faltin and Carl Peterso
 lived on Faiths ranch near Phoenil
 Carl Peterson was killed on the nigh
 of the 9th of September, 1912. abou
 2:30 in the morning. There were n
 eve witnesses to the killing. The evi
 dence is wholly circumstantial There
 fore. do these circumstances show
 willful, deliberate and premedftate
 killing? Most emphatically no. Thes
 facts are further admitted: Carl Peter
 son was asleep in the one-roome
 shack on the place which contained tw
 cots or beds. one for Peterson and on
 for Faltin. Faltin had been irrigatini
 He came into the room from the fiel'
 A quarrel ensued; Carl Peterson wa Killed. How was he killed2 Not wit