Bisbee daily review., 1915-03-23
HUNT REPRINTS CONDE MINED
 ID MAY 28
Governor Comments Action
 of Board of Pardons in Ex-
 tending Date For Execu- tions and Adds More Time

PHoENIX. Mar. 22 Conceding that the pardon board mace .yueiy suggestion when it recommended a thirty-day repriyc for the men who were sen,enced to haue at Florence today. Governor Hunt ycsteruay went the board one better and granted the condemned men a repriye until May 2S The procvIam8tiun ol rcpricve, which will bo forwarded Co ue state prison today. was signed by tHe goy- ernor late yesterday afternoon
 The ground that thirty days would not afford sufficient time for the su- preme court Co render a decision in the Knoz furd case and for members of the new parole board or Che gov ernor Co review the transcripts ol testimony and to take dchuito action in the five cases. is taken hy Inc gov- enor for eN,euding the stay of eN- ecutiOu for somewhat more than two months In the near future. the pro- clamation says. there will be a spe. cial session of thelegisIaturc which will impose great amour, of other 1ccr who. under any unrisiou Of the Laird ease. would have to pass on the cases of the condemned men and which would prevent them from eiv- ing such Important matters the att tention th,l deserve
 After reNcNine the case ol Perez Chavez Pcralta Rodriguez end Villa lobo. and the action taken in the case of KnoN Laird. together with its ap- plicauou for writ of habcas corpus and the action taken by the board a. it's last metiug, the governor pro clamatiou says
 Whereas. thc board of pardons and paroles in SO reCommanong tne re- prieying of the condemned prisoners confined iu the Arizona state prison. made the time necessary ior .-le rcu- deriug Of a comprehensive and con elusive opinion by the supreme court on the application of KnoX Laird the basis Of its recommendation for ,the suspension Of judgment in favor of the condemned prisoners enumerated hereinbpfore
 Whereas, the governor of Arizona. while recoeuizius that the board of pardons and paroles acting m a merely advisory capacity has express ed aH opinion which is timely. and apparently worthy Of considera ion. aiiect.u- the cases Of x. B Chavez. Eduardo Perez Miguel Ppralta. Fran cisco }olrieucz and Ramon NulaIobo. whose executions are scheduled Co occur on March ls, 1915. Goes not, however concur In the boards belief that period of not more than thirty days would be sufficient for the hand. ing down of a decision by tae su- prcme court the subsequent review of
 oluminous transcripts oT testimony. and tine taliue of denniie --1u in the cases of the five men under sem tencc of death. believing. also. that matters inyolring tho lives of human beings are not lightly or nust.;y 70 ue disposed of by any official authoGty
 Nheeas. furthermore, the failure
 |A''a NNHlff Af"-- tnItii IIIf or AIIr zona convened in regular session. 10 enact general appropriation bill providms Tor the maintenance OF state departments and institutions. renders it necessary for the governor to con- vent ihe legislature in special session in the near future, thereby imposing great amount of yijglly important work upon those executive officers who under the decision ol the su- preme court in the ease Of Knox Laird, would become charged with the duty oi reviewing and acting upon capital cases, and therefore. virtually preciuding conscientious considers tion of applications for clemeucy SO long as the legislature shall remain convened