Bisbee daily review., 1915-05-15
ORDER OF BOARD
 MADE; MEN MUST
 HANG IN THE PRISON
Recently LegaIzed Board of Pa- roles and PardOnS Reviews Five Cases and Refuses to in- terfere With Courts.

''t''o bl thoSt men now uuuer Sen- tence of death to be executed on May 2Sth. the Board of Pardons and Parole Ientered an order which in part recites as follows:
 Each of these defendants above named have been legally and regularly adiudged guilty of that degree of mur- der for which the death penalty has been provided ever since the creation and erection of the government of Arizona in 1863 After said law had been in existence in Arizona for fifty one years. the people of the state. at the general election in November. 1914 following the widest discussion Of the subject throughout the state! refused Co repeal the law fixing said penalty in cases only of murder in the first degree. and applicable alone tu the most deliberate cases of felonious ! homicide
 The lengthy records in the sases of defendants Chavez. Perez. and Rodri. guez have been before the Board of Pardons and Paroles ever since the organization of said Boad in January. 1915; said Board as a body has given the record in each case the fullest examination, and each has received the fullest study and investigation of each individual member of the Board Also minute examination has been eiv- en to the decision of the Supreme Court in each of said cases. upholdnp the Judgement and sentence of the trial court and declaring the same supported by the evidence in each case.
 The records in the cases of defen- dauts Paraita and VillaboIo have come before the Board at a more re- cent date, and have each received the same degree of investigation. re- search examination and study that has been given ,o the first three nam, ed cases.
 The Judgements of the forty-elght jurymen who sat in these cases: the action of the trial judges in approving the yerdicts rendered and denying a new trial; the judgements of the Su- prcme Court of the state in the cases appealed, declaring the yerdicts and sentences supported by the evidence the pleas of guilty entered bv one de tendant and the judgement entered thereon by the trial judge. after most complete review of the evidence -all these are not wholly conclusive upon this Board, and We have there fore gone beyond all that in our line Of duty for all proper information in considering each case.
 While the people of the state. by their voice. have continued the law fixing the extreme penalty in cases of murder ia the first degree. they have at the same time preserved the power of communication and pardon: t is. lodged with the governor of the state. But the responsibility of sharing the burden is imposed upon this Board by the law clothing it with power and authority as well a the duty in cer- tain cases. Of recommending such par. . don or communication to the goyernorai hence. if a full investigation by the Board conyinces that body. notwith- {, standing the conviction Of the defen- ! dant that he has not taken human l. life in that manner which calls for the extreme penalty of the law. then lt is the duty of the Board not to hes | itate in recommending to the goyer. nor that the mandate of even the l highest court of the state be stayed |
 The extreme gravity of each of the . foregoing cases. and the solemn re- sponsibility placed upon the Board, . has moved each of it's members to exhaust all possible resources of in- . restisatiou and research. written or unwritten, matters Of record and not of record, that might bring forth in- formation which would serve to nlu- ' minate the way for a recommendation Of the suspension or communication in any or an of these cases before the {. Board, of this dread decree of the law Of the state
 The anxiety Of the members of the . Board 10 do full justice to the state and each of the defendants. and find lawful and justifiable grounds for withholding the execution of this Iasr full measure Of the laws mandate. has caused each of them Co labor with the utmost fidelity in each case. which ! no one can appreciate except She off. '. cial yho has born similar responsibili- ] ties. This Board cannot escape it's deep responsibilities if it would: nor should it do so if 1t coaid.
 It's members must not attempt to shift the responsibility from their shoulders to the shoulders of the gov ernor. and thus add to the overbur ! dening cares of his high office. Hence. | 1T the conscience of any member of ! the Board under his oath. would not permit him to put aside the laws mandate, if he were fully authorized ! to do SO, he cannot request or recom- 1 mend such action on the part of tho governor; nor can the personal opin- !. lon of any members of the Board re- garding the law under which these sentences have been imposed, be per mitted to interfere but each case must rest entirely upon all that has been disclosed through our searohing investigation. Twelve men in four of fho eases have urououuoad fhof, ,f